Patience and Perseverance are the 2 things my grandma told me to have..you displayed both on this job...looking forward to the next adventure..safe travels bgm..
You and the wife deserve 2 Quarter Pounders with Cheese, 2 Big Macs, 2 Chocolate or Vanilla Shakes, 2 Large Fries, and 2 Hot Apple Pies in honor of the completion of the McCoach. :-)
Yes, a difficult job well done, indeed! Almost hate to see the saga end, that is a beautiful coach. Being an old motor head, I love anything with an engine, on wheels, rails, wings, tracks, whatever. When I was younger I often thought about getting a family motor home, especially liked the GM motor home of the era. I guess age has input some better thinking and common sense but seeing that McD coach rekindled, somewhat, that interest. But you have taught us viewers so much about the complexity of the coaches and the intricacies and demands they put on owner/operators for their maintenance. Still, had I retired a much wealthier man, I'd consider a coach similar to the beautiful McD coach. Thank you for the "education" this provided, looking forward to following your exploits "down the many roads" ahead of you!
Congratulations on a difficult job well done. The only curse with a job like that is as you discovered someone else always sets you up for failure. Why would they think the oil line wasn't needed for the compressor when they rerouted it to the 50 DN alternator? I have to wonder if the previous mechanics had any Detroit 2 stroke experience? You would think a DD mechanic would know you can't cut off the oil supply for the air compressor. May the owner of that coach be trouble free for quite a while with regular maintenance. Thanks for all your hard work on this coach. Cheers!
Our "safety team" determined homemade/altered tools are to dangerous. They have no idea how much work gets done with some of these tools. Thats a brilliant use of this skill with pulling that gear off.
Morning Scott from a wet and miserable England 🏴😩 Your videos are fantastic too watch 😄 It’s really interesting watching you fix there’s old buses as the content is just enough without me loosing interest because you explain things really well 👍🏻 Keep the videos coming I’ll keep watching 😀 Thanks Stevie 😎🏴
Being an old Detroit mechanic (retired) it's nice to see someone still loves these old engines . I was a senior Craftsman Guild member when I retired .
Lol,,that coach should Never let another regular rv pass it again..) I remember back In the day I had NO chance with the greyhound bus in my 18wheeler.
I have to tell you....you have what at one time was my dream job. I drove buses for 17yrs down in Houston till there was an opening in their mechanic apprentice training program. I went and took the test and passed with flying colors then had to wait for a starting date. once I had it I was on cloud 9. I had about a 4 week wait for it to start....well, 2 weeks before it was to start I was riding on one of the employee's shuttle buses headed out to go n relieve the bus I was to drive for that night when this out of state driver with no insurance ran a redlight n hit the bus I was in head on. I had just started to stand up to get my gear together when it happened. I had the joy of playing pinball inside the bus which resulted in me destroying both my neck as well as my left shoulder. 3 operations and 15 years later im still trying to get recovered from that. god how I loved working on cars n trucks n was sooo close to working on buses and getting paid to do so....but noooooo….I love watching you work n dream of what could have been.....keep on keeping on my friend
Persistence paid off. You won't find many parts houses like that any more. To the mechanic that always says he will help out. Seriously dude just keep your mouth shut. Some people are trying to get things done, and if you are not going to be remotely a man of your word, then let no word cross your mouth.
I love watching your stuff. You are a good orator. Enough info but not too much, easy to listen to and quite a ‘real’ feel to your content. Sharing the whole journey, good and bad bits without a lot of hype that is often on other channels. Well done, keep them coming. UK newish subscriber.
What a never ending nightmare. I bet your glad your done. I'm going to need that 8 Ball. I showed you what I got. Today, a new radiator. hydronic diesel fired heater and 6 new tires. Told my SO for future reference. We are putting up a big garage this fall. It was a pool or that. The pool just lost. I don't mind wrenching, but I am a bit older then you lol. No more dirt
Only discovered this channel at day1 McD, and was hooked from the start. Your patience and knowledge are admirable. Great job and congratulations. Greetings from Australia.
