Oltrunt

oltrunt · January 30, 2022, 09:40:25 AM

Hello All. I'm proving hard to kill as my recovery from quad bipass surgery is coming along well. I've made it through the first thirty days which now "qualifies" me for another ten years @ 97% actuarial. As soon after surgery as possible I set myself up on a recovery schedule as if it were a job. I "work" from 9 to 5 every day running through my recovery exercises etc and I see good progress. I'm not quite ready to start pulling wrenches yet but today marked a banner day as I'm now able to pull on a pocketed "T "shirt (my life long uniform) rather than the loose fitting Hawaiian shirts I've been having to wear.

My first bus related project will be to relocate the oil fill plug on the top of the engine cover. The way it is presently set up I have to remove the entire air cleaner assembly back to the turbo just to ad oil--a real PITA. It should just be a tig cut and paste job and I don't know why I've waited this long.

It's going to take more than a bit of cancer and a few blocked arteries to pull this dog out of the fight. Jack

If you slide the pictures over to the right you can see the oil filler cap straight down from the wing nut on the air cleaner.

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lvmci · January 30, 2022, 09:54:17 AM

So great to hear from you Jack, best wishes for a full recovery, tom...

chessie4905 · January 30, 2022, 04:43:02 PM

Glad to hear you're doing better.

Tedsoldbus · January 30, 2022, 05:44:26 PM

Welcome back sir and I hope you heal fast.
I am new to this site and not a mechanic but I studied your pictures. I notice the air cleaner is held by 2 bolts and there are two holes above those not being used. If the rubber/ plastic tubing from the air cleaner to the turbo has a little give, could you connect two pieces of slotted metal strap to the brackets on the air cleaner? If you could elevate the back of the air cleaner about an inch and the front near the wingnut about 3 or 4 inches, could you put oil in with one of those aluminum funnels with the flexible metal tubing? It would save you tearing up your engine cover.

oltrunt · January 30, 2022, 06:34:39 PM

Ted, the air cleaner is also held in place by a small rubber isolator on the other side which acts as a vibration damper as well as a support. The higher I mount the air cleaner from the top of the engine the more lateral force is transferred to it as the engine shakes resulting in stress fatigue at the mounting points so I want to keep the AC close to the top of the engine. Also moving the air cleaner up would not allow me to close the hood. Nothing is never simple once you start monkeying around--but that's half the fun. Jack

Dave5Cs · January 30, 2022, 06:58:45 PM

Good to see you back Jack, life goes on.

BusNit · January 30, 2022, 07:02:11 PM

Great to hear you are staying in the fight. I moved from a skoolie to a Newell. I was "BusNit" on the skoolie forum. Love your build and seeing what you're up to next. Stay healthy my friend!

dtcerrato · January 30, 2022, 07:35:15 PM

Glad you're doing well Jack.

somewhereinusa · January 31, 2022, 06:36:18 AM

Hey Jack,

Doing good, keep up the good work. Glad to see you back at it again. My first cardiologist said I wouldn't make it another 10 years, that was 33 years ago.

CrabbyMilton · January 31, 2022, 06:56:37 AM

Exactly. You have to take what doctors say with many grains of salt. A lady at my church was diagnosed with cancer when she was in her early to mid 40's. The doctor said she probably wouldn't live but another 5-6 years. She did eventually did pass way...at the age of 93 but was cancer free.