Follow the renovation of my 1998 Metrotrans Legacy LJ: hands-on repairs, interior projects, and lessons learned along the way.
The bus renovation journal
Browse the latest projects below, or use the page numbers to explore earlier updates.
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August 16th 2022
The table was missing one thing. A place to set my beer. So I cut out some holes and dropped in some cup holders. The…
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August 15th 2022
Time to update the look of the table to match the kitchen counter. I bought a Formica laminate sheet at Menards that matched the kitchen…
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August 12-14th 2022
Next bus project. Replace the bench seats I built with a pair of the original seats retrofitted with seat belts. Safety third! I bought some…
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August 10th 2022
Quick project today. New ignition switch, the old one was sloppy and wouldn’t start the bus over half the time. New one works great!
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July 30th 2022
It took longer to rebuild than anticipated. They said they’d have it back around July 8th, got it back July 21st. Then I had to…
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June 27th 2022
Welp, I removed the steering gear box from the bus. 2 miserable hours underneath. Dang those big ass bolts were rusted on. Thankful for that…
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June 16th 2022
So I’m guessing this is too much shaft play in the steering gear. I’m just twisting the steering shaft back and forth with my hands.…
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June 14th 2022
I finally found someone to help me bleed the brakes. Took all of 10 minutes. Afterwards I couldn’t get the bus to start, turn the…
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June 12th 2022
Since my neighbor is on vacation, kids are out of town and I can’t find anyone to help bleed my brakes. I decided to finally…
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June 10th 2022
After a trip to O’Reilly’s almost every day for the last week and a half I think I finally have the other caliper and the…
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May 30th 2022
Jacked the pass rear up and pulled off the dually tires. Thankful that the torque multiplier came with the socket to remove those lug studs.…
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May 29th 2022
Caliper Sunday Funday. Jacked up the front of the bus, installed wooden cribbing to prevent death. Tested out the new torque multiplier to pull off…