High tech swamp cooler... This is probably the best use for it I have seen.
@2AZSUN
Жыл бұрын
That seems like a pretty ingenious idea and fix for when you need it. And congrats to Dom on his graduation!
@strayhound61
Жыл бұрын
Hi Juan and Michelle, Nice job on the misters! So, a couple of things: First; about 30 years ago I met a guy in a campground who had his 4106 for about 10 years. He told me it will run 100 degrees over ambient temperature. He was right, on normal driving (not hills) the engine runs almost exactly 100 degrees over outside air temps with the automatic transmission. Second, I noticed your radiator is not sealed against the cover grill, especially around the top of the radiator where there is a really big gap. Because of the design of these buses with them sucking air from the side of the bus in the back corner, rather than ramming it in through a front grill mount, it is really important that the radiator ONLY draw air from outside. Without being sealed, it will recirculate a good amount of hot air that has already passed through the radiator, thus using pre-heated air to try to cool the engine. This is especially problematic when climbing hills because the engine is running at high rpms as is the fan and there is less fresh outside air being drawn in because of lower speeds. When I close the radiator cover, it can only draw air through the fins from outside because it is sealed away from the engine compartment. (I'll take a couple of pics and show you mine.) You might notice some newer MCIs have a mud-flap type thing that hangs below the length of the radiator. They put that there to prevent hot air being recirculated under the bus and back up through the radiator on those buses.
@gregorythomas333
Жыл бұрын
A simple but elegant solution...nicely done!
@timaz1066
Жыл бұрын
Yep, sunset points always fun in the summertime. Especially if you get stuck behind a truck. Hope that works out for you well.
@jerrypalmer1370
Жыл бұрын
The previous owner of my bus put a second radiator up front where the spare tire goes. It has a fan on it and it's actuated by a switch on the dash
@richroj
Жыл бұрын
thats a great solution Juan, I'm glad everything worked out for you guys. stay safe and see you on the next one 👍
@BusGreaseMonkey
Жыл бұрын
I your missing some rubber that makes the radiator only get cool air from outside and stops warmed air from the engine bay from wrapping back around and entering the radiator.
@ScottSmith_RiverOfCode
Жыл бұрын
I used the same misters on my rig. I put 6 around the intake side of the shroud and controlled the valve with a wireless remote. It helped a bit.
@Mikesroadtrip-ec5kp
Жыл бұрын
We did this on our race car. Used the washer bottle. It worked great.
@yves8639
Жыл бұрын
Great idea!
@JerrysThisandThat
Жыл бұрын
That works well and something I would of never thought of. Cheers.
@Wayoutthere
Жыл бұрын
Aaahm, my fav channel for my perfectionism fix! ;)
@kevinhornbuckle
Жыл бұрын
Yes, this will help. And down shift early to keep the max RPM, as you did.
@CoolBlue87GT
Жыл бұрын
Great idea, always enjoy your videos. Good to see your son helping out.
@joeynovak07
Жыл бұрын
Super cool!
@BeginningfromthisMorning
Жыл бұрын
LOL love it
@RollinHomies
Жыл бұрын
Ive been wanting to do this to our eagle for some time now. Our Eagle has only come close to overheating one time while driving through AZ going up a long stretch. I like using Emylo remote switches, so maybe I’ll try that to avoid running wire from dash to engine. Thanks for sharing
@BeginningfromthisMorning
Жыл бұрын
Hey thanks guys - ours is only a problem in AZ as well - I just view it as cheap insurance.
@brycejeannotte7699
Жыл бұрын
Great job. I always enjoy watching your modifications and improvements. They are always so neatly done. It will be interesting to see how well this works after you have had a chance to test it more. Cheers!
@christopherrasmussen8718
Жыл бұрын
Good idea. Our coach we slow way down. 190 is about it heading up to Denver
@mikem2736
13 күн бұрын
I'd like to make one point before someone buys that misting kit: Juan has a three-stage water filter in his bus (you can see the first two canisters with the white filter elements in the background at around 3:40-3:45 and again around 4:00). The seller on amazon does not include a water filter in his kit (that's one reason the kit is so cheap). Juan's water filter system probably filters down to 1 or 2 microns. So he is feeding filtered water to the sprayers. The sprayer nozzles have a VERY tiny hole in order to make the mist and the reviews on the amazon page say that they are easily plugged. A friend of mine purchased a similar kit from Amazon a year or so ago and his city water has a little sediment in it now and then. He had sediment-plugged nozzles in the first six to eight weeks of operation. He now has a filter canister with a sediment cartridge in his house water line (as do I). If you buy this kit for your patio then make sure you have a water filter in line. A lot of the filters that are made with garden hose fittings are 20 micron, you want a 2 micron or smaller. Yes, they do exist.
@TimsWorkshopTJY
Жыл бұрын
Great idea, I know Scott would like this or already knows about this trick?
@DisinterestedObserver
Жыл бұрын
Hello Juan, Basic engineering at its best. My only comment is the apparent lack of a check valve to prevent any possible back flow into your potable water system which is where I assume the water is supplied from.
