Pete And His Bus, Episode 2: Does it drive?
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- So, has all my work paid off? Find out right here if the Routemaster London Double Decker bus I've bought actually works!
Web site: www.barml2355.com
Facebook: peteandhisbus
About Pete And His Bus: Pete is a normal (ish) guy who has a big passion for old vehicles and particularly old buses. He is NOT a trained mechanic nor is he professional restorer. He enjoys converting vehicles but he can not promise that what he is doing is going to work on your vehicle. Nor can he promise that you won’t harm yourself if you were you to attempt the things he does. He recommends that you are safe and responsible with machinery and equipment even if you’ve seen him messing about with it. A workshop and it’s content can be a dangerous place. If you are in doubt about your own vehicle, contact a professional for advice. 
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Great to see this British icon being brought back to life well done pete
Thank you very much!! Appreciate the support!
When I was a young 16 year old apprentice welder at Chiswick works we would go and sit on the top deck whilst it was on the skid pan, good fun, great memories.
Aren’t you lucky Bill! Nice one
I used to love driving those RM's and RML's around London on a sunny day, the natural air-conditioning in the cab, front two windows wide open, left window fully slid back and the door slid forward. There was almost always a kid sitting in the front seat watching me drive. Going up hills laden or not would need to use the pre-select gears as auto was as good as useless. This is a special kind of bus.
Yes, you know! That auto mode is useless. I drive em with pre-select gears only. Thanks for watching.
Great bus ! - Sadly London will NEVER be the same now without the original Route master buses...
Yes, agreed! They took the last 10 out of service this week actually. Anyway, it means we get to play with them! Thanks for watching!
@@PeteAndHisBus Really ?...I remember they first started taking them out of service sometime between 2005 - 2007.
I live in Liverpool now but was originally from Stoke Newington, East London so I remember these great old route master busses very well back in the early 1980's, especially the 149 !... Up here in Merseyside I've seen a couple of London route masters going round occasionally being used for weddings ! They are both on a "D reg" so I think they are from 1966-67 ish.
Have fun playing with your BIG toys and keep the great videos coming ! 👍👍👍
it,ll run for ever pete.. & like most older car.s.. it,ll be much easyer to fix when anything does go wrong, unlike any vehicle today, that is a nightmare to fix
They never was used of the last 2005 when people killed in the entrance
But its still going on
Used to drive those RML's in service out of Brixton garage, still my favourite bus. Enjoyed watching and looking forward to more 👍
Thanks Bob, big respect to the real bus drivers, they're hard work to operate!
@@PeteAndHisBus Can be tricky alright getting around tight corners, power steering has come a long way since then 😁
@@gillebob It's the noise that gets me! I wear earplugs on longer journeys.
@@PeteAndHisBus Maybe that's why my old ears aren't the best anymore 😊.
Just checked, RML2730 was on the 159 out of Brixton, I probably drove that very bus between Baker Street and Streatham all those years ago, ah the memories 😊
That's cool man!
I have so many happy memories of travelling on the Routemaster London country and London transport buses. I used to travel on four buses from Harefield to Peckham. Happy days.
Good times!! Thanks for watching btw
It's so nice starting an old vehicle
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As a kid ,I always had a fantasy of living in one of these 😊
Be pretty cold! 😂
Love RM's the RML was an after thought in 1961 when 30' buses were permitted to run. It's easy to lengthen since there are sub frames. RML 2730 was new in '67 with at least one body swap, which happened at overhaul. This was heavily refurbished in the 90's. Would typically love to see it in original condition.
Yes I understand. But I assure you that my conversion is going to be done in a very sensitive way. It’ll always be able to be turned back to originality. And this way we can go out and use her rather then her sitting in a shed collecting dust.
@@PeteAndHisBus I did'nt realise until your later episodes that you're turning it into a business venture, excellent. Good luck to you. I've always loved RMs from an early age and then I saw 'London Buses in Camera by John A. Gray. Love old buses.
