Another fine job, beautiful motorhome, talk about dropping some cash, but these components don't last forever, at least he was wise enough to choose you guys, you won't let em leave until it's right. Keep on keepin on!
I laughed way to hard at this. It’s so true I paid 30k for my DP and the previous owner straight piped it, you can hear it coming a mile away… new muffler coming soon
Much respect for the arduous work you and your colleagues are doing on these buses. It’s encouraging to see the integrity you have in an industry that seems to be rife with incompetence.
That owner certainly knows his bus. Always nice to have a customer that isn't totally clueless. Clueless customers often blame the mechanic when the next part fails even though it's unrelated.
It always amazes me when bus owners show little enthusiasm after extensive work on their coach's. Mabey it's their culture. Mabey not. Scott, Tyler and crew deserve high kudos after working on this neglected train wreck. Thanks for sharing fellas.
Really nice work Scott and Tyler! This is definitely one of the quietest buses you seem to have ridden in. This gentleman should be a very happy man after all the work you guys did.
How nice a feeling every owner must have after leaving the garage. So many places you drive into you feel wiped out. You leave thinking all is well and it's not. Defeated that what they have can't get fixed.. Then there's a blessing like you two that come into their lives. They'll leave with a smile on their face! Great work at from caring people.
Another satisfied customer who got a job done right without getting taken to the cleaners, or have a parts swapper apply needless parts to and not fix the underlying issue! good job guys!
Another good option for catching coolant, home improvement stores sell those black tubs sometimes used for mixing concrete. They are somewhat shallow (fits under vehicles nicely) and they have a large footprint to catch all the coolant, or oil depending on what you’re doing.
Working for a HUGE semi tire shop I can recommend that EVERY bead bet wire brushed to remove all dirt and old rubber. This allows proper seating of the bead. If it is not done the tire can not fully seat against the carefully designed bead seat. We do thousands of semi tires every year and not a one leaves our hands until the bead seats are fully cleaned and inspected for wear and cracks.
I just love your style of working with Wanderlodge. These busses are the best unit made perioc. But anything no matter how good needs work from time to time. Good day
I have used the white plastic drums for years--cut in half for my bamboo plants--they go thru winter freezes and hot summers--have never had one fail/crack etc. Should be excellent as your drain buckets. Love your presentations and the sound of the Jimmy Diesels-----Mikey, Belfair, Wa
Wow your customer likes to drop the hammer down now :) Shows how smooth the system rides now. As always I love your videos Keep on keeping on Scott, Tyler, Hunter & the entire crew, and no I'm not forgetting Kelly and Leroy ! God Bless and keep you all :)
Interesting to ride along with the Blue Bird! I only knew Blue Bird as a better brand of school bus. I can see why the metal construction of the Blue Bird is a cut above the standard production motorhome's make up of fiberglass, caulk and a steering wheel as a Newell owner described his previous impressions with standard production A-class motorhomes. I started out watching this video with a decisively cool feeling about a school bus manufacture's motorhome, I hated riding on a school bus and if very long I'd get sick. By the end of this video and after looking up Blue Bird I had a decisively much warmer feeling towards the Blue Bird motorhome. This would likely be a safe bus in an accident with its school bus manufacture's background at a much more accessible cost than a Prevost, MCI, or now very old GM motor coach. Blue Bird is a fleet manufacture and that long term durability and serviceability is likely present in the Wanderlodge. It's likely a solid long term vehicle. I kept on hearing the same prominent creak when watching the drive video. If the sound is stereo it would have been on the driver's side. You can't stop the bus frame from flexing, but the areas where the movement causes constant creaking I'd think a clever engineered fix could be done at low cost. Something that ether anchors the material down so it doesn't flex or isolates it from the movement. The idea is to get rid of the irritating noise. I understand these frame rail based busses are going to be rattle traps, but a few of the prominent creaks I'd think could be tracked down, cornered and silenced. Thank you for sharing experiences!
Nice to see a road tire guy. These road service people are magicians with tire irons. The only people who could safely handle the now thankfully banned split rims.
