MCI MC5a bus rescue day 1
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2019
- Here was our day today getting this MCI MC5a ready to go back on the road after sitting over 10 years. Detroit diesel 8v71
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I haven't any earthly clue why I am watching this...But now, I can't stop.😆
same here :D
Yup, I'm gonna go find a bus to restore too. I have absolutely no clue what I'm gonna do with it, but I'm getting one.
i'm off work sick, stuck in the house - but i can now swap out a bus engine, drive a big rig and land a space shuttle. isn't RUclips wonderful! :-)
Still not sure why I started watching bus videos but before subscribing to this channel it seemed like all the videos i saw were of people just getting it running enough to make it to another parking place. I like it when there is a plan to have it back on the road. This customer sound like a fun guy to be around. Thanks for sharing!
I have a 77 gmc pickup that came with a good set of all terrains. Its a junker that I use once or twice a month to run trash ect. One day, about a year ago, I came out and found it had a flat. The side wall split open about 4 inches on the front drivers tire. I checked the date code and found they were a matching set made in 1986!! I got really lucky, I've had this truck for about 10 years.
the Owner looks and appears to be determined to soak up as much knowledge as He can...He is motivated and will probably be one of your best customers as far as work is concerned..this series will be interesting to watch..and good luck..be safe..
i am a bus driver in France normandy i love yours vidéos i can´t stop ilove your works rescure old bus
This is very timely for me. I just purchased a MC5B about a month ago. Have had it long enough to recognize many of the parts you are working on. PS Thanks Scott...
Love the site Scott and look forward to each new project/video. Having been a Detroit Diesel mechanic for the past 45 years , I'm especially happy to watch you tackle engine work. Thanks for posting, good stuff!
Having the customer try to bar over the engine with the bus in gear... you given any mechanic who deals with apprentices ideas now. :D
that and teaching kids to drive a stick with the ebrake lightly applied.
Looking really good guys. One tip I've learned over the years. I keep motorcycle chain lube on hand. I use that on battery terminals, and can also use it linkages, hinges, etc. Creeps in then sets up waxy. Works like a champ and reduces one more product to stock.
Haaa! And here I was thinking I was the only "genius" doing it. 😂
I do it on all my cars.👌
Been preaching that to buddies for years! Always in my supplies.
Somehow I get the feeling that the REAL treasures are tucked away in storage lots and not to be found on Craigslist, eBay or Sellabus.
Great to see you having a helping hand. You continue to amaze us!
I am impressed to see you have a willing owner helper on this revive.. I actually believe his hands are getting dirtier than yours..lol
Rode them as a kid at Greyhound in the 1960s. Later learned they were reliable workhorses. Little sister to the MC-7 (which came out four years after the 5's were introduced in 1964).
On my MCI-3, where that rear AC evaporator is, I’ve got a 5500 Onan-Cummun’s “Quiet” generator (with a 3 cylinder Kubota engine… go figure). No fancy louvered shiny door, just a steel expanded-metal mesh panel. I Put it on a roll-out frame for serviceing. The rails fold up and hold the generator in place.
I'm guessing its not quiet??
@@lustfulvengance Actually, it is pretty darn quiet. It’s quite an interesting modular system. It has it’s own radiator that can be plumbed into the HVAC of the bus to help heat things in the winter. Lots of programmable control options so you can be insured it will charge batteries while required and not start up during “Quiet Hours” if you’re in an a crowded public parking site. It’s a fully enclosed and sound-insulated cabinet. I’ve got a removable tail-pipe extension that reaches out through the rear bumper, so when I need to slide the unit out, I just pull that off and I can get at the whole thing. One of these years I’ll get around to putting in a transfer switch so I can stop unplugging the shore-power to plug the gen into the AC system of the bus. Probably about the same time I move the fuse panel and inverter+12 v. float chargers *FROM* *UNDER* *THE* *SINK*… If the company that did the RV conversion in 1984 hadn’t gone out of business, I’d be driving the 800 miles to ask them in person what sort of drugs they were on when they thought that was a good idea...
Inverter/Charger underneath the SINK? And I thought the 12V fuse panel on a Travco that was mounted where it was accessed from the OUTSIDE upper engine cover that barely protected it from the elements was a poor design!
Scott, i salute your patience and perseverance, nice job, well done.
Another great project to follow thanks for sharing 👍🇦🇺
Such a delight to see these old gems brought back to life! Keep doing it!
Thanks for sharing this with us. Anything mechanical/electrical fascinates me, always has and always will.
