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11-02-2015, 12:10 AM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Farmington, IL
Posts: 187
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: AARE 3903
Engine: Cummins 6CTA 8.3
Rated Cap: 84
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The Wunderhut
Yay! A build thread for "The Wunderhut!"
The blog will probably be more in detail... 
The Wunderhut Blog
1990 Blue Bird
All American RE
Cummins CTA8.3
Allison MT643
84 PAX nearly 40'
And a couple pix... Thanks for looking! 
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11-02-2015, 12:59 AM
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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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Looks nice and clean.
Looking forward to more pics.
Nat
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11-02-2015, 10:23 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Farmington, IL
Posts: 187
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: AARE 3903
Engine: Cummins 6CTA 8.3
Rated Cap: 84
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First things first... I can't very well work in the engine compartment if the hood won't stay up! So two new hood struts. They are 28 inchers with 150lbs of holding pressure per.
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11-03-2015, 10:17 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Farmington, IL
Posts: 187
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: AARE 3903
Engine: Cummins 6CTA 8.3
Rated Cap: 84
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Getting the family working...
Daughter giving the belly storage a good scrub down.
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11-03-2015, 10:25 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Farmington, IL
Posts: 187
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: AARE 3903
Engine: Cummins 6CTA 8.3
Rated Cap: 84
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...and a son getting at the nuts of the seat bolts. Which are coming out much easier than anticipated. They haven't moved in 25 years!
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11-04-2015, 05:30 AM
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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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Awesome to see yall so happy!
But PLEASE put some safety glasses on that boy under the bus! 
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11-04-2015, 06:25 AM
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Mini-Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 59
Year: 1996
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DT466
Rated Cap: 77
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That belly storage looks sweet
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11-04-2015, 07:21 AM
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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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That is one SWEET Bluebird!
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11-04-2015, 09:32 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 340
Year: 2003
Chassis: E-450
Engine: 7.3 Turbo
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 for 'cool bus'...
Also, very nice bus. Looks like its in great condition. Love the detailed pics!
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11-04-2015, 09:33 AM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Farmington, IL
Posts: 187
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: AARE 3903
Engine: Cummins 6CTA 8.3
Rated Cap: 84
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
But PLEASE put some safety glasses on that boy under the bus! |
Broken... he was wearing a pair of swimming goggles in the interim that I let him take off for the pic. Rusty bits in the eyes sure does suck! 
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11-04-2015, 10:07 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,626
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All-American R/E
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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One critical thing for you; be sure to get grease in the rear springs. A lot of shops try and when it wont go in they just skip it. These buses are known for braking rear springs if they dont get lubed.
Nice ride!
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11-05-2015, 04:40 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Farmington, IL
Posts: 187
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: AARE 3903
Engine: Cummins 6CTA 8.3
Rated Cap: 84
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Well I got plenty of room...
I need to buy a few more busses to fill all this space up! j/k
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11-05-2015, 05:21 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,626
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All-American R/E
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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What pray tell is that road tractor? Never seen that model before.
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11-05-2015, 05:40 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Farmington, IL
Posts: 187
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: AARE 3903
Engine: Cummins 6CTA 8.3
Rated Cap: 84
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Quote:
Originally Posted by opus
What pray tell is that road tractor? Never seen that model before.
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A Caterpillar CT660.
Cat CT660
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11-05-2015, 05:41 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,626
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All-American R/E
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Well I'll be. When did Cat get into this market?
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11-05-2015, 05:52 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Farmington, IL
Posts: 187
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: AARE 3903
Engine: Cummins 6CTA 8.3
Rated Cap: 84
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Quote:
Originally Posted by opus
Well I'll be. When did Cat get into this market?
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2011.
Mine is a 2012. It has an 18 speed in it but I think they only sell them with automatics now.
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11-10-2015, 06:13 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Farmington, IL
Posts: 187
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: AARE 3903
Engine: Cummins 6CTA 8.3
Rated Cap: 84
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Man, there sure is a lot of useless junk coming out of the engine bay! 
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11-10-2015, 06:27 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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Looking forward to this build!
I'm excited for ya, man.
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11-10-2015, 07:29 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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What were the last two things from under the hood?
Nat
__________________
"Don't argue with stupid people. They will just drag you down to their level, and beat you up with experience."
Patently waiting for the apocalypses to level the playing field in this physiological game of life commonly known as Civilization
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11-11-2015, 01:45 AM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Farmington, IL
Posts: 187
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: AARE 3903
Engine: Cummins 6CTA 8.3
Rated Cap: 84
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nat_ster
What were the last two things from under the hood?
Nat
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The particulate filter and control box for the regen retrofit. It was inoperable with parts missing and bypassed, so I figured I'd just get the rest of it out.
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