A) As always Scott and Tyler and co., EXCELLENT work and video. B) at least this one's underside wasn't salt marsh workshop.. it was fairly intact, but C) An astonishing amount of failures and damage.. but probably nicer to work on than others. Thanks again.
Beautiful bus. It seems to have a very smooth ride and it quite quiet. It was cool to see that it was much easier to drive after all of your repairs. Very enjoyable video.
New on Bus Grease Mountain: Wanderlodge hover conversions. Time circuits and flux capacitors extra! I see why retirement should be left to the experts.
Best tool I've found for Wanderlodge Airbag changes - Sawzall. Get the top bolts loose enough to get the blade between the mount and the top of the airbag and just cut the mounting bolts off the airbags.
I'm a wanderlodge mechanic my self, taught in my time by George at wanderlodge, if not all of the trailing tag axles where replaced under warranty or welded in place. The locking system never worked properly.
You should have some stickers made up with your company information and with a spot to write in the date and any other information. I made up stickers with my shop information and I place them on just about every part I change on people's vehicles. I have noticed more repeated business with those stickers since many parts have a lifetime warranty and I only charge the customer labor if the part is under warranty.
Steer tag. BlueBird welded most of them because they jam up. That HWH upgrade is a lot of money. Can be added to most any airbag coach. I’ve looked at the used parts. It’s a whole new setup underneath. Almost all the old air lines and valves are taken out with a large integrated valve box, computer. They are so quite when your not running the gen and AC
I own one and I know a steer tag when I see them. Most are welded fast. By WL. Something bad happened and they had a recall and welding them fast was the fix... I did all my air springs, break cans, radiator , air lines over when I got mine. I know you don't do Cummins, but the rest of the bus. One day. I doubt he bought that coach with the help of the owners group. They would have caught all that.
That bus must have been a nightmare to drive. If my truck was like that I would have red flagged it and gone home. Do not see how he had enough air to use the brakes. Those airbags we're amazing to still hold air.
I had the hydraulic Howard set up on my 2000 dynasty and removed it also. I did add a safety steer just in case I had a blowout on the steer tires. My problem was the six pack valves for the HWH airbag controllers were leaking. Once I Cleaned and replaced the O-rings in those valves the coach handles beautifully travel straight as a die. I love this roadmaster S series chassis.
I’m a truck driver on my own truck and I use Michelin tires and And without a doubt they are the best tire going my front end is lined up properly I usually get 270 to 283,000 miles at a set of steer tires and 500 to 580,000 miles on the Drive tires
That’s pretty much the exact one my grandparents had. I think theirs was a couple years newer than this one because it had different headlights. Very nice buses
This coach is sooo quiet inside. And now that it handles like it should, he's going be zipping down the road. I've missed watching these longer videos, thank you for sharing it with us.
Great video. I'm thinking of buying an older bus and watching your videos help with the decision process. Would it be possible to add a little more info about the particular bus you are repairing, ie, year of bus, miles on bus, etc? I know each situation is unique so not all info is relevant to what is to be repaired, just would be nice info to have.
The owner seemed a little underwhelmed.. It should have and probably did feel like a sports car. Bad tires Bad shocks Non functioning sway bars. A recipe for chaotic drive. Nice work refreshing the bird! Great video
That bug beautiful shop and you're still working outside in the dirt lol I'm guessing it's full It looks like you hired a couple guys Business must be good👍🏼
14:26 Those air bags are making me feel more confident about mine. I don't think there's any visible checking on mine at all but of course I'm not sure how old they are.
Really REALLY appreciate the longer video ( edit : even if its 'just' driving :p ). Thankyou. In the same way that you now auto check the floor mat under the throttle to make sure full actuation is possible.... are there also a standard one or two performance related things to check for on series 60 Detroits ?
