Comments on: Retrieval Attempt #1: Split-Shifter http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/bus/?p=14 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:05:26 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: neufeld http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/bus/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-11 neufeld Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:46:53 +0000 http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/bus/?p=14#comment-11 Mike, great to hear from you again! It's good to know about the cheap tint -- I'll keep that in mind. Although I'm not impressed with the purple, I'm not specifically in a hurry to replace the window tint -- for one, I'll want to determine which windows will be painted opaque before bothering to retint the others. And I may just get it professionally done and save the hassle. I hadn't thought about window tint laws with respect to passenger windows in a bus/RV -- worth checking out. I wonder where I'd go to get the official skinny on that. Mike, great to hear from you again!

It’s good to know about the cheap tint — I’ll keep that in mind. Although I’m not impressed with the purple, I’m not specifically in a hurry to replace the window tint — for one, I’ll want to determine which windows will be painted opaque before bothering to retint the others. And I may just get it professionally done and save the hassle.

I hadn’t thought about window tint laws with respect to passenger windows in a bus/RV — worth checking out. I wonder where I’d go to get the official skinny on that.

]]> By: neufeld http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/bus/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-10 neufeld Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:43:14 +0000 http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/bus/?p=14#comment-10 Chewie, to be fair, a lot of the difficulty I have under a dashboard is just finding tracing wires. With the split shifter, it was obvious which wires were the right ones. :-) Chewie, to be fair, a lot of the difficulty I have under a dashboard is just finding tracing wires. With the split shifter, it was obvious which wires were the right ones. :-)

]]> By: Chewie http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/bus/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-9 Chewie Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:23:04 +0000 http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/bus/?p=14#comment-9 Nice call. I speak as one who hates car electrics. To spot an electro-mechanical fault on unfamiliar equipment is out of my league. I once spent a weekend up-side-down under a Triumph Spitfire dashboard getting the heater to work. A critical issue on a leaky sports car, if you can't see out the front you might not see the accident about to happen. Good Luck and have fun. Nice call. I speak as one who hates car electrics. To spot an electro-mechanical fault on unfamiliar equipment is out of my league.
I once spent a weekend up-side-down under a Triumph Spitfire dashboard getting the heater to work. A critical issue on a leaky sports car, if you can’t see out the front you might not see the accident about to happen.

Good Luck and have fun.

]]> By: Mike Dedmon http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/bus/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-8 Mike Dedmon Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:17:54 +0000 http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/bus/?p=14#comment-8 This is off the subject of the shifter, but might be info you can use in the future. At one time, I installed window tint in vehicles. The "purple" tint on the windows is actually just faded tint. There are several levels of quality of tint on the market. The cheap brands (found in most auto parts stores, wal-mart, etc...) will fade from smoke/gray to the light purple within a year. 3M is known for making very high quality tint film that doesn't fade, is scratch resistant, has UV protection and comes in a multitude of tint levels. Removal of old tint is not too hard. The film should just peel off. It will leave a gummy residue behind, but windex and razor blade scraper will remove it. I don't envy that process with all those windows. Also - Many states have VERY strict laws about window tinting in vehicles. How dark and on what windows. So, be sure to check out the laws related to tinting before you commit (assuming that you'll re-tint the windows) Thanks! This is off the subject of the shifter, but might be info you can use in the future. At one time, I installed window tint in vehicles. The “purple” tint on the windows is actually just faded tint. There are several levels of quality of tint on the market. The cheap brands (found in most auto parts stores, wal-mart, etc…) will fade from smoke/gray to the light purple within a year. 3M is known for making very high quality tint film that doesn’t fade, is scratch resistant, has UV protection and comes in a multitude of tint levels.

Removal of old tint is not too hard. The film should just peel off. It will leave a gummy residue behind, but windex and razor blade scraper will remove it. I don’t envy that process with all those windows.

Also – Many states have VERY strict laws about window tinting in vehicles. How dark and on what windows. So, be sure to check out the laws related to tinting before you commit (assuming that you’ll re-tint the windows)

Thanks!

]]> By: John http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/bus/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-6 John Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:58:30 +0000 http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/bus/?p=14#comment-6 "Linkage" might be the driver's code for "I dunno. The bus doesn't move anymore. Maybe some guy named Keith will figure out it is the shift splitter." But then I don't know when the condition report was filled out and who filled it out. “Linkage” might be the driver’s code for “I dunno. The bus doesn’t move anymore. Maybe some guy named Keith will figure out it is the shift splitter.” But then I don’t know when the condition report was filled out and who filled it out.

]]> By: neufeld http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/bus/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-4 neufeld Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:46:26 +0000 http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/bus/?p=14#comment-4 John -- what's your theory? John — what’s your theory?

]]> By: John http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/bus/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-3 John Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:49:20 +0000 http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/bus/?p=14#comment-3 I have a new theory on what "Could be a linkage message up" means in the condition report... I have a new theory on what “Could be a linkage message up” means in the condition report…

]]> By: Eliot http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/bus/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-2 Eliot Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:41:06 +0000 http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/bus/?p=14#comment-2 Well, you certainly seem better equipped to handle this than some people would be. I look forward to seeing how the conversion goes. Well, you certainly seem better equipped to handle this than some people would be. I look forward to seeing how the conversion goes.

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