Since you concluded with that "Randy Quaid-esque moment" [Merry Christmas, *hitter was full], I'll add this: After hauling a local PA State Teacher's College football team in one bus, cheerleaders, training staff, and 'higher echelon alumni - fans' in a second bus, and spectators in a third, a "three - bus move", the MC96-A which hauled the team was parked in the charter lot, facing the back of the lot, which indicated that the bus needed to be serviced/cleaned/prepped for the next trip. When Joe, the mechanic who did most of the "get ready" work positioned the right rear corner over the sewer access manhole grate, he opened the door, pulled the handle, and about 6-ounces of "blue Inca Gold water" came out, and that was it, not one drop more! Now, Joe knew damn right well, that a college football team, which received boxed lunches enroute to the game, would not be shy about using the bus's toilet, so he headed back "up top" to see what "gives"... Well, he discovered that the team's lunch contained "jumbo ruby-red grapefruit", which were the exact same size as the lavatory discharge line and gate. Joe asked the chief mechanic, Butch, what to do, and Butch replied "anything but trying to spearfish them out" [there were at least 20 in the tank]. Joe went to his home, got his "bass fishing rod/reel combo", installed a 'bluefish' hook, and proceeded, beer in hand, to fish every last grapefruit out of the tank. I'm fairly certain that he was heard whistling the theme for the "Orlando Wilson Fishing Show".
Its good to see you got this bus back on the road . I learn alot from your videos. I was glad to see you were buying some quality tools I know they ain't cheap. I have a few snap on mostly craftsman but im fortunate enough to borrow snap on, mac, matco, anytime I need too . I Own an drive a truck for a living so im not constantly turning wrenches. Those Haldex compressors are junk any more I changed 3 before I ever got 1 that didnt leak air or water before I could even get the truck out of the garage. Then it failed a month later so I replaced it with a different syle it lasted about 4 months before it started getting noisy. It still works but I keep my fingers crossed every day with it . Keep up the Videos. 👍👍👍
Hopefully you can pass on the info of his travel back home. It has been fun from this end watching this big beast get going again. Looking forward to the trip to work on the boat too. Thanks for sharing the journey!
Great work! Your videos have reminded me of things to look out for on DD's, transmissions, etc. And I've learned a few new things, too. Thanks for your hard work on the vehicles and on the videos.
I kind of laughed seeing that oil tank back there like that. Reminded me of working on those for a tour company - the drivers would leave gallons of oil and the shit hose there and one came back after the whole tin sheet had dropped out on the highway. Couldn't imagine being the car behind that one!
job well done ,bus sounds great ,, you need a bigger black water tank ,, i had to make mine bigger ,,i discovered on a 3 day trip with my mother that the black tank in my bus was only 35 gallons ,since have upgraded it to 75 gallons and added a waste tank ventilator to prevent stink in the bus i also have a 75 gallon grey tank too,,
I think this is the bus Lance finally got to purchase and I see in this video when Scott first got it going, the steering wheel had the McDonald’s logo. Videos after Lance purchased it, it has standard steering wheel emblem ! So where did the original go I wonder.
Maybe there's a big voltage drop? Old cars often have a poorly designed electrical system, and headlights may only see 9 or 10v. Adding relays might help.
Ahh.. going to wrench on some salty 671's.. That will be interesting.. Those were my 1st. real engines I had to maintain in a 1928, 86 foot Mathis Trumpy. wooden yacht Back in the early 70's... We kept a piece of just the right size plywood right by the air intake just in case of runaway on startup.. lol.
your attention to detail shows, I guess that is a carryover from your days of commercial photography ... and you broke the curse of that bus killing mechanics
Over all, a fabulous rescue! Are you later going to restore the fire damaged compartment? Should be interesting. How come you ended up replacing the necessary oil hoses with regular (Expen$ive) hydraulic hose, instead of re-using the original type reusable ends and the OEM type external braid hose? I assume it is still available. On the subject of hoses, I went to using the teflon hose with the stainless steel braid, and reusable fittings, although a new ferrule had to be used every time. Generally bought #4 hose in rolls of 50'. Worked great, but had o be kept away from situations where it could vibrate against something to wear a hole in the braid. I don't know what that system costs now, but it is probably up there. (I bought all of the shop supplies at work, where we used a number of small high pressure hoses, as well as of various hydraulic hoses. We had a crimp machine for those regular hydraulic lines, mounted to a rolling cabinet with drawers where we put the fittings, some hose, and the needed tools for making them up. Also had a Metabo 6" angle grinder with their "slicer" abrasive blades. Best whiz wheel cut off tool I ever used.) Looking forward to your next adventure in buses! You bring back some fond wrenching memories, as well as recall of some messes... I'll never be able physically to do this stuff again, but enjoy reminiscing!