Hey that's incredible Pete. I think that your bus was the one that I often caught, recognise the number plate, bit of a bus spotter me, to my work in Finchley road N London route 260. You have preserved an Icon. hope you get that damage repaired.
would love to see it again.
They did all have very similar registrations, only the numbers changed according to which bus it was but you never know do you!? 👍
I have seen first video, and this. This adventura is so exciting! ;)
Thanks for watching
Almost expected Cliffe Richard, and summer holidays song 😅. Definite effects of lock-down.
Yes the lockdown has had a severe effect but for me to play a Cliff Richard song it’d have to be allot worse.... 😂😜
Cliff had a RT not a RM
Love the Routemaster a load of them were driven up to Scotland for service work by the old Scottish bus group.I had the pleasure of driving them for a few years.. Lovely old buses😊
Very cool Robert, consider yourself lucky! Thank you for watching.
Route masters are the best bus ever.
They are
Hi Pete. I’m back watching again lol 😆 I was as excited as you when your hit the start button 🤣 Old technology perfect for starting after years of standing around. If that was a new modern bus with a high pressure common rail and electronics could you just imagine the issues and expense just getting it going 🙄 Great stuff fantastic channel cheers Stevie 😎
Thanks Stevie! It was a good moment. I’m so glad you’re enjoying it.
It ran that well it blew the back doors off when moving , so much power 🤣🤣🤣
hahaha, yes! The acceleration wasn't mind bending, it was door smashing! ;)
This journey is totally awesome! 🎥
I’m glad you’re enjoying it, thanks for watching
I passed my test in one of these beauties in 1986 at catford garage!
Love it, good memories no doubt!
Great second episode, love how the old girl just came to life after being laid up.
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A Wonderful RUclips Channel And Bus All The Best Pete.
Lovely thank you!
This one was one of the last ones made, it should be restored back to original condition...
And why exactly is this? So it can sit in a shed collecting dust? 😂😂 they’ve gotta be used!
I think this was one of the units extensively reworked to be put back into service in Reading, so it would be unfeasibly expensive to return it to original spec, sadly...
@@PeteAndHisBus 10000% agree
Cool, great to see a young guy with so much enthusiasm about an old bus, keep it up fella really enjoying it...
Thank so much!! Really appreciate your support! X
My dad would of loved this 😃❤👌
They are very cool. Parking them is the usual issue.
Those old buses are legendary. I travelled on them frequently as a kid. Those, & the older ones with the big black radiator grilles at the front. They were full of CHARACTER, & today's buses, by comparison, are just nothing. Soulless tin boxes. As are the trains. Such is "progress"..
Couldn't agree more! I'm glad they gave these up though, gives us a chance to go play with them right!? Thanks for watching.
Video was great like it very much .Take care
Thanks for watching!
What a legend!
haha cheers dude! You meant the bus right? ;)
"I hate you Butler, Get that bus out" Cheers
😂😂😂
All joking aside I like that vehicle. Well done.
Thanks
As soon as I saw it sitting there I thought,he's gonna have to move those rocks ..
Should’ve had you with me that day! Thanks for watching!
The home of many New Age travellers back in the 70's and 80's.
And all sorts of other nutters too 🤪😂
@@PeteAndHisBus WHY do you refer to them as nutters !!! Just because they lived an alternative lifestyle to house imprisonment.
My two buses were in service from when they were built till the very last day in 2005. So when I say nutters I mean all the various people that travelled on them day and night for 40 odd years.
@@PeteAndHisBus Nutters implies crazy, people aren't crazy for wanting to not live a life of self governed house arrest.
Imagine taking two of these and welding them together by the sides to make a double wide double decker
😂😂😂 don’t do drugs now…. 😜😜
@@PeteAndHisBus id be cool but unusable in the uk
I've ridden on one...in the USA...thanks to The London Square mall in the 80's when I was 5.
