Re: Bucking, lurching leads to no camping and bummed out kid
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:37 pm
Electrical tape would work. I used a clear RTV for electronics - non acidic type.
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Thank-you.56ovalbug wrote:http://www.ttalk.info/Tech/PerNegGndTest.htm
I was waiting to put a few more miles on it before commenting, but yes. I'm up to about 30 miles of trouble free driving. Ambient air temperatures are close to 90, so the engine gets warm fast. In fact I can't remember when it drove so well. Starts right up, drives very smoothly, quiet and has plenty of power. I guess I am still in denial that I fixed it and it has stayed that way.56ovalbug wrote:So is it still running okay?
You better believe it. I was still having some minor issues with the bus. I can hear more unidenitfied hissing. The bus seems to be running hot. I have no physical data, but I know it well enough to have anecdotal evidence, like it smells hotter on short trips. I ran out of time to really take it for a shake down drive before subjecting it to a marathon.Randy in Maine wrote:
Phooey. I am in Belle Plaine MN today. I had to drive 1,432 miles in a Type 1 bus in two days. With a side wind! Kids these days . . .aopisa wrote:I had to be in Bemidgi, MN today, not tomorrow.
Fifteen hundred miles in two days. If I had the bus I would be still driving
Even though I brought my bus from barely running to actually running by myself, I am not sure of its ability to long haul. You can tell me that on September 8th. If it gets a thumbs up, I will do 1,500 miles in two days without breaking a sweat.Amskeptic wrote:Phooey. I am in Belle Plaine MN today. I had to drive 1,432 miles in a Type 1 bus in two days. With a side wind! Kids these days . . .aopisa wrote:I had to be in Bemidgi, MN today, not tomorrow.
Fifteen hundred miles in two days. If I had the bus I would be still driving
I think I fixed it, but waiting for Colin to confirm this Saturday. I have driven it a total of a few hundred miles since I think I solved it without a repeat. The last few times I had it out, I got a slight single incident hesitation after shifting from 1st into 2nd. I haven't driven it too much since I broke the vent wing window (another story). Since Colin's visit is so close, I was holding off until we can go over everything thoroughly.Sylvester wrote:Say aopisa, did Colin help fix this issue?
Duh I cannot read the post, it was this weekend, I thought Colin had already come and gone. Take pictures.aopisa wrote:I think I fixed it, but waiting for Colin to confirm this Saturday. I have driven it a total of a few hundred miles since I think I solved it without a repeat. The last few times I had it out, I got a slight single incident hesitation after shifting from 1st into 2nd. I haven't driven it too much since I broke the vent wing window (another story). Since Colin's visit is so close, I was holding off until we can go over everything thoroughly.Sylvester wrote:Say aopisa, did Colin help fix this issue?
I will report back.
I am like everyone else when it comes to pictures. I start out with good intentions. After about an hour or two with my head already spinning and gravel imbedded in my back, the camera is long forgotten. I am thinking of asking my son to play photojournalist.Sylvester wrote: Take pictures.
Sep 08 D aopisa ........................ Manchester Center VT
And he did play photojournalist and did a good job.aopisa wrote:I am like everyone else when it comes to pictures. I start out with good intentions. After about an hour or two with my head already spinning and gravel imbedded in my back, the camera is long forgotten. I am thinking of asking my son to play photojournalist.Sylvester wrote: Take pictures.
Sep 08 D aopisa ........................ Manchester Center VT