The old Big Mac, owned by Sam Covelli of Warren, Ohio years ago. Google Sam Covelli Enterprises. Sold the McDonald's and started Panera bread and O'Charleys, has a bunch of Dairy Queens too.
I was thinking the same... Once the owner gets a few more miles on it and everything settles (exhaust valve seats,rings etc )down,he will have a road burner.
Great a boat Detroit. Just as im curious about the smaller 2 & 3 cyl Detroit's for a smaller sailboat engine. Maybe a 1cyl if they made it for a generator. I like the mechanical simplicity of Detroits and possibility of running alternate fuels in a remote location on a boat. Eventhough your working on 6 71s at least ill see a boat set up
@@BusGreaseMonkey hmm. Can they run without blowers? Ive seen the 2-71 gensets thinking would be great small sailboat engine. A lot more powerful than a standard engine for that boats size. Up to 34' usually a 3cyl kubota/yahnmar 16-25hp used for in harbor docking. Id like to use engine to go as fast or close to under sail. A 2-71 surely could do that simply easy to fix and im guessing could run a high %age of oil or kerosene off the mainland.
@@BusGreaseMonkey I worked on a bulldozer once with a 2.71 in it . I can't remeber what brand dozer it was though but it was leaker ,almost as much oil on the outside as was in .
@@Deftonesdsm No, they use the blower as a scavenge air flow, the fresh air is blown into the engine ,and when the ports in the liners are exposed by the piston coming down,it blows the exhaust out through the valves in the head. Hence the two stroke. What you need to look for is a reduction box with a reverser ,usually a 2-1 reduction .The engine isn't needed to run big RPMs just produce lots of torque(the reduction helps this) ,so you will also need advice on prop diameter and pitch.Bolinder (the B in Volvo BM ) used to build single cylinder diesel engines for fishing boats which were often 60 x 15 foot. A real torque monster they were known as the boom boom bolinder .
@@Mercmad thanks 4 the info. So kinda like a miller cycle where the valves stay open for blower to force in air. No valves in 2 stroke but yeah. I already figured running a reduction trans/box and going with a correct size prop for rpm/boat size. I just like simplicity of detroit or a 4-107/8 perkins
Excuse my ignorance, but what is the history of this bus? Being from the UK, I love the American buses but know absolutely nothing about them. Your channel is amazing, keep up the fantastic work you do.
Nice job! I'll bet it's a great feeling now to be on your way to the next job. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe those blow off valves are set to blow off at 150 lbs? Perhaps a weak valve?
All the vehicles I drove over 15 years of driving city buses and coaches were set to purge at 125-130 psi, normal max pressure for service brakes is 120 psi so you don't need to set it much higher than that. If your system is pressurising to 150 psi it's an indicator you have issues somewhere in the air system (faulty pressure limiter/air dryer, tanks full of crud etc).
That's how versatile the Detroit's were. They were used in so many different applications (stationary too) Many parts are modular/ interchangeable apparently.
Is there any tests the buses have to pass before taking them on the highway when they have been standing for years... like the UK equivalent of an MOT or road safety certificate?
In California at least if it is operated as a motor home there are no inspection requirements but if it is still a bus there is no proof required to register. There are 90 day inspections on all heavy duty vehicles. When you get your regular highway patrol audit you better have proof they were done on time and all items that didn't pass were fixed. I am not sure but I think this is a federal requirements too. I'm not sure on bus specific rules. I am in heavy trucks.
He made it home in the bus safe and sound.
Really appreciate you staying with the videos on this bus, love to see the older stuff fixed instead of scrapped! Nice work!
Congratulations on fixing this and living to tell the tale!
That bus sounds really tight on the highway. No squeaks and rattles.
Patience and Perseverance are the 2 things my grandma told me to have..you displayed both on this job...looking forward to the next adventure..safe travels bgm..
