Ball Family Bus

adventures in converting a school bus to an RV

ultra-low sulfur diesel and lubricity

As of Sept 2006, all on-highway diesel sold in the US is now ULSD. And all diesel vehicles manufactured for model year 2007 and beyond are made to use it exclusively. Lately I’ve been reading about some problems it can cause with older engines lately.
While sulfur isn’t actually a lubricant itself, it combines with [...]

a brief outing

I took the bus into town Saturday to the gas station where I filled up the gas cans that I use for the lawn mower. It’s nice to have the cargo bay for smelly gas cans rather than the car trunk. It was fun to drive it a little - I felt [...]