Silversides bus update

[@millenus]

I just discovered your channel 2 days ago and love it. I wish I had the time and patience to get into buses, but for now I’ll just live vicariously through the vids.

[@RustyZipper]

It’s way cleaner and cheaper!

[@northstar2007]

go thru some of the older videos, there are some really incredible busses here as well as some really cool folks, about 2-3 weeks ago especially he was up in MN at a bus garage working on some BEAUTIFUL busses and a couple really fun people up there :)

[@devinrogers6877]

Everything used to be built to be repairable ...so true ...oh yeah , and to last !

[@steamfan7147]

Agreed, and it's also better for the environment. I've noticed a lot of the so called "green" tech is disposable.

[@prevost8686]

Steamfan71 Tier IV emissions requirements are the biggest “green” initiative that is absolutely not “green” at all. It’s just costing owner/operators a fortune and not doing squat for the environment.

[@steamfan7147]

@@prevost8686 Agreed, they traded fuel economy for emissions reductions which is the definition of counter productive IMO.

[@Shane-Singleton]

@@prevost8686 Yep those emissions standards virtually killed off the excellent EMD 2-stroke locomotives on main lines.

[@stephenrice4554]

Another great tour , that dif would be giving me concern , but , as you said , it shares oil with the axle , good video 👍🇬🇧

[@truszip]

Great comment Scott - "everything that used to be built was repairable" Sadly those days are gone. :-(

[@steamfan7147]

I bought a 2 gallon heated ultrasonic cleaner off ebay for cleaning carbs and other Aluminum stuff like that brake regulator. A little Dawn dish soap and 180*f cleans them up spotless while I'm doing something else.

[@buckshot3495]

Nice work guys. I also watched Bus Old Man Phil video today. He was saying that in Minnesota they don't name there buses after there boy friends, they name them after there girl friends and that all the buses at The Bus Boys where female. LOL

[@michigandon]

I worked on ships that were ALWAYS referred to as "she" even though they had names like "Edgar B. Speer" or "George A. Sloan".

[@patchrat1]

You guys get a lot done in a day In the old days a mechanic could repair just about anything now days most technicians are just parts changers

[@NewHavenMotorsports]

Everytime i add lighting. I just buy a trailer wiring kit. Comes with the colored wiring and quick disconect. And you can find them in many lengths

[@Joshie2256]

For extra credit calculate the mechanical advantage of the bottle jack on the crescent wrench.

[@AMStationEngineer]

The most novel use of a bottle jack that I've ever seen :-D Around thirty years back, a fellow industrial engineer at Boeing retired after concluding his work on the design of the ultrasonic fuel sensors for what would soon become the much beloved Boeing 777- 200; and the world's very first ultrasonic fuel quantity measurement system on a commercial aircraft. Almost three years later, he built a "high performance version of the Volvo 940-GLE". Bill's definition of "high performance" was to 'pull the craphouse quality original Volvo engine out, grab a 302 out of a 'rear end damaged/total loss 1992 Mustang' add a "stealth blower", from what I believe to have been a failed prototype gasoline fueled aircraft engine built in Canada. He also scratch-built his own suspension and steering system [based on the Mustang II steering rack]. It was during this time, that he became tired of costs associated with his Safety Kleen parts washer, and designed an automatic ultrasonic heated solvent parts washer, which worked in similar fashion to a dishwasher. The solvent in his parts washer was constantly filtered and 'pristinely clean'. The washer cycled until the solvent generated from the wash retained less than 5% contamination levels. His estate sold the patent, patents - actually, and that very same washer sits in my northern PA garage storage area, unused since the Bush Administration left office. That washer would have worked wonders with your Silversides efforts of today. Bill's design never made it into production. I'm guessing that it became a legend similar to the 100-mpg carburetor of the "Disco Era".

[@xozindustries7451]

That’s one hell of an adjustable wrench

[@jhgt6]

I really enjoy your videos I drive a 18-wheeler maybe I'll see you on the road someday

[@amos7680]

I would say those metal chunks are from the differential side gears an side pinions. They call that the nest assembly.

[@KPearce57]

By the looks of that air valve, I'd say the air system needs servicing starting with the air compressor, I'll bet the air tanks are full of snot.

[@kevinoscarson2941]

Your right, compressor dumping oil!

[@Hitman-ds1ei]

Yep but over how many years did it take, rebuilt many many compressors over years on trucks and when on field service always kept cans of oven cleaner in my vehicle for this type of breakdown situation

[@stanpatterson5033]

Don't know the spec on today's modern compressors, but the older ones were designed to pass about 7cc of oil per operating hour. If you have a properly functioning air dryer, the air dryer will catch and remove that oil (along with water), but if the air system relies on an alcohol evaporator to keep moisture from building up, that won't deal with excess oil being passed. And the tank drains, well not ALL of the contaminants make it all the way to the wet tank.

