Converting old bus to motorhome/party bus - Page 2

poppa smurf · 13-04-2012, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by poppa smurf

I'm a member of a large organisation that deals solely with motorhomes, campervans and now caravans

we are on a drive to install "dump points" wherever the councils will allow us to

there are many of these in existence now all over the joint look for the blue sign

failing that many caravan parks will allow (sometimes for a small fee) to dump your waste into theirs

hang on, I just did a quick search and came up with this....http://www.dumppoints.com/ you can empty your black water in these places

I just had a more detailed look at those dump pints and they are mostly paid ones....send me your email addy by PM and i'll send you the details to get to the free ones

xp_wannabe · 13-04-2012, 04:14 PM

Thanks for all your advice/help mate. Just sent you PM.

**ebxr8240** · 13-04-2012, 04:26 PM

Slightly off topic.. Ive been looking at buying a motorhome myself...
Good luck guys...Amazing what can be done when a few mates get together with various skills...|Has helped me with my projects..
Everyone wins...If done right !!!

Pis-ton broke · 13-04-2012, 05:35 PM

so a few blokes will be driving the the porcelain bus, (which might be a good name for it).

So on to important things, how are you going to keep the stubbys/spirts cold?

poppa smurf · 13-04-2012, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by xp_wannabe

Thanks for all your advice/help mate. Just sent you PM.

no worries anytime,.......as I said I'd love to be amongst that lot!......but unfortunately age does weary us! LOL!

if you have a mate that's an electrician, a mate thats a plumber and a mate who is a gas fitter then throw in a carpenter and a mechanic then the world is your oyster......

if not.......... we have ways of working around it LOL!

mate grab the motorhome and do it....nothing scary "out there"....good friends that have yet to introduce themselves to you, good times and stuff that memories are built on!

just remember what an old feller told me once.....he looked at me and said...."son, nobody gets out alive!"

he also said .........."never trust a fart, ...and never pass a toilet"

Franco Cozzo · 13-04-2012, 05:55 PM

Excellent idea, this is the kind of work we do at my workshop, not motor homes, but we take a standard Mercedes Sprinter and turn them into Ambulances/Prison vans etc which means we've got cabinets, furniture, 240V power throughout, etc.

Kieron · 13-04-2012, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Pis-ton broke

so a few blokes will be driving the the porcelain bus, (which might be a good name for it).

Old hat mate

XD Falcon introduced plastics, here's the dunny you need for this mobile man cave -

Locking 'filler cap', must hold at least 60 litres for those long stretches, use the fuel pump to empty it out when parked over a drain somewhere.

Just strap it under the floor, drill a big hole and poke the spout up into the bus, make sure it doesn't have an anti siphon spring in it though, could cause problems.

Love the idea of converting a bus into a camper, didn't realise these old busses were so cheap neither.

MWTB · 13-04-2012, 07:25 PM

Vehicle will be sold without registration. ZF transmission.

Take her down to BPR for an xcal ZF box tune

MITCHAY · 13-04-2012, 07:32 PM

I can't offer any advice but would be interested in a build thread. I have had this sort of idea many of time but reckon it would be more awesome with a semi trailer lol

poppa smurf · 14-04-2012, 10:31 AM

quite a few semis have been done (look on youtube)....I've never done one but it would be relatively straightforward given a pantec has a flat pan and usually steel framing to start off with

that fuel tank with it's awkward shape would be too hard to strap in, way better off with a purpose built either rotomould or blow mould

200 ltrs capacity tank for about $180.......times that by 3 and you have your fresh water, grey water and black water tanks

Feathers · 14-04-2012, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by MNM96

Here is your bus! If storage is an issue, an enclosed trailer might be the go!

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/261001669...84.m1423.l2649

Ugh!! A B10M. Stay away! We run buses, and there's no way we'd touch one of those. Horizontally mounted engine is bad news. The ECU's are a pain as well.
A company we're friends with, run a couple and the boss is ready to burn them.

We have a bus or two for sale, but nothing that would suit your needs.

8K is about the max you should be paying right now for a decent example. Several bus company's have gone broke recently, and the market is saturated with their vehicles.

State Transit NSW have given up even trying to sell their old Mercs, and are just scrapping them now.