When we first bought the bus, we noticed that several of the rubber hinges on the bay doors were cracked and needed to be replaced. It was one of those projects that just wasn’t high on our priority list, however. We knew we would do it at some point
Security & Driving Cameras - Part 2: Mounting and Wiring the Cameras & Initial Performance
After deciding to use the Lorex security cameras on the bus as both security and driving cameras and spending some time testing them out and deciding where to position them, the time came to mount and wire the cameras on the bus.
We decided to have five cameras outside the
Security & Driving Cameras - Part 1: Introduction
We are so close to heading inside the bus and starting insulation, walls, beds, kitchen, etc. First, however, we have just a couple more projects that have to come before walls go up. The first project on that list is cameras.
At 35 feet long plus a tow car, we
Solar Install: Part 4 - Finishing Up
Finally, we are at the end of our solar install. We had just a few last pieces to put it all together and see our designs come to fruition.
First up was mounting the upper panels into the racks. Luckily that was fairly simple since the racks were already up
Solar Install: Part 2 - Mounting the Lower Sliding Rails & Combiner Box
We were so relieved after mounting the Superstrut rails and upper racks. That part felt like the biggest hurdle in this solar install. When everything lined up and installed how we planned, it felt like a big weight was lifted off our shoulders. But, we couldn’t sit back and
Solar Install: Part 1 - Mounting the Rails & Upper Racks
After prepping the strut with the L-brackets and building our own scaffolding, the day had finally come to start installing the solar rack. Or so we thought.
We had picked up our bus from storage just like any other Friday morning. I was following behind the bus in our car,
Prepping for Our Solar Install
The time has finally come to start installing our solar rack and panels! We have been anxiously awaiting the day. As you know if you have followed along this past year, we designed and built our solar rack while the bus was away being painted. We didn’t even have
LED Headlights: Part 2 - Fitting & Install w/ Bonus Turn Signals
I think about 90% of our projects have ended up with Plan B (or C or D). Maybe not really 90%, but in the midst of troubleshooting and coming up with new ideas on the fly, it sure seems like it is that high. At this point, when a project
LED Headlights: Part 1 - Planning & Wiring
I wish we had video or pictures of how poor the light output was from the old incandescent headlights. Unfortunately, we never took any before the wiring was cut to remove the headlights during the painting process (there were no disconnects - only short, crusty old wires). But, believe me,
Lighting Up the Sides of the Bus
While we don’t want to do much night driving, we do want to be as visible as possible when those occasions come up. Since we needed to redo the headlights and their wiring (coming soon), we decided to add LED marker lights and turn signals down the lengths of
Installing New LED Tail Lights
We never really loved the old tail lights that the previous owner had built. However, we hadn’t really thought about redoing the entire rear light setup. Last year, we had even simply switched out the old bulbs in all of those lights for LEDs. That definitely helped some. Unfortunately
She's Home! And So Shiny!
She’s home!!! Our sweet, old bus is finally sitting proudly back in our driveway after five and a half months at the spa (aka body and paint shop). She crossed into Mexico in the middle of June as a sad, peeling, corroded “hot mess”. She crossed back into the