Dapplecreek
Senior Member
I'm selling the bus which successfully brought my wife, me, and all of our belongings across the country. We have $4600 into the bus in terms of purchase price, repairs, paint, and add-ons.
What should I be asking for it?
Thanks!
-Tim
What should I be asking for it?
- 2002 Freightliner with Thomas FS-65 coachwork;
- 10 window/11 rows of seats;
- 207K miles or so (estimated), low hours for those miles;
- Cummins 5.9 which starts right up;
- Allison 2000 overdrive transmission;
- Governed at 60;
- Air brakes;
- Air door;
- Air-ride rear suspension;
- A few pinholes of rust poking through the paint at the top of one of the wheel wells (since sanded, primed, and painted);
- All seats except the one above the back heater have been removed.
- The bus has been painted (New Holland Blue / Gloss White, using Tractor Supply's version of Rustoleum, after sanding).
- Lowest panel of forward door is rusted out (flat metal: easy fix);
- Rusted wire chase (or something else nonstructural) L-R next to floor support. Can't tell what it is there for, but it's not part of the stoutness of the bus itself).
- No body damage (well, except the lens on the light above the license plate - backed into a dumpster);
- Aluminum air-cleaner-to-engine pipe worn through by heater hoses (holes at top), covered with Gorilla Tape as a temporary - but highly effective - fix (recommended by big rig mechanic - he's seen lots of this problem fixed this way);
- Oil leak at front of engine, believed to be the front seal (used ~7 qts of oil in 2700 miles);
- One moderately small underbody box;
- Good tread and age on the tires;
- Spare tire included;
- New fan clutch;
- New thermostat;
- 2000 watt inverter
- New deep cycle battery
- Heavy wiring for inverter, including cutout switch
- Co-pilot's seat (from Suburban, with integrated shoulder belt) welded to minivan pedestal. The seat is behind the driver (long story) but could be repositioned;
- Additional mechanical temperature gauge to provide a check on the instrument panel gauge: the instrument panel gauge reads hotter than reality).
- All service records since it was new;
- Successful trip across the country (Virginia to Washington) with only one hitch - lost instrument panel lights: fixed by swapping around relays).
- Sold to me by a very kind and helpful bus mechanic who flips a few buses a year.
Thanks!
-Tim
