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Keep a spare CMP sensor in the glove box too and know how to change it. Get a quality one from International or Ford, the cheap aftermarket made in China ones are known to have issues. The other issues I've repaired quite a bit on the 7.3s are the under valve cover harnesss and valve cover...

PM me the last 8 digits of your VIN if you want to know what components your bus was built with. I'm a mobile mechanic for an International dealer and can look that stuff up by VIN, I work on buses for quite a few school districts too.

Excellent story. As someone who is just a year or two behind you in age it brought back memories of some "foolish" but totally awesome things I did as a young man.

Waist deep? That was an easy day, usually it was chest high or over my head.?

Sure it was miles and not km that was on the display?

Are you stuck on Fords? I prefer the Cummins for working on, much easier to access.

That only works for the first year of ownership.

Congratulations. I've been across west TX a few times, even in a pickup doing 80+ it was still a very long day.?

Double check your glow plugs and relay. All the 7.3 IDI cold start issues I've worked on are because there were a few glow plugs burned out. Also make sure your batteries, cables, and starter motor are good so it cranks over fast enough. Try running some diesel additive in colder weather too...

Couldn't get a long enough extension cord? Looks good.

All my Internationals are 1960s and newer. I have played with the idea of getting a R190 with an inline 6 gas engine though.

Not true......if you look in my back yard.? I have mostly Loadstars with some 60s Travelalls and a pickup. My wife loves the yard art.? Nice build with the KB, am going to love seeing it in action.

This right here. It's amazing what a 6x4 will do running duals with everything locked up.

I work at an International dealer in Spokane WA and just found out they are taking in 5 shortbus Ford E350s on trade. They are all 7.3 diesels, two are handicap other three are normal. They are 2001 to 2002 models with 180k-200k miles. WA schools have a pretty rigorous safety inspection...

Looks like your beer exploded in there and is coming out the cracks.

I've worked on a few mail Jeeps and the hardest thing for me was I would always go to the left door to get in to drive it.

Not the truck drivers fault. What you see in that picture is an Alpha male trailer marking its territory.

Should be fairly easy to get out of the road, release park brake and a push, let gravity do the rest.

Wow very nice.

I'm thinking recovery will be in the 10s of thousands of dollars. Heavy wreckers are high dollar units.