We finally picked up the bus three weeks ago and now is stored in El Paso TX, we started the return trip on Tuesday March 17th and that day we stopped all day long at 1 hour from Kerrville TX because the bus refused to start again after we loaded diesel, the previous owner went with us to check what I was doing wrong but he also couldn’t start the bus, he called a mechanic but he arrived until 5:00 PM and the only problem was the ground cable from the bus battery to the frame because a little rust, once the cable was tightened the bus started again with no problem, after that we continued the trip and parked the bus in Ozona TX at an RV park (just $18.00, this is really cheap!). That night I didn’t started the water heater (I pushed another switch) and when I take a shower the water was like ice cubes, that night I had high fever an all the additional symptoms, we continued the trip very late on next day and at 30 miles from el Paso I stopped at the last rest area to check the rear lights and surprise! no rear lights! just the brakes and turn lights was working ok and I decided to park overnight there. The next day when we arrived to El Paso I changed the light bulbs on the rear but doesn’t work.
If my wife was not totally convinced check the photo:
I have to pay $18,000 us dollars to import it to Mexico and I didn't agree to pay that amount, I'm thinking that the laws in our Country are made by a bunch of stupid extraterrestrials. Only the 1999 vehicles pays a 10% over the commercial value plus a 15% sales tx, any other vehicle needs to pay 50% plus the 15%. With that money I could fix all the minor issues, maybe paint it, install wood floor instead the carpet, install two Flexsteel captain seats and I don't know what else.
There is another option to import it but I don't want that one because I have no experience to do it, it is possible to do as a part bus disassembled, no motor, no transmission and no axles.
The bus runs really good and has a lot of power in the motor, runs at 80 mph with no problem and the transmission shifts very good.
The only issues what I noticed was.
- The stick from the transmission needs a little adjustment.
- The odometer and the tach doesn't work.
- The ground cable from the bus battery needs to be relocated.
- The generator needs a minor fix, I need to mantain it accelerated with a little wire and start and stop in the switch in the bay. The start/stop controls in the bus also works.
As of today we decide to sell it in the US, I know that in this days is not easy to sell a bus conversion but I have to let it go both buses, if anyone of you know who's looking for a good bus conversion please let me know.
We at a rest area: