My wife wants to buy a bus when she retires in 5 years, if we have any issues I know where we will take it! Always looks forward to the next bus save! Great Job!
I think you may need to rethink the time-line. In order to retire, buy the bus now and get repairs completed. You can then plan interior work. This way you aren't wasting retirement time fixing up a bus.
As an old bus mechanic down here in South Australia, I love your work and dedication to the clients and their buses. I am so appreciative of the way you describe and film almost all your work. I once thought I was the only mechanic that wrapped shafts etc into a freezer overnight so as they would fit. I am now 76 and can’t get enough of your work. I watch a new episode each night and starting to run out. Thankyou Wayne South Australia
btw Scott, i hope one day you could do a Vintage Bus Recommendation video series, where you go over some of the various more common vintage busses people buy and the pros/cons of them etc, mechanically and otherwise....probably be brutal for you to find the time for a separate series while filming hands on repairs n everything else etc. best rgds.
Lots of hard work on this bus for yall....I know Tyler is your son but those two guys have such a great teacher in you Scott...Love these videos thanks for sharing
That Tiger Tool for the wheel studs is an awesome tool! It is for sure worth the price. We bought one to use on our fire trucks here in our department. Love your channel!
Loved this video. 1992, I went to drive on a line (to Montreal, Qc. Think road salt in winter), we had 6 MC9s. The mechanic who took care of them let me around when I was curious. I still have a shop manual he gave me. They were not new anymore, so seeing what that looks like on your video, brings back memories. Again, loved it.
I’ve always wanted a diesel pusher motorhome. Thought a conversion of a used bus might be a good way to accomplish that dream. But I’m 66 yrs old and have some health issues which would preclude my taking on the conversion. And after watching your channel for some months, the repair and maintenance of the mechanical side no longer seems attractive. That’s despite my long-time repair work on the family cars. So now I watch your videos out of curiosity rather than as a learning tool. I can not believe the incompetence and outright laziness of some of the mechanics who’ve worked on buses before you see them. However unlikely it may be for me to obtain a bus, I know one thing: first trip in it I’d drive from Utah to Tennessee so you could help me bring the bus up to snuff. Might require some babying, depending on what was wrong with it. But you and your son have impressed me with your commitment to proper repairs-not slap-dash, push it out the door as fast as we can regardless. I sincerely hope your business model works. Oh, and regarding the tool cost misunderstanding, I hope your wife Kelly eventually decided the couch wasn’t the best sleeping platform for your bad back😉. My wife and I just celebrated 40 years together. Odd how those purchase prices are misunderstood.😇 My own halo slips from time to time.
Scott, I love your channel and the Tom Feller theme songs he created. Any pneumatic tool or any set of tools that make yours and Tyler's job easier on these beasts is worth the investment.
Love watching the work on this MCI. As for Tiger Tool's, they are the best you can get which comes with a premium price tag. I know because I too use Tiger Tool's for working on my semi-truck. They save a boat load of work, time, and effort to do the job right. The big C-clamps are superb and I've had no trouble out of mine, just got to ensure they are lubricated while being used.
MCI'S are nice. I remember having to change radius rod bushings quite a bit when I worked for a bus company. That and Brakes! Ohh Boy I don't miss being down in that pit all day.
I really enjoy your videos, coming from a former auto mechanic I cane real appreciate your work, and to think I used to complain when I was working on cars all day, the parts you are working with are way bigger then what I was working on, you guy's must have very strong arms, well with that said you are the go too man for bus repair that's for sure, I am specially watching this MCI bus repairs, I am shocked though that a NASCAR team would be so negligent to servicing there Bus, that's there ride, really surprised . but you will breath life back into her, the owner has taken the ole girl to the Bus Mechanic, great work looking forward to the next video .
Much respect to you two... I'm the same sort of body shape as you there and for the life of me I do not know how you do all your work on the floor when you have a great bench and vice to work with....not a criticism I'm in just impressed. :-)>
The condition of the suspension on this bus just goes to show 2 things. First; just because some mechanics can set up a car to run 200 mph around a race track doesn't make them bus mechanics. Second; goes to show that if it doesn't make their car go faster teams won't spend money on maintenance. Keep on working to keep the bus community safe.
