Bought my first bus today!

[frostybeer]

I must say I am very excited today I just purchased my first bus - and so the adventure begins!

The bus I chose is a 2005 international 39.6 foot, flat nosed pusher with a DT466e and the MD3060 AT. I’ve been reading and reading about buses and finally found one that seems to be rust free for the most part and only has 123,000 miles. The bus also has what seem to be very nice carrier air-conditioning units in both the front and the rear so hopefully I can incorporate those into my conversion. Although I see lots of people pulling those things out!

[Native]

Congratulations!


I hope your bus brings you many years of joy.

[Ronnie]

Great start, good luck with your build.

[Johnny Mullet]

Nice bus! The fun now begins.

[WIbluebird]

If you plan on ripping out your factory ceiling and walls then keeping the factory ACs will be a bit of a challenge since the hangers for the interior units are fastened to the ribs.

[cadillackid]

Originally Posted by WIbluebird

If you plan on ripping out your factory ceiling and walls then keeping the factory ACs will be a bit of a challenge since the hangers for the interior units are fastened to the ribs.

its not hard at all.. the pipes for the factory units come up from the floor so you can take the units and set them on the floor or a table. and then hang them back up.. dont even have to take the freon out

[WIbluebird]

Another issue with mine was the fact that the ducting was built into the interior luggage racks motorcoach style so it was hard to justify keeping it (also both compressors were shot so it would've been a lot of money for a system that only works when the bus is running).

[cadillackid]

Originally Posted by WIbluebird

Another issue with mine was the fact that the ducting was built into the interior luggage racks motorcoach style so it was hard to justify keeping it (also both compressors were shot so it would've been a lot of money for a system that only works when the bus is running).

I guess if you stay in wiconsin you wouldnt need it to much.. the ducting is just the covers.. you can move the units and mount them into cabinetry and build your own covers.. the ducted evaporators are the same as the regular ones.. ive converted a couple ducted systems to freeblow as on a bus with poor insulation the cold air just blows against the ceiling unless the A/C installers insulate the inside of tjhe ceiling before putting up the ducting.. which they usually dont. so it hurts the cooling ability to have the ducting..