You and the wife deserve 2 Quarter Pounders with Cheese, 2 Big Macs, 2 Chocolate or Vanilla Shakes, 2 Large Fries, and 2 Hot Apple Pies in honor of the completion of the McCoach. :-)
And few greens!😂
Congrats on completing another successful mission ! 👍✔
Looking forward to the Motor yacht video with the inline 6's. 😎
Yes, a difficult job well done, indeed! Almost hate to see the saga end, that is a beautiful coach. Being an old motor head, I love anything with an engine, on wheels, rails, wings, tracks, whatever. When I was younger I often thought about getting a family motor home, especially liked the GM motor home of the era. I guess age has input some better thinking and common sense but seeing that McD coach rekindled, somewhat, that interest. But you have taught us viewers so much about the complexity of the coaches and the intricacies and demands they put on owner/operators for their maintenance. Still, had I retired a much wealthier man, I'd consider a coach similar to the beautiful McD coach. Thank you for the "education" this provided, looking forward to following your exploits "down the many roads" ahead of you!
Congratulations on a difficult job well done. The only curse with a job like that is as you discovered someone else always sets you up for failure. Why would they think the oil line wasn't needed for the compressor when they rerouted it to the 50 DN alternator? I have to wonder if the previous mechanics had any Detroit 2 stroke experience? You would think a DD mechanic would know you can't cut off the oil supply for the air compressor.
May the owner of that coach be trouble free for quite a while with regular maintenance.
Thanks for all your hard work on this coach.
Cheers!
Nice bolt trick that will work for alot of things.
Our "safety team" determined homemade/altered tools are to dangerous. They have no idea how much work gets done with some of these tools. Thats a brilliant use of this skill with pulling that gear off.
So thankful i don’t have a safety team :)
Glad to see you are on the road again! Shiter full! Reminds me of national Lampoon's Christmas vacation! 👍👍👍🎄🎄🎄
Nicely done.
My first chore if that were my bus would be to address that wind whistle. 😁
Thanks for the video.
Enjoy the channel! You are a wealth of knowledge! Longer vids please!
Yes please longer videos
Absolutely! Longer videos please!
Morning Scott from a wet and miserable England 🏴😩 Your videos are fantastic too watch 😄 It’s really interesting watching you fix there’s old buses as the content is just enough without me loosing interest because you explain things really well 👍🏻 Keep the videos coming I’ll keep watching 😀 Thanks Stevie 😎🏴
Being an old Detroit mechanic (retired) it's nice to see someone still loves these old engines . I was a senior Craftsman Guild member when I retired .
Lol,,that coach should Never let another regular rv pass it again..) I remember back In the day I had NO chance with the greyhound bus in my 18wheeler.
Copy that !!!
I laughed out loud...Scott's sorta channeling Cousin Eddie. If only it had been Christmas.
All's well that ends well ! Thanks for a great series of video.
I have to tell you....you have what at one time was my dream job. I drove buses for 17yrs down in Houston till there was an opening in their mechanic apprentice training program. I went and took the test and passed with flying colors then had to wait for a starting date. once I had it I was on cloud 9. I had about a 4 week wait for it to start....well, 2 weeks before it was to start I was riding on one of the employee's shuttle buses headed out to go n relieve the bus I was to drive for that night when this out of state driver with no insurance ran a redlight n hit the bus I was in head on. I had just started to stand up to get my gear together when it happened. I had the joy of playing pinball inside the bus which resulted in me destroying both my neck as well as my left shoulder. 3 operations and 15 years later im still trying to get recovered from that. god how I loved working on cars n trucks n was sooo close to working on buses and getting paid to do so....but noooooo….I love watching you work n dream of what could have been.....keep on keeping on my friend
Persistence paid off. You won't find many parts houses like that any more. To the mechanic that always says he will help out. Seriously dude just keep your mouth shut. Some people are trying to get things done, and if you are not going to be remotely a man of your word, then let no word cross your mouth.
Whatta job. Hats of Sir.
Lately every time I take a dump I feel 500 lbs lighter ! Lol
I love watching your stuff. You are a good orator. Enough info but not too much, easy to listen to and quite a ‘real’ feel to your content. Sharing the whole journey, good and bad bits without a lot of hype that is often on other channels.
Well done, keep them coming. UK newish subscriber.
