Got into Fresno on the 718 train at ~11pm (late as usual).\u00a0 At home were a few packages waiting.\u00a0 My POR 15, stale air cleaner triangle from Greg and Clara, and a 40hp air cleaner that was in shabby shape.\u00a0 The POR stuff look good and they even tossed in free spray bottles for the Marine Clean and Metal prep.\u00a0 I’ll see how well the POR15 thins and
\nsprays as my brother Tom left me a Snapon paint sprayer.<\/p>\n
The triangle looks good and strong.\u00a0 It’ll think I’ll give it a coat of black paint :)<\/p>\n
The air cleaner was in bad shape.\u00a0 There are rust and dents all over the surface and the worst part is that there is a rubber patch in the bottom of it with poorly applied solder on the bottom to try and contain it.\u00a0 I know I got it for about $50 less than the NOS ones, but
\nthis probably needs more than $50 worth or work.\u00a0 Luckily I have one more welding class, so I’m bringing the part with the patch in for some small welds and grinding off of bad rust.<\/p>\n
My Mom, Dad and I caught up and talked a bit.\u00a0 I went out to the bus and tested the fit of the air cleaner and also looked around the cab a bit more.\u00a0 After seeing a rat infested bus’ fresh air duct I kind of wanted to get in there to see what mine was like.\u00a0 It looked pretty
\neasy to take off, so I undid the screws to find that several had plumbers tape on them.\u00a0\u00a0 I don’t think they came that way from the factory.\u00a0 Once they were off I tried prying off the cover plate, but it was really stuck on by some old rubber.\u00a0 I kind of gave up after the metal seemed to be flexing, since I didn’t want to bent it out of shape.\u00a0 I ended up putting the screws back on and calling it a night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Got into Fresno on the 718 train at ~11pm (late as usual).\u00a0 At home were a few packages waiting.\u00a0 My POR 15, stale air cleaner triangle from Greg and Clara, and a 40hp air cleaner that was in shabby shape.\u00a0 … Continue reading