RE: We Are Alive! September 3rd, 2023 Landscaping and Bus Project
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Vehicles fail to start for one off three reasons: Electrical, fuel and air. Due to the fact that you drove it home and the battery shows good, check for a loose ground connection at the battery and body points. Also check for a loose starter connection.
If it turns fine and you can smell gas, pull each plug wire off the plug, one by one, stick a screw driver in the plug wire and see if the handle will spark to ground. If one or more don't, you have a cap and rotor fault.
I could go on and on with diagnostics, but if you feed me the symptoms, I will try and help you track it down.
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Thank you for the good information here. I manged to charge the battery back up to 12v, and the lights and door are functional, but when I turn the key, instead of clicking repeatedly or trying to turn the engine, I hear one "click" then nothing. It's very strange. I would expect it to at least try to start the engine.
First, try to start your bus with another battery that you know works. Also, try the bus's battery in another vehicle to see if it will work there. If your bus battery starts up a different vehicle and/or the other battery fails to start your bus, you likely have a loose ground, loose power wire to the starter or a bad starter. Use jumper jumper cables to make the connections, if you can't get the leads to fit between the different vehicles.
Vehicle looks pretty nice, but also examine and bend the wires for possible corrosion or breaks. (lights will flicker when you bend a hard break or corrosion break.)