What a never ending nightmare. I bet your glad your done. I'm going to need that 8 Ball. I showed you what I got. Today, a new radiator. hydronic diesel fired heater and 6 new tires. Told my SO for future reference. We are putting up a big garage this fall. It was a pool or that. The pool just lost. I don't mind wrenching, but I am a bit older then you lol. No more dirt
Very difficult job stepping into someone else’s unfinished job. x2 but in the end it’s all done and on its way.
Only discovered this channel at day1 McD, and was hooked from the start. Your patience and knowledge are admirable. Great job and congratulations. Greetings from Australia.
Since you concluded with that "Randy Quaid-esque moment" [Merry Christmas, *hitter was full], I'll add this: After hauling a local PA State Teacher's College football team in one bus, cheerleaders, training staff, and 'higher echelon alumni - fans' in a second bus, and spectators in a third, a "three - bus move", the MC96-A which hauled the team was parked in the charter lot, facing the back of the lot, which indicated that the bus needed to be serviced/cleaned/prepped for the next trip.
When Joe, the mechanic who did most of the "get ready" work positioned the right rear corner over the sewer access manhole grate, he opened the door, pulled the handle, and about 6-ounces of "blue Inca Gold water" came out, and that was it, not one drop more!
Now, Joe knew damn right well, that a college football team, which received boxed lunches enroute to the game, would not be shy about using the bus's toilet, so he headed back "up top" to see what "gives"... Well, he discovered that the team's lunch contained "jumbo ruby-red grapefruit", which were the exact same size as the lavatory discharge line and gate.
Joe asked the chief mechanic, Butch, what to do, and Butch replied "anything but trying to spearfish them out" [there were at least 20 in the tank]. Joe went to his home, got his "bass fishing rod/reel combo", installed a 'bluefish' hook, and proceeded, beer in hand, to fish every last grapefruit out of the tank.
I'm fairly certain that he was heard whistling the theme for the "Orlando Wilson Fishing Show".
Its good to see you got this bus back on the road . I learn alot from your videos. I was glad to see you were buying some quality tools I know they ain't cheap. I have a few snap on mostly craftsman but im fortunate enough to borrow snap on, mac, matco, anytime I need too . I Own an drive a truck for a living so im not constantly turning wrenches. Those Haldex compressors are junk any more I changed 3 before I ever got 1 that didnt leak air or water before I could even get the truck out of the garage. Then it failed a month later so I replaced it with a different syle it lasted about 4 months before it started getting noisy. It still works but I keep my fingers crossed every day with it . Keep up the Videos. 👍👍👍
That is a very nice looking and sounding bus
Good job you should all be happy
Looking forward to your next adventure
Great little series - Thanks for sharing !
Nice ending to a great collection of videos, 👍👌❤🇨🇦
Hopefully you can pass on the info of his travel back home. It has been fun from this end watching this big beast get going again. Looking forward to the trip to work on the boat too. Thanks for sharing the journey!
That is one fine starting and smooth running 8V71T!
Great work! Your videos have reminded me of things to look out for on DD's, transmissions, etc. And I've learned a few new things, too. Thanks for your hard work on the vehicles and on the videos.
Another good job and off to the next adventure! I really do envy the lifestyle. Thanks again for sharing this experience with us!
Thanks for sharing. Good looking bus. Love to see it back on the road.
Love the way it starts right up with just a touch on the starter. A sign of a healthy motor I guess.
Magic 8 ball wins again. Probably better keep one handy. My MCI MC8 floats down the road like a dream, a truly luxurious experience.
Nice job!
If you ever have any work near Lansing, MI I would be glad to come by and help you out. Even if it was to just run you to a parts house.
I have at least 10 clients in Michigan in about 6 weeks.
Good news everyone survived. I’m still am amazed how fast that starts. Like a gas engine. 👍
I am amazed how that DD starts on one revolution!! And it sounds sooo goood!! Super Job!
Totally awesome. Keep the videos coming our way.
I kind of laughed seeing that oil tank back there like that. Reminded me of working on those for a tour company - the drivers would leave gallons of oil and the shit hose there and one came back after the whole tin sheet had dropped out on the highway. Couldn't imagine being the car behind that one!
All very interesting. Did you reset the compressor shutoff? I really enjoy seeing a professional work his craft. Experience and knowledge in action.
