Building an RV for full time living

[Psalm42]

Thanks Daveb and JackTupp! So it is a heater lol guess I'll be pulling that out and selling it. 90% of this things life is going to be driving around sunny South Florida lol I'll keep the block heater for the motor and a plug in space heater for those trips into colder weather.

I'll have to spend some time this weekend remembering how to draw so I can scribble down some designs

[Psalm42]

Here is the picture of the midplate and crankshaft where the pin was caught, you can see the crack in the oil passage on the second pic

[Psalm42]

Hey guys! It's been quite a while since my last update, had motor rebuild after motor rebuild at my job so my own motor had to get wrapped up and put in a corner for a few months lol and I only just got the bus back at the shop this past weekend after getting it towed out to a safer location before hurricane Irma came to town.

I just created an account on imgur so I can sttart embedding pictures into my posts, so over the next couple days I'll be posting the pictures and what I've done on progress.

[Psalm42]

Spent a few hours degreasing and then a few more hours metal prepping the motor to get the coat of por15 rust preventative on it





After that I got the first coat of thunderbird red on....man this stuff went on way thicker than I ever thought it was going to. Definitely didn't lay down as well as I want so I'll be going back over it with and sand paper to sand out the waves and stuff, I'll be spraying on another coat or 2 with the red after that.

[Psalm42]

Ripping out all the extra coolant and a/c lines running to the back of the bus, and prepping the engine bay for painting, started with the cowl to get the sprayer dialed in.

[Bbasso]

South Florida and no rear A/ C?

[Psalm42]

It's definitely going to have a.c., just not with the equipment that's in it now. This unit I'm pulling out is run off a compressor on the motor which I'm not going to be using. I'm simplifying the engine bay down to bare essentials. I'll be using this a.c. unit

Pioneer Air Conditioner Inverter+ Ductless Wall Mount Mini Split System Air Conditioner & Heat Pump Full Set, 9000 BTU 115V https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DVW6BG0..._cJGjAbQS94W0M

[TomsBeast]

Looks like you know your way around Ford/International Diesel engines!

Huh, a roller lifter that came apart and ruined a bunch of internals, who'da thunk it. Be glad it didn't split the lifter bore and ruin the block

When you say 'live out of it', do you mean RV park/Trailer parks where the rig spends most of it's time as your home base?

[Psalm42]

Lol I know right..a 6.0 powerstroke wth problems? Never heard of that.. Haha, been working on diesel pickups for about 5 years now, I love them

I actually had to use another full block and crank, we got a few good used cores around the shop.

And by "living in it" I mean it's going to be my daily driver to work, gym, hanging out, camping, life lol

[Psalm42]

Plugged up the hole where the a.c. blower vented into the interior.






Then prepped and painted the engine bay with gloss black por-15