Is the rear end destroyed? Test drive after finding major metal in the oil

Completing repairs after replacing many very bad wheel bearings, king pins, air bags and more. The test drive will help to determine the condition of the rear end. After seeing the amount of metal that came out of the rear end in the oil we are hoping the major rear end rebuild will not be needed right now.
Cool video included of a shelf cloud storm formation rolling in early in the morning.

[@Hombrelobo7548]

My Dad would have absolutely loved this. Rare to see any of these MC-9s on the road anymore let alone being brought back to life. I commend the owner for his effort. This is very nice.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Absolutely agreed & appreciate it. Did your Dad like the MC-9s?

[@13699111]

This beautiful bus finally has a home. The owner took the bus to the right place for inspection, maintenance and repairs.

[@Hombrelobo7548]

@@tipsandtrips7519. He loved the MC-9s. The MC-12s he said were only “A 9 that mated with a 102.” 🤣 He especially raved about the ones with the black absorbent bumpers for some odd reason. Idk why…🤷‍♂️

[@curtismackjr.6108]

A seated 9 at that is really rare.

[@Hombrelobo7548]

@@curtismackjr.6108 You are correct. It’s a nice looking 9. Glad the owner of it is letting it get fixed the right way.

[@superfred6063]

I've really enjoyed this series. When you really like the owner of the bus I think I think it makes all the work more fun. Loved him sitting in the seat at the end there just enjoying the sound of the bus and the satisfaction of a job well done.

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

He’s a great guy!

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Absolutely agreed. Hey, that moment at the end sitting enjoying that test ride & engine sound/progress had to be savored…lol. Thank you.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

@@BusGreaseMonkeyTakes one to know one. IJS…lol!

[@13699111]

I agree this bus has a great new owner and a great new home

[@Tay651]

Great job on the MC9. Those are great buses. Very neat time lapse at the end. Rare to have a storm like that occur early in the morning. I could almost feel the temperature drop ten degrees when those dark clouds reached you!

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

That was a beautiful sight seeing it lit from the front and underneath like that.

[@rayfitzgerald4180]

Another fine job by Scott and his men making the motoring public safe for all Thank You

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Absolutely & agreed.

[@13699111]

This beautiful bus finally found a great owner and a home. This man knows what he's doing taking his bus to your shop.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Absolutely and agreed. Thank you.

[@SuperMAZ007]

Very happy for the owner, he has now a very reliable and road worthy vehicle.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Appreciate you and absolutely agreed.

[@lateefcarrere1649]

Whoa! You really brought that bus's running gear back from the dead. That test run was incredibly quiet. People are often saying "you're doing the Lord's work" for something insignificant, but I think it suits you best because you're saving people from unsafe buses/RVs. Another great video of a bus whose owner cares enough to get it fixed right.👍

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Agreed, appreciate it, and absolutely…✅

[@marinablueGS]

That was a really cool shot at the end with the shelf clouds. Good catch!

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Absolutely agreed.

[@jw4620]

I can almost feel the satisfaction of that job done. Excellent video! Thanks!

[@northwoodsguy1538]

Another satisfied customer and keeping the rest of us safe on the road.😎 The photographer is coming out of you when you filmed the storm coming in.👍

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Absolutely and agreed.

[@clifflong1203]

You can always tell great people when they point out nature, and are still fascinated by it!💪👊❤️

[@DonRRicks]

Great job Scott and Jonathon. I hope the owner gets many miles of trouble free enjoyment in this bus.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Agreed & thank you.

[@moshebron2105]

Oh the memories. She sounds healthy, you guys did an awesome job.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Absolutely & agreed.

[@richardgreene3460]

Love the owner's personality. He expresses himself like we do here in North Carolina! Nice guy!

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Appreciate you & much respect to all of the cool people up in North Carolina!

[@terrywebb8636]

Hi Scott, like many of your followers it's fantastic to see people taking pride in these old classics, i remember my 1st long distance Greyhound bus ride Houston to LA, 1 bus 3 drivers, it was a MC-9, the only problem we had was a flat tire on the left steer tire some where between Phoenix and Yuma AZ, thankfully the driver had noticed it before it blew, he said must have hit something sharp on the road, that delayed us about 3 hours, i was 8 yrs old 1987, my grandparents was scared to fly so Greyhound was their mode of transportation.

[@greggkiest1069]

Love Johnathan boot selections and the fact he wears then. Great video Scott

[@billtodd6509]

Well, that young man will have a reliable ride thanks to you fellas. Bravo, like they say in the John Wayne Movies.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Absolutely and agreed.

[@diegoaccord]

Love to see an original seated bus. And cool owner.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Hey, appreciate that!

[@kevinhornbuckle]

He's a good driver. The repairs are going to keep him happy and safe for many miles.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Appreciate you and absolutely agreed.

