This morning, I replaced my shifter in my bus with a borrowed one. Thanks Gary! Started the bus up and went out for my morning spin. I've been doing thins so...
Excellent news Jeff!! Was going to ask how things were going when I saw you already sent an email. Figures that it was the one thing that we didn't think it...
Yep, "free" isn't "free", LOL. But 'IF' all goes well, Ken Sawyer's 35 ft. "eBay" special will be at my house be this time next week. It is a complicated long...
Two months ago I went to a couple of places to get bids. Barton Ford in Suffolk, Virginia has a large paint booth and they had the contract on the local...
Hi Jeff, Painting a bus is not that difficult. I am lucky to have a big enough shop for painting a bus, but I have painted many buses and cars outside. ...
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Hi All I asked Bubba "to reinstall the original shifter" only to verify that he - truely - fixed his problem - Last year Bubba and I had worked over the phone...
Haven't drilled deep enough into the V731 electrical "magic box" specs to be sure but I am lead to believe that Jeffs engine was coming up against the first...
Thanks Grant. I agree, all connections should be tight. What I was saying about Pete and 'System Control", He had a list of possible. Only way to narrow down...
Air flow at the back of the bus is an aerodynamic nightmare. The problem stems from the fact that there is a HUGE vacuum generated on the rear as the bus...
Hi - Good News DDEC Owners with poor acceleration Bill Gerrie and I have worked on this problem for the last few days- Via long distance phone call Between...
Pete, Are you talking about a delayed response after pushing the throttle causing slow acceleration, or the slow motion 277 hp trying to move a 30,000 pound ...
Carl In talking about some RTS's with a painfully slow response when starting from a dead stop only - seems their DDEC is set with a "smoke control" option My...
Thanks Pete, My '89 has the DDEC but not the EPA "upgrade" My '88 has the DDEC and the EPA "upgrade" Both accelerate about the same. I would not call them...
Awhile back much was said about cruise controls in general and the DDEC's having the cruise "built in"... If you have Detroit Diesel turn the cruise on, what...
Carl For DDEC Cruise Control IIRC - You have to set: <>Tire Size <>VSS Teeth <>Top Gear Ratio (final Drive) <>axle ratio <>cruise y/n <>max speed I think these...
HI All - MORE INFO Hi - Good News for DDEC (I-II-II-IV) Owners with poor acceleration from a stop In talking about 6V92TA's with a painfully slow response when...
I don't know if this is the correct place to ask this but all you folks are in the circle that might know of a bus for sale. I would prefer one in the...
DDEC cruise control can pick up one of two signals. Wheel speed, or engine speed, and will set "cruise" speed governed by either one you tell it to. You can...
LOL, I live in Panama City and looked for over a year for one... Just bought my 35' RTS from Wisconson a couple of weeks ago.(1200 mile drive home). Price was...
Hi Everyone. I have a real nice 1982 40 footer for sale. In the process of converting it, I have lost my lease on my shop where i was rebuilding it and have to...
... Just ... drive ... and ... removing ... one ... that. ... consider ... while ... prefer ... a ... minded ... Thanks a bunch to all of you that have emailed...
Good Sam/VIP Insurance is with GMAC. They will sell you s liability policy but, as I understand what they told me, no full coverage on bus conversion. My '04...
I had Good Sam Affinity Road Service for several years, it paid off when my RTS quit running in the middle of the road and I had to have it pulled off with a...
Hi all,, I have been reading about some of you taking your busses to the shop for a air bag replacement and not having good luck. Well, this week I had one of...
After the shop tried 3 times and still got it installed backwards, leaving scaly rust/corrosion/grime etc... in place, I got under there myself and fixed the...
Good Sam Emergency road service covers Converted rts buses. I told them what I had and made sure they understood what an rts bus was before paying for...