[@kevinoscarson2941]

Stan, I would be curious if that bus even has a dryer. However you are correct the older compressors passed oil.

[@packingten]

I remember rebuilding wheel cylinders,master cylinders,they talk about environment.....try buying a rebuild kit for about anything,parts guy looks like your crazy!.Today is replace parts for any mechanic (or wannabe).

[@63256325N]

Thanks for the video.

[@LittleWapiti]

Important to remember this isn't a restoration, just getting it road worthy to make it to it's new home. Sage still has a ton of work to do at home to make it right.

[@rodneymiddleton9624]

Did anyone notice the look on Sage's face was just like the look on Lance's at the "Hey Lance" moment.

[@kevinhamling1963]

G'day Kevin from Australia. Q. Who does the cooking when your traveling in Lenny. What sort of food do you eat. I ask as I'm a vegan and i think one of you guys are. Keep the memories coming.

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

My wife Kelly and i are vegan. She cooks amazing meals for us everyday. She is an amazing cook

[@dalevanpatten8309]

I think that was another Hey Lance moment!!!

[@96chevydually6.5L]

Hopefully that rear holds together for the test run👍🚌🔧

[@markschumacher6630]

Damn, that's alot of metal man. ( drain hole) But then again I dont see as much as you guys.

[@silasmarner7586]

Magnificent amounts of gunk up in there. What is it? Great vid!

[@JD-ce4so]

Do you think a good heated ultrasonic cleaner is needed on your bus?

[@1320fastback]

Things used to be built to last a lifetime with parts available to rebuild them. Now they are built to not last a life time, are not rebuildable and cost a fortune for a new one that isn't going to last either.

[@Hartlss]

if you guys want some help when you get it to indy let me know im always looking for something to do

[@lateefcarrere1649]

Those chunks in the diff. oil - you think there's a chance it's out of alignment?

[@shreddder999]

2:47 That's freakin' hilarious!

[@jefftaylor7511]

Lenny said he would enjoy some polish on his sides.... lol

[@stebro2738]

that much pressure on an adjustable wrench??? Boggles the mind.

[@bogiewheelman71]

I was waiting for it to break the wrench

[@billjohnson9343]

I had bet on rounding it off..

[@chuckychuck]

👍👍👍👍

[@riverwizard22]

Lack of air system maintenance

[@johnbarham7718]

I never thought of the jack to loosen a nut.

[@ericcorse]

Getting in the short rows now.

[@macster43yt]

One of those days

[@lp2733]

Wouldn’t a magnet in the diff-hole help pick up more chips? Maybe you already did

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

We did, it didn’t pick up anything

[@b94454]

Tyler is a dead ringer for Robert Iler [AJ on the Sopranos]. or his brother,

[@milesmoore5422]

I'd like to see inside that Dif.

[@jamesstan4678]

Tool to add scop to see inside ,dif.

[@chrishigdon1070]

can more debris float back into the rest of the gears and damage it worse?

[@MrMauserb]

Iron chunks don't float. They sink. That's why engines, transmissions, and diffs have sumps. Keeps the metal artifacts out of the important bits.

[@timgreen4137]

Small particles can float around and effect the bearings.

[@robertbrady9597]

Danville pa here bob

[@LittleWapiti]

Used to live in Danville in early 90's, now in Minnesota believe it or not. Helped Scott rescue that Silversides in Eveleth, MN

[@gilcore5245]

Don't break up the videos between two channels please.

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

Do you sub to his Chanel? People who don’t would have missed it. Sorry but we will take turns sharing our live feeds

[@johnt7502]

Maybe someone around there has a borescope or Harbor Freight camera to take a look see at the ring gear.

[@BusGreaseMonkey]

I have a borescope camera

[@kevinoscarson2941]

Perfect place for it!

[@siaripop7]

@@kevinoscarson2941 Not now! The refilled the rear differential already. But I agree, it would have been worth the look.

[@notajp]

Recently our local Rural King was blowing out a lot of their Tool Shop stuff, and I picked up one those inspection cameras for less than $35. I can see lots of uses for it...couldn’t beat the price either!

[@johnt7502]

Worth a look just to see if it’s more than one tooth or adjacent teeth. It’s a big gear, it’ll be ok. Carry HF camera on the truck. Good to look in walls and ducts.

[@schizy]

*Loose teeth in the differential oil? Ouch.* 👀👎

[@bobbob2890]

I've used a kick wrench and now I've seen a Jack wrench! R Tripolar cause Mania and Depression aren't Enough.

[@klaushold2180]

youll need an ultrasonic cleaner... :-).