From what I could see on the video even just a quick once a month look at the suspension by the "front desk girl", followed by replacing the obviously worn would have been a massive step forward.
Lol, my wife never remembers what I said a new tool would cost, we have discussions about that all the time, she always seems to remember me telling her about 1/2 of the actual cost as well. I might tell her the price without shipping or tax but that doesn’t make it double the price. After 30 years I just buy what I need and she asked where that came from and I tell her I’ve had it for years….
It looks really nice now you guys allso use a lick of paint. Love it. Maybe use either brass hammers or perhaps wooden blocks. You now have so much interesting pullies and other special tools. Such interesting stuff.
What a nightmare. I'm really learning a lot from your videos and will be buying soon. But there is so much that can and does go wrong, I'm thinking about a simple trailer. I ran Ford leymans in a boat for 20 years with just normal maintenance , MH difficult to work on. Thanks for sharing your incredible knowledge.
Scott: Sooner or later we are going to get you to try dry ice in acetone rather than putting parts in the freezer. I restore old (1930’s-1940’s) ford tractors and a lot of components were put together at Ford by heat expansion then shrinking the outer component on. When rebuilding various assemblies I have found that it’s a lot easier to shrink the inner component with cold rather than heat the outer component in a bar-b-q grill. Dry ice and acetone works every time. Plus, you can pour the acetone back in the can.
Those aircans ( in australia we call them brake boosters ) look very similar to a volvo truck booster,checkout your nearest volvo dealer for something close or dead on to replace those absolutely stuffed ones,its worth a look,cheers from australia
Yeah I'm in the same boat..bought a 1989 Prevost motorhome; my wife and I are gutting the interior but since I can't get under her safely (I'm a truck and bus mechanic too) the big bus is in the shop getting the mechanicals squared away first. 77000 miles, 8V92TA. Outruns everything but a fuel island at the truck stop🤣
I am amazed at the amount of knowledge that you have on these. I'm even more amazed that you are basically self taught and do better jobs than these so called mechanics that touch these before you. Lastly thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us!!!
After seeing how some of the 3rd/4th level teams in the UK look after their race car transports I'm absolutely horrified at the state of the MCI. While the bodywork looks nice and pretty with all its polished stainless the real bits of the bus are disgustingly unsafe.
Whichever NASCAR crew had that... it’s my, opinion, that they were underfunded looooosers. .... or just oblivious to what it takes to be safe and effective ... on the highway or the track. Seeing things like this are ‘hints’ at the quality of the whole effort. I’m sorry for the new owner in a way... but I’m glad your team is getting him where the former ‘team’ could not.
I will say that i believe they cross the line of private rv into commercial vehicle though and it probably should require dot inspections as a commercial vehicle
@@BusGreaseMonkey Using your discoveries as proof, it’s certain that they could not...or would not do the inspections and upkeep of the road worthiness portions.....
Really enjoy Your Content!!! All the on the ground work you do-- WOW!!! Much respect for YA'll-- Hard work 💪 I Have a Arch steel building like yours.... Did you do the spray foam insulation yourself?
Just the fact that Bus Grease Monkey has a facility and provides top notch consulting and repair almost has me thinking about a vehicle like this. I understand issues associated, rules for contact Patreon Membership which guarantees nothing...been following you for a long time, it is intriguing.
Will that stud press work with the hubs in place? if so, just the Scenic job will cover the cost. Even if not, still a game changer. Steel splines in an aluminum hub = suckage.
That MCI is going to be tighter than a ticks hatband! Lots of hard work but it needed it! I am going to keeping an eye on what you think of those Tiger tools, hopefully they live up to the price tag.
hey Scotty, it'd be interesting to see one day what are the approx costs involved on getting a bus like this and some of the parts/labor involved in getting major work like this done to it's undercarriage.
How are these vehicles allowed on the roads of America. In the UK you would face a very heavy fine and, a lot of points on your Driving Licence, probably losing your license. Every vehicle has to have an MOT each year to signify it is safe on the public highway. Peter Lindop UK.
