Comments on: Week27: A Bad Mother Fucker

By: Dungan

Dungan — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:08:50 +0000

Urban scout - i like what you do. you’re on your way. don’t lose faith. take a nap in the “grandmas attic” and see how the dreaming is.

By: Urban Scout

Urban Scout — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:58:49 +0000

Thanks everyone for your comments and ideas.

By: Rory

Rory — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:49:30 +0000

Congrats Scout!!

Good Luck fixing iy and decking it out in true Scout Style. MAy I ask what ya’ll are going to call it?

By: DeAnna

DeAnna — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:09:16 +0000

Also, I forgot to say that your new motor home is totally adorable. Red walls! It doesn’t get much cooler than that. And my partner, who has some mechanical aptitude, says that in the big scheme of things, drive shafts are pretty easy to replace.

By: DeAnna

DeAnna — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:09:06 +0000

Back when I lived in Boise, there was a VW bus that I saw around town a lot. They had replaced the sunroof above the cab with a bit of lawn. Really. There was real live grass growing there, and I suppose they could have crawled up there and sat on it if they felt like sunbathing in their “front yard”. It made me wonder about what all sorts of things you could do with a converted sunroof space. Herb garden? Rain cachement? Small solar water heater?

By: pete-scavenger

pete-scavenger — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:47:59 +0000

Scout, you should contact Chris Runyard through Kiliii or the ancestral lifeways mailing list. he lives by your old house near hawthorne and he has converted his F250 to use veggie oil. he could probably help you do it to your truck if you’re interested, hes an awesome dude. his truck still has a biodiesel tank too so its flexible. pretty cool.

By: rix

rix — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:02:52 +0000

I dropped the drive shaft in my old Dodge slant-6 twice. The U joint would always go out on it. I can’t tell from your picture what exactly happened to yours. Maybe you can hit some junkyards and find a decent shaft to replace it with. U joints can get tricky to put back together, what will all the tiny little roller pins, and dealing with the weight of the shaft.

I like the idea of replacing the A/C with a sunroof. I had a friend that took the camper top off his VW bus and sealed the hole with sheet metal. So I bet you could get pretty good results with that small of a hole to deal with.

By: Sixbears

Sixbears — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:41:48 +0000

Those older Ford diesels are fairly easy to convert to waste veggie. I’m running a ‘94 Ford F250 truck with the 7.3 turbo diesel. Did my conversion mostly with parts from the hardware store.

By: boygasm

boygasm — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:00:03 +0000

That totally sucked when it broke down like that. But look at this way, you wont be sleeping in boxes any time soon!

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:44:05 +0000

Wow Scout,

Your mo-ho sure gave you impetus to write a darn good account!

Humanure yes!
Alternate fuel source hmmm yes!
Wee solar power woud be good too!

Glad that you have a good sense of humour despite the cri-sis, and as such moved right along with Penny were able to cri-sen your new bed and get a good nights sleep!

Enjoy!

By: pete-scavenger

pete-scavenger — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:23:17 +0000

haha nice story man, seems like you will have a pretty rad setup after you’ve fixed it

By: calen

calen — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:34:51 +0000

In Oregon when you buy a car you don’t need to get insurance for 2 weeks, but that takes a lot of the drama out of your story. That’s cool that you have a diesel motorhome, but it’s kind of unexpected. Grow yourself a field of switchgrass and make yourself some biodiesel!

By: andrine

andrine — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:47:09 +0000

Look at it this way: if it had driven smoothly to mom’s you’d merely have a mo-ho, but now you have a STORY! I think you should name it the “Pot’O'Gold” (or maybe Potat’o'Gold) due to the rainbow blessing. That god - some kidder.