http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/ RTS-bus-nuts Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:28:49 GMT Pete http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20146 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20146 Hi Bob I have 3 Monaco gauge set left - $229 with VDO senders included - free shipping to RTS-Bus-Nuts. The front door kits are still available from R&M -> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:29:14 GMT bobboyceh2o http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20145 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20145 Hey Pete. I remember seeing your bus project before, but it was not done last I had looked. That is one sweet RTS conversion for sure! I'm sure mine will not Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:28:56 GMT bobboyceh2o http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20144 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20144 Hello Phil The wheelchair lift would have helped for wifey, but she told me that did not want to live the RV life again. I loved it, she tolerated it. If all Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:36:19 GMT wayward@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20143 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20143 Hi Phil, My Dina is out about 100 miles west of Chicago. I have a weekend house out there and I also bought an old high school. I store my buses and some of my Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:17:42 GMT Phil Contursi http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20142 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20142 Hello All,  ....and a reply to Bob, I have a 84 RTS that has with the same drivetrain that you have.  In addition, the rear door has been removed along with Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:46:01 GMT wayward@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20141 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20141 Hi Pete, If it is only a 3 speed trans, I would not go through all the trouble doing the switch. Like I always said, the none electronic 6V92 is the way to go. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:31:27 GMT wayward@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20140 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20140 ... From: hawk_ii_mail@... To: RTS-bus-nuts@yahoogroups.com Subject: [RTS-bus-nuts] Re: Hello RTS bus nuts Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:41:22 -0000 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:29:10 GMT wayward@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20139 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20139 Hi Bob, It looks like a plan....lol. With me it was the other way around. I was married to an alcoholic wife for 15 years. We did do a lot of traveling Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:10:06 GMT Pete http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20138 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20138 ooops What I should have said is - take the whole cradle - series 50 and it's V731RH (right hand)tranny - cause your tranny is a V731 (left hand) Older RTS Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:15:31 GMT bobboyceh2o http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20137 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20137 Hello Pete These later model RTS-06 parts buses must already have had the right transmissions then, as the series 50 were factory installed in them. I was Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:57:00 GMT bobboyceh2o http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20136 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20136 Thank you Wulf I am retired and have nothing else to do now since wifey passed. I need to do something that I can focus all of my time and energy into. I'm not Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:41:24 GMT Pete http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20135 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20135 Welcome aboard Bob If you switch to a series 50 (I think they are great engines -but if you have a DDECed 6V92TA will may only get 1 mpg better fuel mileage Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:26:42 GMT wayward@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20134 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20134 Hi Bob, Let's be realistic....lol. I always say to people that asked me about the time and the money to converting buses: "How much time to you have and how Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:21:37 GMT bobboyceh2o http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20133 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20133 I joined this group with an older username back in July of 2006 after I bought a 35' X 96" 1988 RTS. It looks like I never posted here after joining, as my Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:36:00 GMT wayward@... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20132 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RTS-bus-nuts/message/20132 Hi Phil, Me too, no time and nobody to go with. Your right down the street....lol. My bus is only about 100 straight west of Chicago. ... From: