I've made a bunch of progress on the bus over the last 2 weeks.
I've managed to dig all the extra wiring out that went from under the dashboard down, around, and up to that big fuse/breaker panel over the drivers seat. I also pulled out that entire breaker panel as the only wires that didn't go through it were the ones i kept.
I also removed the "Vandal Lock" from the ignition wire so I can start the bus again.
I got the turbo working. Turned out to be a plugged MAP? sensor nipple
I got the heat working. They had the wrong blower door actuator installed and it wasn't even plugged in. Ordered and installed the correct part. BUT! it won't blow anywhere but defrost so I need to replace the vacuum line as well but that's something for later.
I remove the Heater in the back, removed the lines that ran to the engine and caped them off with some radiator blockoffs. I assume that's ok since each of the coolant lines had their own shutoff valve on them.
I've created some cardboard templates and picked up 3 sheets of plywood so I'm going to start on building out the bathroom first as that's where a lot of stuff is going to be located.
I dropped off some scrap steel and got my empty bus weighed. 9,200lbs empty. That leaves a lot of room with the 14,500gvwr
I've also just put it into a storage facility yesterday which already had an E450 5 window Skoolie there. I couldn't see inside it too well as the windows were REALLY tinted but from the driver window it looks mostly complete.
oh, and my Daughter has been recording some of what we have been doing. she really wanted to document this. The first few videos are going to be very scattered as we keep flipping around to all different things so they are not going to be very good.
Here is the first one I just uploaded yesterday
https://youtu.be/ab8hwCOWi3k