All your episodes feel like they’re out of a TV show. The pacing, the story and the different camera angles are all excellent. Keep up the good work, Pete!
In my opinion Pete, I think this channel is one of the best out on youtube! Keep on going! I can just imagine the distress with the breakdowns. Glad It´s all sorted out in the end!
@@PeteAndHisBus And I did enjoy! Never a dull episode and keep learning about new brands. What an amazing transformation racoon did on rml2634. Can't wait for the next one.
I am waiting for The On The Buses gang to appear especially Blakey the bus inspector to appear to say “Where have you been.” or “Get this bus out now!!”☺️. As these buses they used in these shows. These buses have real character & personality of their own. Thanks for sharing your adventures with these beautiful old buses.
Back when I was a London bus mechanic in the early 90s, I was told the engines were marine engines - in other words they had been designed becuase you can have access on all sides when they are in a boat. And therein lay the issue when fixing certain issues on the Routemaster. I was a 23 year old woman and small, so was usually sent in to reach the places other mechanics could not reach - LOL.
That's the Iveco engines that are marine, not sure if the Cummins are also. I read the Ivecos wore out fast in bus service because they were designed to be at constant revs rather than going up and down the rev range.
@@jamesfrench7299Cummins make engines for a vast variety of different uses - automotive, marine, plant, generators - you name it, Cummins probably make an engine for it.
Episode 34, I remember my father taking me for a meal in one of these LT - MC’s around 1954/55 in East Ham, my father was a Chief Linesman with LT Trollybusses throughout the war, he retired when the trolleybus service was also ‘retired’ I have to say Pete, well, I’m blown away! Found you on YT couple of days ago and all I can say is “WOW”, wonderful and thankyou for cheering up me up so much, just love your vids and especially your presentation. I’m now in my 70’s but I’m a guy who loves LT buses (but never being in any position to get more involved let alone being able to ever own my own bus). I always loved the RT family of busses but remember clearly seeing RM 1 driving through the streets of Peckham during the pre-launch of Routemasters into general service. In a previous life I drove almost every vehicle you can imagine, including a fare number of coaches, old and modern, my favourite being a 1960’s Leyland Leopard, loved it. But I never managed my dream of driving any LT bus, RT or Routemaster. Did take a ride on an RT London Country in 2002 in down town Auckland NZ, fantastic We moved to live in France in 2007 and imagine my surprise when I bumped in to a barn stacked full of old London Transport stock, I counted 14 busses, RT’s, RTL’s RTW’s and of course, a good walloping of Routemasters, all parked up gathering dirt and dust in the small rural village in the middle of the Auvergne, central France….. What on earth!!! I couldn’t stop at the time and then couldn’t find the place again until a year or so back and there they all where even more dustier with nobody apparently watching over them and I could find any info about them at all, but unlike your Heathfield RM (where I used to live once upon……, there was not a bit of vandalism. I found myself back at that village a few months ago, no idea what has happened to all those busses but now there were only 2 or 3 Routemasters remaining in the barn, broke my heart not knowing what had happened to them, worse still, I couldn’t find out who, what and why so many LT busses had ended up so far from ‘home’. I would have so loved to have been a part of that ‘bus-family’. Thanks so much for the videos, humour and fun of saving some of these wonderful old ladies, hope I can find all of your vids and please keep going with finding and saving these icons of yesteryear. Thanks also to His Lordship - ‘Lord Bariston’ but especially a big thank you to you Pete, well done. (Just a note, you are a double for our son who lives in the US)
I can remember working on a DAF DB250LF (which was an evolution of the MCW Metrobus) which had been retrofitted with a Cummins iSBe 6.7-litre Euro 5 engine. This conversion used what was basically a bog standard Cummins exhaust silencer, but the rest of the exhaust from the turbo outlet to the tailpipe (which came out under the middle of the rear bumper) was custom work, admittedly made from stainless steel so it was durable and didn't rust. What had happened here was a grounding incident which damaged almost the entire exhaust system. We ended up having a welding company fabricate a replacement exhaust from scratch for us 😮
"Episode 49: Rise of the Machines" 😄I have to say I love when you finally fix the issue. It's a kind of Old School mechanics class. Great Episode. Cheers.
