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Parish Skoolie
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2019
We're Amber and Eli, a Louisiana couple converting a school bus into a tiny home.
SUBSCRIBE for our skoolie conversion in all its ups and downs and some crazy adventures along the way.
We hope to inspire you to fulfill your own dreams while watching us build ours. Thanks for being a part of this wonderful and loving community! #skoolienation
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SUBSCRIBE for our skoolie conversion in all its ups and downs and some crazy adventures along the way.
We hope to inspire you to fulfill your own dreams while watching us build ours. Thanks for being a part of this wonderful and loving community! #skoolienation
Instagrams:
@parishskoolie || Magnolia (dat bus)
@asked_eli || Eli
Highlight 6:55 - 11:55 from Parish Skoolie is live!
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Highlight 0:15 - 5:15 from Skoolie conversion: Removing rivets
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to comment below. The best part of the #tinyhousemovement is the amazing community behind it and we'd love to give back. SUBSCRIBE for more #skoolieconversion and #buslife videos full of Cajun fun ~FOLLOW US~ ►TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@parishskoolie ►Instagram: parish_skoolie?igshid=pn6j1v0h3ken If you enjoyed this video or found it h...
Highlight 57:09 - 1:02:09 from New skoolie build. Come say hi!
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to comment below. The best part of the #tinyhousemovement is the amazing community behind it and we'd love to give back. SUBSCRIBE for more #skoolieconversion and #buslife videos full of Cajun fun ~FOLLOW US~ ►TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@parishskoolie ►Instagram: parish_skoolie?igshid=pn6j1v0h3ken If you enjoyed this video or found it h...
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Man this video was just what I was looking for!! Thank you so much for your time in this, that is no small task. I just traded for a 1999 Freightliner MT45 (step van) 5.9l ISB with a Allison 542 i was told that is the same as 545 but smaller pan. But i just found a Allison 2000 that is mated to a ISB out of a bus with 86k miles on it. The seller wants $425.00 and is 150miles from me. I want to build this van as a highway rig and i am told the 542 is a city driving trans. My question is, will this be a transmission that will work good in a medium duty application? I am not certain what horsepower I have but was thinking it is 175 hp. The stepvan has 14,500 GVWR. Hope you see this and thanks for your help or advice
That is an awesome price. Those combos usually sell north of $3k. I actually have a ISB/MD3060 frame cut listed at $7k The Allison 2000 series is great. Perfect for highway driving, i hope he saved the wiring harness with it.
Thanks for the help explaining to me how to wrap my pipe... 😉🤣
Glad to help!
I rode in a flatnose school bus that had a manual in it. That was back in the 70s. Detroit 2 stroke with what I believe was a 4 speed manual
In the years since this video, I still have not seen one in person. But have seen many videos of flat nose stick shifts! I have also acquired some linkage to make the connection. Pretty cool stuff.
Hi, I hope you see this! I am looking to buy a school bus for my own skoolie conversion. You said you lived on a bus yard. Is that somewhere that sells them? If so can you tell me the business name? And if not do you know of any good places to look for them? Thank you much in advance! Great video BTW, very informative.
ParishSkoolie@gmail.com We have moved on from this yard, but now live on another. I have two buses for sale currently
Lagneauxs is for lunch a place for older folks. I’m 71 and wasn’t impressed. There are much better places to eat in Lafayette and surroundings and I’m sorry you have a big rig. Who cares ? Good restaurants hate busses.
Restaurants reviews & ranks are subjective…this is a family favorite of ours and very biased. Our page is a skoolie page, we attempted to consider parking in our review even tho we visited all these places in a passenger vehicle. Didn’t expect a negative comment from a Coonass, but WHATTAKNOW. I encourage you to drop your local favorites, as we want any one watching to have options!
Can someone tell me what bus would be good for mountain riding?
If you want a bus that can handle mountains, we would suggest focusing on what transmission it has. Find a bus with a MD3060 and you’ll be golden 🙂
What model eaton is that?
FS5205
My first time doing that. I didn't know it was supposed to be wet. It makes sense. And I gave those metal zip ties to a friend. I used bailing wire. Much easier to work with and I tied one about every 3". I think it'll hold up. Even if it's put on dry. Or should i remove it and start over???
Can you share info on where you got the parts and part numbers? I can't thank you enough for all your videos!!! I was stranded in the middle of nowhere when my trans blew(545). Your trans info saved my life! I would've never been able to get out of there without my bus. I live full time on my bus, so that would've left me homeless and destitute. I'm a retired smokejumper, fixed income, as well as a widow with 5 grown children. I don't have much wiggle room or resources when transmission blows. This time, it's a cracked steering tire. I'm heat vulcanizing the tire and putting it back in myself. When I took the wheel off, I noticed the cracked and warped rotor. Thanks to you two and your video, I'll be back on the road soon. 🎉
Unfortunately I do not still have P/N’s for this job. I had to call a bluebird dealer and have them run my VIN as I was quite inexperienced with buses at the time. Thanks for watching, appreciate the kind words. I would start with Bluebird/International/thomas dealers! They should be able to give you the part number then you can order online or fleetpride to save some money
bleeders upside down bro, gonna be hard to get the air out that way. need to swap the calipers from side to side
Thanks for the multiple comments! Others have pointed that out over the years. You are correct, but we’ve done 10k miles like this now with no issues. Even bled the whole system 3k miles ago with fresh fluid, no issues. Hope it doesn’t start now🤞🏼
lol bleeder screw is on the bottom of the caliper, gonna have a hard time getting all the air out my friend
Uhhhh, what if I forgot to soak it in water/ damp it.. ? I already sprayed it two coats now I’m waiting for it to dry/ looking up vids in general again and now I see you had to damp it- I didn’t..
