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Hello, I have a 80 gmc school bus and I'm trying to figure out what motor is In it, what it actually is, what battery and alternator it takes, and find wiring diagrams and such. I'm clearly new to this whole thing, but I need to learn. Stuck in a lowes parking lot about to get towed!!! Any...

My bus won’t start. It has been parked for about 2 weeks, and drove without issue prior to that. Video here with audio: https://youtu.be/7-4VY9eSgAc?feature=shared I thought the batteries were dead, so I replaced them. That didn’t solve it, so I cleaned the battery connections and cable...

Alright so skipping over the 6 month story that has gotten us to this point, I own 2 renogy 48 volt batteries that I’m trying to use to anchor the solar system on my bus, in the long progress of trying to get the system to work I have drained the batteries into their protection mode. Im now...

I seem to be having issue after issue… I’m back with yet another problem! Driving south on I-25 south of Pueblo, CO. My Warn Engine light came on while climbing a (relatively low-grade) hill. Thanks to an older thread, I learned how to record the diagnostic code. (Codes posted in the next...

After my recent breakdown in Casper and the awful mechanic I had, I’ve begun to notice a new sound when I start the bus up. Almost like a knocking sound, but it only lasts for a minute or so and then stops. Sometimes it sounds like it stops as soon as the air brakes reach capacity and hiss...

I am in the process of flushing/changing my coolant, and on the advice of some of you in another thread, I figured now would be a good time to replace my coolant hoses. I’m probably going to have a few questions throughout this process, but to start… In the attached photo, I have 3 hoses coming...

I’m traveling through Wyoming, and it seems like we’ve been going uphill all day. Suddenly I had a brief loss of power (for less than a second), and then it was okay again. That happened again a few minutes later. Then, I started really losing power, got white smoke out of the exhaust, heard...

Hey all, My shift lever just broke while driving. Anyone know where I can find a replacement, and how to find the correct model? Photo below. Also, how hard is it to replace this myself?

I have a 2001 International with a DT-466 engine. I just started getting a lot of black soot all over the inside of my exhaust, and all over the trailer I’m pulling. I’ve never had an issue with this before. Any ideas?

Hello everyone, I am hoping there is someone in the Jacksonville FL area who has electrical experience. I did the thing where you remove to many things and now the bus won't start. I've tried on and off for ~2 weeks trying to figure out how to close the circuit to the emergency doors with no...

Hello my name is John, I've recently come across a 1995 international 3800 that I purchased for the purpose of converting it into a motorhome. It will definitely need some hard work but me and my fiance Jenny are excited to start this journey. What I want to ask while introducing myself is are...

Hey all, I'm wanting to install an air chuck on my air tanks so I can fill up my tires when traveling without having to get to a truck stop first. I have what appears to be two tanks. I believe the large one is my primary tank and the smaller one is my secondary tank. I also have a few inlets...

Help! Just tried to start up my bus and it won’t start. I started it up about a month ago and it had similar trouble starting but eventually kicked in and ran for a few hours. Now it won’t start at all. See video here. Any ideas?

Where can I find someone to install some slide-outs on my bus? And does anyone know roughly how much that would cost?

Okay. Sometimes it feels like a dumb question but I've come to my supportive community on this one. I've done most of the demolition on my bus but I don't know if I can remove this triangle piece. I have a rear end. Can someone tell me what it's for and what it protects? Just trying to get some...

Hey guys! I am currently located in Northern Jersey, I had a bus guy do my solar so I honestly have no clue how to do any maintenance or fix errors. Attached is the code that I have on my system, I have reset the breakers and the code pops back up again. On my app it says "battery over...

Hey yall I am soon closing a deal on a ford e450, that being said im hesitant to fully commit because I have nowhere to store the bus. I am 19, and live in Rhode Island and dont have the space to keep the bus. Thus I was wondering what options there are available for me that wont break the...

Hello! I recently purchased a partial skoolie build as a total impulse buy. Long story short (it will still be long- I babble) -day after Christmas, got in a conversation about van/skoolie life and how fun it would be to convert a bus/van and learn a lot of valuable skills along the way, with...

Good evening everyone, I hope all of you are doing well. my name is Teflon Donovan although everyone calls me Black Samurai hence the username, which also dubs as my stage name as I am an artist, DJ, singer and songwriter. I've always wanted to travel throughout the united states, visit...

Was idling and started running very rough . I’ve been having to jump it. Cleaned fuel water separator . Was terrible . Changed fuel filter . Still running bad . Tried with out air filter on and same . Might setup a way to run it from a 5gallon can . Have a oil warn light in . The oil is...

Hello fellow skoolers… I’ve been living out of my conversion for about 4 years and out of nowhere my batteries started not getting fully charged, and as soon as I put load on the they shot down super quick. I have two hundred watt panels with two 6volt Trojan t105’s and a wanderer charge...

So my bus is a 2007 Thomas built Freightliner 071PS FS65, with a Cat C-7 engine. It's got a wheelchair lift in the back too. And runs at 28 feet in length. When I picked it up from Alabama it ran smoothly all the way to California, for reference that is roughly 2,000 miles and the trip was a...

We ran all our electrical for our living space. Plugged it into the generator and flipped the breaker and nothing. We are in MA looking for a local Skoolie community in NH or ME. Any suggestions? We spent so much time, effort and money. It’s been exhausting

After a recent week camping at Toquerville Falls in southern Utah, I really want to be able to live and travel in a rig that can go off road... at least handle some 18" boulders/drop offs, and rough dirt roads. I'm not expecting to go "Jeeping" but I also want more than what a road bound bus was...

Hi Skoolie World. I pulled the trigger on a 2005 Checy C5500 Shuttle bus and I've been working through the demo process for a month now (I have only been working on it during weekends, and by myself). I've come to the first obstacle I can't seem to research my way out of. After all the builds...