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[indynotjones]

> finding a good mechanic to take care of my bird. Right now I need a
> power steering pump bracket for it, we were down in southern Ohio when
> it broke, I removed it my self and had it welded but it does not look
> good and I would like to get a new one real soon but no one in my area
> can locate one.

Hi Cliff,
That is a problem I have always had also. I try to do all the
homework and background work and then, as a last resort, take it to a
specialist place and say "fix XXX". There might be a place/person
somewhere that you could take the bus in and say "I heard a noise from
the right front wheel" and they would find and fix it. I have not
found such a person/place.

For pure chassis/mechanical problems, see who the local school bus
people use. I asked at my local BlueBird bus shop and they didn't
even want to talk to me about a Wanderlodge.

You could meet some people who have a great deal of bus knowledge at
the upcoming Washboard Festival at Logan, OH (June) when Paul and
Claudiene Elbisser host the Great Lakes Converted Coaches (FMCA group)
meeting. I have been to GLCC events in Cincinnati and Elkhart and I
learned a lot! They are a very tolerant group and allow people to
attend who don't drive MCIs or Eagles and long as you don't try to
talk too much about CAT engines.

When somebody writes the book about Bluebirds, there will be an entire
chapter on that power steering pump and plumbing.

If you ever get over toward Indiana, give me a call. I am in the
country south of the FlyingJ at Spiceland, IN on I-70, about halfway
between Indianapolis and the Ohio line. I don't know much but I am a
world class coffee drinker!

Lee Benson 85FC35 Near Carthage, IN