[@SLICK-c9w]

Very nice video. Scott, you guys do amazing work. This bus has come a very long way from when it first got there & its engine is now sounding great & no more scrubbing from the wheels. Happy for the owner. Good stuff.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Absolutely agreed & thank you.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Looks like a very satisfied MC-9 owner to me…lol! Shoutout to Scott & Johnathan for all of the help and all that they’ve lended & offered to me & “Wendy.” It all is working out how it’s supposed to. Definitely so.

[@twin40dave]

Wow what a difference before and after , plus all the work that has gone into the bus Ricky is a great chap too , 😊

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Thank you, agreed, and you are appreciated…🤝

[@Donald-jm4hi]

Love the sound of them 'ol rear engine Detroits .Beautiful bus and the originally

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Absolutely agreed & thank you.

[@smplyizzy]

That steering wheel being that off center would drive me nuts!

[@tipsandtrips7519]

We are gonna check into that. Yeah, you saw I mentioned it, huh? lol. Drove it 2500 miles with bad steering and the steering now is like night & day.

[@michelbrodeur6055]

You did a good job on this bus and maybe if he changes the oil in the rear end at regular intervals he possibly get a lot of miles out of it fingers crossed.

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

I don’t think it’s going to have a catastrophic failure

[@tipsandtrips7519]

@@BusGreaseMonkey It’s all gonna work out how it’s supposed to, which will be ALRIGHT. Absolutely, Scott.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

BGM did a darn good job on this bus. It’s gonna be alright.

[@rickblanchette]

Beautiful storm footage!

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Absolutely and agreed.

[@janrozemaaus]

Thanks, nice weather experience.

[@normmcrae1140]

About his sign..... You CAN fix STUPID - But it's GONNA HURT!🤣

[@tipsandtrips7519]

LOL

[@bigrockauto]

Really - You can’t fix stupid!!

[@The_Smith]

Good news indeed. Loved the video of the storm!

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

Wasn’t sure if i should have included it but i thought it was cool looking and out of the norm

[@The_Smith]

@@BusGreaseMonkey I'm glad you did.

[@woody95124]

Good job as usual bud..A lot of hard work & done correctly...Also cool storm video...

[@bnelson313braveheart]

Well done! It’s so much safer to drive now.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Absolutely & agreed!

[@bronxfireradio]

Those MCI sounds, including the DD3s, remind me of my times on the Liberty Lines Express in NYC in the late 1980s. Love it!

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Oh yes!

[@neilpuckett359]

Commercial or private those busses should be inspected once a year.

[@DarrellPenney]

Always look forward to seeing your videos Scott, you have sparked an interest in owning a bus. If it needs work I know where to bring it

[@wnewbury4]

Between the defroster vents and the front windshield was a perfect place to put the ticket envelope. It was like the vents were designed to hold the envelope.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Definitely so…lol.

[@donlancaster7306]

Can't wait to see you guys in November with my nefew

[@lrq7927]

Keep the legends alive!

[@18robsmith]

I've heard concrete mixers making less noise than that wheel bearing😞

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

It was crazy

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Grind City…lol

[@13699111]

Scary I'm so happy he made it to busgrease monkeys shop .

[@komradkolonel]

I guess if you had to pick just one it's better to have a shelf cloud coming at you than a wall cloud. I love the stainless cladding on these. Modern buses don't have that and it's one of the main reasons why I just don't like them that much.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Absolutely & agreed.

[@timf6916]

Good job

[@joebeach7759]

Wow, your fire department has and articulated ariel. (Snorkel). You don't see those anymore. From the looks of it, that was an early 90's model. Probably came from Chicago. Great job on the bus! Hopefully, I'll eventually have one you can work on soon...

[@gersonhay984]

Cool Video of the Storm.

[@acsberean4092]

You rock, Scott!

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Absolutely & agreed.

[@admranger]

Storm video was neat!

[@prof1982]

Don't worry about a thing coz every little thing s gonna be alright .

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Rise up this morning….

[@lindanadaud9698]

Thanks for the video.

[@johngaither9263]

The bad Diff noises I'm most familiar with were most evident on deacceleration. I didn't catch a hint of any, but the owner isn't much for slowing down. He must dance between rain drops to have driven that bus in the condition it was in to your place from California. I'd have been a nervous wreck.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

The owner usually has faith that everything’s gonna be alright…lol. It was a GREAT 2500 mile ride from CA-AL. Not gonna lie, Texas was no cakewalk & no joke…lol. I am human. Be blessed.

[@pryncemuneabdlmiddle]

What a gorgeous bus

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Thank you.

[@ineverhadthemoney7857]

great storm // no lighting sounds

[@danakibby627]

This is the exact reason why if you’re buying converted mci need to make sure it was never owned by Grayhound or Trailways. They usually put 3 to 4,000,000 miles on the body before selling them so you don’t know the condition when they sold them.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

It’s all a dice roll….imo…lol. I definitely get your point.

[@PaulWannenburg]

A lot of work completed.Cool thunderstorm.

[@mischef18]

Seen the Can't fix stupid reference on a twisted bulldozer bade at a Richie Brothers auction a few years ago from one of the channels I follow up your way bro. Bus sounds great now that you have waved your magic wand over it too. Safe travels. Ken.

