Truth be told I've been working like a dog from before dawn. I'm back to driving school busses for work and am on the road from 5:30am til 8:15am then after a long 5 minute break I'm back on the road from 8:20 til 9:05. I get a bit of a break then as my next run starts at 10:45 and ends at 12:15. Then I get to have lunch and I'm back out again from 1:45 til 4:45. Add in the hour allotted for bus cleaning, paperwork etc and I'm working for 9 hours a day.
Then my weekends seem to be fully occupied by other things. All of those things were put off this weekend by rain - lots of rain. Today I did manage to get to the bus where I sat and considered the things that need doing. That's when the drumming of the rain on the roof started to make me sleepy.
Last week or the week before I finished cutting the panel to go over the bottom window of the back door. That took a while because it had to fit loosely enough to allow for expansion when welding yet well enough that it can be welded in easily. The curves on the corners took most of my time. The plan is now to put sheet steel over all the windows at the very back of the bus then to put steel strips along the sides of the bus over the windows, making it look more secure and more like a prison bus.
When I was trying the steel sheet for the lower window (the only sheet I have cut to shape) I dropped it on my rearview camera - the one mounted over the bumper. It took exception to that and the mount gave way. Thus I had to order another which is coming from China. That was not welcome but wasn't the end of the world.
I still have to replace the roof vent with my new vent and the roof could definitely do with an extra coat or two of elastometric roof paint. I noticed some cracking when I was up there a while back.
Other than that, I still need to install my 3rd battery with the wiring and to finish building the battery carrier and of course put my wiring in so that I can keep the driving batteries charged from solar power.
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