Hey Scott! Yours is sure looking good! This one is slated to get some upgrades in creature comforts department lol. Seal up all the drafts, some insulation, a generator and some A/C to start with. Thinking to convert that ten speed to overdrive and install it behind the old Cummins. ;)
Sorry! That is an excellent question. Life has an ugly way of getting in the way sometimes. Sadly, there has been no progress to report. But I still have the bus, and I’m still alive, so I still have hope. Some goals take longer to complete than others, but so long as there is hope, all is not lost. 👍
How does it run at highway speeds? I’m looking at a 57 myself with a 5 speed 220 cummins.. hoping for at least 60mph for now.. eventually it would get a detroit and a 10 speed fuller..
Crown buses handle phenomenally well at speed, but they are often geared pretty low. Installing a taller axle gearset, or at least an overdrive transmission, solves that. I've had mine up to around 70 per GPS, but only because the engine governor is faulty. That was doing maybe 2250 ~ 2300 rpm. 60 or a little more is no problem for mine, all day long.
@@realvanman1 oh, I’m very familiar with crowns in general. I work on them in riverside. Have yet to come across one of those old 220 cummins buses until now. We can fix your governor issues if needed. I’m just curious if the 220 is worth the effort.
They’re certainly good engines, but at this point condition is everything as getting parts is probably getting harder. But, if it starts and runs well, I’d probably just maintain it in good condition. Maybe pull the pan and check the bearings. Check the valve lash and injector settings. I pulled the heads and had a valve job done when I bought this one several years ago. I knew it had a dead cylinder when I bought it, so no surprise to find it had dropped a couple valve seats. I suspect that may be due to overspeed. Now it runs fantastic though. The Cummins in my other Crown is seized, and I’m really a Detroit guy at heart, so I’m building a nice 671 for that bus. I haven't bothered with the governor on this one. It's just as easy to keep it under ~2200. My guess is it's fine, and someone has just turned it up as an incorrect method of obtaining greater highway speed. I did have one many years ago that was stuck in full fuel. That was a wee bit exciting, and that one I did indeed take apart and repair.
Nice video! I remember the sounds of those engines when I rode the crown bus school busses during the 70's They were awesome and still are!
What an American icon, you can't beat a Crown Coach.
Thanks for sharing your videos
Kind regards Eric Dee
Would love to see a followup on the 1957 Crown Coach.
very cool cummins engine, I have never seen one like it. nice bus too.
Hey Scott! Yours is sure looking good! This one is slated to get some upgrades in creature comforts department lol. Seal up all the drafts, some insulation, a generator and some A/C to start with. Thinking to convert that ten speed to overdrive and install it behind the old Cummins. ;)
Awesome, Keith! What will you do next to it?
Why do you people never show what happens to the bus after first video
Sorry! That is an excellent question. Life has an ugly way of getting in the way sometimes. Sadly, there has been no progress to report. But I still have the bus, and I’m still alive, so I still have hope. Some goals take longer to complete than others, but so long as there is hope, all is not lost. 👍
How does it run at highway speeds? I’m looking at a 57 myself with a 5 speed 220 cummins.. hoping for at least 60mph for now.. eventually it would get a detroit and a 10 speed fuller..
Crown buses handle phenomenally well at speed, but they are often geared pretty low. Installing a taller axle gearset, or at least an overdrive transmission, solves that. I've had mine up to around 70 per GPS, but only because the engine governor is faulty. That was doing maybe 2250 ~ 2300 rpm. 60 or a little more is no problem for mine, all day long.
@@realvanman1 oh, I’m very familiar with crowns in general. I work on them in riverside. Have yet to come across one of those old 220 cummins buses until now. We can fix your governor issues if needed. I’m just curious if the 220 is worth the effort.
They’re certainly good engines, but at this point condition is everything as getting parts is probably getting harder. But, if it starts and runs well, I’d probably just maintain it in good condition. Maybe pull the pan and check the bearings. Check the valve lash and injector settings. I pulled the heads and had a valve job done when I bought this one several years ago. I knew it had a dead cylinder when I bought it, so no surprise to find it had dropped a couple valve seats. I suspect that may be due to overspeed. Now it runs fantastic though. The Cummins in my other Crown is seized, and I’m really a Detroit guy at heart, so I’m building a nice 671 for that bus. I haven't bothered with the governor on this one. It's just as easy to keep it under ~2200. My guess is it's fine, and someone has just turned it up as an incorrect method of obtaining greater highway speed. I did have one many years ago that was stuck in full fuel. That was a wee bit exciting, and that one I did indeed take apart and repair.