Disclaimer, I don't have a clue what I am doing! This blog is for your entertainment only so please don't try to hold me liable for you trying something as stupid as me. Thanks
Can anyone tell me if this is an 8v71 with any certainty? Untill I removed the floor I had never even see one. I sure in the months to come Ill see more and more of it. But for now Im just curious, what is it, Its got a blower on the intake and no turbo on the exhaust. So its what???? Ill be educating my self in the near future on these heavy duty engines, as all my mechanicing has been done on gas powered units.
Im holding a tolerance of +- 1/16 of an inch, hope its close enough. Looked like the factory was holding a 1/4 inch tolerance so im thinking ill be ok here.
Main framing for slideout (passenger side front) all primered metal is brand new with arasol sprayed primer as temporary rust protection until rust bullet goes on. This primmer will come back off right before the bullet is sprayed.
My estimate is that about 50% of the floor sills are this bad. After you see behind the sheet metal around the wheel wells yall will agree with me, "whats even holding this bus up off of the ground"
rus, before
and......................rust
rust
More rust "what surprised"
Any body know what this control it for??
You guessed it "more rust"
iky mess
Down into bay, passenger side
Down into bay, drivers side
Im putting some of these out out of the way pic up because Ill be diggin into every hole in this bus. This is just another before pic.
Ive been a cabinet maker for over 30 years now. I suppose some would call me a profesional cabinet maker as I make a living at it. I cant wait to get to the interior of the bus for this reason alone. Im going to do it up like the big boys do it.