I told him how to do it. Much easier when it’s not 190deg
job well done ,bus sounds great ,,
you need a bigger black water tank ,, i had to make mine bigger ,,i discovered on a 3 day trip with my mother that the black tank in my bus was only 35 gallons ,since have upgraded it to 75 gallons and added a waste tank ventilator to prevent stink in the bus i also have a 75 gallon grey tank too,,
Well done 👍🇦🇺
I think this is the bus Lance finally got to purchase and I see in this video when Scott first got it going, the steering wheel had the McDonald’s logo. Videos after Lance purchased it, it has standard steering wheel emblem ! So where did the original go I wonder.
THIS is why i subbed. we get to see the buildup to the video showin her done.
Congratulations
Thanks for sharing
The ride is like the bus was hooving the road, so quiet, no noise.
Nice fix on bus long overdue happy driving now
He needs to update his headlights. Seem kinda dim. Those old sealed beams are so yellow compared to new halogen or L. E. D.
I told him to get LED. He’s 1/2-1/3 of what’s everybody else has brightness wise
Maybe there's a big voltage drop? Old cars often have a poorly designed electrical system, and headlights may only see 9 or 10v. Adding relays might help.
Congrads on a awesome job
Fantastic job Scott.
Ahh.. going to wrench on some salty 671's.. That will be interesting.. Those were my 1st. real engines I had to maintain in a 1928, 86 foot Mathis Trumpy. wooden yacht Back in the early 70's... We kept a piece of just the right size plywood right by the air intake just in case of runaway on startup.. lol.
Nice work!
Tough, Hot, parts, etc. Great ending and job. Safe travels to you both.
your attention to detail shows, I guess that is a carryover from your days of commercial photography ... and you broke the curse of that bus killing mechanics
Over all, a fabulous rescue! Are you later going to restore the fire damaged compartment? Should be interesting. How come you ended up replacing the necessary oil hoses with regular (Expen$ive) hydraulic hose, instead of re-using the original type reusable ends and the OEM type external braid hose? I assume it is still available. On the subject of hoses, I went to using the teflon hose with the stainless steel braid, and reusable fittings, although a new ferrule had to be used every time. Generally bought #4 hose in rolls of 50'. Worked great, but had o be kept away from situations where it could vibrate against something to wear a hole in the braid. I don't know what that system costs now, but it is probably up there. (I bought all of the shop supplies at work, where we used a number of small high pressure hoses, as well as of various hydraulic hoses. We had a crimp machine for those regular hydraulic lines, mounted to a rolling cabinet with drawers where we put the fittings, some hose, and the needed tools for making them up. Also had a Metabo 6" angle grinder with their "slicer" abrasive blades. Best whiz wheel cut off tool I ever used.)
Looking forward to your next adventure in buses! You bring back some fond wrenching memories, as well as recall of some messes... I'll never be able physically to do this stuff again, but enjoy reminiscing!
Great fun video series thanks. 🇦🇺
Great job!
Way to go, Miracle Max. Turns out the McBus was only *mostly dead*.
Great work, and you survived!
"Mornin' Clark, shitter's full!"
Great job on the McBus. Was slightly worried about the compressor. BTW, were there plans to fix the A/C sometime?
The old Big Mac, owned by Sam Covelli of Warren, Ohio years ago. Google Sam Covelli Enterprises. Sold the McDonald's and started Panera bread and O'Charleys, has a bunch of Dairy Queens too.
Yay - it didn't kill you (thought it had a bit of a go!)
It is really quiet up front, no engine noise, road noise or rattles!
Rest of the story plus epilogue would be nice addition.
You put out neat videos
engine sounds nice and smooth, I wonder, if it's out of a fire truck if it has the 400 hp. option...
I was thinking the same... Once the owner gets a few more miles on it and everything settles (exhaust valve seats,rings etc )down,he will have a road burner.
370hp
Well done,,,,,she lives again
Nice job!