Watch your videos all the time and you are a master working on these buses. However I have to ask a question as a fellow mechanic. Why are you not using PB Blaster on all these rusted and seized parts you wrench on? It’s a great product and I have almost never not been able to get some of the most gnarly rusted stuff apart after using it. I have seen it perform miracles on stuff I’d have bet was never going to unthread. I’m sure I’m not the first to ask you this so was wondering if you had a specific reason for trying to bust the stuff loose dry? Thanks and keep up the great work.
@@BusGreaseMonkey YESSS KROIL ! No one knows what that is my dad came from Lima,OH and he always used KROIL funny story his my uncles showed up while we were working on a car and note I haven’t seen them in 15yrs and they said KROIL ? Oh we used to call that squirrel piss lmao I don’t know why but it was hilarious
I grew up in St. George, Utah. A family member used to refer to penetrating oil as squirrel pee. That was before the environmentalists forced some very effective and inexpensive products off the U. S. market. If you watch UA-cam enough you find them still in use in places like India.
@@Tysmopars69 - Ha, in the 60's my father would always refer to penetrating oil as "nut ease". Imagine my eight-year-old self snickering every time I heard him mention nut ease 😀. Then imagine my adult self learning that in the 50's there was indeed a penetrating oil brand-named "Nut Ease" :-)). We used "Liquid Wrench" and it never failed us.
Lol I love the video says major repair on most of them I’m not hating I’m use to rebuilding Semi Trailers so when I think of Major I’m pulling the entire wall out and replacing it or pulling the whole tandem out and rebuilding it
Replacing every suspension component, tag axle bushings, steering linkages, airlines, brake chambers, and more. 20k in maintenance and it drove in. That’s major
Good grief. This reminds me of the buses we used to get here in Austria coming over from the ex-Communist states in the late 90s early 00s but even they don't run such things anymore.
Scott is there any reason other than cost that the badly corroded aluminium components for the maxi brake housing which is so difficult to source and expensive, could not be machined to clean away the corrosion then welded and machined again to bring them back to spec?
@@BusGreaseMonkey Good tools ain't cheap, and cheap tools ain't good. And the bigger the vehicle? The more essential the right tools become. Kelly gives you heck? Tell her you're investing in Tyler's inheritance.
After you’ve finished the vehicle should A, go where you point it instead off in some random direction and B, not sound like an absolute bag of nails every time you go over a bump. From the state of some of the vehicles you work on it seems that people think just because it’s a heavy duty vehicle they don’t actually need to do any maintenance on them.
Man the frame looks like it gas several rust holes in it. I guess because of the size of it the holes must be considered minor. We have yearly inspections and I think twice a year for commercial vehicles. That wouldn’t pass here. I’ve seen nice looking trucks and cars junked for rusted frames. Too much salt.
Why don’t you scrub or mildly sandblast that brake chamber before taking apart? Seems like it would be easier and nicer to work on without all the crud on the outside. 👍👍🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🤘🏻🤘🏻
Many of us who are new to these old beauties don’t know how much repairs or tube ups cost on average. Is there a reliable Repair Menu that can be referenced?
Hi Scott there is a young man that bought a 1948 bus and he’s probably going to be calling you we told him about your site and what a cool guy you are he has a UA-cam channel and he’s going to show everybody how he’s going to work on it
With the supply chain the way it's become, and the age of many busses do you believe the last round up is nearing as far as parts availability is concerned? More and more parts are becoming out of production and the supply of NOS items is finite. Are there any other viable alternatives?
I really love these old MCI's. Just finding out about these coaches and falling in love. What is the shiny material on the outside? Aluminum or stainless steel?
My wife wants to buy a bus when she retires in 5 years, if we have any issues I know where we will take it! Always looks forward to the next bus save! Great Job!
I think you may need to rethink the time-line. In order to retire, buy the bus now and get repairs completed. You can then plan interior work. This way you aren't wasting retirement time fixing up a bus.
Special tools may be expensive but they make the job less aggravating and usually safer.
As an old bus mechanic down here in South Australia, I love your work and dedication to the clients and their buses. I am so appreciative of the way you describe and film almost all your work.
I once thought I was the only mechanic that wrapped shafts etc into a freezer overnight so as they would fit.
