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Working on my bus

Started by harleyman_1000, July 14, 2014, 09:15:53 AM

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harleyman_1000

Quote from: robertglines1 on July 14, 2014, 06:23:08 PM
measurements of your tank?  Have a local guy but he only makes about 4 sizes that will fit in our buses.

15 1/4 " tall    28 1/4" wide   65" long  that is as long and as wide that I can fit, but I can go about 5 or 6" taller. I am thinking putting in a black and a grey tank in that space might be better.
Scott 
St.Louis Missouri

1958 GM 4104 Extended 2 feet, with a 6v92 and 5 speed automatic

http://s783.photobucket.com/user/harleyman_1000/library/Gm4104%20bus?sort=3&page=1

Dave5Cs

Scott that is roughly 118 gallon tank. If you use that for your Grey then make your black about 60-65 and your Fresh about 118-120

Don't feel bad Scott Our 1st bus was a day away from being bought from MK also and I backed out. ;D

Dave
"Perfect Frequency"1979 MCI MC5Cs 6V-71,644MT Allison.
2001 Jeep Cherokee Sport 60th Anniversary edition.
1998 Jeep TJ ,(Gone)
Somewhere in the USA fulltiming.

harleyman_1000

Quote from: Dave5Cs on July 14, 2014, 07:21:41 PM
Scott that is roughly 118 gallon tank. If you use that for your Grey then make your black about 60-65 and your Fresh about 118-120

Don't feel bad Scott Or 1st bus was a day away from being bought from MK also and I backed out. ;D

Dave


I only have space for another tank that would be about 5 or 6" tall  65" long, and  it could be about 35" wide. How big of a black tank would that be?
Scott 
St.Louis Missouri

1958 GM 4104 Extended 2 feet, with a 6v92 and 5 speed automatic

http://s783.photobucket.com/user/harleyman_1000/library/Gm4104%20bus?sort=3&page=1

Seangie

Scott - don't get discouraged.  Its like eating an elephant....one little bite at a time.  Patience is key.

-Sean

Fulltiming somewhere in the USA
1984 Eagle 10S
www.herdofturtles.org
'Cause you know we,
we live in a van (Eagle 10 Suburban)
Driving through the night
To that old promised land'

Dave5Cs

Scott just put the numbers in and it will tell you.

http://www.watertanks.com/calc.asp
"Perfect Frequency"1979 MCI MC5Cs 6V-71,644MT Allison.
2001 Jeep Cherokee Sport 60th Anniversary edition.
1998 Jeep TJ ,(Gone)
Somewhere in the USA fulltiming.

Van

Width X Height X Length divide by 231 = Capacity  ;)
B&B CoachWorks
Bus Shop Mafia.
Now in N. Cakalaki

Dave5Cs

Oh Van so your one of those smart math type guys? I had someone ask me how much 9 + 2 was and I was trying to figure out how I could get another finger sewed on!... ::)

Dave
"Perfect Frequency"1979 MCI MC5Cs 6V-71,644MT Allison.
2001 Jeep Cherokee Sport 60th Anniversary edition.
1998 Jeep TJ ,(Gone)
Somewhere in the USA fulltiming.

harleyman_1000

Quote from: Seangie on July 14, 2014, 10:05:49 PM
Scott - don't get discouraged.  Its like eating an elephant....one little bite at a time.  Patience is key.

-Sean

Fulltiming somewhere in the USA
1984 Eagle 10S
www.herdofturtles.org


Hmmmm I think my jaw is going to be very sore from all the chewing
Scott 
St.Louis Missouri

1958 GM 4104 Extended 2 feet, with a 6v92 and 5 speed automatic

http://s783.photobucket.com/user/harleyman_1000/library/Gm4104%20bus?sort=3&page=1

B_K

Quote from: harleyman_1000 on July 15, 2014, 07:10:27 AM

Hmmmm I think my jaw is going to be very sore from all the chewing

:o   ::)   ;D

harleyman_1000

 Does anyone know the names of the 2 rv surplus places in Indiana?
Scott 
St.Louis Missouri

1958 GM 4104 Extended 2 feet, with a 6v92 and 5 speed automatic

http://s783.photobucket.com/user/harleyman_1000/library/Gm4104%20bus?sort=3&page=1

lvmci

How dow you stop filling up the black tank, Depends!
MCI 102C3 8V92, Allison HT740
Formally MCI5A 8V71 Allison MT643
Brandon has really got it going!

Dave5Cs

A bunch of RV supplies in Elkhart from what I hear?
"Perfect Frequency"1979 MCI MC5Cs 6V-71,644MT Allison.
2001 Jeep Cherokee Sport 60th Anniversary edition.
1998 Jeep TJ ,(Gone)
Somewhere in the USA fulltiming.

Oonrahnjay

Quote from: harleyman_1000 on July 14, 2014, 09:01:37 PM

I only have space for another tank that would be about 5 or 6" tall  65" long, and  it could be about 35" wide. How big of a black tank would that be?

     Scott, one cubic foot is almost exactly 7.5 gallons.  (if you're working in inches, 1) multiply your L X W X height measurements, 2) then 12 X 12 X 12, and 3) divide the results of 1) by the results of 2).  That will give you the cu/feet,  multiply that by 7.5 and you'll get gallons.

     But I'd be really afraid to have a 5-6" tall black tank.  You want to get a good flush through a black tank when you're dumping (the tank, that is) and I'd be afraid that it would be hard to clean out a tank that thin.  All it would take is a few dumps with deposits of "stuff" in there, and you'd have built up to a mess that would be hard to deal with.

     But maybe others have suggestions on that.  (One thing that people have tried with good success is to empty their grey tanks through their black tanks after most of the contents of black have been dumped.)

HTH,  B Henderson   coastal NC
Bruce H; Wallace (near Wilmington) NC
1976 Daimler (British) Double-Decker Bus; 34' long

(New Email -- brucebearnc@ (theGoogle gmail place) .com)

Red Rider

Maybe I'm getting old, but my Plumbing code dictates 7.48 gallon per Cubic foot. I think I read a post that said 14 Ga.
Mike AKA; Red Rider 4106-1885

luvrbus

LOL times have changed Mikey it was always 7.48 gals per cubic ft to me also and I don't even have the book ::)
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