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bustedtype2
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 Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 6:17 pm Post subject: Secret hatch in my bay window floor? |
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Any body know what this is? Small hatch I found in my 73 High roof. It was under three layers of wood paneling and linoleum ? Nobody seems to know.
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cmonSTART
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It's so you don't have to stop to let the kids use a restroom...
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SGKent 
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| Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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did you look in the owner's manual? That is the first place I would look. A hint is look under heating.
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Tom Powell
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| Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| cmonSTART wrote: |
| It's so you don't have to stop to let the kids use a restroom... |
It's nice to have a lid, but the seat looks awfully small.
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bustedtype2
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The bus did not come with an owners Manuel. My friends have bay windows and haven't seen this before. Do you think it could have been put in when the camper kit was put in?
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SGKent
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| Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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| bustedtype2 wrote: |
| The bus did not come with an owners Manuel. My friends have bay windows and haven't seen this before. Do you think it could have been put in when the camper kit was put in? |
At the top of this page click on Technical. Then click on owner's manuals. I would encourage you to explore this site and not just limit yourself to the Bay Forum.
When the manual opens for your year, you can look page by page or use the link at the bottom to download the PDF.
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bustedtype2
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| Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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Way ahead of you bro!!!  lol
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skills@eurocarsplus
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that said, it is for a floor heater vent that you are missing
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bustedtype2
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| Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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I guess you didn't read the above froum. It did not come with an owners Manuel and apparently a heater. Thank you! I guess it would have been located under the middle seat?
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bustedtype2
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| Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Looks like I am going to use it as a "special place" for "Special items". Thanks
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busdaddy
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| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
that said, it is for a floor heater vent that you are missing |
Hahahahahahaha!!!!
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bustedtype2
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| Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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That is hilarious. Lol
Hey why do some 73 bays don't have this?
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my59
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 2:28 am Post subject: |
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With a PO installed camper interior I do not have heat coming out under the rear seat. The vents at the floor behind the front seat work but not enough to heat the rear area. I found that propping the hatch open changed my rear passengers lives significantly by raising temps by 10 to 15 degrees in the back of the bus.
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bustedtype2
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 6:44 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the info! I will defiantly use this information. To early in my restoration to worry about heating but it's on my list. Thanks
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jtauxe
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 11:35 am Post subject: |
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| bustedtype2 wrote: |
| Thanks for the info! I will defiantly use this information. |
Damn it, yes! And don't let anyone tell you different! That's the spirit! 
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ianlea73
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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I have the same toilet seat in my floor.After doing a data check Ifound out that from the factory it used to have an Eberspacher heater system.
Maybe at one point yours did too. |
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