After more than a decade of dreaming, the "oh @#$%" moment is here. I have taken possession of a 2006 MCI J4500. Let the games begin...
That is a nice bus none better,the best looking bus on the road
S60 or Cat 12.7 ?
SUCKER!! Haha. Welcome. With a newer model, shouldnt have as many body issues as some try to go cheap on initial purchase and pay 3 to 4 times over dealing with all the rot and wear.
It is a S60 / Allison B500 with about 450K miles on it. I even got the VCR and the microphone... :-)
Anyone want a seat or 50?
Congratulations! Looking forward to photos as you work on the conversion.
That will be 14L series 60
Welcome Aboard ! Have Fun !
Should be a real sweetheart of a bus. Just be careful about disassembly. Apparently there is a data cable that you want to be real careful with. (as in major costs to repair or unrepairable and unusable without it) May be other things too.
Jim
It should be a decent bus, much better than the E4500 (Renaissance) that had severe problems with the windshield cracking. The charter bus outfit that I worked for got two of them, but quickly returned them and got J4500's. The early ones had solid front suspension, but they switched to independent suspension later on. I do believe that Cliff meant that it is "the best looking bus on the road" in current production. He surely did not mean to exclude certain other brands that he now misses. :o
He just needs to watch the multiplex system it has 2 units under the drivers windows careful with the wiring they take the place of relays and can flash red when you goof up
only down side with electronics is after you let the smoke out you can not get it to go back in
very nice coach !
dave
I am absolutely certain that Lucas Electric was somewhere in the shadows as multiplex electrical systems were developed! It took me almost a week to figure out how to wire up auxiliary driving lights to come on with my high beams. It turned out that the ground wire for the low beam turns into the hot wire for the high beam!?!? Jack