Check the bulkhead!!!

[scenicruiser997]

Here goes.  I have this fellow busnut friend of mine that knows what bus I am in the process of restoring.  Everytime I see him or talk to him before we leave, he always tells me to "inspect your bulkhead".  What does he know and what do I need to be looking for?  This is really starting to bother me, and worry me. What am I looking for, when he tells me to check my bulkhead?

[luvrbus]

I thought a 4501 had engine rails and did not hang from the bulkhead like the V drives GM's ?

good luck

[Paso One]

If It has the GM V- drive bulkhead. This is typically what can happen on the left side by the lower Radiator mounting area.

[scenicruiser997]

The motor is mounted on a cradle with a T-drive, with two bolts in the front and three jacks from the back that can be adjusted for tilt from the left to the right.  What is he talking about?

[luvrbus]

A rear bulkhead is a partition or barrier can be structural or non structural if your engine is tied to it maybe he wants you to check for cracks or bad welds I don't know enough about the 4501 to tell you what to check 



good luck

[Chopper Scott]

Ask the man asking you....

[Paso One]

A rear bulkhead is a partition or barrier can be structural or non structural if your engine is tied to it maybe he wants you to check for cracks or bad welds

For the most part the one I just finished working on was non structural.  The center section around the mounts and up are all part of the main structural.  The outer sections I believe were just barriers even the parts book casll some of the components " stiffeners "

I opened up the right side to accomadated the new larger tranny.  This picture is the "before"