Dayum...Lenny sounds _so_ good when accelerating under load. Music to my ears. 👍
@jays1062 ай бұрын
for an old bus she gets up and goes!
@williamgurtner47599 ай бұрын
Lenny to the rescue! He sure sounded excited, pulling out there, Scott!
@BusGreaseMonkey9 ай бұрын
He is fun to drive.
@awkwarddude9 ай бұрын
Just like "old times" back when I discovered your channel and you were on the road living in Lenny going around the country. You've certainly come a long way and attained some amazing goals, Scott! Well done!
@Wayoutthere9 ай бұрын
Bestest engine sound ever
@TonyLasagna9 ай бұрын
@@BusGreaseMonkeysounds fantastic.
@zeeblats9 ай бұрын
If everyone who bought a bus or rv were to watch your videos, the world would be a safer place.
@ikonix3606 ай бұрын
And some would promptly sell theirs.
@gavinferguson9 ай бұрын
i still find it amazing that anyone can buy and just take off in an old bus and drive it with out an idea of how it works or that you don't need annual inspections
@cosmos74929 ай бұрын
Great to see you guys back on the road again Lenny just sounds awesome could listen to that beautiful engine sound all day love the new cam
@daveharper56559 ай бұрын
You save lives for real. Please keep doing this because from my experience you are one of the few who are doing the work properly, in this day and age it is becoming quite rare. I wonder if Jonathan realizes the enviable position he is in being able to learn from a professional such as yourself. Be blessed Scott and say hi to your family for me and maybe let your son know I would love to see another video from him again.
@russoley89956 ай бұрын
Real nice to see kid that wants to learn and not afraid of gettin dirty
@blobscott9 ай бұрын
Lenny's engine is running so well! Great sound, no smoke! Plus the whole bus looks amazing with the new paint (of course)!!
@bobmoroney3643Ай бұрын
Isn't it so much fun working on busses? Everything is so cramped and difficult to get to. That and nothing ever comes apart easily. I very much enjoy your channel.
@mytwocoins9 ай бұрын
Great footage of the drive. Lenny does sound like a beast. How fortunate for the timing of the breakdown. Glad it was not a horror story in the Rockies. Whew.
@JD-zm4eh9 ай бұрын
Lenny sure is a sweet ride. I love the sound of the ole 2 cycle engines, hearing that turbo whine is music to the ears. I remember riding on a bus like Lenny in the 60's when I was in elementary school and we went on a field trip with the class. When the buses are made into mobile living spaces you think that someone might think about the access panels inside for ease of maintenance or repair.
@carlbernard41979 ай бұрын
Yes most definitely. Never block access points for maintenance! Will save you the owner of the bus major headaches and expense. Service facilities charge by tge hour on labor so will be additional costs if the crew has to disassemble additional parts to successfully fix the actual problem 🙄 😊
@billintexas70619 ай бұрын
Another good save Scott! You guys are diligent in tracking down issues and don’t just throw new components at everything. Always a pleasure to watch you solve issues. Keep up the great work.
@larryporter50359 ай бұрын
LENNY IS LOOKIN AND SOUNDING JUST AWESOME!!
@28072049 ай бұрын
Lenny sounds great!. What a difference a little love can make to your bus...
@davidevans86119 ай бұрын
I drove MC-7's and MC 9's in one of my jobs..I loved them. I almost bought one years ago but a 30' Gas Winnie ended up in our household. After viewing all your Bus Adventures I'm sure glad I didn't buy one to travel in our retirement. When I had an issue with our rigs, just off to the shop wrench dudes. No way could I afford what needs to be done to be safe and have fun on the road for retired David. Thanks for sharing what you do. 2 strokes ROCK!
@theunknownkeyboardist61549 ай бұрын
When I was first driving back in the 70's, the 6/71 was very common in tractor trailers. I never was much of a fan because they just didn't do much with an 80,000 lb vehicle--they'd smell a hill a mile away. But, watching these videos has renewed my respect for the 6/71. Powering a bus is a much more reasonable request for it rather than a tractor trailer. Doesn't hurt that it sounds great, too.
@scottbenjamine48909 ай бұрын
Scott, i wish there was a way we could clone you and have you at every weigh station, and truck stop in america, because you would save so many lives per year! just think about how many you have already saved, and dont even know it, because you found the problems and fixed them before they became a wreck. god bless you for what you do!
@typhoon22459 ай бұрын
That back in pad you built looks to be paying off. So much safer than jacking up and looks like you can quickly get things done with it.
@BusGreaseMonkey9 ай бұрын
For some jobs it really is great
@simsjef9 ай бұрын
Lenny and his people to the rescue - one thing is apparent watching Jonathan work, he has a lot of hand strength. Some repairs are a matter of life and death. Very interesting episode.