@jcel5870
4 ай бұрын
I havent seen or heard of anything like this I searched KZitem and here you are How us it holding up ? I'm in az aswell and the summers are brutal for towing in the mountains
@ka0tyk
Жыл бұрын
A very good very SIMPLE approach to keeping temps down. I like the idea. Our 102el3 will sit around 205 on a big climb, at which point the compressor for the fan kicks on and drops us back down to 180, then we play the "up/down" game the whole climb. This would probably help a lot with that. I'd also be curious if there was some way to create more airflow over the radiator in general. I've seen some people make "scoops" etc... but it kinda seems pointless being the whole side of the bus is a giant low pressure zone. I thought about e-fans... the ones from our AC system move some SERIOUS air... but not nearly as much as the mechanical fan. Hmm. Thanks for the video and update!
@Scrambler85
Жыл бұрын
Always inventive and interesting 👍
@timmysrvlife
Жыл бұрын
First time saw this idea, cool! Next step, link that to homeassistant, install a temperature activated spray?😁
@natesprojects1982
Жыл бұрын
I've read you can get mineral deposits on the radiator fins if you don't use distilled water
@BeginningfromthisMorning
Жыл бұрын
That would make sense if you are in an area with really hard water. We have only really used this like 3 times since we installed it but I will keep an eye out for that! Thank you!
@natesprojects1982
Жыл бұрын
@@BeginningfromthisMorning no idea how much of a problem it could be, but definitely worth watching out for. I did something similar but used an old smaller rv water tank so I could use distilled water...used a second rv water pump to to run it. It helped, but I ended up adding an additional transmission cooler with two 8 inch fans and that has really helped with climbing grades. Might add an additional oil cooler with a thermostat valve for additional insurance some day
@BeginningfromthisMorning
Жыл бұрын
@@natesprojects1982 awesome! Our bus did come with a very large transmission cooler with a 16" fan pushing air OUT of the opposite side of the radiator. It helps a TON with transmission heat.
@alanblyde8502
Жыл бұрын
Luv ya work mate👌🇦🇺
@1sinister80
Жыл бұрын
I did this on my RX8 she runs hot in the summer in Phoenix. With the misters I can drop the Temps to spring time engine Temps. For a rotary it will drop to 215 it will get to 240 with out it and the ac struggles.
@henkkalter3892
Жыл бұрын
Good idea, but have you also checked whether the radiator got wet during the ride, if the airflow goes the other way then it makes no sense.🙂
@bryant2919
Жыл бұрын
As I’ve said before, love the progress you continue to make on the bus. This is one of my to-do items and I like your Amazon solution. With that I have also learned from reading is that the happy temp-zone for climbing me is 190 degrees maximum as well. Are you running 170 or 180 degree thermostats? I need to replace mine and am planning to run 170’s as I’m in the same part of the US, lots of climbing and descending.
@BeginningfromthisMorning
Жыл бұрын
I believe my thermostat is 170 but I am honestly not 100% sure. We live in Arizona so it is very often very hot.
@bryant2919
Жыл бұрын
@@BeginningfromthisMorning thanks!
@buddysays6726
Жыл бұрын
💔Buddy Says Happy Father Days thank you for the good idea 👍
@kevinhamling1963
Жыл бұрын
Hey guys, That looked like a great idea. Q. Where was the water supply from. ✌️ Peace everyone.
@BeginningfromthisMorning
Жыл бұрын
Water supply is just from our main tank
@demus8757
Жыл бұрын
Hi again, is it a good idea to paint the radiator and mounting brackets to prevent rust? I already saw, for instance at 6.15m, that you do have rust over there. Where do you take the water from, is there a separate tank or is it drinking water?
@ambersmith6517
Жыл бұрын
No tranny removals in fram motor rebuilds just a squirter video lol lol I bet you know you can do anything that your bus needs now! Its going to be hard to have another video like that tranny! Man that solar on top was awesome also The only thing that will stop you guys on any job is your selfs! You guys know that now also
@Angry-Little-Fish
2 ай бұрын
I’m putting this on my coyote 5.0 😂
@abdulmuis6991
Жыл бұрын
Hadir nyimak kawan sukses dan sehat selalu sahabat selamat beraktifitas 🙏👍
@BeginningfromthisMorning
Жыл бұрын
Terima kasih telah menonton
@chriscampbell2327
Жыл бұрын
I am just curious how much water you really use when spraying the radiator.
@BeginningfromthisMorning
Жыл бұрын
Not much water. We carry a large amount of water (166 gallons) and we use a Sea Level 2. The most we have ever used was like 2% - so something like 3-4 gallons?
@chriscampbell2327
Жыл бұрын
@@BeginningfromthisMorning that is not much at all, definitely the way to go.
@aksamitnaPiesc
5 ай бұрын
[PL] Pozdrawiam z Polski w Europie xD ;]
@sellC1964
Жыл бұрын
Any exposure to freezing temps?
@BeginningfromthisMorning
Жыл бұрын
We have been caught in freezing temps only a few times.
@bernardb8045
Жыл бұрын
Has anyone tried a side scoop?
@BeginningfromthisMorning
Жыл бұрын
I have seen a few designs for side scoops - John Mathews commented earlier that I am missing a piece on my bus that should increase the efficiency of the air getting into the radiator. I am curious about this as well.
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