BUS DAY! This SUNDAY! Need your help!

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

Hi everyone - it's that time again, time to clean out and clean up the bus for another season. We're going to do the bus day at my house in western Cary near Hwy 55 and High House Road.

Map to 112 Picturesque LN, Cary, NC 27519

This SUNDAY starting at Noon, go until dark.

- If you plan to come please PM me and I'll keep the list updated of who will be here.
- Please respond to this thread with requests for things to be done
- Any staff members who are responsible for supplies, etc please try to get what is needed and bring it to Bus Day.

Later today I will post a draft list of work to be performed. THANKS FOR COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING YOUR CLUB!

Edit - List of volunteers so far - see ya Sunday and THANKS!

Stephen Westerfield
Pete Guthrie
Marcus McRae
Mike Whitney
Dustin Fredrickson
Gary Hill
Wes?
Les?
Charlie Monroe
Kendt Eklund
Michael Westerfield
Chris Suich
Carl Fisher

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

Preliminary list of to-dos:

TO DO - CLEAN AND ORG
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Bus floor mop / deep clean
Bus clean windows in and out
Bus interior wipedown / clean
Bus interior organization / labeling / go through all drawers
Trailer interior organization / labeling / go through all boxes
Trailer interior vacuum, mop, wipedown
Trailer exterior wash
Timing equipment sort
FRS radios - check all, toss bad, order new

TO DO - MAJOR PROJECTS - NEED OWNERS?
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Test bus batteries + acc battery - replace if needed
Cracked mirror?
AC diagnose/repair/fill
New 12v outlets *Mike Whitney*
Leaking roof panel?

TO DO - MINOR PROJECTS
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Create club contact list for wall
Fix "broken" vinyl graphics holes / seal with clear tape?
Check window seals / glue on
Make/find window props
Fix up flag storage
Rain-x windshield?

TO DO - MAINTENANCE
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Check all lights
Check glow plugs
Coolant check
Replace air filter
Washer fluid
Trans fluid check
Brake fluid check
Hitch system lube
Chassis check out -- balljoints, shocks, etc OK
Tire pressures

AT SHOP - MAINTENANCE
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Oil change
Trans fluid check
Fuel filter change?
Chassis inspection -- balljoints, shocks, etc OK
Chassis lube
Check all glow plugs
Bus state inspection
Trailer state inspection

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:53 pm

im told the buzzer, for the glow plugs.. is non functional. i am not an electrician by any means.. but that is one thing im told is not right.. is there anything you need unskilled labor for. i can do oil changes and things that are basic pm. my father is somewhat out of commission right now(i didnt do it).. so i'll be alone again. is there any unskilled labor that needs doing?

Stephen Westerfield · **Posted:** Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:34 pm

I should be able to be there.

Come on folks, the bus needs some love.

David Spratte · **Posted:** Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:29 pm

Damn. I missing this and the Safety Inspection by being out of town this weekend.

Kevin Allen · **Joined:** Thu Aug 28, 2003 6:42 pm **Posts:** 3479

Good luck. We'll be in our well-heated home on Sunday, what with it being 34° and all. :lol:

I'll try to take care of a few items on your list before delivery, though. (while it's well above freezing)

ChrisSuich · **Posted:** Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:58 pm

I'll be there.
I hope to work on the display.
Calling Rob Harvey!!!

See you Sunday.

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

Kevin Allen wrote:

Good luck. We'll be in our well-heated home on Sunday, what with it being 34° and all. :lol:

Holy crap it's gonna be cold!

Bring your long undies. As long as it's sunny out it should feel fine, we'll all be busy.

I'll have a Mr. Heater for use inside the bus or trailer, and I'll have the IR heat kicking inside the workshop which (with recent insulation) should keep it 50 deg+ in the garage. If anyone has a jet heater for outside work, bring it.

Gwen Habenicht · **Posted:** Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:29 am

In the late summer, early Fall, when the bus was at the kennel, Bernie and I emptied the trailer, cleaned all the shelves, box tops, scrubbed the floor, and took all the cones out and cleaned them. We also separated out the really bad cones, labeled them, and stacked them separately by the side door. So, unless the trailer got really dusty at one of the last RallyX events, it shouldn’t be too bad. We also scrubbed the outside of the trailer and bus and got a lot of the mildew and dirt off. Like Mike says, there is some lettering that needs repair. I think I pointed that out to Stephen when he came to drive the bus to Danville. I never found time to deal with the inside of the bus, so it’s still pretty dirty. At least when we were working on it the weather was freaky hot, not freaky cold!

Charlie Monroe · **Posted:** Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:11 pm

I will be there for a few hours. I may have to leave before dark since we have plans Sunday evening.

Charlie

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:26 pm

when topping off coolant, do we need to be running the bus while we do it like a car motor. (as to not overwhelm the inlet port, on the radiator) or can we top it off normally. you may want more coolant than water in it, to resist freezing.. your call

MikeWhitney · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 9:15 pm **Posts:** 4724

Gwen - THANKS for doing all the cleanup last year - I wasn't aware of it. Should make our job this Sun a bit easier.

Pete - Coolant can be checked with the engine off. We use 50-50.

Note - I plan to drop the bus off at Triangle Truck on Monday for maintenance and a state inspection. The ol' hooptie has been pretty cheap to operate compared with the old school bus and I think the club can afford to have the pros do a thorough maintenance on her.

So, any other realistic requests or work items for the bus and trailer? Everyone please spend a moment thinking back to the last few events last year and think about what can be improved in our equipment to make our events run better. THANKS!

KendtEklund · **Joined:** Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:29 pm **Posts:** 1204

Thought I was going to have to work, but looks like I'm in as well!

Michael Westerfield · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:43 pm

Never been to a bus day, but I think I can make it this time for a few hours. Count me in.

Kevin Allen · **Joined:** Thu Aug 28, 2003 6:42 pm **Posts:** 3479

Don't know if any of you have seen the forecast recently, but Fishel was saying we'd get up to 12" of snow tomorrow in the Cary area (up to 3" in Four Oaks), starting in the morning. Want to postpone, or should I deliver the bus tonight? Cause I damn sure ain't driving it in the snow. :lol:

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