Picked up the Bus!

The plates from Vermont have finally arrived!  Once we received them in Key West we boogied back to Homestead to slap ‘em on the bus and get moving! 

We took the bus over to our favorite Hip Camp in the area and went to work on changing the tires and straightening the alignment.  

To loosen the lug nuts in the tires Carmen purchased a Torque Multiplier from Amazon that made the job much easier without the need a large pneumatic impact wrench (which cost several hundred dollars)

Once the tire was removed from the bus he needed to put our new tires on the rims.  For this job he purchased  GoPlus Tire Changing Tools so he could do it himself.  

We have a video in the works showing the whole process, so stay tuned for the final video on our YouTube page.  Once he got the old tire off he used the second tool in the pair to put the new tire on the rim.  Both the removal and installation were done very easily!  One tire down and one to go.   

After working on the tires Carmen decided to keep going with the demolition and remove the bus seats. 

He had a great method of removing the seats that made it pretty quick (under 2 hours) and pretty painless because he only had to crawl under the bus 1 time to loosen a nut. He used the jack from the Jeep to apply pressure to the bolt, then he was able to use that pressure to loosen it from the top only.   It made the seat removal a 1 man job instead of 2.   

Seats are removed.... on to the floor! 

Carmen also managed to get the rear heater removed, the stop signs removed and the light covers switched around.  It was a very productive day 1 on the build!  

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