Broken down, toasted engine??

[Geoff]

I don't know how many times I have to say it, but until they drop the pan and make sure they crank is okay on each and every rod and main bearing from the antifreeze in the oil they are wasting your time and money. 

Also, I have inframed a lot of 4106's.  It is absolutely no problem pulling the inside head with a cherry picker once you take the blower off.  The problem here is what was built inside the bus over the inside engine access.--😭Geoff

[luvrbus]

I don't know about the towing deal,Johnathan paid $6500.00 to have his bus shipped 1900 miles to me to do some engine work and install a automatic 740.

It got here in such a mess because of the trucking and wrecker service Progressive wrote it off today as a total loss. 

[Scott & Heather]

^ details cliff? Did they mess up the bus? And George, are you considering having the coach towed to a lot and selling it for what you can get at this point?


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[luvrbus]

^ details cliff? Did they mess up the bus? And George, are you considering having the coach towed to a lot and selling it for what you can get at this point?


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Tons of photo's on Bus Conversion International on F/B of the bus a beautiful bus inside and out 1 of a kind MCI 7 destroyed,  sad he just sold his house and bought the bus to travel and full time home schooling their daughter

[Geom]

Clifford (and others), is there any way to estimate how long it should take to pull that engine and then replace it with the new one, in a 4107 chassis (from your previous experience)?

It obviously won't be exact -as I would expect a few bumps here and there, that most shops should be able to handle. But I'm just looking for a ballpark figure from someone who has had a bit more experience doing so.

Thanks,
George

[luvrbus]

George, I would figure 3 to 4 days when you start swapping the stuff over there is no telling what you run into and it depends how fast Luke can ship the parts needed and you will need parts.That being a custom install in your bus I still would in frame the engine,it's hard to screw up the bottom end on a DD the top is where it get screwed.

You can call the engine rebuilt, re-cond or what ever but you are still going have some used parts as long as the fall in the DD limits the parts will have some wear same as your engine   

[Geom]

I'm also tossing around the idea of getting an engine with jakes preinstalled. Any thoughts on how much more difficulty that will make it?
Do you think that jakes would make it difficult to get that engine to fit in the space available?

Thanks again!!

[luvrbus]

There is room above but you need to cut the tail gate for the bottom to fit

[Geom]

Thanks Clifford!

So that might get kinda ugly... Hmmm...

FYI, I just sent you PM.

[Oonrahnjay]

     George, I hope that it goes without saying, but I am really sorry that this has happened to you.  I'm sorry for the delay, the heartburn, the $$$ loss, the loss of use of your bus/home, and the troubles that you have just thinking about it all.  Good luck with getting it taken care of best you can. 

[Geom]

     George, I hope that it goes without saying, but I am really sorry that this has happened to you.  I'm sorry for the delay, the heartburn, the $$$ loss, the loss of use of your bus/home, and the troubles that you have just thinking about it all.  Good luck with getting it taken care of best you can. 

Thanks a lot Bruce! I really appreciate that!!
My head is spinning right now, but hopefully we'll get through this and look back on it someday as a bump in the road.
I really do love this little bus and I love owning a bus in general and feel that we're a long way from "done".

I just hope the bus feels the same way, lol!

Thanks again,
George

[bigred]

Who Was the trucking company Luverbus .I got a Prevost that might need to go on a trip with these guy's!!!! LOL Incidentally, I also have Progressive insurance!!

[bigred]

Geom: Someone has a 1985 Prevost (nope not mine)on the local Craigslist for 27000.00 Haven't looked at it but the pic really looks good and they say it is super clean. That is probably less mony than you are already on the hook for.

[Cary and Don]

There is a bump out on the tail gate. There might be room for the jake brake valve cover.

Don and Cary

[chessie4905]

Wonder what it would cost to ship it on a railroad flat car?