I understand now- I’m at 3:33 in the vid. I should have to keep it tighter. Well we’ll see when it sets I guess lol
You’ll be alright!
Thank you sir!!
Thank you!!
I feel your pain! My genset had a stuck intake valve, bent pushrod. Fixed that then the starter gave out and a piece entered the squirrel cage and shorted out the rotor! Had that thing in and out, assembled and disassembled so many times I’m an expert onan mechanic now lol. Good job!
Just got a 93 flat nose 11 window buss that a church used. Looks very well taken care of. Replaced the batteries and it fired right up. Brake air lines had some trouble with leaking and that’s where I’m at with it presently. It has a 6 cylinder Cat motor. How do you open the front bifold door when it’s closed all the way. I’m currently going through the back emergency door then opening the bifold door from the inside.
Unfortunately there is no other way to open the front door from the outside once closed completely. We added a lock on our front door to be able to secure it. Other people opt to replacing in with a house door.
I have a question. How did you adapt the speed sensor going from an automatic to your manual transmission? I have a international 3800 and swapped the Allison AT545 for a Spicer manual. The speedometer is cable driven on the spicer so a installed a VRS speed sensor. I just can't figure out, or have found any information on the wiring. Thanks
Sorry for the delay, My speed sensor didn’t give me any issues. My speedometer was not cable driven, since I harvested my parts from the identical bus there was not many discrepancies with wires. Hope you have been able to figure it out since commenting.
Thank you, you save me very much money !
We are glad you’ve found value in our video! Thanks for watching Levak 😊
Rust is like a cancer for vehicles, it keeps growing if you don't treat it
We couldn’t agree more!
Amigo soy de panama me.gustaría poder preguntarme muchas cosas , tengo una transmisión allison 545 y no avanza al acelerar ayúdame amigo que podrá ser
Check your fluid, if it smells and dark transmission is probably bad. If it’s too low, it won’t move. If it looks fine, look under the bus while you are in drive. If the driveshaft is spinning and the bus isn’t moving you snapped an axle. Likely scenario on Panama roads.
Where are you guys located I am very interested in buying a bus for you guys bus yard
We are in Houston, no longer at this yard but working for another supplier. Reach out at parishskoolie@gmail.com
Ok you guys are funny for this, ill go ahead and sub..
Thanks mate! Appreciate the support 😄
Love the video
Thanks Caleb! We’re glad you enjoyed the video 😊
So what type of bus do you recommend buying easy to fix parts availability?
Top three part availability: 5.9 Cummins 7.3 T444e Any Gasoline
Ruining it
Help us out!
FIFTH FIVE
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This is a wonderful video and I’m so sorry you lost your data!
You live in a bus yard? Does this mean I've found a good viable used parts locatio :)
We have since moved on from this location, but school buses are in our blood. We are now on another commercial yard that many buses roll thru. You can reach out for parts at edemette@DieselCore.com
I didn't see anyone checking the rear diff or greasing anything.
No footage for your beautiful eyes, my apologies
@@parishskoolie I'm a truck driver. Not much gets by me in a maintenance video.
I just found this channel. I started building Skoolies in Y2K. I’m retired now this is some of the BEST advice I have seen for someone look to get into the nomadic lifestyle!!! I hope this guy grows his channel and makes some $ Enjoy your Journey!
Welcome aboard! Thanks for your sweet words, we think we are pretty cool too just waiting for the rest of the world to figure it out;)
Hi, we have a at545 transmission on a 29ft long schoolbus, cat 3126 engine, thomas built bus with a freightliner chasis, dog nose, i overheat the at545 way to much ~300degree going uphill and we just had a rebuilt put in cause the other one broke down. So, lets go safe we think, its our home. My questions is you talked about puting an other cooler, you say go big, do you have a link of this better cooler you would go for it? Thanks a lot for your response and videos, i appreciate highly your help, Also, im a novice, do you think i can add that cooler myself?
As this video was too many years ago, the options I was looking at back then are no longer available. My advice is to search eBay for oil coolers with AN10 fittings. This will ensure your hoses will mate to them. I believe the one I bought was a 15 row, I would opt for something 30 rows are above. Best of luck in your adventures!
Thanks a lot for your response , do you think you would have eventually at some point a time for a call?