Great a boat Detroit. Just as im curious about the smaller 2 & 3 cyl Detroit's for a smaller sailboat engine. Maybe a 1cyl if they made it for a generator. I like the mechanical simplicity of Detroits and possibility of running alternate fuels in a remote location on a boat. Eventhough your working on 6 71s at least ill see a boat set up
Lots of 2-71 gensets are out there. And bigger. Ive never seen a 1-71 generator but that don’t mean they don’t exist
@@BusGreaseMonkey hmm. Can they run without blowers? Ive seen the 2-71 gensets thinking would be great small sailboat engine. A lot more powerful than a standard engine for that boats size. Up to 34' usually a 3cyl kubota/yahnmar 16-25hp used for in harbor docking. Id like to use engine to go as fast or close to under sail. A 2-71 surely could do that simply easy to fix and im guessing could run a high %age of oil or kerosene off the mainland.
@@BusGreaseMonkey I worked on a bulldozer once with a 2.71 in it . I can't remeber what brand dozer it was though but it was leaker ,almost as much oil on the outside as was in .
@@Deftonesdsm No, they use the blower as a scavenge air flow, the fresh air is blown into the engine ,and when the ports in the liners are exposed by the piston coming down,it blows the exhaust out through the valves in the head. Hence the two stroke. What you need to look for is a reduction box with a reverser ,usually a 2-1 reduction .The engine isn't needed to run big RPMs just produce lots of torque(the reduction helps this) ,so you will also need advice on prop diameter and pitch.Bolinder (the B in Volvo BM ) used to build single cylinder diesel engines for fishing boats which were often 60 x 15 foot. A real torque monster they were known as the boom boom bolinder .
@@Mercmad thanks 4 the info. So kinda like a miller cycle where the valves stay open for blower to force in air. No valves in 2 stroke but yeah. I already figured running a reduction trans/box and going with a correct size prop for rpm/boat size. I just like simplicity of detroit or a 4-107/8 perkins
06:06 ... ironically, you're likely to hear little farts out of me, too, anytime I've been too close to McDonalds.....
Wow that's a lot better sounding
Awesome
Lmao. Love that 8 ball.
That was great. Thank you glad you got it done. How did the bus get to the race track? Did I miss that in one of the videos?
Although you had a few problems I enjoyed the videos bro.
Another one saved!
Love that sound. Dayum!
im going to miss this bus :(
Excuse my ignorance, but what is the history of this bus? Being from the UK, I love the American buses but know absolutely nothing about them. Your channel is amazing, keep up the fantastic work you do.
Congratulations on finally getting McDonalds up and running , Finally .
Well done, BGM!
Steering was kind of dicey with those old Ross cam and lever steering boxes.
Can't wait for the motoryacht videos
Glad to see that the curse of the dead mechanics has come to an end.
Nice job!
I'll bet it's a great feeling now to be on your way to the next job.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe those blow off valves are set to blow off at 150 lbs?
Perhaps a weak valve?
All the vehicles I drove over 15 years of driving city buses and coaches were set to purge at 125-130 psi, normal max pressure for service brakes is 120 psi so you don't need to set it much higher than that.
If your system is pressurising to 150 psi it's an indicator you have issues somewhere in the air system (faulty pressure limiter/air dryer, tanks full of crud etc).
Thank goodness you have a Magic 8 Ball but you need to ask it about oil lines to compressors before they fail! Oh well, shit happens!
Steely eyed, diesel dude!!!!
Great job,!
Betcha that day cost a whole dollah-two-ninety-eight! (That's a Southernism).
Mission accomplished 👍
It's sounding good!
Did I miss something? DID I hear right? are you saying the engine and components on this bus were from a firetruck? Wow!
Start at day 1
Yes fire truck
Wooo! lol So busy trying to hear what you were doing and hear that bus. :-D
That's how versatile the Detroit's were. They were used in so many different applications (stationary too) Many parts are modular/ interchangeable apparently.
You survived the mc D's bus
Is there any tests the buses have to pass before taking them on the highway when they have been standing for years... like the UK equivalent of an MOT or road safety certificate?
Only in a couple of states. 90% no yearly inspections required
In California at least if it is operated as a motor home there are no inspection requirements but if it is still a bus there is no proof required to register. There are 90 day inspections on all heavy duty vehicles. When you get your regular highway patrol audit you better have proof they were done on time and all items that didn't pass were fixed. I am not sure but I think this is a federal requirements too. I'm not sure on bus specific rules. I am in heavy trucks.
That'd be sugar sand. Nasty stuff!
Does it have an electric circulation pump to move the coolant up to the heater core? Would that work as aux cooling if it gets close to overheating?
nicely done. not easy at all.