Texas Bus Rescue Part 3 Day 6: Fuel System Woes... Does it start?

[@KevinJones-pj8kx]

You need multiple heavy-gauge jumpers block to chassis. The one on the blower needs to move to the block. The blower is gasketed to the block so it makes a lousy place to connect a ground connection. The only paths connecting it are thru the bolt contact points and the blower drive shaft thru its bearings. A good ground jumper starter to block or batteries doesn't hurt either. It is sometimes painful to listen to your attempt to figure it out. A heavy ground jumper for the Generator or alternator to the block helps immensely also. The lower the voltage drops the better everything works.

[@fastinradfordable]

I would add ground straps between all of the above

[@rixretros]

Amen to that. 90% of electrical probs are BAD/NON-EXISTENT grounds.

[@sasuva1]

Nothing is so satisfying as hearing an engine fire up and run, save for a successful test drive! Well done fellas!

[@Riker-eq2yv]

You guys argue back and forth like my wife and I LOL,,, love the channel !

[@steveheiser7111]

Hey Sage, I had a shop show me how to take a 1 gal pump sprayer from Lowes and convert it to my diesel fuel primer. Everytime I changed out my fuel filter i would connect the 1 gal sprayer filled with diesel fuel to the top of my fuel filter.....pump up the sprayer open a value on the custom hose and the engine fire right up.....works great....i carry it with my at all times.....Steve

[@flyingmerkel54]

Even if the motor is grounded you still absolutely nee a chassis ground

[@BusWithUs.]

I kept waiting for the mailbox to jump in front of us!

[@richardlazarski4553]

Boy, the last time BGM pressurized a fuel tank he ended up wearing about a gallon of diesel in MN

[@troybrook3041]

I feel like I know that neighborhood loop pretty good now...lol Great job guys!

[@flyingmerkel54]

Sage stop arguing and put that ground to the chassis, you NEED a chassis ground period!!!!

[@mackpeteno]

I just watched this video and that you were in Snyder.I worked on Detroits many years.I live in Snyder.I can show you how to prime that engine in 5 minutes.Will work every time.If you run Detroits you have to carry a primer can.I seen where you were.I am 5 mile from there.

[@benniehazelwood9276]

Yep he does know he's stuff

[@busoldmanphil7293]

When cranking the engine, don't let up the instant it fires. Keep the starter engaged until the engine is running. When the engine dies you loose the movement of fuel toward the injectors. Also give a shot of ether instead of the long cranking. The sudden speed-up of the engine shoots the fuel into the injectors faster.

[@SilversidesSage]

Look at the throttle body...

[@bnkwupt]

Flat-on-the-floor Phil. We saw the video of you starting your bus.

[@richardrutherford6294]

Sage when say pressure the fuel tank to 90 PSI you must want a new fuel tank.

[@rodneymiddleton9624]

Great job guys!!!!!!

[@MrMauserb]

Engine sounds okay, but the radiator sounds like it's going to leak soon.

[@SilversidesSage]

Thanks!

[@marshallwelchel7218]

Why do you guestion every thing your mechanic does? He's the one that's know more than you do. Think if I was the mechanic, I'd just say if you know more than I do, then work on yourself! 👎

[@zephyrold2478]

I second that.

[@SilversidesSage]

He's not a mechanic. He bought a Silversides on Saturday.

[@fastinradfordable]

Silversides Sage That’s not a nice thing to say. While someone literally-mechanics/ for you.

[@SilversidesSage]

@@fastinradfordable I will take that under advisement. We both work together on this project for 5 weeks and there was a bunch of give and take on both sides.

[@richardlazarski4553]

I loved the Spaceballs references. Go from suck to blow!!!

[@russelltrupia4479]

It fires right up and she sounds pretty good.Shiner Bock that's my favorite

[@tony66au]

Took me a few days to get through this episode and I enjoyed it a lot, I saw the back and forth between you 2 for what it was, Check, Double check and check again so you are both on the same page and can catch any mistakes or missed items so you dont have to revisit anything. The fuel system priming was something Scott covered with his weed sprayer bottle but I always felt it was a shortcut and your method although painful identified the issue and repaired it the right way for the situation. Also great to see the remote start box appear, Priorities! Battery Grounds too are a bit of a black art and something Ive always been hot on due to my weird love of English cars where bad ground connections have been elevated to an art form and for me its "If in Doubt, Run one out'' and just run another ground from the battery but im a bit anal that way and get a perverse delight from Ground blocks plastered all over the place :-) Either way great to hear her fire and run a few times, also amusing to see the comments section fire up again chapter and verse from the KZbin Bible of Bus repair. Love your work and waiting for more from Jason's channel!

[@jettpro6647]

Sounds great

[@mitchmills8967]

Fuel not gas fuel not gas.

[@uliwehner]

good ground goes a long way, on any vehicle. Not just old buses, aircooled or watercooled.

[@steveheiser7111]

Hey Sage I have several of those canister type fuel filters that will fit ur bus....my 4103 used that type until I changed it out to screw on type now.....let me know....Steve

[@SilversidesSage]

I have 4 pair right now

[@edmctug8800]

Those old canister type obsolete and a pain iin the ass, had one on an 8v71 marine detroit ,got rid of it and went with spin pns ! good job patching it together to get ger rolling !

[@leyland9999]

I wonder why you need help getting this engine running. You know best it seems. If I were the one helping you out, I would have gone and not have my work doubted because that’s what you do.

[@steveheiser7111]

Prime it at the fuel filters....

[@terryatherton2881]

Used that method many times.

[@wazza33racer]

is it just me, or does that engine have very little compression when its cranking?? Almost all diesels are a pain to bleed the air out the fuel system. Another issue is that very old fuel lines and their fittings are very prone to sucking air and creating all kinds of problems.

[@gullreefclub]

wazza33racer If you review the video history of this bus there has been talks about the general overall condition of the engine,

[@wazza33racer]

@@gullreefclub missed those parts ;)

[@The_Smith]

Hope the road don't hit back! What did the Canadian think of the Shiner Bock? This Canadian wants to know since he's heard so much about it.

[@johnrice4307]

@The Sage--Will we see you and the bus at Grassroots Festival any time soon? (@Donna the Buffalo's (~25:30) hometown)

[@garycallahan7867]

The industrial suppliers Grainger, Global, McMaster Carr or an industrial gasket supplier should have the reinforced rubber. Internet search finds it.

[@flyingmerkel54]

Take the line off the pump and pressurize the fuel tank

[@hotrodpegleg]

SAGE YOU HAVE TO GET VIDEO OF THE TRIP HOME AND TO BEN WILWONS PLEASE

[@SilversidesSage]

Ben Wilson's?

[@mikemartin1532]

Some people are just over educated

[@jamesshanks2614]

You want to learn the fuel system read the manual otherwise leave the mechanic alone. All your doing is costing yourself more money

[@sasuva1]

*13:22 Crack kills Jason :-)

[@BusWithUs.]

Just say no to crack!