I got a drinking game: Everytime Scott says "ok" take a shot. You'll be F'N HAMMERED!!!! 😂🤣😂🤣 Sorry I had to😁 Nice looking swaybar end links. Must sound nice and annoying clanging around going down the road. LOL
I have to go watch the video showing the shop doors - not what I expected. *edit* I see them first in the Crown bus video, but not open. I would like to see those bad boys opened or closed. They look great. Wow - just removing/installing those tires is not a pleasant job!
Scott, just a heads up, the anti swaybar links shouldn't be torqued down until the wheels are on it and the load is on the wheels. For a beast like this, a pit is great to do that job. If possible drive it up on blocks that are all the same height and then get under it to torque those end links. Something I learned from the racecar community.
working on these Heavy Duty motorhomes and buses are big money. Not many people do it its not like a regular car, lots of mech shops around but not many will touch these vehicle's.
I can sure tell the driver is not sawing the wheel back and forth. The bus isn't wandering all over. It's also one of the quieter buses I have heard on a test ride. I can barely hear the engine at all.
As a former Wanderlodge owner most us know the suspension is not great. The suspension on this LXi isn't much different from the early 80s Wanderlodge. Most people "in the know" will remove the sway bar. Porposing is a term I have seen mostly on Wanderlodge forums for many years. Trouble.is you will fix this over and over again. They do have good bones but the suspension just didn't keep up with the times. Nor the electrics.
Yes we are aware many disable it but it was handling so bad we made it work. It can easily be disabled again however there is a substantial improvement on turning and handling.
As a KONI heavy duty engineer I'm proud to see you use these shocks and put the labels facing out :-D
Another fine job, beautiful motorhome, talk about dropping some cash, but these components don't last forever, at least he was wise enough to choose you guys, you won't let em leave until it's right. Keep on keepin on!
"Honey is the engine on?" And that boys and girls is the $400K difference! A sweet ride no doubt!
I laughed way to hard at this. It’s so true I paid 30k for my DP and the previous owner straight piped it, you can hear it coming a mile away… new muffler coming soon
Much respect for the arduous work you and your colleagues are doing on these buses. It’s encouraging to see the integrity you have in an industry that seems to be rife with incompetence.
That owner certainly knows his bus. Always nice to have a customer that isn't totally clueless. Clueless customers often blame the mechanic when the next part fails even though it's unrelated.
It always amazes me when bus owners show little enthusiasm after extensive work on their coach's. Mabey it's their culture. Mabey not. Scott, Tyler and crew deserve high kudos after working on this neglected train wreck. Thanks for sharing fellas.
Americans and their theatrics. It's a hand shake, and exchange of funds.
What should we do? Cartwheels? BJ?
It's good to see the customers delight when such a big difference in ride
I do not own a bus and am not a mechanic but love to watch your videos. Great to see such a great work ethic in your bus shop. Well done.👊
I have one of these busses on my immediate to-do lists - once I hit the MEGA Millions on Friday! 😁
Hire me to work on it please if you do ;)
@@BusGreaseMonkey You got it! + I'd be looking for some sweet mountain property probably just a short (bus) drive away!
So many leaks! Thankfully the owner came to your shop. Another job done right! 👍
Another fantastic video. I’ve been binge watching them.
The rewards of having a great mechanic are endless as the highways. BRAVO GUYS, BRAVO
Deep pockets to.
Really nice work Scott and Tyler! This is definitely one of the quietest buses you seem to have ridden in. This gentleman should be a very happy man after all the work you guys did.
How nice a feeling every owner must have after leaving the garage. So many places you drive into you feel wiped out. You leave thinking all is well and it's not. Defeated that what they have can't get fixed.. Then there's a blessing like you two that come into their lives. They'll leave with a smile on their face! Great work at from caring people.
Another satisfied customer who got a job done right without getting taken to the cleaners,
or have a parts swapper apply needless parts to and not fix the underlying issue!
good job guys!
That is some sweet ride! Lucky thing for him he came over when he did.
now shes on the black top she seems settled and happy nice work boys on a good looking RV
Definetly not for the weak of heart or empty pockets. Good video.
