Finishing the 4104 and test drive

The long awaited ending to this job. The 4104 bus is getting new airbags and wheels. The hill climb and cold start of the detroit diesel 671 is so smoky

[@davidkeith8687]

I can’t believe how much work that bus needed. You guys got back to life! Been watching for 6 months from Indiana.

[@maizetina]

Them red hubs and Ali wheels really set it off 👍👍

[@melindaortiz9741]

Agree

[@mytwocoins]

Love the smell of new tires. And the peace of mind that comes with.

[@davidellison1929]

U know I’ve been paying attention to all the Bus people u have had on ur channel & other Bus channels. Bus People are like Jeep People Their GOOD PEOPLE!!!

[@thomastorres3278]

Love the sound of a screaming Detroit bring back so many memories riding on a fishbowl bus in New York City great work guys

[@soillife1]

There is allot of work that goes into keeping your gravel driveways graded and smooth. Good Job 👍

[@Antonyg2100]

Very cool moment to get to! Wheels are on and a test drive!! So happy for him after you both did so much work

[@marty0715yt]

Nothing is like new shoes. I remember getting new tires for my 70 mustang. It rode so quiet and so smooth after that. 52 years ago and I still smile about it. Lucky Lucky Lucky. That is some bus!!

[@motorcoachtech7615]

One of the first coaches I worked on when I started my apprenticeship in 1976 was a 1958 4104. This brings back memories!

[@rickharper1497]

Good job, love seeing the older buses on the road!!!

[@nv1493]

I'll have to admit I wrestle with the 31's on my pickup, let alone on a bus. Nicely done repairs as always.

[@melindaortiz9741]

Drum brakes are the back breaker

[@richardwynn6769]

Scott, Great job! So glad to see such progress on this bus.

[@donmoore7785]

Wow that was an amazing project. Congratulations on its completion.

[@brycejeannotte7699]

So nice to see the 4104 running. That is a very pretty looking bus. I really like the proportions. Great job!

[@terencehoulihan6031]

Great job you guys , another antique back on the road

[@DigitalMentorGroup]

I drove Spareboardfor Greyhound in Northern Ontario, in 1980. The driving instructor at that time was Ernie Martin. I dropped into the old Greyhound terminal in September, 2020. The building is still there, but it's just a coffee and lunch place now. While I never drove a 4104, I did have many kilometers in MCI 5's 7's 8's and 1 MCI 9, a 6 cylinder powered one. Grand memories from those days. This video brings all those memories flossing back! Thank you!

[@joerangel611]

Scott Good morning Great video, it is cold up there. 4104 gets emphatic from many of us You have done a great job

[@djr1943]

You and your guys are great! Your attention to detail is phenomonal as is your obvious expertise. I wish some auto mechanics had the same qualities as you obviously do. Also, your videos are very well done and enjoyable. Thank you for all that you do. God bless!

[@dalelewis1016]

No bubbles, no troubles... and you definitely need a speed ball for the steering wheel 😳

[@alastairchestnutt6416]

Great looking bus. Good job.

[@eddiepatterson5025]

The Red painted hubs with the Aluminum wheels makes the bus stand out really nice 👍. She runs she drives time put her on the interstate 🛣 give her a good workout. Job well done 👍 guys 🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁.

[@lbroome]

That is a pretty bus!

[@AlisonFort]

Lovely job, lovely bus

[@kjrehberg]

This is simply amazing. Kudos!

[@robertdavis6708]

Scotty , we need another Lance video. My sides hurt for days after one of you're and his videos. Never a Honester man than the Lancer. lol.

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

Scott used to use Dawn soap to check for bubbles. Stuff is so good that it would degrease my various oil and grease points. Started using actual kids bubble blowing soap. Something to consider. Great job on this old girl.

[@stew6338]

Well done guys. She is running and driving 👍 Boy was she smokey on the first run but improved a lot on second and third run.👏👏👏

[@dennispalmer6007]

Just found your channel. I started my 34 yr career in 1972 driving one of these . A1961 GMC 4104. It had a four cylinder gas engine to run the A/C compressor mounted on the left side behind the steer tire. Distinct sound of the 6 71 not much power but iron clad

[@jimmcculloch3786]

Great video, pleased for you both :)

[@jdeltoro518]

Great job as always..Happy New Year to you n your wife.

[@michaelfinney2160]

I like those red hubs too, really sets it off ! Really nice bus, just needs running to get everything in sync again !

[@jorgefernandez-mv8hu]

That bus can be rented out for mosquito control. Great Job to you both!👍👍👍👍

[@lloydrobinson7081]

good video, keep them coming & hope u have a good 2021

[@elliottortiz3197]

Love it and love the red painted hubs.

