 good morning I'm back I am going to install a shower today right here with this propane tank I would not advise putting a propane tank near your bumper but I really don't have a choice so that's what we're gonna do so I'm gonna drill it in with this bad boy over here and over here bolt it in and then that's just step one as I mentioned in the last video last two videos I had a little surgery went well this is a minor preventative type thing although I didn't make a video for two weeks I was kind of recovering so I'm back I have eaten up my whole buffer and I kind of wish that I had another buffer because the pressure of having to edit within 24 hours is you know maybe too much for me I think I like a weak buffer anyways let's begin so for the drilling part I have two different sizes of drill bits and I have these quarter 20 bolts over here by two inches so that's gonna go I'm not sure if you can see this but there's a little bracket thing on the side so I'm just gonna line this up and see where it should sit it was a lot easier than I thought alright I'm gonna open it up with this larger size we got metal shards in my fingers good thing I'm not close to it getting hot metal shards not most enjoyable thing okay let's see if the bolts fit yes point of space all right so that's good now operate under here but I want to show you guys something so that's a two inch gap just take my word for it I measured so I'm gonna have to make a two inch gap from this hole that I just made right here over to the left two inches so that's one view right now all right this is my super high-tech thing there's two holes and I'm gonna put one over one hole and then drill the other one into place so that will require this bolt and slide this can't see that too well but my super high-tech measuring system is that I need to drill the little hole right there and that one's in but I didn't mention before that I have these spacers because it's a little bit too wide so these came from the plumbing department these are called ceiling flange three-quarter inch galvanized steel so these are gonna go out like so actually going on top and add a little wiggle room for me step two after drilling and putting the wideners in is to secure the bolts to the frame and we're gonna do that with these nuts and a little tools actually these look a little too long I think I'm gonna go back to the hardware store and get shorter ones all right went to the lows and I got larger bolts I figured this thing is gonna be about 50 to 100 pounds so here are the new bolts here are the old bolts new ones are shorter and thicker of a gauge quite considerably thicker so we are going to continue installing propane tank here we go there's a good shot of it I bolted them in with the larger bolts I bored out the hole with the 5 16th drill bit and secured them somewhat they are still a little movable just in case I need to adjust it for this part here so that's this is gonna sit on what I just installed all right here we have the tank mounted up as you can see there is a little gap in between the metal so I'm gonna go back to the hardware store and get some washers one for the top because it's pretty wide up top and then I'm gonna fill the middle part right there with some washers I got more stuff let me show you what I just did here so I put the plate above the frame and bolted it in here and here with some vinyl lock nuts whatever these things are called put them spacers in the middle because the ceiling flange has a little kind of space if you can see that put washers in between and then put a washer on top and then I got it bolted in on both sides you got the same thing going on over on this side and I'm just about to drill these in we're done this tank this propane tank is installed wouldn't say the cleanest or the most professional job but it's definitely gonna work alright so the reason I added washers is that there is a little thing on top there but more importantly the reason is clearance clearance because this puppy is between the bumper and the diesel tank right here and I really don't want it to explode so the higher clearance the better and even adding three quarters of an inch or so before it was hanging this part was below and then it was sitting flush so it's a probably a solid inch higher which you know an inch could make a big difference but as you can see from back here if you have a straight line from bumper to bottom of diesel tank the propane tank is not affected so even though it was only an inch it's still it still helped out a little bit so there's plenty of clearance here for someone to fill up the tank right here with this cap there's plenty of room for the person at the gas station to use a tool and reach down here I feel bad they're gonna have to get under the bus but that's just how it's gonna work this is the easiest way to install the side of the bus was a little bit more complicated and even though it is slightly dangerous to have it on the rear of the bus next to the bumper it's still a good two feet in and I sit about 18 feet forward so somebody hits me they're gonna explode not me and by the way I don't want anyone to explode for the record