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03-03-2019, 12:03 PM
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#641
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 20,010
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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with the engine turned off, reach in and see if you can spin the center disc on the compressor by hand.. obviously the outer is stopped by the belt.. but the inner should rotate (albeit a little stiff) by hand... if it doesnt, then the compressor is nuked from the inside.. if the compressor spins by hand, need to get a gauge on it and see if it has refrigerant..
-Christopher
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03-03-2019, 12:10 PM
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#642
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,829
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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OK! Thanks a ton man!
I went out and checked and yes the center of the compressor does spin freely by hand.
What's my best option for a gauge?
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03-06-2019, 07:20 AM
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#643
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,829
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Called the dealer that did the recall work. They're going to look at it today. Gotta drive through horrible traffic but at least there's a cannabis dispensary right down the street.
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03-06-2019, 02:23 PM
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#644
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 20,010
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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did they have to take the freon out when they pulled the engine? or did they just set the compressor aside? makes me wonder if they jacked something up...
-Christopher
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03-06-2019, 03:51 PM
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#645
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Western Pennsylvania
Posts: 152
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
Called the dealer that did the recall work. They're going to look at it today. Gotta drive through horrible traffic but at least there's a cannabis dispensary right down the street.
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Be careful friend... My cousin once OD'd from 3 marijuana's. All the food in the house disappeared.. 
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03-06-2019, 05:54 PM
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#646
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,829
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cadillackid
did they have to take the freon out when they pulled the engine? or did they just set the compressor aside? makes me wonder if they jacked something up...
-Christopher
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They had to take the freon out. That explains the extra o-ring I found when I picked up the car originally. Turns out they forgot to replace that o-ring.
Its working now, didn't take em too long.
Got some Rick Simpson Oil at the dispensary. It definitely makes me hungry. I think I'll have four marijuanas.
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03-06-2019, 06:05 PM
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#647
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 20,010
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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thats great they fixed it and hopefully at $0 to you.. now get the damn thing sold!
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03-06-2019, 06:07 PM
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#648
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,829
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cadillackid
thats great they fixed it and hopefully at $0 to you.. now get the damn thing sold!
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Yeah. This dealer has been cool. A bit inept but that's par for the course.
Yeah, its goin bye bye! 
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03-07-2019, 08:15 AM
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#649
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
Yeah, its goin bye bye! |
About damn time. It's been a long time coming. Like you need more headaches.
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03-07-2019, 08:29 AM
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#650
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,829
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brewerbob
About damn time. It's been a long time coming. Like you need more headaches.
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I'll have 99 problems but a subaru won't be one.
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03-07-2019, 09:17 AM
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#651
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Essex, MD
Posts: 3,738
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: Blue Bird TC RE 3904, Flat Nose, 40', 277" wh base
Engine: 8.3L Cummins ISC 260hp, MT643, 4.44 rear
Rated Cap: 84 pax or 1 RV; 33,000lbs
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB
I'll have 99 problems but a subaru won't be one.
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I don't think you've been properly introduced to Mr. Murphy have you?
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03-07-2019, 12:20 PM
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#652
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,829
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brewerbob
I don't think you've been properly introduced to Mr. Murphy have you?
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He's my boss.
Got a strain of medical cannabis today called "99 Problems". I love it!
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03-20-2019, 04:35 PM
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#653
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,829
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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03-20-2019, 05:06 PM
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#654
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 20,010
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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nice truck!! my favorite body style!!
P.S. I added A/C 2 the 2 of these that I had.. total ^%$^%. but was worth it.. id say probably 50% of the work truck versions of these didnt have it
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03-20-2019, 08:15 PM
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#655
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,829
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cadillackid
nice truck!! my favorite body style!!
P.S. I added A/C 2 the 2 of these that I had.. total ^%$^%. but was worth it.. id say probably 50% of the work truck versions of these didnt have it
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They're going up in value. Something about the plastic toy trucks of today has folks wanting the steel of yesterday.
I had an 80's Suburban with the same drivetrain. Loved it.
Both my grandads had these. One had a service truck with utility bed and straight six. The other had a Blazer then a 4x4 86 half ton short bed.
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03-20-2019, 10:50 PM
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#656
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 1,222
Year: 1999
Coachwork: BlueBird
Chassis: TC1000 HandyBus
Engine: 5.9L 24V-L6 Cummins ISB
Rated Cap: 26 foot
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I was looking for a work truck, but they were all $6000+ for a 20+ year old truck. UGGG, $4000+ for a 30+ year old truck. UGGG. I got my 1986 4×4 truck for $1000 in 1998. Hawai'i (acid rain from volcanic emissions) and living on the beach (salt life! and the waves pounded the 20' cliff shoreline there, making plenty of mist in the wind) ate it alive. I just retired it last year (running well, but holes in the roof). Got my 1984 4×4 truck for $5000 in 1989. It's in storage (waiting for another trip S. of the border) and needs a tranny, but it still rocks. Then Obama shot all the old vehicles in the head...
Anyway...
That's how I got into a bus. All the space I need to haul my 1.5-ton+ load for $2285. Plus I can live in it, and it's cool.
But what you just got is the kinda thing I would want, if not a bus...old Chevy 
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03-21-2019, 06:30 AM
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#657
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,829
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mountain Gnome
I was looking for a work truck, but they were all $6000+ for a 20+ year old truck. UGGG, $4000+ for a 30+ year old truck. UGGG. I got my 1986 4×4 truck for $1000 in 1998. Hawai'i (acid rain from volcanic emissions) and living on the beach (salt life! and the waves pounded the 20' cliff shoreline there, making plenty of mist in the wind) ate it alive. I just retired it last year (running well, but holes in the roof). Got my 1984 4×4 truck for $5000 in 1989. It's in storage (waiting for another trip S. of the border) and needs a tranny, but it still rocks. Then Obama shot all the old vehicles in the head...
Anyway...
That's how I got into a bus. All the space I need to haul my 1.5-ton+ load for $2285. Plus I can live in it, and it's cool.
But what you just got is the kinda thing I would want, if not a bus...old Chevy |
Yeah I totally didn't want to spend this much on a truck but the ones for less are much more beaten on generally.
Rust is the number one enemy of these trucks. My grandad's was bought new and within a couple years of ownership was already rusting. He towed a boat to the coast with it though. Salt water and GM paint... bad combo.
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03-21-2019, 06:37 AM
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#658
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 20,010
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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I had to do floors on one of the ones i had... luckily never had bad cab corners..
the second one I had a was a STRIPPED "custom deluxe". but was No rust.. and it came with a FREE completely rusted out Cheyenne where the guy had lost the battle trying to keep up with the rust but the interior was like new.. so thats where my second one got its AC and such from..
back when I had mine junkyards were full of these. so parts were easy and cheap..
the beautty of a fire truck is that they typically dont have the rust.. they are washed often and garaged lots..
what engine / trans are in that one? 350 and a 4 speed? or 3 speed with granny?
-Christopher
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03-21-2019, 07:09 AM
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#659
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posts: 1,001
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: International
Engine: TE 444
Rated Cap: 12
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87 GM's still have carburetors, so tuneups are required and the whole floor the gas pedal and release and hope the choke works thing
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03-21-2019, 07:12 AM
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#660
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 20,010
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kubla
87 GM's still have carburetors, so tuneups are required and the whole floor the gas pedal and release and hope the choke works thing
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this probably as the E4ME system on it.. I did some serious tuning on these back in the day...
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