I am now 76 and can’t get enough of your work. I watch a new episode each night and starting to run out.
Thankyou
Wayne South Australia
I am surprised that a NASCAR team would ignore the maintenance issues on one of their buses.
btw Scott, i hope one day you could do a Vintage Bus Recommendation video series, where you go over some of the various more common vintage busses people buy and the pros/cons of them etc, mechanically and otherwise....probably be brutal for you to find the time for a separate series while filming hands on repairs n everything else etc. best rgds.
Lots of hard work on this bus for yall....I know Tyler is your son but those two guys have such a great teacher in you Scott...Love these videos thanks for sharing
That Tiger Tool for the wheel studs is an awesome tool! It is for sure worth the price. We bought one to use on our fire trucks here in our department. Love your channel!
Loved this video. 1992, I went to drive on a line (to Montreal, Qc. Think road salt in winter), we had 6 MC9s. The mechanic who took care of them let me around when I was curious. I still have a shop manual he gave me.
They were not new anymore, so seeing what that looks like on your video, brings back memories.
Again, loved it.
I’ve always wanted a diesel pusher motorhome. Thought a conversion of a used bus might be a good way to accomplish that dream. But I’m 66 yrs old and have some health issues which would preclude my taking on the conversion. And after watching your channel for some months, the repair and maintenance of the mechanical side no longer seems attractive. That’s despite my long-time repair work on the family cars. So now I watch your videos out of curiosity rather than as a learning tool.
I can not believe the incompetence and outright laziness of some of the mechanics who’ve worked on buses before you see them. However unlikely it may be for me to obtain a bus, I know one thing: first trip in it I’d drive from Utah to Tennessee so you could help me bring the bus up to snuff. Might require some babying, depending on what was wrong with it. But you and your son have impressed me with your commitment to proper repairs-not slap-dash, push it out the door as fast as we can regardless. I sincerely hope your business model works. Oh, and regarding the tool cost misunderstanding, I hope your wife Kelly eventually decided the couch wasn’t the best sleeping platform for your bad back😉. My wife and I just celebrated 40 years together. Odd how those purchase prices are misunderstood.😇 My own halo slips from time to time.
Scott, I love your channel and the Tom Feller theme songs he created. Any pneumatic tool or any set of tools that make yours and Tyler's job easier on these beasts is worth the investment.
":parts are coming in..." Such a common theme across all trades, all parts of the country these days.
Our other bus is not getting parts in very good at all.
Enjoying your videos, thank you for taking the time to film and show us your hobby.
I enjoy watching you work. Thank you for taking the time to film, edit, and post!
Love watching the work on this MCI. As for Tiger Tool's, they are the best you can get which comes with a premium price tag. I know because I too use Tiger Tool's for working on my semi-truck. They save a boat load of work, time, and effort to do the job right. The big C-clamps are superb and I've had no trouble out of mine, just got to ensure they are lubricated while being used.
MCI'S are nice. I remember having to change radius rod bushings quite a bit when I worked for a bus company. That and Brakes! Ohh Boy I don't miss being down in that pit all day.
Such a great movie, you show us why your service is so important and why you specialized in these busses.
I really enjoy your videos, coming from a former auto mechanic I cane real appreciate your work, and to think I used to complain when I was working on cars all day, the parts you are working with are way bigger then what I was working on, you guy's must have very strong arms, well with that said you are the go too man for bus repair that's for sure, I am specially watching this MCI bus repairs, I am shocked though that a NASCAR team would be so negligent to servicing there Bus, that's there ride, really surprised . but you will breath life back into her, the owner has taken the ole girl to the Bus Mechanic, great work looking forward to the next video .
I bought one of those king pin presses a year ago, and they are worth every penny. Those tiger tool tools are awesome.
Much respect to you two... I'm the same sort of body shape as you there and for the life of me I do not know how you do all your work on the floor when you have a great bench and vice to work with....not a criticism I'm in just impressed. :-)>
Also. It still makes me giggle every I see the BGMountain video. Running the mosquito sprayer in late fall or winter is just funny....