Just seen this bus RML 2554 on a honey farm in Berwick-upon-Tweed. Doesn't look like a runner but has all original seats covered in a lovely velour. I have a couple of photos but don't know how to attach.
Brilliant episode Pete thanks. Good old route master would never be so rude as to break down before commitments are fulfilled. However, the Lancia is typically Italian. The excited anticipation of "will it start"/ break down/or even get there"
5:53 - so true. A 5 min job takes all f n day !! That's a good guy to stay with you and that bus until 2 AM. Usually, I only have ONE person interested in my project.
i so love watching this channal pete and lord barrington well done to you both keeping these gems going and for the entertainment amazing keep up the good work
I think compo has been fiddling about as he thinks if these don't work you might use him instead!!!! Just what I needed on a stressful Thursday evening feet up and watch Pete and his bus(ses)
You've inspired me Pete...I can't afford a RouteMaster (I own a nice RM Grill) but last year I bought a 1931 Model A Ford, and yes it throws up the occasional fault! On its last job it conked out taking two well dressed young ladies to their School Prom! Fortunately it must have just been fuel vaporisation as it was a very hot day, as it started up 10 minutes later! Phew!
I believe those are 4.5 L Cummins diesels? If im not mistaken the Routemaster buses were refitted with new cleaner burning engines in order to continue heritage routes? Cummins are a fan favorite over here in the US. We love em. The Truck in the photo is a 12 valve Cummins. They are the greatest power plant ever made, arguably. Cheers from Toledo Ohio😊
Hi Pete, I would recommend a steady between the bottom of the down pipe and the engine or bell housing, that flange cracked due to vibration, and a weld is more likely to crack in future,
Watching while our PD3 is getting some gearbox surgery - I feel your pain! Funnily enough I had my first routemaster drive in one we borrowed to cover our weddings!
Only last week I had the same issue with my 1999 Nissan safari /patrol Ute, original exhaust gave up and I set about installing a 3 inch upgraded version, was absolutely confident it was a 1 day job, which took 3 days, day 1, 6 hrs to remove the turbo dump pipe nuts only, day 2 , 2 hours to install the reminder of the system, day 3 , overnight hospital stay! due to braking a finger trying to apply enough force on the seized turbo stud and slipping the socket wrench off the remaining nut, then ignoring said finger because I had simply had enough and was not going to be deterred from completing the job! Cheers From Australia 🇦🇺
Can you imagine when these these things were moving people everyday how many mechanics it took to keep them going?? A whole fleet would've been a nightmare!!😒
They were amazingly reliable. For three years, from 1978, I had the pleasure of driving them on three busy routes in Central London. (Including the 38, Pete!) In that time, I only experienced one mechanical failure; and even then the bus was capable of limping back to the garage 'out of service'.
Great video. Sorry you had so many technical problems this time. I imagine the free wine came in handy and prevented you from renaming the episode Pete and His Breakdowns!
Non ti ho mai visto così stanco e distrutto come in questo video ma ..... come si dice dalle mie parti per un amore 1000 pene. Facile andare avanti quando tutto procede bene ma si è davvero grandi nel superare gli imprevisti. Complimenti Pete
My old Mk6 transit would generally only cause problems at it's home base, one day I started her up to go on a trip and the viscous fan fell off! another time I arrived back home after driving back from Estonia carrying a couple of my veteran motorcycles, next morning I had no brakes, the fluid had leaked out of one of the rear cylinders overnight!
Nice steam train overdub while you're trying to fire up the Lancia😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 What a hell of a month, it never rains . . .!!!!! Isn't it great when there's no thought in the design - knuckles are expendable apparently. Hope the next busy weeks are OK for you🤞🤞🤞
@@PeteAndHisBus It was just that bit faint I couldn't work out the steam beat to figure out what loco it might have been - inner nerd coming to surface!!!!!!!! On that note can we have more diesel start up noises, takes me back to Leyland 680s, Gardiner 150s etc??!!!!!!
I'm surprised that mechanical disasters don't happen more often. Maybe the (mostly) lack of problems is just a witness to what a great vehicle Routemasters are. The "bus nuts" I know are constantly struggling with one problem or another, but then again, the Transit Museum Society isn't a business, so funding is always an issue. The Lancia ws certainly a feast for the eyes, but I still want to see you arrive in a 1960 FIAT Multipla. It would be entertaining just to see if you could fit in it.