I just made a handle for my jack to release the valve. I cut a piece of 3/4" electrical conduit 24" long, then I cut a slot in one end to fit over the release valve on the jack. Works great and cost pennies.
b.g.m thank you for taking the time to put this together. you are a national treasure
Too funny. I drove by that yard over the weekend and thought about you.
I am really liking the buses i see you work on. I went to an auction the other day and first thing I looked for was "BUSSES"
I noticed that you seemed to appreciate the space available in motor yacht applications. I watched your vid of how it all 'came to be' and thought I'd put a bug in your ear about something I thought about for years and just never did. Since your wife travels with you at times, you might want to explore the stranded yachters in the Islands....There always was and probably always will be Detroit powered yachts in need of someone with your expertise and flying in help has been pretty much the only option. It always seemed to be a good way to have paid vacations as many times as you want per year. Not many people have the ability to do that. Keep it up and good luck to you.
MCI made some beautiful looking buses
By the looks of the drivers area, thinking this is an early Five, possibly 1965. They were very powerful coaches, real bombs.
Я восхищаюсь американской техникой !!!! Ребята вы обогнали Россию ....навсегда !!!!! У нас для людей не чего не делалось и не делается !!!! Ваша техника самая лудьшая ....я имею в собственности. Фредлайнер флд 120 ...
Nice to see someone working with the right size and types of tools for these things.
My sister lives in Nashville. I have a 79 Bluebird Wanderlodge that I'm restoring in Tupelo MS. Keep saving the big buses!
Great Job, you mind me of the Great John Force, No over thinking,or over kill, Right to the point. way it should be !! keep the videos coming ...
missing the extremely dirty race suit though.
That little air Jack is badass
I have the Harbor Freight 20 ton pneumatic jack. Worth its weight in gold. I also bought a pneumatic cylinder for my engine cherry picker when the original one died.
Hi I really like to watch this revival and bringing it back to life thanks 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
It’s great seeing an owner willing to get his hands dirty to get his bus back on the road!
Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together
Been a lot of old school coach drivers got tangled up and hurt or killed when their ties they were wearing got into the belt and it pulled their faces right into the meat grinder. Even though that MCI design has been gone for decades, most Coach companies still force their drivers to wear clip-on ties if they have to wear a tie as part of their uniforms.
That 1 inch impact is awesome! Made taking that wheel off a piece of cake (relatively). }
As an aside I grew up not knowing anything about diesels but one of the first things I learned while helping my brother get a little Kubota D1105 going again was to buy some biocide for the fuel tank. We were going through little filters like crazy before we stumbled across that info. He'd never worked on a diesel, either prior to that.
Awesome work pal waiting for the next video love the first starts
Much better ending. keep up the good work!
Great videos and a worthy endeavor in bringing all these old Detroit Diesel buses back to life. I just hit your patreon and became an official "Bus Grease Monkey". I really enjoy watching what you do with these fantastic old engines. Keep 'em coming and thanks for sharing!
I want one!! Really enjoy your projects!
Wow Scott, you guys got a lot done already. Be safe out there.
Comedian Kevin Nicks here on day one. Nice tour bus 👍
That cord around all the coolant hoses is awesome.
I really enjoy your videos on the bus I have been really like them my friend I’ve always wondered how that motor stay cool on them bus I know a couple of retired bus drivers One of my friends is dead now but one is still around they both told me stories about bus stories on the road they drive them back in the 1970 when they started drive them they said they really enjoyed it keep the good videos, Come in I really enjoy them my friend be safe on the road you’re a good mechanic
I live in Nashville I have heard of him and his business but never met him. I enjoy your videos. We have a lot of buses here in Nashville due to the music industry a few of the big companies here that charter buses for groups on tour and so fourth.
Love watching your videos! My wife and I just retired and are full timing in a class a 2017 Tiffin gas coach . You have some serious skills sir!
I knew Bob and bought one of his first motor homes in 1972...captjack
Love the friendship and common interest you both shared, even with the banker jabs, No loans for Scott, 👍👌❤🇨🇦
I see the man is standing, not walking or running. Scott will know! Hahaha. Thanks man!
really enjoyed the longer vid..... thanks.
What a well spoken Great guy👍
Keep them coming! Western Australia here mate!
Bus Grease Monkey:
If you ever get a chance; from a friend/acquaintance that works construction...ask if they will give you/cut "trash heap/throw away" Engineered Beam Material. I use them myself whenever I need to raise the vehicles I work on. The Blocks (4 inches thick) I use are cut around 18+ inches square.....full confidence and safety with the vehicle or its wheels resting on pads that spread the load....way safer than just pump/bottle jacks and jack-stands. Yes I stack them many times to gain extra needed height sometimes.