The condition of the suspension on this bus just goes to show 2 things. First; just because some mechanics can set up a car to run 200 mph around a race track doesn't make them bus mechanics. Second; goes to show that if it doesn't make their car go faster teams won't spend money on maintenance. Keep on working to keep the bus community safe.
From what I could see on the video even just a quick once a month look at the suspension by the "front desk girl", followed by replacing the obviously worn would have been a massive step forward.
Oh my goodness the state of this suspension and everything. So glad you are fixing these buses up, wow! It's amazing to see how this proceeds.
it's hard to believe a Nascar team left that buss run in too the ground like that.
he is lucky to have made it to you with out crashing that bus.
Thanks again Scott, such a disrespect for maintenance, you guys are my heros.
Thanks for sharing 👍
✌🏻🌤 🇨🇦 😎.
Lol, my wife never remembers what I said a new tool would cost, we have discussions about that all the time, she always seems to remember me telling her about 1/2 of the actual cost as well. I might tell her the price without shipping or tax but that doesn’t make it double the price. After 30 years I just buy what I need and she asked where that came from and I tell her I’ve had it for years….
It looks really nice now you guys allso use a lick of paint. Love it.
Maybe use either brass hammers or perhaps wooden blocks.
You now have so much interesting pullies and other special tools. Such interesting stuff.
What a nightmare. I'm really learning a lot from your videos and will be buying soon. But there is so much that can and does go wrong, I'm thinking about a simple trailer. I ran Ford leymans in a boat for 20 years with just normal maintenance , MH difficult to work on.
Thanks for sharing your incredible knowledge.
Great content Scott. The size of the components are impressive--built to last. I really am enjoying your recent episodes.
Great work.
Nice, some BIG PARTS.
my respect to you for working on that tight wore out stuff. hope it pays good
That’s going to be one smooth riding rig when complete.
Scott:
Sooner or later we are going to get you to try dry ice in acetone rather than putting parts in the freezer. I restore old (1930’s-1940’s) ford tractors and a lot of components were put together at Ford by heat expansion then shrinking the outer component on. When rebuilding various assemblies I have found that it’s a lot easier to shrink the inner component with cold rather than heat the outer component in a bar-b-q grill. Dry ice and acetone works every time. Plus, you can pour the acetone back in the can.
Scott, you're son, Tyler, is a very talented mechanic.
Those aircans ( in australia we call them brake boosters ) look very similar to a volvo truck booster,checkout your nearest volvo dealer for something close or dead on to replace those absolutely stuffed ones,its worth a look,cheers from australia
Lots of tough work there, well done.
Those new tools are going to save you so much time. And a few knuckles too.
Yeah I'm in the same boat..bought a 1989 Prevost motorhome; my wife and I are gutting the interior but since I can't get under her safely (I'm a truck and bus mechanic too) the big bus is in the shop getting the mechanicals squared away first.
77000 miles, 8V92TA. Outruns everything but a fuel island at the truck stop🤣
I am amazed at the amount of knowledge that you have on these. I'm even more amazed that you are basically self taught and do better jobs than these so called mechanics that touch these before you. Lastly thank you for sharing your knowledge with all of us!!!
Tiger Tool. Excellent.
After watching so many of your videos I’m so glad I bought my 2000 Monaco dynasty.
Hi! Scott we all needed those genuine Bus grease Monkey video back, make me feel good looking at them, like it so much! Thank_you!
After seeing how some of the 3rd/4th level teams in the UK look after their race car transports I'm absolutely horrified at the state of the MCI. While the bodywork looks nice and pretty with all its polished stainless the real bits of the bus are disgustingly unsafe.
Love it being a longer vid with more in depth explanation of what's being done.
No such thing as one of your videos being to long.
phew, that looks like some hard work!
Video makes it look easy in comparison
That kingpin press works great
My porta power kit uses a smaller coupler then some after market cylinders that I bought. I bought couplers to make adapters to swap back and forth
Tiger makes some good product, congrats!
I hope the kingpin press works good tomorrow on this bus.
@@BusGreaseMonkey Here's hoping it is not one of those kingpins that has become one with the axle🍺
You guys really work for your money.
Got those same Snap on Master Puller Sets. Hard to beat quality of those.