[@ervinthompson6598]

Can't believe you were running that piece through the parts washer while not wearing gloves !!

[@lloydrobinson7081]

keep the clips coming

[@haroldconover5221]

Tress and clouds ⛅️ wind .

[@SilversidesSage]

We get shelf clouds in from Lake Michigan and they are always violent storms.

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

It was so pretty but terrifying

[@drsethsr]

What was the total bill for kingpins, air bags, bearings, and other repairs?

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

14k ish parts over 1/3 of that.

[@curtismackjr.6108]

The bus itself isn’t worth that on the books, but if it’s something you want, then the worth is priceless…I hope to scrape up the money some day to buy and restore a 9 myself before you can’t find one anymore…

[@jeffreyfry981]

I saw the Oliver Tractor!

[@pcspecialistpdx]

Great news on the rear end not being destroyed. I'm sure his wallet breathed a sigh of relief after already being lightened up a whole lot.

[@Mercmad]

The Fire engine displaying the flag was a commemoration of 9/11?

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Yes.

[@Thuddster]

Sounds like you have a head cold - fall allergies? Hope you gets some relief, m8. This bus looked like a rolling corrosion test when it came in...it's sure come a long way, in more ways than one!

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

Yea a cold that i’m on the upside of.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Did the bus look that bad at first? Geez wheez…lol.

[@MrAntonio0204]

Maneja con miedo. Mi padre agarraba el timón con una sola mano y el giro tambien. 360.

[@HammanD152]

Are you suppose to grease that inner spin wheel seal?

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

The rubber does not get torn up when it’s driven on. It’s extremely tight and won’t spin.

[@chuckychuck]

👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@johncampbell3979]

Is he going to keep it in a passenger configuration, or is he going to do an RV conversion?

[@tipsandtrips7519]

Just going to keep it seated for now and to the main goal is to get it running mechanically sound. We also are just making sure to get it in tip top shape with the needed paint and body work as well, too.

[@markamcampbell5795]

didn't you have a friend trying to rescue a bus that was stuck in a field. i think you got it running but it was still stuck in the field. how did that ever work out?

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

Not sure what you are referring to

[@darrenstafford7492]

I think he's talking about the 4104 that you went to look at some time ago.

[@natevanlandingham1945]

The Katrina buss. Someone put "a few hundred thousand dollars" into that buss😮😮👀👀😳😳 Why the heck would anyone do that!! 🤣🤣

[@tipsandtrips7519]

To each their own….c’est la vie.

[@natevanlandingham1945]

@@tipsandtrips7519 a "few hundred thousand dollars"!! Katrina was 20 years ago!! Even if they worked on it 5 years ago....what does a new bus cost???

[@Hombrelobo7548]

@@natevanlandingham1945 I get where you are coming from…🤣🤣🤣

[@tipsandtrips7519]

@@natevanlandingham1945 Welp…LOL!

[@donaldburkhard7932]

Do you think an air bag can be used as an axle jack to change tires?

[@krz8888888]

This guy is funny!

[@tipsandtrips7519]

You think so? Thank you…lol!

[@Hombrelobo7548]

Yes! I said that too. Great energy & ecstatic about his bus getting fixed right…🤣🤣🤣

[@stephenlineman]

every bus you get has bad bearings is that bad parts or bad maint.

[@t1259sw]

Cool flag.

[@greggsvintageworkshop8974]

Hey Scott, is your son Tyler still working with you in the Monkey garage? I haven't seen him in quite some time?

[@fruitinspector6111]

There are no such things as speed traps. There are just towns that want their speed limits obeyed and it not, the law enforced! Simply as that!

[@tipsandtrips7519]

It is what it is…lol

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

No such thing as a boobie trap… just a person that doesn’t want someone to get away with stealing their stuff.

[@darrenstafford7492]

I would be a little hesitant to ride with this guy simply because of the way he pushes the steering wheel through his hands making turns instead of hand over hand, but that's me.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

THAT GUY an ex-charter bus driver who drove for a very reputable company is currently & CDL holder for 22 years. He is and will be okay…lol

[@maxcleveland3446]

We are trained to not make pizzas anymore. Shuffle is standard practice.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

@@maxcleveland3446 LOL.

[@pilhoney10]

new air bags but no new shocks.

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

Are you paying the bill? It’s on his recommended service list but right now we are on mandatory items.

[@tipsandtrips7519]

@@BusGreaseMonkey Period…LOL.

[@pilhoney10]

I’m not trying to be a jerk. I drive truck 42 years. You are there the wheels are off how much are two front shocks I would guess $200.00 the shocks looked to be original just because there not leaking doesn’t mean there not bad. I would have at least put two on the front for safety sake. Just my opinion not bashing your work. I watch all that you post.

[@chipjumper]

I've pulled many an old shock and very few of the clean ones were bad. 100% of the shocks that were oily/grease covered were bad. They're easy to test though.

[@legend7ify]

.............Notifications working again Scott