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03-06-2015, 05:06 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: LOS ANGELES
Posts: 12
Year: 93'
Coachwork: blue bird
Engine: Diesel
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Hello all! These are pictures of my new skoolie! SURPRISE RUST :(((
Hello all!
Im Dan! (a newbie) I just bought a 93 international school bus off a pastor on craigslist for 2700$. Its got 170k miles, new brakes, fluids are clean, automatic transmission allows me to do 65-70mph and she starts right up! She's also got some flashy bells and whistles that include a propane generator, two massive a/c units, and an rv heater. However, I check for rust the day of the sale and noticed some surface rust but didn't think it was a big deal. SURPRISE! I strip the floor down to bare metal and BAM! Rusty floors! I have attached a link to pictures of all my main rust spots. if anyone has any advice, PLEASE HELP. I'm really worried about all the rust. Thanks guys!
Below is the link to my photo album of the bus!
http://www.skoolie.net/forums/member...albums654.html
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03-06-2015, 05:22 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 218
Year: 1997
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: Genesis
Engine: DT466
Rated Cap: 84
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Rusty floors like that are par for the course. Clean it with TSP and scrubbing (or pressure washer), Ospho it, prime it, then paint it. I suggest Rustoleum Pro primer/paint.
Looking at the pictures, you might need to patch a place or two, but that isn't too bad.
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03-06-2015, 06:41 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: LOS ANGELES
Posts: 12
Year: 93'
Coachwork: blue bird
Engine: Diesel
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Thats GREAT news!!!!! They're just so scary looking! I can patch them up with some sheet metal pretty easily and build from there.
is there any sort of paste that you recommend to fill the small holes with? like instead of welding them..?
thanks for your help! I appreciate you!
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03-06-2015, 09:29 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Snowflake, Arizona
Posts: 343
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All American Rear Engine
Engine: C-8.3-300 Cummins MD3060
Rated Cap: 40 Prisoners
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Looks like you scored a smooth ride with those Air Bags and most of the rust can be cleaned and coated with the holes patched with metal and rivets. About an average amount of rust for a 22year old bus not to worry.
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03-06-2015, 09:52 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Timelord
Rusty floors like that are par for the course. Clean it with TSP and scrubbing (or pressure washer), Ospho it, prime it, then paint it. I suggest Rustoleum Pro primer/paint.
Looking at the pictures, you might need to patch a place or two, but that isn't too bad.
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Yes, this is exactly what I'd do.
Welcome aboard!
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03-06-2015, 09:54 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dannewtobusland
Thats GREAT news!!!!! They're just so scary looking! I can patch them up with some sheet metal pretty easily and build from there.
is there any sort of paste that you recommend to fill the small holes with? like instead of welding them..?
thanks for your help! I appreciate you!
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The holes left from the seats?
I'd just cualk em'.
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03-07-2015, 05:40 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Welcome
Unless you have 66 rugrats to take to school EVERY day...you can fix the rust as has been said, treat it and build overtop....20 years down the road you may have issues...like figuring how make fly George Jetson style....again welcome aboard
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03-08-2015, 11:16 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: LOS ANGELES
Posts: 12
Year: 93'
Coachwork: blue bird
Engine: Diesel
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thanks guys!!! I appreciate you all!! I am happy to be here!!
I have notice that the beam holding up the frame under the wheel well is deteriorating at the rear end of it, you can see it in the images, titled: image11
Should I have this beam replaced? whats the protocol for replacing these beams when they deteriorate like that?
Can i just slide an extra steel beam in between the ones that exist and bolt it down?
Thanks a million!!
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03-08-2015, 08:13 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: MNT CITY TN
Posts: 5,158
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Image11?
Which one is it? On tablet on weekends
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03-08-2015, 09:19 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: LOS ANGELES
Posts: 12
Year: 93'
Coachwork: blue bird
Engine: Diesel
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bansil
Image11?
Which one is it? On tablet on weekends
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this one here: http://www.skoolie.net/forums/member...ture10860.html
thanks!
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03-08-2015, 09:24 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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I don't see any beam issues, are you talking about the line-shaped hole in your wheel well?
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03-08-2015, 09:32 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: LOS ANGELES
Posts: 12
Year: 93'
Coachwork: blue bird
Engine: Diesel
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If you look closely, the horizontal beam between the chassy and the broken wheel well is completely gone at the left end.
Let me know if you still don't see, i can take more pictures, thanks man!
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03-08-2015, 10:06 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Oh, I think I see it.
Man I need glasses! Hmmm, I'd say that you may need a bit of welding, possibly. When you get the chance get some more pictures.
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03-11-2015, 06:14 AM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Posts: 121
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466e
Rated Cap: 29
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03-11-2015, 09:02 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Cuyahoga Falls Ohio
Posts: 592
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Startrans
Chassis: Ford e-350 single wheel
Engine: 5.4 litre
Rated Cap: 12
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Dude, Thats pretty much "rust free" compared to the vehicles here in the "rust belt" Ohio.... I would squirt a little oil on it and forget about it. Not a serious case of frame rot that I can see, just a floor support.
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03-12-2015, 07:34 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Florida
Posts: 584
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: I.H.
Engine: DT360
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You can always have it media blasted and spray it with your favorite rust inhibitor.
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03-12-2015, 07:53 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: 190hp 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Timbrass, that's some nice patching.
I love it when people come up with ideas like that. It's what drives the evaluation of the skoolie conversions forward.
To the OP
I would just use a rust converter on that beam, and paint it.
To remove and replace would be a massive, ugly, costly job.
Nat
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