@malcolmyoung78669 ай бұрын
Amazing the issues that you come across in almost every episode.. that air fitting nearly worn through etc.. Bus conversions are great… working on them and around the issues the conversions themselves bring up not so…Love these videos and kudos for getting stuck in there and getting your hand dirty!
@SuperMAZ0079 ай бұрын
Love the Lenny cam, you can hear the screaming jimmy wide and clear. One could say: breakdowns save lives.
@clintonmississippi21089 ай бұрын
LENNY, I never expected such complexity in the air system. But that bus was built for safety and few breakdowns. Also it sure is nice to be able to order a rebuild kit for a component and not have to guess and worry about parts individually purchased. Very enjoyable video keep them coming. And also noted "That engine sounds great". Sam
@wesleypulkka74479 ай бұрын
Scott, the recreational bus community is extremely fortunate to have your skillset and honesty to rely on! When safety issues arise on these very heavy vehicles you step in to save the day! Mega kudos! PS Lenny is one very sweet running bus! He is your magnum opus!
@solidwoods69999 ай бұрын
Plus he is centrally located in the US (TN. sounds OK to me)
@RollinHomies9 ай бұрын
When I bought our eagle it came with a bucket of spare parts. One of which was an air governor. I had no idea that it was an air governor until I watched this video 😆 Thank you
@caprovan9 ай бұрын
Lenny climbs the hill like a CHAMP and sounds fantastic doing it!
@jamiesuejeffery9 ай бұрын
I'll never forget one time when I was driving commercial (we had over 100 coaches in Ohio). We were on a multi-coach move and one bus had a part of the air dryer system (somewhere under the front axle on an MCI 102 60 series 45 (I forget the designation) that would blow off every 30 seconds in the freezing cold Ohio winter. My boss, who was a certified mechanic on MCI (and some aircraft!) came out, crawled under the bus, got the stuck valve unfrozen and got us on the road. I don't know what happened to him, but I will never forget him.
@jamesmckenzie35329 ай бұрын
Nice video from Lenny's new camera on the road. Lots of gunk and crud on the air dryer. Had the pleasure, if you want to call it that, of manually purging a wet air system. Nasty smelling stuff.
@marty0715yt9 ай бұрын
Thanks Scott and crew.
@parker1ray9 ай бұрын
In 1977 we bought a new GMC dump truck with a Detroit 6V71! I do miss that sound!
@markhumphrey54099 ай бұрын
Lenny looking and sounding good. keep up the good work.love your work.
@davidbarnsley84869 ай бұрын
I just want to drive old Lenny to hear that beautiful sound Pedal to the metal Scott 😍😍👍👍🇦🇺
@tedhamilton23629 ай бұрын
Shows having a good mechanic on speed dial PAYS!
@h5mind3739 ай бұрын
If I ever find myself owning one of these conversions the first thing I'll do is make sure a mechanic can get to everything important.
@michaelzang97399 ай бұрын
Maybe I missed it but that wire goes to a heating element in the bottom of that dryer. When I did maintenance on them units, I also use an ohmmeter to check the heating element.
@rocnnrollbus9 ай бұрын
Oil and contaminants in the system...when I worked on big trucks back in the day I found that the head gasket on the compressor went bad on a Western Star I was working on. Changed the gasket, purge valve and governor , air dryer cartridge, drained the tanks cleaned it right up
@alouisschafer72129 ай бұрын
What scares me is that the owners of these buses often dont realize that at the age and mileage they are at now essentially everything! needs at least a thorough inspection or rebuild.
@PaulWannenburg8 ай бұрын
Enjoyable video. So much better than TV. Lovely bluegrass music. No crappy rock bands. Hell even the dirt looks real.
@58nunzi7 ай бұрын
Think about all the people that lost their lives due to corrupt shop owners. I wonder how guys like that sleep at night. Every one of them should be exposed. It takes a certain amount of dedication to do this work properly. It's tough work. I am hooked on your channel and I'm a retired Carpenter. A big "thank you" to you and your crew.
@richardgreene34609 ай бұрын
ABSOLUTELY LOVE the travel videos! It is like the GOLD shows from the past! Miss Kelly as well! PS Love the new cameras!
@63bbray9 ай бұрын
You guys are on the right track. Dirty air going into the compressor gunked everything up, and now very likely the compressor rings are shot. Best to replace the compressor. You problem with the air dryer not purging could also be a restriction on the line from the governor to the dryer, line could be kinked or again plugged with gunk. Can't believe they built right over the access panel for the compressor. No wait, I can believe it. You guys do very nice work, your customers are fortunate.
@Kevin_Rhodes9 ай бұрын
Lenny sounds *glorious*. The new exterior camera is trippy!