Only down-side to them....they weigh around 20+lbs a piece.
William Todd:
I have about 12 (last count) that I use....some have the almost 10 years of: dirt,fuel,oil,grease,etc. they never fail me. And since your "vehicle" is technically never off the ground when raised/lifted by them...........you can be assured in 100%+ safety.
Yes, on most occasions; half of what I have........I use to make a task/job go super easy and guaranteed super safe. JUST ONE WILL NOT SUFFICE...one would be a fool (and possibly dead) just to have one or two around.
Famous bus for sale quote “Ran when it was parked”
That’s right up there with “Just let me stick the head in”...
Knowing that it was driven in is a good sign. We know the seller and he’s sold him another bus that came in with this one. There is evidence of a tow though. Right rear axle does not have all the bolts on it and right. There was also a washer laying in the rim. We shall find out more tomorrow
Hear that ran when parked line a lot with older trucks - trying to keep that price up as high as they can. Scott, good luck on this one, seems to have good bones too start with
Honestly that quote goes along for anything for sale with a internal cumbustion engine, that can't be readily demonstrated to run.
@@prevost8686 LOL and nothing past the ears.
I really dig that vintage steering wheel.
I could happily sit behind that thing and drive from Sea to Shining Sea.
Nice job 👍👍! Happy Father's Day To All 🎉🍜🍜🍜🍜!!
Something you may want to think about. We (Hubby & I) made a release tool for the hyd. jack from 1/2" galv. pipe 12" sections and a jamb nutted threaded rod on one piece. Works great and feel more safe being away from potential danger. Great vid btw...as always :)
Scott buy a length of steel pipe big enough to fit over the lower valve on your jacks you may need more than one size.
Get the length you need then take a grinding wheel and cut a slot on one end to fit onto the two tips so you can safely and easily lower a jack without using a long handled screw driver.
Drill a hole through the pipe so a screwdriver can be used for easier turning at the opposite end away from the jack.
The other option is use a extension for your hand tools, the hand tools that fits into the drive unit might be able to turn the valve but you would need to weld up a handle to turn the other end.
Hope this idea helps you as I’ve done it myself over the years.
Cheers!
That has to be the loudest air compressor I’ve ever heard lol I used to have one you’d wake the neighbors and then people down the street up when you turn it on lol
Oiless job. Tend to be a bit louder.
Last job driving a Triaxle dump truck my first job was to install 12 new tires as the ones on it were so bad I refused to drive it. My refusal was why I was hired. After one tire I went to a truck parts store and bought two 50 foot 3/4 inch air lines with the appropriate quick connect fittings as everything at the shop was 1/2 inch which won't properly power a one inch gun. Took me just over an hour to repipe the shop for 3/4 inch air lines as all the air lines were 1/2 inch. The boss yelled at me for buying so much equipment until he tried the gun himself then told me he'd always uses a 1/2 inch line all his life.
He was stunned at how much power the one inch gun had with the proper air supply.
His son told me I wasted company money until I handed him the one inch gun and had him try the gun with a 3/4 inch hose, he was impressed by the power. Three other drivers asked me how did you get him to buy the 3/4 inch air lines and fittings, I simply told them the truth. I didn't ask , I simply went and bought it as the company had an account there. They were shocked I didn't get fired.
I miss the old days.
Enjoyed the Video Very much.
You need to add a 2% charge for working on a non cement base or a 0.5% discount for arriving to a bus already jacked up.
Can't help but wonder why the hourly rate would not cover that. Would be more comfortable on concrete for sure.
I have been busy liking everyones comments here. I like the longer videos also. Sometimes I get so into this I feel like I should be handing you a wrench (or at least having a beer after you are done) Thanks!
Like that big-ass impact wrench! (wouldn't want to operate it all day)
Here in New Hampshire a antique car is considered antique if one part is original to the year of the car.
Years ago I rode with a bunch of old model A Fords and one had been built using all new parts from P&V parts in Tewksbury Massachusetts
On route 38 and a dot officer in NH pulled us over and checked all the cars antique status. When he got to the new built A he asked where is the original part?
The radiator cap which had a liquid mercury thermometer in it so you knew how hot it was.
The dot officer said prove it.