Wow, what a cream puff of a bus with a quiet ride. Beautiful
Another good option for catching coolant, home improvement stores sell those black tubs sometimes used for mixing concrete. They are somewhat shallow (fits under vehicles nicely) and they have a large footprint to catch all the coolant, or oil depending on what you’re doing.
What dirty,nasty work. You guys have my respect,and this is coming from a retired airline mechanic.
Working for a HUGE semi tire shop I can recommend that EVERY bead bet wire brushed to remove all dirt and old rubber. This allows proper seating of the bead. If it is not done the tire can not fully seat against the carefully designed bead seat. We do thousands of semi tires every year and not a one leaves our hands until the bead seats are fully cleaned and inspected for wear and cracks.
I just love your style of working with Wanderlodge. These busses are the best unit made perioc. But anything no matter how good needs work from time to time. Good day
I have used the white plastic drums for years--cut in half for my bamboo plants--they go thru winter freezes and hot summers--have never had one fail/crack etc. Should be excellent as your drain buckets. Love your presentations and the sound of the Jimmy Diesels-----Mikey, Belfair, Wa
Wow your customer likes to drop the hammer down now :) Shows how smooth the system rides now. As always I love your videos Keep on keeping on Scott, Tyler, Hunter & the entire crew, and no I'm not forgetting Kelly and Leroy ! God Bless and keep you all :)
You guys are amazing my old Man used to do this stuff and I would help, brings back memories.
Interesting to ride along with the Blue Bird! I only knew Blue Bird as a better brand of school bus. I can see why the metal construction of the Blue Bird is a cut above the standard production motorhome's make up of fiberglass, caulk and a steering wheel as a Newell owner described his previous impressions with standard production A-class motorhomes.
I started out watching this video with a decisively cool feeling about a school bus manufacture's motorhome, I hated riding on a school bus and if very long I'd get sick. By the end of this video and after looking up Blue Bird I had a decisively much warmer feeling towards the Blue Bird motorhome. This would likely be a safe bus in an accident with its school bus manufacture's background at a much more accessible cost than a Prevost, MCI, or now very old GM motor coach. Blue Bird is a fleet manufacture and that long term durability and serviceability is likely present in the Wanderlodge. It's likely a solid long term vehicle.
I kept on hearing the same prominent creak when watching the drive video. If the sound is stereo it would have been on the driver's side. You can't stop the bus frame from flexing, but the areas where the movement causes constant creaking I'd think a clever engineered fix could be done at low cost. Something that ether anchors the material down so it doesn't flex or isolates it from the movement. The idea is to get rid of the irritating noise. I understand these frame rail based busses are going to be rattle traps, but a few of the prominent creaks I'd think could be tracked down, cornered and silenced. Thank you for sharing experiences!
That is a beautiful bus. And Scott, you and Tyler have now made it safe as well as beautiful.
Wanderlodge, what a great machine. Great work as usual!
That is a sweet bus. Nice work restoring the mechanicals.
Nice to see a road tire guy. These road service people are magicians with tire irons. The only people who could safely handle the now thankfully banned split rims.
Always nice to watch you guys bring the 'Birds back to snuff. LX40 owner.
A) As always Scott and Tyler and co., EXCELLENT work and video. B) at least this one's underside wasn't salt marsh workshop.. it was fairly intact, but C) An astonishing amount of failures and damage.. but probably nicer to work on than others. Thanks again.
Beautiful bus. It seems to have a very smooth ride and it quite quiet. It was cool to see that it was much easier to drive after all of your repairs. Very enjoyable video.
New on Bus Grease Mountain: Wanderlodge hover conversions. Time circuits and flux capacitors extra! I see why retirement should be left to the experts.
Great job on the much needed repairs. The Bus Grease Monkey is legit!!! Thanks for sharing your story.
You guys do some awesome work on those big vehicles.......grin
Best tool I've found for Wanderlodge Airbag changes - Sawzall. Get the top bolts loose enough to get the blade between the mount and the top of the airbag and just cut the mounting bolts off the airbags.