I definitely fit in one having driven one. I love them, big money now though. The bus has been very good for the last 9 years and actually lack of use is what causes most problems.
Hiya Pete. I know your no idiot but I just wanted to pass this on to you. My son is a bus mechanic,he taught me that if you think its an electrical fault with starting wait until its dark,bonnet open get someone to turn the starter,ignition and it will spark where the fault is. I've done this on my cars and everything it works. How about that Pete?
@@PeteAndHisBus cool I would love to own one I used to drive for LT but my pcv has expired mine you after seeing your torment on last episode I question my logic 🤣
Pete, all the good news is great and the buses and cars are beutiful, but when will work on 2730 continue, I enjoyed most of the episodes because of it. However carry on the beautiful work pete, well done😁😀😀😀😁😎
Looks like the Lancia has a bad connection like an engine earth strap or main ignition wire. It's losing spark while the starter is cranking. Every time you let go the key, it got spark back. Short bursts would be better. Hard to guess the bus starter was issue unless it was getting crazy hot or they were a known issue. That was not a bus you were driving last year though, so maybe that one was sneaking up for a while.
It shows how important contacts are when running a commercial vehicle. What a pest those broken bolts must have been tucked away like that. Then that long drawn out starter motor diagnosis all with deadlines to meet. Yep no way an AEC 590 reinstatement is a realistic proposition.
people who screamed bloody murder when this bus started working in advertising need to remember, sitting car will break down worse than running/used one .
I prefer red - why wasn't I surprised with that comment? Meanwhile are you trying for a Routemaster sun tan to make colour matching easier? Nice video and we actually saw some trains
This is the EXACT reason that, despite the apparent simplicity, I absolutely refuse to do exhaust work. It simply never "goes to plan" and rolling about on your back, wrestling with filthy bits of pipework is simply miserable. ps; I too would have taken the opportunity to startle the pedestrians 😆
All your episodes feel like they’re out of a TV show. The pacing, the story and the different camera angles are all excellent. Keep up the good work, Pete!
Didn’t Pete work in the tv industry before he started playing with buses
Glad you like them!
Hi Pete, the Lancia looks like a piece of art-deco and it's so easy on the eye.
In fact, it has almost as much nostalgia-value as your bus!
Agreed, she’s an absolute stunner
Love watching your antics on your buses, you lucky man , you should have a series on national TV, keep on bussing 👍🇬🇧
That would be good actually…. 😜
In my opinion Pete, I think this channel is one of the best out on youtube! Keep on going!
I can just imagine the distress with the breakdowns. Glad It´s all sorted out in the end!
Thanks so much! 👍👍
May the rest of the season's events be uneventful. Thank you. A nice treat for me today.
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Just what i need tonight! Thanks Pete (and his bus)
Enjoy!
@@PeteAndHisBus And I did enjoy! Never a dull episode and keep learning about new brands. What an amazing transformation racoon did on rml2634. Can't wait for the next one.
I am waiting for The On The Buses gang to appear especially Blakey the bus inspector to appear to say “Where have you been.” or “Get this bus out now!!”☺️. As these buses they used in these shows. These buses have real character & personality of their own. Thanks for sharing your adventures with these beautiful old buses.
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Back when I was a London bus mechanic in the early 90s, I was told the engines were marine engines - in other words they had been designed becuase you can have access on all sides when they are in a boat. And therein lay the issue when fixing certain issues on the Routemaster. I was a 23 year old woman and small, so was usually sent in to reach the places other mechanics could not reach - LOL.
Your special skill, I love it! We all have one 👍👍
That's the Iveco engines that are marine, not sure if the Cummins are also. I read the Ivecos wore out fast in bus service because they were designed to be at constant revs rather than going up and down the rev range.
Your enthusiasm and can do and creation of a whole new lease of life for the old girl, well! Contagious , love it all.
@@jamesfrench7299Cummins make engines for a vast variety of different uses - automotive, marine, plant, generators - you name it, Cummins probably make an engine for it.
