eagle windshield area corrosion

rdbishop · March 12, 2009, 07:10:17 AM

Hi All,

I have a brother-in-law with a high bid of $7500. on a 66 model Eagle. I'm going with him to pick it up this weekend. The bus has been sitting about 8 yrs so we'll have to do a little work to get her going. The biggest problem with the bus is pockets of corrosion around the windshields. Is there any way to repair this or will it have to be replaced?

Thanks for any help.

Richard

luvrbus · March 12, 2009, 07:31:57 AM

Richard, depends on where the rust is if it is real bad just cut it out and replace it not hard to do post us some photos here and on the Eagle board and maybe somebody will have the upper part for you.I know were one is at in New Mexico.Have your brother in law sign up on the Eagles board www.eaglesinternational.net.

How is the gear change working for you.By the way we are having a rally at Breaux Bridge La. May 1-4 come on down it is going to be fun and we will let you park with the Eagles if you don't mind the rust sound at night soothing to us Eagle owners good luck

rdbishop · March 12, 2009, 07:58:37 AM

Hi luvrbus,

I haven't seen the bus lately and can't remember the extent of corrosion ,but it was around the sides and lower windshield. I thought you might clean it up and maybe seal it with something and then repaint. Since my inlaw knows little about buses, I'm probably going to help him alot. You might know this bus, it belonged to my late uncle Jack Bishop. With some new Batts and tires it should be good to go. I haven't been able to use my bus alot as I'm working on my cab and TV in the drivers area. I did make a run to the coast and everythings doing great. I saw your post about the rally and would like to go. Might even get the inlaw to go.

Richard

Dreamscape · March 12, 2009, 05:08:31 PM

I had to replace the complete breastplate on our Eagle 01. Luckily the framing members were in pretty good shape, just had to fix small areas on two of them. I bought the fiberglass breasplate from R&M Fiberglass. Had to cut, fit and modify, but it turned out pretty good. You can see some of the work on my website and Eagles International.

Good Luck,

~Paul~

David Anderson · March 12, 2009, 06:07:55 PM

I had a bit around my model 10. It still had plenty of integrity, so I sealed, coated, and fiberglassed it. You can get an idea what you will see when you remove the skin. The corrosion was in the upper corners and lower corners. See attached picture.

rdbishop · March 12, 2009, 06:28:49 PM

Thanks Guys,

I'm not sure, but I think the skin around the windows is alu. It looks like the paint has popped up and there are pockets of corrosion. Doesn't seem to go through to the inside. Is there anything to seal the corrosion, fill in the holes and then paint it.

Richard

Dreamscape · March 12, 2009, 06:42:28 PM

I used a product similar to bondo called Duraglass, you can buy it from most any auto body paint stores. Great to work with and IMHO much better than the old bondo.

~Paul~

rdbishop · March 12, 2009, 07:04:27 PM

Thanks Paul,

It's been over a year since I saw the bus so it may be worse than I remember. We won't be able to get the bus till Sat. afternoon so we will see.

Richard

PS How does MaMa like fulltiming?

Dreamscape · March 13, 2009, 05:46:23 AM

Richard, We moved into the bus last Friday, finished moving stuff into storage on Monday, then I left for Vancouver WA for about a month. I wish I could have spent more time at our new home so I could have helped her get more settled. She's doing OK, hasn't gone totally crazy with cabin fever yet. At least she hasn't complained much, except she can't watch her favorite local TV channel ABC.

Keep us posted on your Eagle fix.

~Paul~

rdbishop · March 15, 2009, 06:48:35 AM

Okay Guys,

Went to get the bus sat. afternoon and after about an hour of battery charging the bus fired right up. Lots of black smoke but it cleared up pretty quick. the big problem is we can't get enough pressure to release the brakes! Pressure will only build to 84 lbs. Help! Where do I go from here? Is there a place I can put a fitting to hook a comp. to air this thing up? I'm have a MCI so this Eagle has me guessing. Help Help!

Richard

Old4103 · March 15, 2009, 06:56:53 AM

Richard,

Where is this bus? Maybe someone is close enough to come by and give you a helping hand.

Dallas

luvrbus · March 15, 2009, 07:07:42 AM

Richard, there is a air fitting behind the front bumper to air up with but you need to check for a air leak because you are not going to be able to drive the bus.If the bus has any of the door control valves start there the one for the door first.I am going to email my # to you.FWIW is that the 01 outside Temple TX good luck

Dreamscape · March 15, 2009, 07:49:05 AM

Clifford's right on with the air hookup. You should be able to hear the compressor cycling. Do you hear any leaks? If Clifford can't help you nobody can!

Keep us posted on the progress.

~Paul~

Van · March 15, 2009, 08:01:55 AM

Being parked for awhile ,could be that some critters could have chomped thru an air line or two,agreed check for leaks and keep us posted.

rdbishop · March 15, 2009, 08:11:09 AM

We found a couple of air leaks and repaired those, and at the minute cannot hear any more.
Are there any check valves or anything else that could be keeping the air pressure at 84 psi?

Richard

eagle windshield area corrosion

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