Whichever NASCAR crew had that... it’s my, opinion, that they were underfunded looooosers. .... or just oblivious to what it takes to be safe and effective ... on the highway or the track.
Seeing things like this are ‘hints’ at the quality of the whole effort.
I’m sorry for the new owner in a way... but I’m glad your team is getting him where the former ‘team’ could not.
Definitely not underfunded.
I will say that i believe they cross the line of private rv into commercial vehicle though and it probably should require dot inspections as a commercial vehicle
@@BusGreaseMonkey
Using your discoveries as proof, it’s certain that they could not...or would not do the inspections and upkeep of the road worthiness portions.....
Really enjoy Your Content!!! All the on the ground work you do-- WOW!!! Much respect for YA'll-- Hard work 💪
I Have a Arch steel building like yours....
Did you do the spray foam insulation yourself?
Hi Scott, Looking forward to seeing those tools in action!
Man you guys really earn your money on some of those jobs. Thumbs up for you.👍👍
Just the fact that Bus Grease Monkey has a facility and provides top notch consulting and repair almost has me thinking about a vehicle like this. I understand issues associated, rules for contact Patreon Membership which guarantees nothing...been following you for a long time, it is intriguing.
Great video.
Will that stud press work with the hubs in place? if so, just the Scenic job will cover the cost. Even if not, still a game changer.
Steel splines in an aluminum hub = suckage.
ABSOLUTELY---> AWESOME!!!!!. 🙂 😉😇🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
That MCI is going to be tighter than a ticks hatband! Lots of hard work but it needed it!
I am going to keeping an eye on what you think of those Tiger tools, hopefully they live up to the price tag.
The Tiger tools will change your life. When you find out out how fast you can change studs, you'll be kicking yourself you didn’t buy one sooner
hey Scotty, it'd be interesting to see one day what are the approx costs involved on getting a bus like this and some of the parts/labor involved in getting major work like this done to it's undercarriage.
How are these vehicles allowed on the roads of America. In the UK you would face a very heavy fine and, a lot of points on your Driving Licence, probably losing your license. Every vehicle has to have an MOT each year to signify it is safe on the public highway. Peter Lindop UK.
Watch your videos all the time and you are a master working on these buses. However I have to ask a question as a fellow mechanic. Why are you not using PB Blaster on all these rusted and seized parts you wrench on? It’s a great product and I have almost never not been able to get some of the most gnarly rusted stuff apart after using it. I have seen it perform miracles on stuff I’d have bet was never going to unthread. I’m sure I’m not the first to ask you this so was wondering if you had a specific reason for trying to bust the stuff loose dry? Thanks and keep up the great work.
We soaked everything in kroil. We used probably a 1/2 gallon on this bus so far
@@BusGreaseMonkey YESSS KROIL ! No one knows what that is my dad came from Lima,OH and he always used KROIL funny story his my uncles showed up while we were working on a car and note I haven’t seen them in 15yrs and they said KROIL ? Oh we used to call that squirrel piss lmao I don’t know why but it was hilarious
I grew up in St. George, Utah. A family member used to refer to penetrating oil as squirrel pee. That was before the environmentalists forced some very effective and inexpensive products off the U. S. market. If you watch UA-cam enough you find them still in use in places like India.
@@Tysmopars69 - Ha, in the 60's my father would always refer to penetrating oil as "nut ease". Imagine my eight-year-old self snickering every time I heard him mention nut ease 😀. Then imagine my adult self learning that in the 50's there was indeed a penetrating oil brand-named "Nut Ease" :-)). We used "Liquid Wrench" and it never failed us.
@@BusGreaseMonkey
Kroil is definitely the best out there!!!
11:40 I would suggest sweeping the floor in the future so the jack rolls better
Good job .
Excellent 👍☮️
Have you changed your camera? The quality is superb.
Lol I love the video says major repair on most of them I’m not hating I’m use to rebuilding Semi Trailers so when I think of Major I’m pulling the entire wall out and replacing it or pulling the whole tandem out and rebuilding it
Replacing every suspension component, tag axle bushings, steering linkages, airlines, brake chambers, and more. 20k in maintenance and it drove in. That’s major
Good grief. This reminds me of the buses we used to get here in Austria coming over from the ex-Communist states in the late 90s early 00s but even they don't run such things anymore.