Episode 34, I remember my father taking me for a meal in one of these LT - MC’s around 1954/55 in East Ham, my father was a Chief Linesman with LT Trollybusses throughout the war, he retired when the trolleybus service was also ‘retired’ I have to say Pete, well, I’m blown away! Found you on YT couple of days ago and all I can say is “WOW”, wonderful and thankyou for cheering up me up so much, just love your vids and especially your presentation. I’m now in my 70’s but I’m a guy who loves LT buses (but never being in any position to get more involved let alone being able to ever own my own bus). I always loved the RT family of busses but remember clearly seeing RM 1 driving through the streets of Peckham during the pre-launch of Routemasters into general service.
In a previous life I drove almost every vehicle you can imagine, including a fare number of coaches, old and modern, my favourite being a 1960’s Leyland Leopard, loved it. But I never managed my dream of driving any LT bus, RT or Routemaster. Did take a ride on an RT London Country in 2002 in down town Auckland NZ, fantastic
We moved to live in France in 2007 and imagine my surprise when I bumped in to a barn stacked full of old London Transport stock, I counted 14 busses, RT’s, RTL’s RTW’s and of course, a good walloping of Routemasters, all parked up gathering dirt and dust in the small rural village in the middle of the Auvergne, central France….. What on earth!!! I couldn’t stop at the time and then couldn’t find the place again until a year or so back and there they all where even more dustier with nobody apparently watching over them and I could find any info about them at all, but unlike your Heathfield RM (where I used to live once upon……, there was not a bit of vandalism.
I found myself back at that village a few months ago, no idea what has happened to all those busses but now there were only 2 or 3 Routemasters remaining in the barn, broke my heart not knowing what had happened to them, worse still, I couldn’t find out who, what and why so many LT busses had ended up so far from ‘home’. I would have so loved to have been a part of that ‘bus-family’. Thanks so much for the videos, humour and fun of saving some of these wonderful old ladies, hope I can find all of your vids and please keep going with finding and saving these icons of yesteryear. Thanks also to His Lordship - ‘Lord Bariston’ but especially a big thank you to you Pete, well done. (Just a note, you are a double for our son who lives in the US)
Thanks so much for your kind words and sharing your story! Your support is much appreciated 👍👍
I can remember working on a DAF DB250LF (which was an evolution of the MCW Metrobus) which had been retrofitted with a Cummins iSBe 6.7-litre Euro 5 engine. This conversion used what was basically a bog standard Cummins exhaust silencer, but the rest of the exhaust from the turbo outlet to the tailpipe (which came out under the middle of the rear bumper) was custom work, admittedly made from stainless steel so it was durable and didn't rust.
What had happened here was a grounding incident which damaged almost the entire exhaust system. We ended up having a welding company fabricate a replacement exhaust from scratch for us 😮
Ha! So you can feel my pain then 😂😂👍👍
Love your vlogs they always give me a good chuckle even Compo, glad 2355 and 2634 are well and hearty
Glad you like them! 👍👍
This now my best channel….. your passion shines though many thanks
Wow, thank you!
Another great episode Pete, really enjoyed
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching 👍
All of the issues there! Glad you got them sorted (including the Lancia!) 😎👍🏻
Thanks 👍 a bit of a headache but we’re still here 👍👍
Brilliant video. Glad you got all the issues sorted.
Thanks
Hey pal, another great video! Love your content sir...
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"Episode 49: Rise of the Machines" 😄I have to say I love when you finally fix the issue. It's a kind of Old School mechanics class. Great Episode. Cheers.
Thanks so much! 👍👍
Just seen this bus RML 2554 on a honey farm in Berwick-upon-Tweed. Doesn't look like a runner but has all original seats covered in a lovely velour. I have a couple of photos but don't know how to attach.
You can always follow the Facebook page. You can then send them in a message 👍👍
Super work wishes from Sri Lanka. AEC routemasters used to be legends here but sadly only a few run now
Thanks
Brilliant episode, as usual. The highs and lows of owning old buses.😊
Glad you liked it
Brilliant episode Pete thanks. Good old route master would never be so rude as to break down before commitments are fulfilled. However, the Lancia is typically Italian. The excited anticipation of "will it start"/ break down/or even get there"
Very true…
5:53 - so true. A 5 min job takes all f n day !! That's a good guy to stay with you and that bus until 2 AM. Usually, I only have ONE person interested in my project.