@scimi79947 ай бұрын
Jonathan has a fantastic tutor, he will be a great bus mechanic ❤
@timbrackett79739 ай бұрын
Big Note for new bus owners like myself leave access for factory stuff.
@BusGreaseMonkey9 ай бұрын
Very important to leave factory access panels accessible.
@RandyFreitas-hx9zc9 ай бұрын
Lenny sure is looking smart and he seems to be happy and giving you all he has! Lol!
@carlthor919 ай бұрын
Friends that have run trucks from 20 to just under 40 years, get a rebuilt air dryer every fall. They used to be, just over $100 more than the filter and rebuild kit. Cheap insurance. All the rest of the problems do add to the grief. Best wishes all.
@daviddamico42889 ай бұрын
Glad that you found the problem and are able to fix it…..Scott…
@charlescastle55669 ай бұрын
Scott, man Lenny sounds and looks so good now. Hope you bring us back for a tour when you get the interior done.
@grabasandwich9 ай бұрын
Imagine how many dangerous vehicles are out on the road at any given time.
@johnny22single999 ай бұрын
OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!. 🙂
@carlv81689 ай бұрын
What an incredibly challenging repair with such limited access to these components; especially that rear floor access hatch that was carelessly covered up during the RV conversion. Too bad some folks don't take repair access issues into consideration before doing their RV conversion builds.
@gwharton689 ай бұрын
What's scary is, that every time you work on a coach like this, there are 10 or 15 more running around on the highway.
@steves99059 ай бұрын
great content...love watching the BGM channel on a saturday morning. I've posted before that its very very cool to have a classic bus conversion, but you should be very mechanically inclined and enjoy the process, as well as a tolerance for breakdowns, ...or, have buckets of disposable cash and a good network of mechanics and backup vehicles, to run one of these OTR. Having a boy who doesn't mind getting greasy to skinny up around transmissions is a benefit too. And I would not have my business dependent on it being 100 percent operational...should be just for fun with the knowledge you got one running and can safely be on the road. I own several classic vehicles, no busses!, and that's where the satisfaction comes from
@zmotorsports629 ай бұрын
WOW! I've seen some neglect on RV's before but that air dryer took the cake. It's hard to see but it also looks like some severe weather checking/cracking on the instead of the tires as well.
@micheldavid1849 ай бұрын
Hi Scott ...from Québec Canada
@southothehighway9 ай бұрын
Glad to see that the pit is useful.
@willb30189 ай бұрын
Can't get enough of that DD in Lenny.
@melmckenzie11769 ай бұрын
While the compressor is out consider making the governor remote and easily accessible and clear the purge line from the governor to the dryer with brakeclean and high pressure (140psi) air
@stevenbrowningsr11449 ай бұрын
So much more to RV's than most people imagine.
@greggkiest10699 ай бұрын
Just like myself i think Scott loves the sound of Lenny.
@johngaither92639 ай бұрын
I was losing air pressure due to a faulty governor as I entered New Mexico on I-40. The entry port had a booth for officers to examine the documents of trucks. The LOW AIR alarm sounded as I approached the booth. I knew I would be put out of service if the officer heard the alarm so I turn up the radIo VERY LOUD and covered its noise. I then proceeded less than a mile to a truck stop to have it repaired.
@robertmosley5809 ай бұрын
Lenny sounding strong!!!!
@Digital-Dan9 ай бұрын
Good thing Sarah-n-Tuned is not a bus mechanic. Would be driven mad by the need to make all these surfaces safe to eat off of. 🙂
@silasmarner75869 ай бұрын
Ugh. The whole build out of that bus is ill-planned, ill-executed, ill-advised, etc. What a mess. and that semicircular erosion on the rt. angle fitting? What the hey???? But good work from you guys!!!
@robertquast96849 ай бұрын
People need to have a better understanding of how the basic systems work of the vehicle they drive whether it’s a car or a large vehicle. There are many “professional “ truck drivers that don’t know how air brake systems are supposed to work. Once you know the basics then you start to realize when something isn’t working as it should
@alekjuskevice9 ай бұрын
I’m watching just to hear Lenny!
@rayfitzgerald41809 ай бұрын
Lenny sounds GREAT!
@Charger19089 ай бұрын
Scott don’t that air dryer have a big filter on top of it? Mine has a huge filter and a desiccant. It had never been changed in twenty years, I had to pull the whole unit off and it was above the rear end. That wasn’t to bad but getting the filter off was a mother. Well keep up the great vids. Oops at the last minute I saw the filter, I guess the detroits have a filter encased in a sleeve, mine was a great big screw on filter.
@mikehunt9089 ай бұрын
4:10 love that sound ❤
@scrumpydrinker9 ай бұрын
Scott, after you’ve replaced the unloader valve and compressor you will need to get the vehicle onto a roller brake tester to do a comprehensive brake test. Given the horrors that you have already discovered you can be pretty sure that there are further serious problems in the air system with the amount of crap that came out when you were draining the air down.