The owner opened the trunk (optional on an A ) pulled out the original box and receipt and handed it to him. After reading it the officer said “ I give up “
Nice living in new Hampsire
Everytime I see an old bus like this i always think of the movie Speed :-)
I think the addiction with these buses is the hope that one will pull up and grandparents and long gone family and friends will step off to come see you
I imagine my grandparents riding these buses off to war and to visit their loved ones my Father in law sold greyhound tickets in Knoxville Tenn back in the 60s ,buses carry happy people and sad people and every emotion in between. ....oh if those buses could talk
A tip for loosening the inner "Thimbles" tire nuts. While letting your impact wrench hammer on them strike the side of your socket with a small sledge hammer. It will dislodge them and they will spin right off.
Grease Monkey, Get you some 1/2" pipe and make some extra jack handles. Use your grinder and cut some slots
in the end of it. As always, a great video.
Thanks Ronald, you took the words right out of my fingers. I took that valve off my jack and welded a large wingnut on it. Now it's a breeze to lower.
Awesome..time for another coffee. A long video, unreal.
Still can't believe those long belts to the cooling fans.
I know crazy right? Granted its auto tensioned but still just one idler would make a world of difference
Deftones Dsm definitely early days health and safety wise!
For some reason, I get all giddy at the idea of Squirrel Cages for radiator fans (silly, I know).
What is the motor ? I'm guessing dd.
Jay Morgan yes. I’d never heard of them till I started watching these Grease Monkey videos. Fascinating things.
Need to get some 2 foot by 2 foot like 1/2 metal plates so that you can set your Jack's on them and they wont sink as bad
I was thinking the exact same thing. Actually I was saying that a few videos back. Distribute the weight over a wider area. Wood is no comparison to 1/2 inch steel plate! 😊👍🏻
Great progress on the jobs that others will take three times longer if I was living in USA a wonted a bus conversion you will be on my call list
Another great video thank you
Nice vid. Keep coming.
I really like this bus. One day I'll have a bus of my own. Might have to sell one of my kids to get it. Sometimes you do what you have to do! ;)
Dave Raya Sr. Put the kids on eBay or Craigslist 🤣🤣🤣
Enjoyed the video bro.
Take a steel pipe of roughly 1/2 inch ID and cut a slot in one end wide enough to unscrew the valve on your bottle jacks. After you have the correct size for the valve pins flatten the other end then take another steel pipe a flatten one end to go over the outside of the valve wrench so you have a longer reach. Might be a bit easier than using a screw driver to open or close the valve.
Just thinking how I did it when I lost the one that came with the jack. A welder made up the wrench for me and it worked beautifully.
Cheers!
Love these videos
I back in 73 was driving a Mack B-81 dump truck that had a Mickey moused parking brake system. When you pulled the parking brake button instead of the large quantity of air dumped into the atmosphere it just hissed air slowly and I discovered the relay valve had been bypassed. Pulling the yellow button it needed over one minute to fully set the parking brake. Other than that idiosyncrasy the. Brakes worked fine once I got them adjusted the first day I drove her I turned around before I left the yard as I virtually had no brakes. 20 minutes later I was told go home as the shop had to do a complete brake job on all the wheels. Next morning the shop foreman told me it required 6 new drums and complete brake shoes with new spring kits. The owner wasn't pleased and asked if anything else didn't meet my specifications? Would you rather I took out a car with a family in it I asked? He gave me a sour look and told me follow that truck. The truck had been waiting for and had a new Heil steel 18 yard dump body and had spent all winter at the body shop waiting for the installation hence why the brakes weren't looked at. The boss showed up at the site I was hauling at doing site work and apologized to me after he found out where the truck sat all winter 68 miles from the company shop. The brakes stopped great. Top speed 51 mph but 90 percent of my work was sitework which is where a B-81 shines as it has from the factory 24x12 inch tube type tires. A B-81 with a driver that knows how to drive them rarely gets stuck doing site work.
You've got city hands, you've been counting money all your life. Hooopahh!
Love the frequency of your uploads. If only Leo from "Sampson boat Co." Could upload so often(in Leo's defense it takes a lot more work on a 100yr old wooden boat)
@@DontCryAboutIt well yes. Tally Ho winning one of the hardest on record legendary Fastnet race really makes her a special historic boat. The nothing original left thing isn't really a thing with restorations though. A restored 69 camero is just as original as it was in 69 in most eyes yet there can be little left of it. And by this point if tally ho had seen regular service for 100yrs itd be all replaced anyway just not all at once. Im sure leo will be fine once she's on the water. Chartering her or making videos. He is a great boat builder and sailor.
@@DontCryAboutIt Don't agree with that at all. He is doing it correctly, pulling the wrench up using leg strength to assist. The way you suggest is completely wrong and no mechanic in training is taught to do it like that either---wrench slips and down you go or hurt your back.