I'm a wanderlodge mechanic my self, taught in my time by George at wanderlodge, if not all of the trailing tag axles where replaced under warranty or welded in place. The locking system never worked properly.
You should have some stickers made up with your company information and with a spot to write in the date and any other information. I made up stickers with my shop information and I place them on just about every part I change on people's vehicles. I have noticed more repeated business with those stickers since many parts have a lifetime warranty and I only charge the customer labor if the part is under warranty.
Or a bumper sticker, I was serviced by the Bus Grease Monkey
Steer tag. BlueBird welded most of them because they jam up. That HWH upgrade is a lot of money. Can be added to most any airbag coach. I’ve looked at the used parts. It’s a whole new setup underneath. Almost all the old air lines and valves are taken out with a large integrated valve box, computer. They are so quite when your not running the gen and AC
I own one and I know a steer tag when I see them. Most are welded fast. By WL. Something bad happened and they had a recall and welding them fast was the fix... I did all my air springs, break cans, radiator , air lines over when I got mine. I know you don't do Cummins, but the rest of the bus. One day. I doubt he bought that coach with the help of the owners group. They would have caught all that.
That bus must have been a nightmare to drive. If my truck was like that I would have red flagged it and gone home. Do not see how he had enough air to use the brakes. Those airbags we're amazing to still hold air.
I had the hydraulic Howard set up on my 2000 dynasty and removed it also. I did add a safety steer just in case I had a blowout on the steer tires. My problem was the six pack valves for the HWH airbag controllers were leaking. Once I Cleaned and replaced the O-rings in those valves the coach handles beautifully travel straight as a die. I love this roadmaster S series chassis.
Changing tires. That brought back memories! I do not miss that job at all.
I’m a truck driver on my own truck and I use Michelin tires and And without a doubt they are the best tire going my front end is lined up properly I usually get 270 to 283,000 miles at a set of steer tires and 500 to 580,000 miles on the Drive tires
These will age out before wearing out
As a swift driver I never got more than 10,000 miles out of a set of drive tires
You're now officially the Tennessee mountain mechanic
I will say DAM good job as always... Thanks for sharing..
Be still my Heart, I will you 100 thumbs, this was beautiful to watch..... LOVE every second...... yeah I'm a Girl.... thanks for the SHARE
Those squeaks and rattles would drive me bonkers !! Gonna do a helwig sway bar on my class c soon after seeing this.
Good work you guys!! Scotty and Tyler!!!
Definitely some stiffer sway bar bushings . Great video!! Only thing missing was a few more shots of Lenny near the end .
That’s pretty much the exact one my grandparents had. I think theirs was a couple years newer than this one because it had different headlights. Very nice buses
That is a beautiful coach! Very nice. Would like to own one some day.
I love the diesel pushers. They are so quiet for the passengers inside.
This coach is sooo quiet inside. And now that it handles like it should, he's going be zipping down the road. I've missed watching these longer videos, thank you for sharing it with us.
A Wanderlodge having wandering problems. How Ironic! ;^P Nice work!
Another saved bus!! Great job
Wow that's a nice one. Looks like you're going to have to make a new location for a slab
Great job to you all !!!
HELLO. BOTH. OF. YOU. THE. THIRD. MAN. WOW. A. CREDIT. TOO THE. CUSTOMER. AND. ALL. CONSUMERS. THE. ATTENTION. TOO. DETAIL. ITS. EVERYTHING THANKS FOR. THE. CONTENT.
Great video. I'm thinking of buying an older bus and watching your videos help with the decision process. Would it be possible to add a little more info about the particular bus you are repairing, ie, year of bus, miles on bus, etc? I know each situation is unique so not all info is relevant to what is to be repaired, just would be nice info to have.
There is so substitute for thorough, quality work
A big beautiful bus ❤️❤️
All about having the right tools . . . AND WORKING YOUR ASS OFF!
Awesome job, keep the clips coming
Great video, but it sure makes me appreciate the simplicity of my 4104
love the title music very apt great music ( by the way I'm a retired trucker /mechanic, been put off the road by Ill health👍👌
the joys of air ride lots of trailing arms and bushes ( a real pain in the butt/ but then again gives a real sweet ride when working properly
Beautiful bus.
