diff --git a/fmp/CableBusPart.java b/fmp/CableBusPart.java
index 63d25db27..f4011821b 100644
--- a/fmp/CableBusPart.java
+++ b/fmp/CableBusPart.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public class CableBusPart extends JCuboidPart implements JNormalOcclusion, IReds
 			new Cuboid6( 10.0 / 16.0, 6.0 / 16.0, 6.0 / 16.0, 1.0, 10.0 / 16.0, 10.0 / 16.0 ),// EAST(1, 0, 0),
 	};
 
+	public static ThreadLocal<Boolean> disableFacadeOcclusion = new ThreadLocal<Boolean>();
 	public CableBusContainer cb = new CableBusContainer( this );
 
 	@Override
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ public class CableBusPart extends JCuboidPart implements JNormalOcclusion, IReds
 	{
 		AxisAlignedBB b = null;
 
-		for (AxisAlignedBB bx : cb.getSelectedBoundingBoxsFromPool( false, null, true ))
+		for (AxisAlignedBB bx : cb.getSelectedBoundingBoxsFromPool( false, true, null, true ))
 		{
 			if ( b == null )
 				b = bx;
@@ -299,7 +300,10 @@ public class CableBusPart extends JCuboidPart implements JNormalOcclusion, IReds
 				bp.getBoxes( bch );
 				for (AxisAlignedBB bb : boxes)
 				{
-					if ( !tile().canAddPart( new NormallyOccludedPart( new Cuboid6( bb ) ) ) )
+					disableFacadeOcclusion.set( true );
+					boolean canAdd = tile().canAddPart( new NormallyOccludedPart( new Cuboid6( bb ) ) );
+					disableFacadeOcclusion.remove();
+					if ( !canAdd )
 					{
 						return false;
 					}
@@ -389,7 +393,7 @@ public class CableBusPart extends JCuboidPart implements JNormalOcclusion, IReds
 	public Iterable<Cuboid6> getCollisionBoxes()
 	{
 		LinkedList l = new LinkedList();
-		for (AxisAlignedBB b : cb.getSelectedBoundingBoxsFromPool( false, null, false ))
+		for (AxisAlignedBB b : cb.getSelectedBoundingBoxsFromPool( false, true, null, false ))
 		{
 			l.add( new Cuboid6( b.minX, b.minY, b.minZ, b.maxX, b.maxY, b.maxZ ) );
 		}
@@ -412,7 +416,7 @@ public class CableBusPart extends JCuboidPart implements JNormalOcclusion, IReds
 	public Iterable<Cuboid6> getOcclusionBoxes()
 	{
 		LinkedList l = new LinkedList();
-		for (AxisAlignedBB b : cb.getSelectedBoundingBoxsFromPool( true, null, true ))
+		for (AxisAlignedBB b : cb.getSelectedBoundingBoxsFromPool( true, disableFacadeOcclusion.get() == null, null, true ))
 		{
 			l.add( new Cuboid6( b.minX, b.minY, b.minZ, b.maxX, b.maxY, b.maxZ ) );
 		}
@@ -442,7 +446,12 @@ public class CableBusPart extends JCuboidPart implements JNormalOcclusion, IReds
 	{
 		if ( side == null || side == ForgeDirection.UNKNOWN || tile() == null )
 			return false;
-		return !tile().canAddPart( new NormallyOccludedPart( sideTests[side.ordinal()] ) );
+
+		disableFacadeOcclusion.set( true );
+		boolean blocked = !tile().canAddPart( new NormallyOccludedPart( sideTests[side.ordinal()] ) );
+		disableFacadeOcclusion.remove();
+
+		return blocked;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/parts/CableBusContainer.java b/parts/CableBusContainer.java
index 0488c9857..e96ee684f 100644
--- a/parts/CableBusContainer.java
+++ b/parts/CableBusContainer.java
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ public class CableBusContainer implements AEMultiTile, ICableBusContainer
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	public Iterable<AxisAlignedBB> getSelectedBoundingBoxsFromPool(boolean ignoreCableConnections, Entity e, boolean visual)
+	public Iterable<AxisAlignedBB> getSelectedBoundingBoxsFromPool(boolean ignoreCableConnections, boolean includeFacades, Entity e, boolean visual)
 	{
 		List<AxisAlignedBB> boxes = new LinkedList<AxisAlignedBB>();
 
@@ -394,13 +394,6 @@ public class CableBusContainer implements AEMultiTile, ICableBusContainer
 		{
 			IPartCollsionHelper bch = new BusCollisionHelper( boxes, s, e, visual );
 
-			if ( s != ForgeDirection.UNKNOWN )
-			{
-				IFacadePart fpa = fc.getFacade( s );
-				if ( fpa != null )
-					fpa.getBoxes( bch );
-			}
-
 			IPart part = getPart( s );
 			if ( part != null )
 			{
@@ -411,7 +404,7 @@ public class CableBusContainer implements AEMultiTile, ICableBusContainer
 
 			}
 
-			if ( !ignoreCableConnections && s != null && s != ForgeDirection.UNKNOWN )
+			if ( includeFacades && s != null && s != ForgeDirection.UNKNOWN )
 			{
 				IFacadePart fp = fc.getFacade( s );
 				if ( fp != null )
diff --git a/tile/networking/TileCableBus.java b/tile/networking/TileCableBus.java
index 962fcaa84..d61879b23 100644
--- a/tile/networking/TileCableBus.java
+++ b/tile/networking/TileCableBus.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class TileCableBus extends AEBaseTile implements AEMultiTile, ICustomColl
 
 	public CableBusContainer cb = new CableBusContainer( this );
 	private int oldLV = -1; // on re-calculate light when it changes
-		
+
 	class CableBusHandler extends AETileEventHandler
 	{
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public class TileCableBus extends AEBaseTile implements AEMultiTile, ICustomColl
 	@Override
 	public Iterable<AxisAlignedBB> getSelectedBoundingBoxsFromPool(World w, int x, int y, int z, Entity e, boolean visual)
 	{
-		return cb.getSelectedBoundingBoxsFromPool( false, e, visual );
+		return cb.getSelectedBoundingBoxsFromPool( false, true, e, visual );
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -319,9 +319,10 @@ public class TileCableBus extends AEBaseTile implements AEMultiTile, ICustomColl
 	{
 		return cb.getLayerFlags();
 	}
-	
+
 	@Override
-	public void cleanup() {
+	public void cleanup()
+	{
 		getWorldObj().setBlock( xCoord, yCoord, zCoord, Platform.air );
 	}