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Anyone in the area that can help this lady out?
Re: MC7 Need Urgent Help! - Location of the Bus
Hi,
My location where the bus is at is in Neponset, Illinois. We are 1 hour North of
Peoria, IL and about 2.5 hours South of Chicago. We are only 6 miles from
Kewanee, IL (where Good's Furniture is located - they have national TV ads so
you may have heard of Kewanee).
If anyone knows of someone in the area who is an expert who could help me so we
don't ruin the bus it would be wonderful.
Thanks!
Tracy Parish
--- In Diesel-RVs@yahoogroups.com, "silvalc" <lensilva@...> wrote:
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> --- In Diesel-RVs@yahoogroups.com, "careerplan2000" <careerplanrealjunkmail@>
wrote:
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> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I own an MC7 bus that's sitting on my property - long story, it was bought
during our marriage and we used it. It had been converted to a motor home prior
to our purchase of it. My ex was going to but never did show me how to start it
and it ended up with a couple of bad batteries - toward the end of our marriage
he abaondoned us and left the batteries sitting outside the bus. It was last run
in 2006 and has sat since. I now have a local diesel mechanic trying to help me
get it started so my investment doesn't rot into the ground. I just bought two
big batteries for the thing - I believe they are 12 volts each. He needs to know
if he needs to hook up both 12 volts to start it - he didn't want to ruin it and
try until I asked someone who knew. Then, after hooking it up, how do we start
it? A friend of mine looked at it the other day and found a toggle switch down
below the steering column that he thought was for the glow plugs and then a
button to push to start it on the left. Is that all there is to it? Also, the
fuel tank is about 1/3 or 1/4 full and I dumped a treatment into it. Will the
fuel be good still or does it need to be flushed out? My diesel guy thought it
would be OK. I really need any advice I can from you. We live in Illinois and it
gets very cold in the winter and I don't want to let it sit any longer without
starting it up.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Tracy Parish
> > Personal email: Resume@
> >
>
> Tracy,
>
> Please post your location, maybe someone close by can help. Your bus is 24
volts and the batteries are connected in series. There are no glow plugs and
the old fuel should not be a problem.
>
> There is a potential problem with stuck injectors but it will probably start
up OK with the proper battery connections.
>
> There is no telling what that switch might be on a converted bus that has
probably had several owners who did all kinds of strange things to it.
>
> You really should find someone with at least a little experience with buses to
look at it. Someone poking around blindly can cause some expensive damage.
>
Hello all , LenSilva , I tried to reach her to respond but could not find how to make the "link" work.How URGENT is it? I will be passing thru there in a little bit but not like toda or tomorrow.How can I contact her? I also have a MCI MC-7 Thanks GFC 480 306 3598 cell
Hi Tracy
I Live in Peoria. Call me on my c 309-224-8998
Red and Linda Ruby
1971 Eagle 05
1974 G M C 4905
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Um ,,, i wrote that the 'link didn't work for me hoping the info would get forwarded to them instead. Um , did you read what i posted?
Ummmm, come on guys ;D ;D ;D.
I hope that Len will chime in here, and help out with getting the info over to her.
God bless,
John
I may be out of line posting this but here is an email to contact about the MCI 7
Resume@CareerPlan.org
Hope this helps -- she want to know how to replace the batts and start a detroit I think
Melbo
I sent her an email inviting her to come to this group, haven't gotten a reply yet.
Len