[@poppabear3664]

Hey Scot, good to see another bus resurrected. Even on that first run, the smoke reduced quite a bit by the time you passed the pad and considering the climb to the top, it really wasn’t too bad for it’s first run under load. You can tell you’re missing your regular driving “workouts”, also take good care of your back, you don’t want to aggravate your previous problems (One of the reasons I got out of working on the heavy stuff). Best wishes from the UK.

[@The_Smith]

So nice to see that 4104 running and driving.

[@Kevintherubiconjeep]

Nice work. Seems like a nice fellow glad its coming together.

[@johnh8192]

Driveway is looking good!

[@leoncolyer9420]

Glad that bus is running great after all that work 😊😊

[@vicguthrie3223]

Hay Scott great work ever in Wy. Stop in a while we have a spot waiting for ya. Say hi to Kelly and give lenny a hug !! Doing the 2 stoke .Vic and Charlene

[@clee47ford]

All those trees looking at each other saying "It used to be such a nice neighborhood....."

[@midnightrider1827]

Sure hopes it quits smoking. That fella has put in alot of work and money into it.

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

It is improving. Because it sat so long we want to get 500 miles hard running on it then see how it’s doing before making any determination

[@yvindHvaal]

Maybe a new set of injectors will do the trick?

[@tucobenedicto109]

The bump in the road was there to test the snew shocks. NIce job.

[@SandBoxJohn]

Love the red hubs !!

[@detroitgarage9430]

That's great, nice to see making some noise again.:)

[@ericouellette5293]

A idea for your waste oil. Don't know if you thought of it but to heat your shop they make a oil burner. We have one at the shop to get rid of our waste oil and it works great. Heats up the small shop, break room, office upstairs and the bathrooms upstairs. The main shop where we pull trucks in is heated by a huge wood stove. Even below zero the oil burner heats up the area to 70+. On another note Scott needed a nap after turning the bus around lol.

[@tigerspook1]

Do love those fancy wheels and red hubs, look real nice, that lovely old bus sounds good too...?

[@snuffysmiff]

Reminds me of when I used to do 2-way radio work. One of the clients we serviced was Brown Trucking located on the south side of Atlanta. I would arrive well before daylight some days and on particularly cold winter mornings they would have 10-12 or more of their older COEs, flat-fronts, or whatever they're called-all used for city deliveries, sitting there idling, whilst warming them up and just pumping out huge clouds of smoke. Some of these trucks probably had a million or more hard miles on them and Brown used them all until they were completely used up. Probably why they were able to stay in business as long as they did...

[@robertdall1381]

He needs to do the white coating of the roof like you did on Lenny

[@mojo68mitch]

Good hard long job. But that was alotta work. High ✋

[@jimmyturner3715]

Really like the red centers,

[@ServantofYaHi777]

Looks like those rings are coming back in.

[@mikemullay5622]

No wonder they're called the Great Smokey Mountains!

[@melindaortiz9741]

🤣

[@richhiway]

Nice accomplishment.

[@davebest5624]

Ha ha funny watching you check the air bags with soap and water, my dad used washing up liquid to check the nuts on our gas meter when he turned it around to get free gas😀

[@happytimesagain3458]

Great looking Bus! I love those "Red Hubs"!! Been following this build all along!! I love seeing owners that get involved in the down and dirty learning process!! Scott I think you loved the new tires more than you showed 😉

[@edwardmohr5798]

Well that takes care of the mosquito.

[@michaelcook7090]

Mosquito abatement bus!

[@busnutbiker]

The Smokey Mountains

[@woychck4]

Thank you for removing the sticker on the tires!

[@imchris5000]

when buying brake clean look at the can the more warnings and dangers written on it the better it will work

[@mikemcgrew65]

chris EPA has ruined CRC cleaners

[@isickofit]

It is a consideration.

[@JohnnyQuest1960]

And that my friend is why old school drivers developed superior backing skills 💪

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

It’s extra hard when the person guiding you disappears every time you step on the throttle

[@JohnnyQuest1960]

@@BusGreaseMonkey The old story was. The driver heard come on back, But the spotter was yelling Mail Box ! Mail Box !

[@lyman360able]

Good road test loop.

[@gueeguee68]

Wow! Got your own theme song! 🙂

[@imchris5000]

you gotta find those really old family owned hardware stores good chance they would have fittings like that. the one near me has pretty much any fitting I could think of in multiple metals. they are out there and are usually a giant maze inside. the one I go to is 3 buildings linked together with a basement for even more oddball stuff

[@fenderben]

Miss my 4104. I’d like to see this polished up

[@dalmatiangirl61]

Throw some Seafoam into the fuel then take it out on the highway for a hard 1 hour run, that stuff does wonders sometimes.

[@robertdall1381]

The aluminum rims make a big difference

[@daviddamico4288]

Is that the same bus you put the engine in love the view of the bus coming up the hill so cool

[@stew6338]

Yes that is the engine transplant bus. 4104.