Yep, Ben is one of the best 👍
i so love watching this channal pete and lord barrington well done to you both keeping these gems going and for the entertainment amazing keep up the good work
Thanks so much
That Lancia. Gorgeous! What a fantastic, if not slightly stressful, way to earn a quid. I'd love a job moving those buses around.
I do have a very nice job indeed.
The end of a two day binge watch. Great, by the way, Inspector Morse originally drove an old Lancia in the books.
Didn’t know that! 👍👍
Love the Lancia (WOW!) & Hi from CANADA.
Hello! Glad you like it
Just incredible as always, well done Pete. You're doing great mate.
Thanks so much, glad you like it
I just love classic vehicles, Pete. End of story. Everything really. Buses. I've been on (and off) the buses for thirty years.
That last seen killed me 😂
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Great Pete! Excellent as ever! Now time for the family. Cheers
Yes indeed!
Fabulous old man ! I expected Basil Fawlty to come out and give the car a good thrashing !
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I think compo has been fiddling about as he thinks if these don't work you might use him instead!!!!
Just what I needed on a stressful Thursday evening feet up and watch Pete and his bus(ses)
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You've inspired me Pete...I can't afford a RouteMaster (I own a nice RM Grill) but last year I bought a 1931 Model A Ford, and yes it throws up the occasional fault! On its last job it conked out taking two well dressed young ladies to their School Prom! Fortunately it must have just been fuel vaporisation as it was a very hot day, as it started up 10 minutes later! Phew!
Excellent! That’s a nice car
The joys of running a classic bus. Your jinxed all those non starts 😂
Yep I sure did
I bet it's loads of fun to drive it. 😄👍.
It is! They’re great 👍
I believe those are 4.5 L Cummins diesels? If im not mistaken the Routemaster buses were refitted with new cleaner burning engines in order to continue heritage routes? Cummins are a fan favorite over here in the US. We love em. The Truck in the photo is a 12 valve Cummins. They are the greatest power plant ever made, arguably. Cheers from Toledo Ohio😊
They used the Cummins 8.3 C series in the routemasters
Best looking wrap job we have seen yet and that wraps up this episode
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Love your show Pete, think I have this Lancia on my layout too❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Hi Pete, I would recommend a steady between the bottom of the down pipe and the engine or bell housing, that flange cracked due to vibration, and a weld is more likely to crack in future,
There is a steady, its a big one too! very hard to show on film cos of the way it's positioned. Good shout though.
Those exhaust studs looked like a right pig of a job! 🔧
Right pig, understatement of the millennium 😂👍
Watching while our PD3 is getting some gearbox surgery - I feel your pain! Funnily enough I had my first routemaster drive in one we borrowed to cover our weddings!
Cool, hope it went well!
👍👍👍 Fantastic episode really enjoyed it ( Keep them buses rolling ) Good luck Pete 👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Brilliant episode. Chuffed to have been here from the first episode.
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It's amazing how old vehicles can come up problems you could not have anticipated, but that's what gives them their character I suppose?
That’s the one! 👍
Beautiful job
Thank you! 😊
YOU DO A GREAT JOB LOVE YOUR VIDEOS HOPE YOU HAVE GREAT DAY. NO BREAK DOWN
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Only last week I had the same issue with my 1999 Nissan safari /patrol Ute, original exhaust gave up and I set about installing a 3 inch upgraded version, was absolutely confident it was a 1 day job, which took 3 days, day 1, 6 hrs to remove the turbo dump pipe nuts only, day 2 , 2 hours to install the reminder of the system, day 3 , overnight hospital stay! due to braking a finger trying to apply enough force on the seized turbo stud and slipping the socket wrench off the remaining nut, then ignoring said finger because I had simply had enough and was not going to be deterred from completing the job! Cheers From Australia 🇦🇺
😩you know it!! So annoying! Hope the finger is all good
Beautiful job pete
Thank you kindly
I work with wrapping in Norway, thats a superb job done there, a lot of money to promote cider.
The guy who did it is Swedish, he’s really good
This was a great episode!
