Help Needed - Inspection of MCI 102A3 located in Christiansburg VA near Roanoke

[ScharpeStGuy]

Removed from the website as per the owner apparently in Virginia your insurance for a Bus motorhome will not extend if the bus is parked on a consignment lot. Apparently there is only one insurance company he has found that will allow the bus to be parked/marketed for sale on "one" consignment lot in the whole state.

Also received another report from Carter Machinery regarding the fluid analysis of the coolant, see attached if interested.

Owner is firm at $24,000 on the bus. I respect this as he has put a lot of money into this bus and although it may be a ticking time bomb it is also his "bus" that he put a lot of thought and money into. I will be meeting him at the bus next week to take a look at it and as Walter has said at the minimum I am learning a lot.

Thank you everyone.

[luvrbus]

Pass on it let the guy just set on it's not going anywhere at his price with all the info out now,what can he do repair it and up the price that is not going to happen on a 30 year old bus unless he finds a sucker,it is just a fact no matter how nice the conversion is he is setting on $15,000 bus till he takes care of the engine problems   

[DoubleEagle]

Got to feel bad for the owner, he has no mechanical experience and he relied on converters and mechanics to do everything for him, and they happily took his money. After the bus apparently overheated, someone replaced both radiators, but did not follow up with further checks to see if the engine was damaged by overheating (my guess). The oil & coolant tests now show that there is definite coolant in the oil, and that the nitrite levels are bad in the coolant, indicating it has not been changed or had additives replenished. He reportedly spent an average of $5000 a year on maintenance, did he get his money's worth?

[luvrbus]

The nitrite levels deplete when you are getting antifreeze in the oil that is a sure sign it has problems.
In fairness to the seller I don't he knew about the problems most selling a bus would have covered it up with fresh oil and antifreeze JMO   

[DoubleEagle]

Looks like this bus is a dead end unless the price is sweet! For someone who has a spare 6V92 laying around, and the skills to switch it, it might be an opportunity, but only at the right price.