@@patrickschicker4579 Of course. Email me parishskoolie@gmail.com and I will shoot you my number.
Long way from buying a bus but wanted to say thanks for the visual aids. It nice to see an example of the do's and don'ts. Much appreciated.
Happy to hear you found this video useful! Thanks for watching 😊
Thank you
You're welcome! Happy to hear you enjoyed the video 😁
South carolina had plenty mid size flat nose rear engine buses rhey just took off road. I see a lot of fs65 at some district lots rotting away. Maybe they will sale them before they scrap them. But south carolina has recently updated they fleet so its a lot of busses they just parked. My favorite is the 88 international bluebird . Yes we were still using them 2020😂. They just won't stop and easy to fix
Wow! Very cool to hear, it’s been over a year since this video was put out and we have still yet to see a mid size pusher! Bummer they are just sitting, we have already gotten to the point here in Texas where no school districts are running first or second generation internationals. FS65’s are nearly all retired here as well. Very soon we will be seeing a shortage of these pre emissions buses😢 I love the first gen internationals! Very hard to stop them from running. These newer buses these days aren’t even seeing their full life expectancy :(
Okay, question.. Why not convert to a manual transmission?
Hi, that is exactly what we did……. But as for others, I did mention the pros & cons of a manual transmission, no?
I enjoyed a lot of the info you gave out. I've been doing my research for the past several years to prepare me for the leap I'll be making within the next year. Your below the snow line for rust free buses confused me a bit. The entire Coastal Georgia area is above that line. We rarely see snow & if we do, it either doesn't stick or melts in an hour. Our buses aren't rusty.
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it. We have only seen snow one time in our life’s! For us, anything above i10 we think it snows🤣 We have no real life knowledge of what states see snow😪
@parishskoolie Well, I can tell you Northern Georgia gets the several inches occasionally, but Coastal Georgia freaks when we get any, even if it doesn't stick. 🤣
Dude so i have a diesel generator what i changed the exhaust on from going out the top stack like to going underneath (its mounted on a trailer now) and this video is a very well put together video! Its my 1st time ever wrapping something and will jot be seen except by me for maintence Thanks for the Great content!!! that bus look awesome to!
Thanks so much! Appreciate the view & comment! I love diesel generators😁
This is for a 12 or 24
The motor in this video is a 24v but translates to the 12v as well. The block is identical with most of the same seal & gasket leaks.
Sorry but that looks goofy and unessasary... I don't get it
That’s okay! This exhaust doesn’t get hot enough to burn skin but we wanted to make sure our nieces and nephews were safe. We also didn’t want to give DOT a reason to give us a ticket!
A great help, I wouldn't have wet it but see the sense in doing it . Thanks
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching 💙
Driving
Be safe out there!
So... i have a 400hp MONSTER size turbo diesel in a 40' Mainship 25k#. I am getting ZERO boost. The old guy i got it from replaced the 160hp engine. This engine came with dry exhaust manifolds. He put on wet manifolds. My knowledge of engine physics tells me he is sucking all of the heat out of the exhaust charge and the turbo (while spinning freely) isnt spooling up. The marine "rules" say you must have a wet exhaust manifold. My solution is to use the double wall (wet manifild with no water) and wrap it to achive roughly the same thermal result.... and finally get some power and fuel economy. I will probably use mig wire tails as extra ties when i run out of the 10 included with the 50' of wrap. Any thoughts anybody?
Have a t444e with the AT545 do you recommend the MT 646 or 1000
Albert, did you watch this video? It should have cleared up some things if so. This is a preference question, you’ll have to decide which you want from the characteristics of each transmission.
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Thanks for watching friend!
if you have a holesaw the size of the flasherholes you could add a fillerpiece on top of the flasher deletes mounted in the back with one or two rivits and some sealant and have the sheetmetal level with the rest makes them a little more invisable when the bus is repainted for verry little extra effort (drilling out the 4 round pieces out of sheetmetal with a holesaw and stick them in the holes )
Two hours and thirteen minutes for a ten minute video. I am now unsubscribing, probably like thousands before me. You guys just don't get it. No one wants to spend that much time on so little with so much repetition. Learn about editing.
Hey John! Unfortunately you still don’t get it, these are live videos. What you are watching is in real time. Live CANNOT BE EDITED. You commented yesterday saying the same thing. Sad to see you go.
Did you need insurance when you drive it from where you purchased it?
Normally there is a slight grace period when driving the vehicle home immediately after purchase. However after 24 hrs I believe you’ll need insurance to put it on the road again
Your speakers are not broken. 😅 We muted a lot of this video because the air hammer is LOUD 🩵
Playback speed can be adjusted for this live to 2x for a quicker video! ❤
Playback speed can be adjusted to 2x for a quicker video! ❤
I like what you guys do. You would have a many more subscribers if you improved your editing. You have about 10 minutes of content spread over a forty five minute video.
We appreciate the feedback! These are live replays so they are posted directly by TH-cam after ending. Once this project is complete we will snip all these lives together for a more entertaining video 💙