Secure and Lock Bus Front Door Without Welding Part 2 * Skoolie Conversion * Gus The Struggle Bus
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ธ.ค. 2019
- For months now, we have been pondering how to lock our school bus front door and still be able to utilize the original design. In this video, we show you how we achieved all without welding.
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Perfect timing for this to be recommended! Thanks for the video, liked and subbed 👍🏽
You did a great job on your front door and the double-cylinder lock seems very sturdy.
Funny seeing you pull on the rattle can lid. Usually they're so hard to pull off that I break off the nozzle when it finally lets loose. Looks great!
Haha that thing was hard to ooen!! Thank you so much for the support!
So much appreciation 💓 in this bus and its work
Thank you!
Great job and looks good!!! It brings back memories from when we did our Skoolie. I did the same thing, thumb turn for the 2 back doors deadbolt and key lock for the front door. Keep up the great work!!!!
Thank you so much. Glad we could bring back memories 😊 it just seemed a little safer like that. Hopefully nothing happens but if it does they would have to work for it.
The door looks amazing and that matte black really completes the look. Great job!
Thank you. We really like the matte black as well 🤓😃
Wooot! Your door looks sick! Way to go guys! We installed a lock like that on our front doors as a temp until we do whatever we will do with those doors. We like the lock, but had run into the same issues and needed to toss in a spacer. Works great now. High five! - B+E
Thank you so much guys!! Your bus is coming along nicely as well. Can't wait to see what you guys come up with! 😁
Nice job guys. I’m making super progress with (old school). I’ve ripped up my floor welded new plates in and fibreglass the seat holes. Studded and insulated the floor. Put down the plywood. Framed and insulated the walls . Just put in the kitchen and ran plumbing lines. Only had my bus about a month now. Lot of work but so enjoyable. This week it’s going to be the under mount boxes. I got a free motor home so lots of up cycling going on. Hope to see you out there one day.
Holy cow!! You are totally killing it! You've done so much already and having those motor homes helps a lot and saves a lot of money!! keep us updated 😀
PLA go away!
What does the “fiberglassed the seat holes” entail? I assume you used fiberglass in some way but how is it done and do you have any pics?
"I hate not being happy."
I feel that man
Lol I kind of jinx myself though thinking it was all going to go smoothly 😂
I’m thrilled with your results! I have been pondering how to keep the doors of our bus as operational bus doors so this is very exciting for me. Thank you so much for sharing 🥰
We are so glad you liked it, and we are so glad it worked!! Let us know if you try it and how it goes!
@@GustheStruggleBus will do! Currently we are enjoying back- breaking fun with the floor 😜
Lol yup that was a project alright. If you're taking up the floor try using a jack to pry the wood up. That's what we did and it saved us a lot of time 😊
Can't wait for the next one
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Hi guys! I am so glad I found your channel while researching bus conversions. Thanks so much for sharing what you do. You have given mu wife and I the confidence to know we can do this. Early 2021 we hope to find a shorter bus to convert and I know we will be rewatching all your videos and others for help along the way. You two are informative and enjoyable to watch. All the best to you both.
That is awesome!! Thank you so much for saying that! We love knowing that we have been helpful and show that anyone can do it!! Can't wait for yall to get your bus!
You two are becoming regular filmmakers!!! Just like the organic way your struggle bus is coming along beautifully, you guys are growing your skills with great footage, editing, and the ability to entertain a large audience. Good shit and Kudos!!! I'm probably gonna copycat your door idea. Looks solid vs. the old ugly rubber. And yes, your dog is famous. Why wouldn't he be, with a face like that?
Lol thank you so much for the awesome compliment! And remember that imitation is the highest form of flattery 🤓😁
I have been trying to find a video that i didn't have to reconstruct the whole door i am going to try this, Thank You.
You are welcome! I hope it works!!
Another job well done, Merry Christmas to you as well, and hope for an amazing New Year...
Thank you!! And happy New year to as well 🎉😀🤓
Really nice job, yes, I am thinking about buying a bus, and this is very good idea, Thank you!!!1 Merry Christmas!!!!
Thank you so much! That is so exciting, let us know if you do!
