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Mike, first off sorry about your Uncle. Never easy saying goodbye to someone. God bless.

I had the same rattling on my passenger front side. You felt it when you drove my bus thru Port Jeff. Once I installed the new Koni's it went away. My shocks were, let's say, shot. You could compress them like an air pump. So that may be your answer.

Hope all is well....

Thanks guys, it was rather sudden. Had a car accident on Carman Road right by NCMC.

That side of the family - against my personal feelings - are fans of cremation.

I'm handling the services, and there will be a Memorial Service on Friday from 7 - 9 pm.



Just the same, bus will get fixed. Maybe new shocks... Koni's may be a bit pricy right now.
I'm of course always nervous when it comes to things like fuel lines. So, if they just bypass the heater for now it'll be ok. When I find a good fuel rated shut off and brass fittings I can just splice it back in. That isn't a big deal.
As for the fuel smell, buses are notorious for failure at the collar where the filler neck meets the rubber boot and also where the filler tube bends to enter the tank. I had begun to notice some fuel might splash through and make its way under the bus when filling - especially at stations with the vapor recovery pumps. The large spring/boot on the pump handles make it very difficult to properly position the pump in the (very sharp angle) of a bus's fuel filler.

Updates as I get them.

ObnoxiousBlue wrote:I'm handling the services, and there will be a Memorial Service on Friday from 7 - 9 pm.

Details?

His wife wanted cremation, before services. She didn't want the casket in the front of the room.

So there will be memorial visitation - ashes in urn in front of room.
Friday 7 - 9 pm at
The Brueggemann Funeral Home
522 Larkfield Road
East Northport, NY 11731

Memorial Service at 8pm.

Eddie was around alot, him and my stepfather worked together and as such he was at the house alot.
He even fronted me the money for Harley's surgery.

Jack and Eddie had been working on a bathroom remodel in Plainview, but Eddie needed to get a part from his shop and Jack had to get home to take care of something...
Eddie's van was seen to have been traveling north on Carman Rd. at which point it just veered off into a tree just before the entrance to the County Jail facility.
My aunt had gone to the hospital but opted not to see him in light of his going to the medical examiner for an autopsy.
Hearing this, I went to the hospital, made the identification and saw then the amount of work it would take to put things back to right. As I left the hospital I passed on Carman Road and it was clear there was no tapping of the brake. There were no tire marks, and trees don't move.

Gruesome

yikes. So sorry Mike.....

Two uncles in less than a month. Sorry for your losses.

Seriously...

Maybe I should've been a dentist or something?

ObnoxiousBlue wrote:Seriously...

Maybe I should've been a dentist or something?

My brother-in-law is a dentist and retiring early because he can't pay the bills when the insurance companies only pay $18 for a filling.

He said but the time you pay for school and buy a practice, you're in debt and will never dig yourself out. You're beter off being a plumber.

Good thing I'm not a dentist!

Maybe I should've been a plumber?

ObnoxiousBlue wrote:Good thing I'm not a dentist!

Maybe I should've been a plumber?

Or a proctologist.

My condolences on your uncle .

You should have been a teacher, this way your off all summer !

Tom wrote:My condolences on your uncle .

You should have been a teacher, this way your off all summer !

Every holiday including the Jewish holidays + personal days and sick days that you'll never use all of so you get paid for them when you retire.Want a raise just take a couple of in school courses the credits count. Then you work 6 1/2 Hours a day with a 45 minute lunch a 30 or 45 minute prep period then there's music and art .That's another 45 minutes each once a week and gym twice a week. Not a bad gig if you can get it.Want to make more money run a club before or after school.Oh and if it snows your more than likely off.

EDNCAROL wrote: Not a bad gig if you can get it.

It can be except Toby's 1st student teaching assignment was in a "urban" high school in Rochester. Students had to walk through magnetometers to get in and twice Toby had to get between 2 students fighting with weapons. Oh then there were the times the on duty city police officer had to remove students from the room for threatening the teacher.

Sure.. it's great.

Glenn I was talking about our local long Island teachers. But let's face it anything can go wrong anywhere on any day. I've seen second graders coming to school with guns and middle school girls with box cutters.

Thanks. Glenn, Ed and Ian for coming down tonight.

Sorry you had to sit through the eulogies - that seemed to go on, and on, and on, and on, and on.
Usually, Janine - the celebrant wouldn't ever allow that many people to speak. I think she kinda let it happen because of "who's family it was." Finally, I stepped on the back of the line to put it to rest.
I was a bit worried when my aunt was speaking - she got a little feisty and I wasn't sure where it was going! Lol

Just the same.

Folks, be safe, drive safe. When you wake up in the morning, thank God for the gift of the day. Tell your families you love them and don't let your enemies rent space in your head - life is too short.

For all others liturgies - call for an appointment.

ObnoxiousBlue wrote:
Folks, be safe, drive safe. When you wake up in the morning, thank God for the gift of the day. Tell your families you love them and don't let your enemies rent space in your head - life is too short.

For all others liturgies - call for an appointment.

We'll said Mike.

Great turn out. Went in not knowing your uncle left feeling like I lost a close friend.

EDNCAROL wrote:Great turn out. Went in not knowing your uncle left feeling like I lost a close friend.

Very true...

The line that hit me was "hard exterior, soft interior". He was a hell of a guy and will be missed by many.

Also learned, give a old man a open and you never know where he'll go with it.

Can someone explain brake adjustment please? I've always been afraid of playing with the brakes - not starting is one thing; not stopping could be quite catastrophic.

Over the last few days, I had noticed when braking that it felt like the bus was grabbing more with the front (the nose would dip slightly) I lifted the bus and all the brakes seem to be working. I had looked to the rears, thinking they might not have been grabbing so I went to adjust them. I understand that the stars are on threaded "Rod" and turning the stars moves the shoe closer to or further from the drum, the shoes are fixed inside the drum but the drum rotates with the wheels.

It's tough to see, how can I tell if there is enough brake material left? I looked in the Bentley and it seems like you need to take the castleated nut off the rear hub to get the drum out... That's alot of effort for someone who's never opened the drum before and might not be able to get it back together...

In any case. I adjusted the brakes on the rear, just to the point where they drag a hair when spun by hand. Then took the bus for a drive. It stops great, the pedal feels higher and the parking brake grabs in 3-4 clicks not 10-11.

Am I missing something?

There's a cool tool that Raj has for beetles that multiplies torque, it is great because that rear nut requires something like 225 ft pounds of torque to install , so your skinny ass removing it would not be easy. I have not seen this tool for buses ( busi ?) but if you find it let me know.

You are correct, the nut needs to come off to get the drum off. That nut has a torque spec somewhere around 260 ft lbs IIRC? Double check that figure, I'm 2 beers in at the moment.

I have the tool too and it's great! Let me if you want to borrow it. And I'll bring it to a meeting!

Brown wrote:I have the tool too and it's great! Let me if you want to borrow it. And I'll bring it to a meeting!

I think the bus is a different size, not sure.

The tool only works on bugs. The 1971 -79 type 2 rear drums are seperate from the hub. The drum slides right off the hub like a newer car with drum brakes. The only thing Holding the drum on the hub is the wheel.