@stevehvac19 ай бұрын
Sounds like you have a hot rod good sound
@dale-o8c9 ай бұрын
Hey Scott I watch every single videos bus Greasemonkey keep your videos coming
@ryderphillips44649 ай бұрын
Gotta love a real clutch.
@BusGreaseMonkey9 ай бұрын
Not so much the clutch but the non synchronized spicer
@wildbill46559 ай бұрын
Lenny sounds so good Johnathan is a great mechanic what happened to your son ?
@deadtreebark9 ай бұрын
Lenny is sounding real nice
@Paul-gw6ow9 ай бұрын
man that lenny runs good
@alekjuskevice9 ай бұрын
I prefer using diesel and a paint brush for cleaning
@danielswords39699 ай бұрын
You could put a boat deck access hatch in the plywood. Plastic , flush mount in several sizes available. Also, it’s a good thing buses don’t fly.
@markhumphrey54099 ай бұрын
Lenny looking and sounding goooood. keep up the good work.love your work.
@laudennn9 ай бұрын
ill say it again, jonathan is a bad ass
@ChrisHarding-lk3jj9 ай бұрын
This is all the more reason for enacting annual dot inspections and requiring licensing. Tour bus drivers are required to have a cdl and these are the exact same chassis's used on tour buses. As soon as it's called an rv licensing and inspections are thrown out the window. Dot inspections on seated coaches aren't just there to protect the passengers of the bus, they protect all the other vehicles on the road. This channel is proof of the oblivious bus owners who bring a bus in for a minor fix just to find out it needs the entire brake and suspension system gone through. Air brake endorsements need to be made mandatory nationwide along with dot inspections of all coaches over a certain tonnage. If these coaches were required to stop at scales and other dot inspection points half of them would immediately be placed out of service. The newest bus shown on this channel is probably 30 years old.
@MiguelMartinez-gd1sv9 ай бұрын
Wow Lenny sounds badass.
@johnwoodhead4059Ай бұрын
NOW AT 80 yrs old and a lifetime on all things mechanical i am AMAZED at the ZERO level of preventative maintenance and the amount of CRAP /DIRT on these motors. Doesn't any of the owners ever clean and check the underside of their motors OBIUSLY NOT
@josephalberta11459 ай бұрын
My compressor relief valve on my compressor is 250 psi on my Prevost. I was surprised it was quite that high as my normal running pressure is around 130 psi. I am not sure if the air dryer releases based just on pressure or if there are other factors involved. Interesting video.
@frankstavalo57889 ай бұрын
Whoever is offering the vehicle needs to make sure the drain the air tanks. And that would have been caught sooner.
@BusGreaseMonkey9 ай бұрын
We added pull chain drains so now it’s easy to do
@MrBNARick7 күн бұрын
Jonathan for the win
@Wayfarer0019 ай бұрын
The youngin is good.
@realfreedom50299 ай бұрын
Good work guys, most wouldn’t be so thorough and would have sent them on their way.
@scottmulrooney84839 ай бұрын
Nice catch fellas!
@scottgurne51749 ай бұрын
Does the Detroit diesel 2 cycle have a road draft tube like the cars did back in the 60's ??
@isaacsims62039 ай бұрын
Good catch preventive maintence is important🙂
@richardjulien87459 ай бұрын
Scott,what is the delay in miles between the time you have to change the carthridge on the air dryer... we are in canada. thank you for the answer.
@beverlymichael58309 ай бұрын
The rod in the canister removed da me of my oil filter on my 58 Massey Ferguson tractor. It is so long going down the filter into the block it takes forever to remove and screw back in. I always thought there must be easier way. Now I know there is not.
@bernardb80459 ай бұрын
Sounds smooth
@davidapp37309 ай бұрын
A great video. Interesting to see how heavy busses work. The inspection pit seems to be working good. You should have cast in stops when you poured the concrete. Any reason the walkway slopes?
@joseantoniocastrellonjr25689 ай бұрын
Did you check the power supply to the purge valve heater? I also noticed the heater ground wire dangling. Need to pull one of the 4 heater mounting screws out to put that ground wire on. Good luck.
Do you guys not order brake cleaner by the drum and just put into refillable pressure containers, seems that would be cheaper than buying cases of cans?
@andrewthomason38579 ай бұрын
Is that the band’s own coach, or did some rental outfit supply it with the air lines full of water?
@dennysitze65679 ай бұрын
It is the Flat River Bands coach.
@gregharrison57379 ай бұрын
There is nothing that compares to the cool sound of a Detroit diesel
@southothehighway9 ай бұрын
Scott, Do you have a steam pressure washer in your arsenal? Could be useful in these situations and makes mechanical work a bit less nasty.