[@erock8816]

Welcome to the New Smokey Mountains!

[@woodhoundbug4697]

Make sure I come back every summer time you'll ever have to worry about mosquitoes AHHA

[@daleolson7205]

You could see how much less it smoked each run up the hill!

[@chavescrave]

Looks and sounds great. Bravo Zulu

[@KSSilenceAU]

Hey Bus Grease Monkey, Have you considered adding additional air tanks to increase air capacity? That would help with the leak down rate limit as you'd have more capacity. It'd also help with separating the water from the air, as the general consensus is that the longer the compressor runs, but less frequently so, means that once its pumped up, the tanks have longer to cool off and condense the water out before being heated up by more hot compressed air. Can never have too much air. If it were me, i'd preferably like to see no more than 5-10PSI lost in an hour if i went to the effort you have on the vehicle, might as well get the system as air tight as possible.

[@FreedomRock44]

Wowww I am surprised the fire rangers weren't sounding the alarms on the first run!!!! HAHAA.

[@kevinhamling1963]

G'day Scott, Kevin here from Australia. This has been great viewing seeing this bus being brought back from the brink of death. I hope you didn't kill any tree's on those first couple of runs up the mountain. 😁 Anyhoo one more happy bus and owner. ✌ Peace everyone.

[@jackkreighbaum783]

Too many years ago to count, I worked at a truck stop and we only used those "huge" air wrenches to remove and install truck lug nuts. No torque wrench in sight.

[@JohnnyQuest1960]

Liability lawsuits made torque wrenches mandatory 💲 ⚖🔧

[@melindaortiz9741]

I could just imagine those buses new rolling down the highway

[@mischef18]

Armstrong power steering, people were tough back in the day.

[@johnwilliams1091]

I’d love to see you guys get a gamma goat for the property

[@davidapp3730]

Looks good moving under its own power. How did the 4104 make it to your place with so many issues?

[@williamgurtner4759]

What do you think about Axle Doctor, Scott? They've saved more than one housing.

[@MnPaul1]

You need to get a vintage Greyhound bus stop sign at the end of the driveway and add "for buses not people".

[@nickbagwell48]

Good place test uphill for power and downhill for brakes.

[@tigerspook1]

Scott, what are those little fixed flaps right on the end of the 4104's exhaust for please..?

[@genemorrell6927]

She's running rich haha

[@shaneharrison4775]

One cold smoke wagon there

[@TJWatson59]

..The Great Smokey Mounds

[@larrygall5831]

That bus looked like a crop duster. lol

[@digitalrailroader]

Were you able to figure out why the reverse solenoid wouldn’t suck in all the way? Lots of people suggested that the take in windings of the solenoid were bad.

[@terryrobertson8382]

If that Bus could talk, think of the stories it could tell.

[@MM-ci2cv]

smokey soddin Joe!

[@kerrywitherspoon1257]

currious about wheel nuts here in alberta you have to have minimum 5 threads through wheel nuts dosent look like you have any on front nuts our outer rear just currious as to regs there

[@DonRRicks]

I’m a bus lover, although I’ve never owned one. But being involved in Southern Gospel Music during the 60s and 70s I saw my fair share of buses; from Silversides to Eagles to a slew in between. Now I’ll show my ignorance. I’ve always been partial to the “Lennys and Larry’s” because of the art-deco look. Is the 4104, and 4103, considered a true Silverside?

[@MrBugsier5]

Few miles on the highway should clean her up, Iff not its a injector rebuild! man that thing smokes! It looks like a daf 575! lol

[@ausmartin1]

Amazing all together! 🤗😎😍SUPER work, now please work on your health eliminate carbs and reduce insulin spiking foods... it helped me wrench and breath very easy ... 24kg down. Please don't forget your own health peoples - will make all jobs easier!

[@thumper4068]

The Great Smokey Mountains.

[@freyja4954]

Buses are like boats if you think a restoration is gonna cost you 50 grand expect a 100 or possibly more into . Secondly If something happens to one other people that have one will dive into the Creek And get themselves sopping wet and cold to help you. On different note Scott do you think of you soaked the pistons with Marvel mystery oil you think the rings would come clean?

[@wtbm123]

Cool

[@stex1985]

Looks And probably smells like my V8 CAT starting up! 😃

[@ik04]

You should build a turnaround at the bottom of the drive to make test drives easier!

[@rnreajr9184]

Or add a loop that ends up back at the driveway entrance. I think half of us are supporting the channel (via Patreon, etc.), while the other half are finding new ways for Scott to spend more money!

[@jfv65]

Nice bus! I didn't see any balancing weights on those new tires/rims. Don't these need balancing? Just curious.

[@nap8187]

@@jfv65 the weights are on the inside part of the rim I think.

[@bruceshenkel6991]

If it only had wings it would make a helluva air show.......