Thank you
Can you imagine when these these things were moving people everyday how many mechanics it took to keep them going?? A whole fleet would've been a nightmare!!😒
Well they were fully inspected and serviced every 28 days… they employed many.
They were amazingly reliable. For three years, from 1978, I had the pleasure of driving them on three busy routes in Central London. (Including the 38, Pete!) In that time, I only experienced one mechanical failure; and even then the bus was capable of limping back to the garage 'out of service'.
that made me laugh😀 free wine? thats like rodney going in to the 1-11 club and the bouncer saying you give me £20 ill let you in for free.🤣🤣
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Another awesome video like they say things come in 3 look forward to the next vid the big 50
Thanks 👍 yeah 50… I better do something good 😂😂
A good day for a Pete upload.
Thanks
Nice of 2355 to go 'I feel a bit off, after this event there is a few days off. I will tell him on the way home.'
Yeah she’s polite like that
Great video. Sorry you had so many technical problems this time. I imagine the free wine came in handy and prevented you from renaming the episode Pete and His Breakdowns!
That’s the one
I can hear a steam train chuffing away in the background when you're trying to start the car. Oddly appropriate given it's age.
Yep, the old bluebell railway
Another great vid Pete!
Thanks
Great video mate. Keep them coming..🍷🍷
Appreciate it
I love your humour.
Thanks 👍
Non ti ho mai visto così stanco e distrutto come in questo video ma ..... come si dice dalle mie parti per un amore 1000 pene. Facile andare avanti quando tutto procede bene ma si è davvero grandi nel superare gli imprevisti. Complimenti Pete
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Wow! RML 2634! I drove her at putney garage on the 14 and 22 routes!
Excellent, she’s been on this channel for a while now
Amazing battery in that Lancia :)
It’s a 6 volt, and it’s brands new! 😂😂
My old Mk6 transit would generally only cause problems at it's home base, one day I started her up to go on a trip and the viscous fan fell off! another time I arrived back home after driving back from Estonia carrying a couple of my veteran motorcycles, next morning I had no brakes, the fluid had leaked out of one of the rear cylinders overnight!
So the bus being from 1965 not doing so bad after all... ;)
Hope you put studs in the exhaust manifold so you can use brass nuts so you won't have the same problem next time 😉
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Nice steam train overdub while you're trying to fire up the Lancia😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 What a hell of a month, it never rains . . .!!!!! Isn't it great when there's no thought in the design - knuckles are expendable apparently. Hope the next busy weeks are OK for you🤞🤞🤞
Yeah it was a tough month. Well spotted on the steam train btw. The bluebell railway 👍
@@PeteAndHisBus It was just that bit faint I couldn't work out the steam beat to figure out what loco it might have been - inner nerd coming to surface!!!!!!!! On that note can we have more diesel start up noises, takes me back to Leyland 680s, Gardiner 150s etc??!!!!!!
I'm surprised that mechanical disasters don't happen more often. Maybe the (mostly) lack of problems is just a witness to what a great vehicle Routemasters are. The "bus nuts" I know are constantly struggling with one problem or another, but then again, the Transit Museum Society isn't a business, so funding is always an issue.
The Lancia ws certainly a feast for the eyes, but I still want to see you arrive in a 1960 FIAT Multipla. It would be entertaining just to see if you could fit in it.
I definitely fit in one having driven one. I love them, big money now though. The bus has been very good for the last 9 years and actually lack of use is what causes most problems.
Looks like all your problems were saving up to come at once, so here to the next few trouble free years, hopefully. Made entertaining video though.
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Baeutyfull colour on the Lancia. Rare one also. Have you ever thought of taking a bus across the channel.. Family visit...??
I have, bridge heights are an issue
@@PeteAndHisBus you now there a couple of those red things driving around here... What's the height of a llonden dubbeldecker.??
Hiya Pete. I know your no idiot but I just wanted to pass this on to you. My son is a bus mechanic,he taught me that if you think its an electrical fault with starting wait until its dark,bonnet open get someone to turn the starter,ignition and it will spark where the fault is. I've done this on my cars and everything it works. How about that Pete?
Excellent advice 👍
Ahh the goings of a Cummins fan belt.
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Hi Pete.. is that your Routemaster in the recent John Lewis commercial, which is airing at the moment?
