Towed the bus to a mates property today so I can start work on it before driving it home to finish.
Two bits of good news came about the bus in the last two days
1. Although mod plated to Qld it was last registered in SA. Has got no plates but I managed to make out the old plate from the dirt/markings in the paint so got a permit no probs to tow it. More importantly, now I have these numbers it is over the counter SA rego
2. As we drove slowly up my friends driveway I decided to slip the bus into 4th and gently ease the clutch out, to check if the engine would turn over. It was parked for about 6 years and had no battery so we really had no idea about it mechanically. Much to my surprise the bloody thing fired up on the 6yo diesel, lol. I pushed the clutch in right away and it sat there idling until it ran out of fuel
I could not be happier this evening
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