The owner seemed a little underwhelmed..
It should have and probably did feel like a sports car.
Bad tires
Bad shocks
Non functioning sway bars.
A recipe for chaotic drive.
Nice work refreshing the bird!
Great video
That bug beautiful shop and you're still working outside in the dirt lol
I'm guessing it's full
It looks like you hired a couple guys
Business must be good👍🏼
Heck yes a good old long video. Love it
14:26 Those air bags are making me feel more confident about mine. I don't think there's any visible checking on mine at all but of course I'm not sure how old they are.
Nice job I don't know what it sounded like before but that coach is quiet 🤫🤫
At 24 minutes in, what is the make and year of that old bus. I love the way it looks.
I just love you heavy maintenance guys. Great video!
Love watching your videos
Got a smaller version of those Orange Koni adjustable shocks on my 1973 VW van….niiiice ride😎…….. I could tow my Vw behind that bus sweeeet.
Really REALLY appreciate the longer video ( edit : even if its 'just' driving :p ). Thankyou.
In the same way that you now auto check the floor mat under the throttle to make sure full actuation is possible.... are there also a standard one or two performance related things to check for on series 60 Detroits ?
Thanks for the nice bus ride!
Magic Carpet!! That is sooo quiet! Good Job BGM!!
with all new shocks and air bags its gonna handle like new ( a worthwhile investment )
I got a drinking game: Everytime Scott says "ok" take a shot. You'll be F'N HAMMERED!!!! 😂🤣😂🤣 Sorry I had to😁 Nice looking swaybar end links. Must sound nice and annoying clanging around going down the road. LOL
Watching this video makes me miss the 8-bag ride of my Foretravel
My gas chassis Chevy has springs, very reliable & simple to maintain, but they sure don't ride like air bags!
THATS A NICE BUS NOW .
Just Wow Super Job ! Scott Tyler BMG Family & Friends
Those air cylinders are extremely easy to rebuild and most air cylinders can be rebuilt with less then $20 in parts.
When the inside tire sealant leaks out of our tubeless mountain bike tires, we call that Starry Sky. 4:50
I have to go watch the video showing the shop doors - not what I expected. *edit* I see them first in the Crown bus video, but not open. I would like to see those bad boys opened or closed. They look great. Wow - just removing/installing those tires is not a pleasant job!
when ai ride works well its great when the bags and bushes get tired they do tend to wander
Scott, just a heads up, the anti swaybar links shouldn't be torqued down until the wheels are on it and the load is on the wheels. For a beast like this, a pit is great to do that job. If possible drive it up on blocks that are all the same height and then get under it to torque those end links. Something I learned from the racecar community.
The axels was on blocks, it was in ride height when torqued.
Wandering lodge is a wandering for sure
I like to hear the prices of tires shocks etc.
There is 11 airbags if you count the wife!!
Kidding!
working on these Heavy Duty motorhomes and buses are big money. Not many people do it its not like a regular car, lots of mech shops around but not many will touch these vehicle's.
Wanderlogde made beautiful buses.
Wanna job that keeps you in shape? Be a heavy duty mechanic.......in a tire shop.
I can sure tell the driver is not sawing the wheel back and forth. The bus isn't wandering all over. It's also one of the quieter buses I have heard on a test ride. I can barely hear the engine at all.
As a former Wanderlodge owner most us know the suspension is not great. The suspension on this LXi isn't much different from the early 80s Wanderlodge. Most people "in the know" will remove the sway bar. Porposing is a term I have seen mostly on Wanderlodge forums for many years. Trouble.is you will fix this over and over again. They do have good bones but the suspension just didn't keep up with the times. Nor the electrics.
Yes we are aware many disable it but it was handling so bad we made it work. It can easily be disabled again however there is a substantial improvement on turning and handling.
Must make a massive change to workjon something you don't need to use heat to remove any of the fixings.