30 July 2015 grounded...

Well, the bus has two broken exhaust manifold studs. Hence the exhaust leak and the compression brake not working properly. Have new gaskets from Hino...

The broken studs are very, very difficult to get at. Turbo may have to come off, or the cylinder head... or even take the engine out. Time & $... John Lee is working on a solution...

So we might not be going anywhere for a little while; even though we are 80% packed (in the house) and ready!