Been bitten...

ktmossman · December 20, 2019, 10:15:27 AM

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...

luvrbus · December 20, 2019, 10:19:47 AM

That is a nice bus none better,the best looking bus on the road

Dave5Cs · December 20, 2019, 10:26:17 AM

S60 or Cat 12.7 ?

chessie4905 · December 20, 2019, 12:08:33 PM

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.

ktmossman · December 20, 2019, 01:48:37 PM

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?

richard5933 · December 20, 2019, 02:03:49 PM

Congratulations! Looking forward to photos as you work on the conversion.

luvrbus · December 20, 2019, 02:21:20 PM

That will be 14L series 60

Busn-Gramps · December 21, 2019, 04:37:33 AM

Welcome Aboard ! Have Fun !

Jim Blackwood · December 21, 2019, 08:24:57 AM

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

DoubleEagle · December 21, 2019, 09:02:49 AM

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.

luvrbus · December 21, 2019, 09:12:34 AM

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

sledhead · December 21, 2019, 09:26:42 AM

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

oltrunt · December 22, 2019, 06:05:06 PM

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