Wow this is cool I love seeing this
Lawn Dart crew chief! Nice! I was F-15E weapons! Thanks for your service👌🏻🇺🇸
Kept the Hen's claws sharp to move mud, eh?
I've worked on mci 7,8 and 9s , but never anything this old . But it really doesn't look like anything really changed .
I've probably Done a couple of hundred gmc , Detroit tuneups, from v16 71 to 2 53, even a 6 110 . Absolutely hate the screaming memes but I was pretty good at it .
I don't think I've even seen one in 20 years .
I hear tell that the 9 was the best out of all of them. Any truth to that?
@@michigandon
Probably, they were improving them with every model but it's been a loooong time. The mci was a solid built bus, greyhound must be in trouble financially because I saw a Prevost wearing the dog 😨😔
According to the Wikipedia article, Greyhound sold off MCI in 1993. I've seen nothing but Prevosts at the Greyhound station I drive past on my way to and from work every day. There's a few limousine and charter fleets running MCIs in the neighborhood, though.
@@michigandon
Sad 😔, Prevost is a piece of cheap garbage.
Most of the tour bus companies in central CA seem to be running mostly mci. You get a Prevost cheap and then repairs will nickel and dime you to death.
@@michigandon The MC-9 was the '69 Chevy pickup of the bunch. Still pretty simple, very reliable, and still relatively easy to work on. Pretty much everything that came along after it was bigger and a lot more complicated.
Nice work!
You will have to make yourself another air jack handle about 3’ long and 5/8 or 1/2” pipe with slots cut out with a small grinder to release the jack from beside a bus and not under it love these longer vids.
Great informative video
Don't forget to charge the banker interest ;).
Interest, I'd charge triple....
I hope those tires didn't get chucked and instead are making their way to a rural farmer or something. They look nice! Well some of them at least. I was about to ask you where or not you believed in anti-seize on lugs, but happily you answered with what is IMO the right answer.
I am from europe and I just love old american buses!
Thank you for sharing, new subscriber.
Thanks for subscribing
This video made me realize that I know absolutely nothing about bus engines.
On those hoses, you have a couple field repair hose ends, double hex body, save those for emergency repairs!
For haveing 3 buses and being a loan guy seems kinda down to earth
What is meant to be in those rear engine door pockets/storage compartment? I love how original this bus is.
Wish you came through Saskatchewan Canada my bus needs a good look over. No local knowledge of the old MCI with detroit. Im slowly going to learn myself to fix up everything around my 102a3.
Cool bus! Think it's time to invest in some 5/16" steel spreader plates for the jacks? Doesn't seem like the wood is really cutting it with all this soft ground lately!
Those copeland semi-hermetic compressors are interesting. Sort of unusual to see those in an air conditioning application. They're more common for refrigeration or chillers.
I’ll be back at home base soon and I’ll have some time to pick up something. Living on the road I’m always in unfamiliar territory and time restrained.
23:50 I just want to say that I appreciate that you shoot 95% of your video in landscape. This part shows that the cameraman might have a bad habit of shooting video vertically.
A $2.00 pipe from Home depot with a slot cut in it sure would make life easy with that jack. Lol
Like your videos. Why not get a 2ft square steel plate 3/8? For your jack as that seems to be a constant problem with buses.
This is my new favorite channel...and now i need to get a damn bus lol.
I found this channel when I was contemplating getting a bus.
As if i need another vehicle hobby haha
I hear ya!
JayTrucker 62 I didn’t know you could have too many
Like your video. I'd like to suggest you get a clamp on tire chuck to inflate the old crappy tires when you need to do that. Really all big tires. A friend was blown across a three bay garage and into a block wall and was killed when a tire he had just installed blew up when he was adding air. Maybe those tires don't blow up too often, but, it only has to happen once and your gone.
Good idea.
Was that the type with a split ring rim or do you know? Those are dangerous and have killed a few people and I believe most shops take safety precautions when working on them---caged when filling with air. Hate to hear stories like that which are preventable if the proper safety procedures are followed. I do realize that some don't receive the proper training either---he could of been one of them, unfortunately.
If it was a split rim that came undone I would have said that. It was a tire that exploded when adding air. The death would have been preventable by having a clamp on air chuck.
Doesn't seem bad at all (so far)for sitting 10 years .
Keep your video format just like this......no music , no fancy intro's/outro's, or effects. Those are not needed.
Keeping it simple is my style
Yes, that's one of the things (or lack thereof), that makes me a repeat viewer.