Hole

I cut my first hole in the bus. What a scarey moment. In  the process of hooking up plumbing, I had hooked up the hoses to the water pump. I used flexible hose to connect to the water pump because I had read that it will cut down on noise and vibration.

 

Here you see the top of the water pump. This is looking down from the top. The blue pipe running from the lower left then up next to the right of the pump is the supply hose from the fresh water tank. The flex hose that is exiting (as we are looking at it) the bottom of the pump turns turns to the left then up and around and into the one-way valve (it looks like an egg) then out to a T. The T directs the water through the T and out to shower, sink, and such. The T (where there is no hose attached yet is where the city water will hook into. It will also have a one-way valve to prevent water from going out of it when not hooked up to city water.

A closer look at the one-way valve and flex hose.

 

Other side of the water pump. I still have to get a filter to attach to the pump. I did not know it did not have one and or that I needed one until I read the owners manual.

This is a earlier pic of the rear drivers side of the bus to show the stop sign. I really wanted to keep it.

 

the sign unattached from the bus. The hot wire has power on all the time. I need to find some way to use it for some type of 12 v device. I cut the wire and taped them up.

Test fit.

not pretty, but this will be hid by the bed frame. I will probably make it look neater.

I took two 2X2's and secured them across the top and bottom with lots of silicone. I used one 2X2 on the left side and a 1X2 on the right as there was a support located there. If you look close to the right side of the opening you will see where I had originally set out to make the cut. I found out however the support and had to move the opening over to the left. Luckily I had not gotten to far with the cutting to make the move.

I was concerned about the possibility of moisture entering the wall of the bus, so I put the wood in for support and also lots of silicone to hopefully prevent water from entering.

 

Test Fit.

I used self tapping drywall screws. I think I will get some stainless screws and replace them.

Fill pipe connected.

The hoses will pass through the bed frame and through the floor inside the storage area inside the bed frame. I will have to disconnect the hoses, and remove the bed frame to access the water pump area.

Well that's it for now.