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Bus Discussion => Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) => Topic started by: daveola on April 19, 2019, 01:14:38 PM
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Oh, the woes of searching for parts.
I had an engine/transmission swap to my 102A3, but I realized later that I have no reasonable way to change or check the transmission oil. There's an extension for the three axle buses (attached) and I have called all around trying to find one.
(http://davepics.com/tmp/Bus-Transmission.png)
According to the parts manual, the dipstick and assembly are 13J-10-22 and 13G-10-48
I've tried US Coach and Sam Caylor and the vintage parts partner with MCI (vpartsinc.com) - though they don't seem to have much of anything... I know about Ted in Williams, but he doesn't really ever have 102 parts.
So.. there's got to be a graveyard somewhere with these buses - anyone know where else we can get parts *in general*?
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Is that tube a standard size? Because it looks like the extension is held on with a compression fitting. If the tube is a standard size, you could just make your own with a length of tubing and a fitting.
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I suppose I could make all the brackets and the tube and find a dipstick of the right size - if I had a place to work on my bus right now, though I don't really..
Don't know if they are standard sizes and/or where to find the right length dipstick.
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I did find this part:
MCI 13J-10-18 TUBE DIPSTICK EXTENSION
But searching around I can't figure out what bus this is for - so I could see if it's similar enough to make work...
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The dipstick itself is the easy part - long 'blanks' are available so that you can replace yours and set the length for whatever you need.