Pre purchase inspection '73 MC 7

[peenhead]

The owner said the bus has been sitting for the last 8-9 months. They start it every week or so and let it run to "keep things working" and help keep the batteries charged. Is this good or bad?

[eagle19952]

The owner said the bus has been sitting for the last 8-9 months. They start it every week or so and let it run to "keep things working" and help keep the batteries charged. Is this good or bad?

better than not....but u need to run it up hot hot to get any condensed h2o out of the engine oil often too....or don't start it for 5 minutes a week...easy peasy huh..

[peenhead]

She said an hour or 2.

[ol713]

Hi;
   Just checked out your photo's.   You have a little rust here and there, but not bad. hope  the price is right.
   Has the inside been converted?  I noticed the Trace inverter.  Looks the same as mine.
   Nice bunch of photo's, the photo bucket and all is over my head.
                                                       Merle.

[peenhead]

Inside has been done but since there are 5 of us we will be changing most of it, going away from the side isle. We need to have seating with belts so that all are secure while we move. Do you like the inverter, dependable? Really need to find a mechanic to check out the bus. May post on CL to find someone in that area. Thanks for the input Merle.

[Emcemv]

Looks pretty good peenhead! I see some electrical things you should take care of right away, there are several wires running through holes in the bay bulkhead without any grommets to protect them.....that could get exciting!  Also, in the picture of the generator and shore power plugs, one of the cables plugged in has the clamp clamping on the wires of the cable, not the jacket, that's not good.  Definitely has some rust to deal with.  Plan on cleaning that engine and finding some of the oil leaks, but you will never fix them all!!.  You will also want to replace all the coolant hoses, when I did mine, the cost was higher than I expected.

Ours has newer front and rear caps, I wish it was original like yours.

Bruce