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07-15-2019, 03:58 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Olympia wa
Posts: 32
Year: 2004
Coachwork: International
Chassis: 3000
Engine: 03 DT466E 215HP
Rated Cap: Medium
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Tentatively named “Bus Yellow”
My wife and I have not decided a name for sure yet, but our two year old calls it “Bus Yellow”.
We are slowly converting the bus between now and June of 2020. This bus will take us up from Washington to Alaska where we will remain with this bus.
We picked up the bus from the Beaverton school district in Oregon. It is a 2002 Thomas MVP EF 84 passenger school bus. It has a 250 HP Cummins 5.9 paired with an Allison MD3060. The bus is equipped with the Automatic Tire chains (kinda cool I suppose). But it has the CCRT diesel particulate filter installed (which is not so cool) also equipped with a closed crankcase ventilation system (CCV) the bus has 170,000 miles on it.
So here is the beginning phases of the conversion!
We will keep this updated as we go.
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07-15-2019, 04:05 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Olympia wa
Posts: 32
Year: 2004
Coachwork: International
Chassis: 3000
Engine: 03 DT466E 215HP
Rated Cap: Medium
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The note we found wedges between one of the seats we thought it was funny
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07-15-2019, 04:06 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Olympia wa
Posts: 32
Year: 2004
Coachwork: International
Chassis: 3000
Engine: 03 DT466E 215HP
Rated Cap: Medium
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More pictures
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07-15-2019, 04:08 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Olympia wa
Posts: 32
Year: 2004
Coachwork: International
Chassis: 3000
Engine: 03 DT466E 215HP
Rated Cap: Medium
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Did not actually post pictures with last reply
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07-15-2019, 05:12 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: E Central Tejas
Posts: 2,094
Year: 1998
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: IH 3800, 8 window
Engine: T444E w/ Spicer 5-speed MT
Rated Cap: I prefer broad-brims hats
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Olympia_Lowlife
The note we found wedges between one of the seats we thought it was funny
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It appears literacy not only has taken, but been stuffed into, the back seat...
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07-15-2019, 06:29 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 105
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: TC 1000
Engine: 5.9/AT
Rated Cap: 2 adults, 2 dogs
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That's a pretty darn clean floor. Makes for a lot less work
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07-15-2019, 09:51 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Olympia wa
Posts: 32
Year: 2004
Coachwork: International
Chassis: 3000
Engine: 03 DT466E 215HP
Rated Cap: Medium
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Yeah AZhippie I was pretty excited when I got the floor boards up to find hardly any rust
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07-15-2019, 09:55 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Eastern WA
Posts: 6,400
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American RE (A3RE)
Engine: Cummins ISC (8.3)
Rated Cap: 72
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The particulate filter is aftermarket and can be removed. I saw one gent do that and sell the filter for more than he had paid for the bus.
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07-15-2019, 09:59 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 105
Year: 1997
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: TC 1000
Engine: 5.9/AT
Rated Cap: 2 adults, 2 dogs
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My wife and I spent 3 days brushing and grinding on our floor to prep for rust treatment, wish it would have started out like yours
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07-15-2019, 10:34 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Olympia wa
Posts: 32
Year: 2004
Coachwork: International
Chassis: 3000
Engine: 03 DT466E 215HP
Rated Cap: Medium
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PNW_steve that is a great idea I will have to look into how to do that.
AZhippie that is what I was expecting we would be doing, after looking at a ton of other conversions I thought a large amount of rust was a for sure thing.
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10-05-2019, 02:28 PM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Olympia wa
Posts: 32
Year: 2004
Coachwork: International
Chassis: 3000
Engine: 03 DT466E 215HP
Rated Cap: Medium
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Haven’t posted for a while things are going pretty slow but I have finally gotten around to capping some windows and got floor insulation and subfloor in
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10-06-2019, 04:22 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 3,853
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Thomas Built Bus
Chassis: Freightliner FS65
Engine: Caterpillar 3126E Diesel
Rated Cap: 71 Passenger- 30,000 lbs.
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Do you think y'all will have it insulated and all sealed up tight before the winter really sets in?
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10-21-2019, 11:32 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Olympia wa
Posts: 32
Year: 2004
Coachwork: International
Chassis: 3000
Engine: 03 DT466E 215HP
Rated Cap: Medium
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No I doubt it but here in western Washington there’s no such thing as to cold to work outside on the bus
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10-21-2019, 12:57 PM
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#14
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Eastern WA
Posts: 6,400
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: All American RE (A3RE)
Engine: Cummins ISC (8.3)
Rated Cap: 72
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Olympia_Lowlife
No I doubt it but here in western Washington there’s no such thing as to cold to work outside on the bus
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Just too wet for outside work at times. 
I am almost 300 miles East of you and already seen the first snow of the season.
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