The Dieselfication of FMC #1046
A number of you are aware of the project that I have going on with my 1976 FMC as there has been a link to the photo album that follows the project in my signature for some time. I have also done a l...
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BigRabbitMan wrote:
Time for an update. The first is that the site where I was putting the photos has been having some bad spammer caused issues so the links will not work.
edit: The site is back up and so I will be bringing the pictues uptodate over the next week. The links now work again.
Second is that work on the coach has continued. The Duramax 6.6L Turbo Diesel is now installed into the coach. While I am headed to Oregon for the holidays, I will be back next week to continue the process. With the engine set and the face of the engine set up like I want it with dual 145 amp alternators and a vacuum pump for my brakes, that phase is done.
The easy ones will be installing the heater hoses and fuel cooler. The more difficult will be designing and building the bracket that will hold the radiator and the water-to-air intercooler.
Primarily due to the shape of the radiator the decision was made to go with an early 2000 Ford radiator that was used with the 7.3L Powerstroke instead of the GM unit.
A second major decision was to go with a water-to-air intercooler instead of the normal air-to-air intercooler. Given the space available the water-to-air intercooler will do a better job and fit into the coach more effectively.
While the above is happening, we will also be stripping down the wiring harnesses to just what we need and connecting all of the computers and dash cluster and fuel pedal up as well.
Here is a picture of the engine face as it now sits in the coach.
I plan for the coach to be on the road before the end of June.
WOW,
That is one long belt!
I was looking at all the pictures, and wondering when this will be back on the road?
I once road in a FMC bus! It was at Portland Airport, in Oregon, and transported people to the rental car area. I recall it looking like the FMC motorhomes that I saw in Midway City (I used to ride my bike by a place that restored them there years ago, they closed up shop back in the 90's). The Portland bus had a diesel engine conversion too. It sounded like a big inline 6.
Did FMC keep making busses after motorhome production stopped? Or could this have been a factory built bus, or a motorhome conversion of some sort?
Thanks for the interesting pictures!
Fred.
