To all the POs out there. WHY???? WHY DID YOU DO IT THAT WAY???? WHY?????

[desi arnaz]

it really is not that bad, a few proper connectors and some tie wraps and it will be fine.
i have seen much worse.

[Cary and Don]

One thing we have done when changing the wiring is documenting all the changes.  There is a sheet in our manual that lists every change to every junction post, relay, or breaker.  It tells where that new color coded wire goes and what it does.  We also had to figure out what some idiot did.  We have made quite a few changes and repairs over the years.  It is impossible to remember all of them.

Don and Cary
GMC4107
Neoplan AN340

[Melbo]

I have my own special "Owner's Manual" that I write as I work on the bus.

with wiring diagrams and pictures if necessary.

I refer back to it when I look at something that I can clearly see was done by me but I don't understand why.

I feel like the guy in Memento the movie --- good short term memory but not always so good with the history of what I did and why.

Melbo

[muddog16]

I've watched this crying towel express for the last couple of days!  I guess you could have bought a new bus without problems.........oh wait!.........that's to expensive,  I'm also sure no one was held at gunpoint and forced to buy their bus.........you knew what you were buying when you purchased it........if you didn't well............easy come easy go!   Like many other financially distressed busnuts, we purchased what we did with the thought of getting a bus "cheap", with cheap comes the work envolved with restoring these finely engineered beasts!  If it was easy women would be doing it...........oh wait.......where is divineright?................have a great day and enjoy life.........sorry Anja and other Ladies no disrespect meant........some of these "he men" need to man up!    

[JackConrad]

Heck, for me, rebuilding everything is as much fun as converting it or using it. Besides, that keeps me off the streets and out of the bars.  LOL  Jack

[muddog16]

Amen Jack!

[Chopper Scott]

What I enjoyed about repairing things (a never ending job probably  ) is the confidence I have in the ole girl now and knowing that I can fix most anything on it besides possibly the engine and tranny. They really are built well and are simple.... just big! I also enjoy listening to the guys with the new mega buck S&S rigs and all their problems. Beating these things up and down the road is hard on some of the rv internal components and simpler is better.

[ruthi]

When we bought our Dina, it had been completely rewired with new freightliner wiring, complete with diagram. It is the only reason we got it. As some may know, this was one of the big problems with a Dina. I take no offense about the referral of women, but just remember the saying, behind every great man, is an even greater woman. Well, maybe I embellished the saying a little,  but come on guys, you know it is true.