So my bus has been sitting and hasn't started since we brought it home over 6 months ago. I haven't had any time to work on it when the weather has been nice enough, which probably has been a total of 3.2 days since then. Lol
I had some time last night and decided to try to get battery/starting situation figured out so it's easier to move. I have a couple of used, but good, group 31 batteries in it but it just won't turn over hardly at all. The engine came out of a newer transit bus and I was worried it might have a 24v started in a 12v bus. I did some testing and I'm losing all power when I try to crank. The short battery cables don't really look very good so I scabbed some "new" ones up, had to re use one cable but I put new ends on it. I cleaned up the connections and tried it again.....
I was using the start button back above the engine and I about jumped back when the thing rolled over at a much faster speed and started right up after only a 2-3 seconds of cranking. With only 2 seconds of white smoke it cleared right up! I couldn't believe it! I was shocked in a good way :D
I let it warm up, checked the voltage and I had 13.6 volts, that's good. I aired up the bags, drove it around a bit and re parked it. When I parked it I noticed the dash volt gauge was back up above 16 volts again :( I'll have to do some reading on how and where to adjust and clean the voltage regulator, but that will be another day....
What a good night :thumbup:
Eric
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It's a great feeling, ain't it?, when you get a beast fired up and go for a ride after a long winter's nap!! Be it a Harley or a Detroit, it's great. Almost makes one think it's spring!
Be safe.
Ted.
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Great to hear! Hopefully that will motivate you to get things going on her :) give these old coaches a little love and they will reward you over and over again!
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Yes always a big relief. That's how I feel about my 1988 LAWNBOY walk behind. That tough old bastard fires up year after year many times with 2-3 pulls after winter slumber.
Thank you all!
I'm excited to get to work on it but unfortunately it's not at the top of my list :'(
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