Harvesting our donor transmission | The hard work starts NOW

In this episode Eli removes the donor motor & transmission from the bus. He also separates the Eaton 5 speed from the 24v Cummins to begin the transmission swap for PARISH SKOOLIE!
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[@parishskoolie]

Good afternoon y’all! Eli worked quite hard to harvest our donor motor and transmission so feel free to leave him some encouragement below ☺️ hope you enjoy the video!

[@Goghvangoghandme]

Good Morning ☀️ how do I love thee? Let me count the ways! I love the way he rips the doner out of the host, made me think of the repair shop scene from ‘the brave little toaster’ I could hear screaming 😱 I love the honesty, none of the equipment working. This rolls but doesn’t lift, this one lifts but doesn’t roll. I admit I squeeeeeeeeee and howled with laughter! I love when Eli screamed and swore!! THREE FUCKIN HOURS!! I felt you bro 💪🏻 how do I love that dead eye look… the WENTCH! I knew it just before he shook his head! 😱🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️ when he mentioned a crack my heart SUNK!! Please say it’s ok!! I’m right there with you and NEED to know! I have been in enough work spaces to know the smell of the tranny Fluid all over the floor and the powder that is supposed to soak it up. I loved to see the tranny separate from the block …ahhhh

[@Goghvangoghandme]

And your rod is DIRTY 🤣😂😅

[@parishskoolie]

@@Goghvangoghandme HAHAH! YOU ROCK. Thanks for watching & keeping it real. Watching this now I definitely realize I should've been more careful with the donor I was just sooo excited to have it freed up! The crack is in the bellhousing where one bolt connects, maybe a two inch crack or less. I just bolted it up & pretended like it wasn't there. Have 11 other bolts I'm depending on. WE are much happier at the new bus yard & my rod is much cleaner!

[@Goghvangoghandme]

Oh! I almost forgot!!! The DRIVING AND MANEUVERING!!! That was sexy!! Ok I’m a bit weird. I was a professional school bus driver for 15 years and we always have a healthy and friendly competition of how well we can maneuver. It’s so important to know to feel how big your vehicle is. Eli. You kicked ass. 💪🏻

[@parishskoolie]

I've definitely put my driving skills to the test at this yard. I actually clipped a dumptruck our first day here trying to get into our spot, dented up the back of the bus:( Sooooo tight at this yard! Thanks for the love!

[@Goghvangoghandme]

I think I might get some astroturfing for the floor on the drivers side

[@HarmonyExpressSkoolie]

Gotta love working with "sub-standard" tools! Can't wait to see the next video!!

[@parishskoolie]

Oh man, what a stressful time it’s been. Amber is working hard on the next video… so much footage to sort through!

[@johnclamshellsp1969]

Great videos as always. Yep! some days go to sh*t all at one time. Hope all the fails were all at once and no more for a bit. Great teaching videos you present with simple instruction and that's what we need. MT643 is definitely the future for my bus, from all benefits I have watched and read. For my 2002/5.9 ISB FS65 Thomas, trying to get the cruise control to turn on has been a challenge. From what is said, it's through the ECM and I need Cummins Insite to turn it on. However, I might adapt a system out of a GM. For my bus, shes 80% done. Hope to meet one day, dinner or lunch on me.

[@parishskoolie]

Thanks friend!! I wish we could say this was the end of the fails, but id be a liar! Still painful to watch all this frustration. The Mt643 is a good choice! if you try & source the MT653 you'll get an extra gear, but those are like unicorns! I also have a "cruise control" that i cannot activate. I had a guy read my computer and tell me my cruise control was active and to use the RPM control buttons but this has never worked for me. I recently stepped into a similar bus with buttons that actually read "cruise control" resume, decline the whole enchilada. Good luck! thanks for watching, would love to have you buy me dinner:D

[@ramouz4790]

Learned so much through your videos! Thanks for these, keep at it :D

[@parishskoolie]

Thanks for watching buddy!

[@freedomrider5791]

Where is this bus yard? I'm looking to buy

[@parishskoolie]

In Texas near Houston off the interstate

[@MrMarkAMartin]

I'd be angry too---

[@parishskoolie]

It was a rough day:(

[@MrMarkAMartin]

@@parishskoolie Most KZbinrs would have cut it and bored us with an inauthentic 5 minute coffee pour or 15 minutes of slow-mow scrambled eggs... thanks for keeping it real, it makes us feel like sane humans too

[@parishskoolie]

@@MrMarkAMartin Awe thanks it means a lot!! Filming is a lot of effort, we don't waste it on coffee pours haha! Amber did a great job editing this one up, you should've seen what we didn't include:D

[@MrMarkAMartin]

@@parishskoolie The days I put a different tranny in my bus wouldn't have had one-minute cuss-free fit for youtube. It was a bear!