It is not I’m afraid. 👍
"We want the finest wines available to humanity. We want them here, and we want them now."
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Can you use bus lanes at all? Especially if they have been wrapped?
Yep, it’s a bus…
What a nightmare, but well done getting everything sorted! What date were you in Liverpool?
To be honest, it’s been such a busy year I don’t even remember. I think it was June 23rd
@@PeteAndHisBus oh just before us. We were there 26th to 29th.
Great wine offer, do they ship to Alaska?
Ask them, they might just…. 👍
Hi Pete another excellent episode I love routemasters when you drive as you have a business do you need a pcv licence ?
Nope, you do not. I don’t carry passengers
@@PeteAndHisBus cool I would love to own one I used to drive for LT but my pcv has expired mine you after seeing your torment on last episode I question my logic 🤣
Almost thought you were going to meet @GeoffMarshall on the train🤣
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Pete, all the good news is great and the buses and cars are beutiful, but when will work on 2730 continue, I enjoyed most of the episodes because of it. However carry on the beautiful work pete, well done😁😀😀😀😁😎
When all the others start behaving I’ll actually have some time 😂👍
Haha, thanks pete, I'm guessing i t is hard fixing buses, I'd love to show all the support I can! (Although I'm 11) thank you!
We drive old vehicles as they keep us entertained
Apparently…… 😂
Arghh, the relatability of a quick job turning into a multi day emotional rollercoaster is just too real! Why do we do it?
I still don’t know 😂😂
Looks like the Lancia has a bad connection like an engine earth strap or main ignition wire. It's losing spark while the starter is cranking. Every time you let go the key, it got spark back.
Short bursts would be better.
Hard to guess the bus starter was issue unless it was getting crazy hot or they were a known issue. That was not a bus you were driving last year though, so maybe that one was sneaking up for a while.
It’s been resolved 👍👍
Hey Pete do they use log books over there on the other side of the pond
If you’re referring to the registration document of a vehicle, yes!
It shows how important contacts are when running a commercial vehicle.
What a pest those broken bolts must have been tucked away like that. Then that long drawn out starter motor diagnosis all with deadlines to meet. Yep no way an AEC 590 reinstatement is a realistic proposition.
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Was 9 CLT on the 2O7 route that number looks familiar
I actually don’t know…
They say things come in Threes pete so let’s hope that is it hey 👍👍🇦🇺
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would love to see a guided tour of that cab.
That can be arranged
@@PeteAndHisBus that would be lovely, thanks.
Wonderfully entertaining video as always. You seem to be at your best in adversity. Has anything ever defeated you?
Thanks! Oh yes it has. But I have good friends that can fix stuff 😂👍
people who screamed bloody murder when this bus started working in advertising need to remember, sitting car will break down worse than running/used one .
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I thought old Jags kept you on your toes …
The Routemaster loves having attention spent on it :)
They’re all the same 😂😂
That old starter looked badly burnt or covered in oil?!
Old buses eh Pete, who’d really be daft enough to own them? 😜😅
Yeah I agree, ya gotta be slightly mad..... hahaha
Phenomenal! ( figured out what that bus is yet?)
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@@PeteAndHisBus what is it?
vine yark only a beer for me 😅
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Blimey, talk about things happening in threes. Thought the wrapping looked quite smart actually.
Agreed! Let’s hope that was it… 😂😂
I prefer red - why wasn't I surprised with that comment? Meanwhile are you trying for a Routemaster sun tan to make colour matching easier? Nice video and we actually saw some trains
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Did Cummings offer warranty service in those engines?
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This is the EXACT reason that, despite the apparent simplicity, I absolutely refuse to do exhaust work. It simply never "goes to plan" and rolling about on your back, wrestling with filthy bits of pipework is simply miserable.
ps; I too would have taken the opportunity to startle the pedestrians
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😂😂😂 you know it
How do you clean a diesel tank out ?
Scrape, brush, hoover! 👍
Sorry it’s been traumatic but on the plus side it makes for a really interesting episode
There is truth in that… 😂😂👍
Squeze a Cummins into that Lancia for easier starting!
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Why not replace the rigid brake line with flexible hydraulic line.
I like it to be as originally intended 👍