@3:55 a better use for a deep freeze cannot be found anywhere!
Solar powered deep freezer too!
@@BusGreaseMonkey nICE
Scott I've been seeing tiger yool advert on my fb videos and thought of your channel when i seen them
SO any bus with broken DD3's are getting impossible to fix?
Just expensive to fix
parts, pre-planned to wear out?? great education GM🛠
You guys sure do nice work.
Ivory soap works wonders for lubricant on rubber bushings
Awesome repairs. I worked on tractors & jeeps I use Anti-seize don't know if it would help on some of the stuff you repair.
Like the content.
Scott is there any reason other than cost that the badly corroded aluminium components for the maxi brake housing which is so difficult to source and expensive, could not be machined to clean away the corrosion then welded and machined again to bring them back to spec?
Race car driver / team owned and traveled in this? Wonder what maintenance was like on the race car?
UA-cam has decided it does not want me to watch this for some reason....maybe later
Dumb UA-cam
@@BusGreaseMonkey Good tools ain't cheap, and cheap tools ain't good. And the bigger the vehicle? The more essential the right tools become. Kelly gives you heck? Tell her you're investing in Tyler's inheritance.
Look's like the Nascar team
Ignored their bus issues and problems
I was wondering if those giant red pliers were Knippex...i didnt realize they made some that huge :)
They are awesome
You have to invest in the business if it makes the easier and saved time, that's $$$$ in your pocket. Keep tye videos coming
Love ❤️ bus grease mountain
Buy it now, before, you can’t find one 👍🥰🙏❤️🇺🇸 stra looking now🙏
keep the clips coming
A lot of tough work. No wonder you don't see any skinny heavy equipment mechanics!
Haa.. I've seen plenty plant fitters who are slim and stronger then bigger guys. I think you mean you don't see alot of slim Americans.
Also the young couple the people that sold him the bus he took out those big fans above the engine he said they’re not necessary OMG
After you’ve finished the vehicle should A, go where you point it instead off in some random direction and B, not sound like an absolute bag of nails every time you go over a bump.
From the state of some of the vehicles you work on it seems that people think just because it’s a heavy duty vehicle they don’t actually need to do any maintenance on them.
Man the frame looks like it gas several rust holes in it. I guess because of the size of it the holes must be considered minor. We have yearly inspections and I think twice a year for commercial vehicles. That wouldn’t pass here. I’ve seen nice looking trucks and cars junked for rusted frames. Too much salt.
It doesn’t have holes
Why don’t you scrub or mildly sandblast that brake chamber before taking apart? Seems like it would be easier and nicer to work on without all the crud on the outside. 👍👍🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🤘🏻🤘🏻
Well since it was not rebuildable that would be like cleaning the toilet while there are turds still in it.
Tools yes. tools Good lol
Many of us who are new to these old beauties don’t know how much repairs or tube ups cost on average.
Is there a reliable Repair Menu that can be referenced?
Scott there is another guy that buys tiger tools and uses them on his channel.
He's also another you tuber called JC Projects.
Hi Scott there is a young man that bought a 1948 bus and he’s probably going to be calling you we told him about your site and what a cool guy you are he has a UA-cam channel and he’s going to show everybody how he’s going to work on it
Amazing how you can get some of these parts!
With the supply chain the way it's become, and the age of many busses do you believe the last round up is nearing as far as parts availability is concerned? More and more parts are becoming out of production and the supply of NOS items is finite. Are there any other viable alternatives?
Deep pockets and a good machine shop
If you can't get the threaded ram in that kit to work with your power pack most other threaded rams should work.
I swear my porta power is a smaller fitting.
I really love these old MCI's. Just finding out about these coaches and falling in love. What is the shiny material on the outside? Aluminum or stainless steel?
Stainless on mci
@@BusGreaseMonkey Is there a website where these types of coaches can be found for purchase? How do I find a vintage MCI for sale?
Where do you get your gloves? Nice work
I want one of these. But they are $$ now.