June 1 2021 Tessa #tlcwheelsonthebus and I are just starting to look at a way to lock the bus doors that are the same as yours, I didn't see many details, will re watch videos. Thank you for sharing. PS Not sure I did the instagram correctly.
Hey Mike! I hope it was helpful, the lock was not to complicated. It was the actual door that was the tricky part
Great job guys.
Thank you so much!!
@@GustheStruggleBus your welcome
Nice job. Keep it up
Thank you so much guys!!
Great videos as always you two. Merry belated Christmas to you and happy New Year. Great job on the door, your simplicity is awesome. Maximum with a minimum. I dopped you an email on the upper door rods and air leaks.
Hey John! We are so glad you liked the video! Merry Christmas and happy new year too!!!! Can not wait to read the email, we love your updates!!
Would love to know how you guys separated the panels to open this way: I’m assuming it was originally a accordion style open to the inside like mine and trying to think of ideas that aren’t framing in a whole new home door but using these two panels I have.
Nice job! 🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌
Thank you!!
Awesome channel! So glad you guys are ahead of me on my build! My doors open the same way yours do. I want to make my doors secure the same way you guys did. Do you know what size rivets you used the the 1" tube steel and the flat bar? I like how you did this without welding.
I believe they are 1/2 inch! Thank you so much
great 👍🏾 now i need mines installed guys. come on down to houston
Lol what part of Houston are you from?
MEREDITH and PACO im literally downtown houston. where you guys located ?
Wow we literally just left the home hall theater 🤓 we stay in between Katy and Cypress
MEREDITH and PACO i never heard of that theatre but really oh you guys not far. i’m centrally located. but yeah i gotta get banana beach bus done in 2020 for sure so i can head west
@@JasmineRich23 Jones sorry! That sounds awesome! We are hoping to be finished and traveling this year too!
dude ive tried like three different deadbolts for my front door but keep running into problems lol
how do you like that lock? I have one installed on my front door but I im not the biggest fan of how much the doors still move. I think I might do the same thing with the flat iron though. its a great idea
We like it a lot but you are right, there is still some wiggle. We noticed that the wiggle is dependent on the right door (the door that closes first) we are still trying to decide what to do about this. 😕 We might put a slide bolt on the inside but not sure about the outside yet.
@@GustheStruggleBus yea im currently trying a store front lock that slips up and latches onto the actual metal of the door. would love to get in contact with you guys to shoot ideas back and forth! I think your the only people ive found that are actively building their bus!
@@GunnerGomez I'm building one as well. I just haven't done any vids. 2002/Freightliner/Thomas/5.9 Cummins ISB/9x window/ 6ft4in inside. 60107 Streamwood, Illinois.
Yeah hit us up anytime
Looks like a good job again, congratulations! Only one little question about the way you done it: At videominute 16:15 u show the backpart of the lock . One can see that it´s only attached with two screws, the one side hangs over into thin air. Why didnt you put a baseplate onto the frame of the door, big enough to stand out over the edge , to support the lock? This way you would be able to screw it on with 4 screws, and the baseplate would ad strenght to the frame.
But besides that: Good job as a terrific team, i really luv u guys
LG from Germany, Georg and Mark
That's a great catch. You are right. Unfortunately it is only held by 2 screws but we had to do it that way because if we added anything to the back of it, it would impede with the other door and not let it close properly :/
I am sure you thought about it. I thought it might be easy to put a plate under it, and a thicker spacer under the other part so everything is leveled. But if it works like this, everything is fine! Have fun going on! Greets from Germany , Georg and Mark
@@MarkHey Thank you so much!
What a beautiful dog. What breed is he?
He is a mixed breed! Thank you so much
What size hole did you have to drill threw the door?
I do not remember, possible 1 or 1 1/2 but it said in the instructions what size it needed
I like your design,all but you only have 2 bolts holding the actual locking mechanism, that just kinda worries me especially if you dont want someone breaking in .
Thank you, we will be making adjustments that are needed along the way
My door has just one panel that slides back. I'm hoping I can make it a solid door somehow.
I'm sure you can! There seems to been a few video example s of that out there. Good luck!
@@GustheStruggleBus Thank you
There's way to many buns in this video .. lol
Hahaha very true!!
Build is great, but music is horrible.
thanks