Bustache

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The past few days I’ve been plugging away at the bus list. I started in on the engine, replacing plugs, plug wires, fuel filters, fuel lines, some hoses, cleaning up the carb linkages, installing a new starter battery and fixing up the wiring, etc. All the easy stuff.

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I also changed the oil today. This picture was taken a couple of hours before. What? Doesn’t everyone change their oil when it’s this nice out?

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What else? Finished up painting the kids’ room. Kept working on framing up beds and storage.

The big project was the ceiling. I tell you that was a major chore. The thing is, it’s not difficult work if you’ve got three hands. With only two I struggled a bit, and I’ve got the sore neck and shoulders to show for it. However, I think it looks great. Reminiscences of the boat. All that’s really left is the trim between the pieces.

Tomorrow I start on the walls, which I’m excited about. Once the walls start going on it’ll feel like a bus again. Like something we can actually move into and head off on an adventure in.

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Removed the skirt and reinstalled it on the front of the bus as a bustache.

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And if anybody can find me one of these it would be greatly appreciated. It’s on a Magic Chef stove, and I’ve been told that this is the part that is failing, not the thermocoupler or anything else.

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26 Comments on “Bustache”

  1. methinks that is the thermostat? maybe try antiquestoveheaven.com in Los Angeles.. they work on a TON of vintage stoves and should be able to ID the part for you if nothing else..

  2. Mikes LP located on Frost and Clarence St. im Maplewood does a lot of work on RVs, Campers, Camper Trailers, and Concession Stands for Heating, Air conditioning , Stoves, etc. They may be a good place to check out.

  3. I’ve had good luck taking stove and furnace parts around to the back of the gas utility supplier place and finding “that guy”. He’s in a dinghy work-space filled with treasures that appear junk to us mortals. There’s a single bare bulb hanging from frayed wires, he’s sitting on a chair with a missing leg, propped on a milk crate. There’s an overflowing ashtray and a lit palmall hanging from his lips. His social skills are not great and you may need to simply accept his grunts and gestures as complete sentences. Hill be annoyed and amazed at how little you know about gas appliances. But if you play it right he’ll rummage around for a few minutes, put a working part in your hand and wave you off when you try to pay him. WARNING: The cute kids ploy will not work on this guy and can backfire pretty spectacularly.

  4. you will probably need to remove the intake manifold and clean out the exhaust cross over runs witch heat the manifold and allow the fuel to vaporize other wise the engine will always try to stall upon acceleration it was a big problem with those engines back in the day i have owned a few and repaired many

    good luck
    stan

    1. I agree with Stan, can’t tell you how many I’ve swapped out with Edlebrock manifolds during that era. Otherwise you’ll keep thinking its the carb.

  5. Did you try looking at Magic Chef replacement parts? They have a ton of stuff for old stoves, etc.

  6. What is broken about the gas thermostat? No gas getting to the oven? Is the knob frozen and won’t turn? Looks like it’s very similar to the Princess stove/oven thermostat that’s on zillions of boats. It should be very simple inside. A valve and a couple of springs and seals. Pull it apart and fix it. Or you could probably replace it with a Princess part if you can’t find a Magic Chef

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