1963 GM 4106 Bus Conversion Tour March 2019
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- Опубликовано: 21 мар 2019
- 1963 G M 4106, #1755. Converted in 1982. We have done most of the major items; An In-Frame rebuild of the DD 8 V 71 engine, new brakes, new Genset, new (twice !) 3000 Watt Inverter, and the floor (not yet completed) and bedroom, from a full to two singles, also not completed. We carry a dish that is an extra $7.00 a month on our home dish bill for exactly ALL the same channels as home, no matter where we are. We will at some point be pulling a trailer with my paramotor or a truck or VW Bus on a dolly.
Love it wayne
Hey Wayne,
Nicely equipped bus. Has everything you need.
One point of information, the Allison V-730 is a 3-speed (that's what the 3 in 730 indicates). Even though it feels like it shifts 3 times, here is what it's doing. You feel it shift from 1st to 2nd, then you feel what feels like a shift but it is actually the torque converter lockup, then you feel the shift between 2nd and 3rd. The torque converter always remains locked in 3rd which is why when you are going up a hill under acceleration and it downshifts at 45 mph the shift is so hard. To avoid that hard shift, you can take your foot off the accelerator for a second and manually downshift before the auto-shift occurs at 45 and shift at 48-55 mph. Enjoy your bus! Check mine out sometime.
Downshifting to get rid of the SLAM into lower gear is hard to judge, I'm getting better, though.
Hello Mark Wayne Everett here. Nice bus one of these days going to have one.
Super nice old bus with room to spare. Thanks for the tour!
It is a thing of beauty.
Looks great!
Thanks.
Someone has done some very. Ice updates on your bus. I assume it was you. ??
Congratulations
You have a keeper.
Heck
Just order new Aluminum wheels and mount them.
She will love them.
Thanks for the informative Video
We've done the genset, rebuilt the 8V-71, added the couch from a jack knife, and now have twins beds instead.
And I'm thinking about wheel covers.
Beautiful! I want it!
Just for your information you can get a low speed (1200 rpm ) Onan generator diesel which eliminates the use of gasoline on board. Now to eliminate the use of propane simply replace the stove with an electric stove that uses not regular electric heating pads but induction heating pads that requires all cooking pots and pans be made out of metal, ceramic won't work. No metal pots or pans your not going to cook anything. The beauty of induction cooking? You can have a pot of stew on high heat boiling and lift it off the burner and place your bare hand on it and it is cold, only the metal heats up. The electric heater is a minor annoyance. Simply use a 20 gallon hot water tank mounted vertically and buy one that has a heating loop installed inside. Run coolant from the engine and when you park its ready to rock. Camping for more than a day? Use a diesel fueled hot water heater that's normally used for heating an engine. Works great and fast plus it's fully automatic.
Cheers!
We like gasoline because if anything goes wrong with the diesel fuel (contamination, etc), the genset keeps going.
When you install 160 gallons of water in the basement is there any structural concern? Do you have to do any re-enforcing or at least displace the weight?
It sits cross-ways on the frame rails. They are Large frame members.
Nice rig but you need to put some energy into your tour voice you're putting me to sleep
Thank you for the tour, great old bus that is easy to make your own! Looks like you have plenty of power. Does it have roof a/c, or something else since original air removed?
Roof A/C. Big enough to cool it with the overhead fans on sucking hot air out
Sorry that this took so long to answer. I had a surgery and the bus was last on the list.
Wayne Everett , I had surgery too, my projects are moving at a snails pace
Without power steering is power by armstrong.
Is it for sale???
Hey check out my rusty 1955 kombi bus build
Chinese Tires?????
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Clean the Bus
Get the Junk out of it.before you show it.
Some people will complain about anything.