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Nice work! The bus now stored under a proper roof i presume? Hopefully you may have it in the end. 😉
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This is testament to the solid engineering in these vehicles, and that they were designed to operate for decades. Abandon a modern vehicle for 10 years packed with electronics and sensors and I wonder what the result would be if you tried to restart it ?
Couldn’t agree more. If that had been a modern bus, not a chance!
That was allways going to start, it’s Great British Heavy Engineering
Very true! Always good when they actually do though!
Shame modern buses don't have the reliable and quality that these old buses have.
Didn't work for lotus in those days lol
This is very Colin Furze at the start of the video......and that’s a good thing, great project.........👍👍👍👌🇮🇲😄
Glad you like it! Thanks for watching.
@@PeteAndHisBus I’m binge watching all the episodes now.....can’t beat a RouteMaster bus, so iconic...👍🇮🇲😁👌
@@ManxAndy Couldn't agree more! Thanks for watching.
@@PeteAndHisBus I’m on episode 8 already. , wish I had found this when you did the conversion 👍🇮🇲
@@ManxAndy You're here now, that's all that counts. Thanks for watching mate!
Wonderfull machine goin to museum
Nope, she's gotta do a bit of work first. ;)
Hi Peter, well this looks like a great journey, so if you don't mind doing I'm going to hop on board and come along with you, so I am your newest subscrber, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia.
Hi Les!! Thanks for joining me, it has been some journey already and there is soooo much more to come. Thank you for your support from all the way on the other side of the world. And remember: Buses ARE cool! ;) ;)
"low on brake fluid"? It uses air brakes. Using a compressor to pump the air tanks, if your air pressure is below around 6 bar it generally locks the brakes until the optimum pressure is reached.
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Air brakes still have brake fluid....it’s air over fluid.👍
I remember reading an old workshop manual for the Ford D series and that had 3 or 4 types of breaking systems depending on what version you had
Amazingly the last time I saw one of those sorts of double decker buses was in a back street in Al Khobar in Saudi Arabia, I’ve no idea how it got there or what it was used for, it sat there for about fifteen years before it finally disappeared.
amazing!
I didn't see plumes of black smoke, it must have been started before then...
You’ll see them in the next episode.. they tend to do it ones under load.
Intro to long. But the rest of the vid format, perfect
Subbed. Love yu bus. Good luck with it..
Thanks Ravaged, As the episodes go on you'll find it halved in length and more content too. Thanks for your feedback! Hope you enjoy my progress!
@@PeteAndHisBus buddy I'm enjoying your enthusiasm and I do really like the way your videos laid out in fact it kind of kind of inspiring me to look at further into how you've done them and do them for mine as I am struggling with the video side of things I hope the videos do get longer and more detailed as this looks like a very very interesting project you have. I absolutely love buses I was looking into one before I bought my Renault midlum but due to the fact my front garden was only 25 ft. a bus was not really an option , very much loving your video so far keep them coming please but don't get caught out by covid-19 stay safe and good luck
@@rusyroadtogreasygold, Cheers bud. Thanks for the support! PS: Just get a bus it's worth it ;)
@@PeteAndHisBus lol we will not go there lol it will not fit ..
Lovely!!!!!
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Its a pity I live so far Pete because I would help you I love those buses with my Hart.
That’s very kind of you!! I’m amazed how much help I’ve been offered to be fair. Lots of good people out there
Brittain is amazing. I love that you can go and get a custom brake line👍👍 Astonishing that it runs and drives
I was surprised too! But I knew she’d move. They were built to last.
You should just leave the bus with all the damage, I don't know why but it looks cool like that
I actually agree with you… but it needs to look a little better for what I’m going to do with it. I have a Jaguar like this, all beaten up and original and it looks great
Whoops, but at least She started & drove 👍👍👍
Big whoops!
Hope to see in London
It’ll be a while before she’s all done.
Watching episode 15 Colouring In 👍
Nice.
Thanks
Does it drive?... just 0:30 seconds in we find out 🤣🤣
You are welcome! 😂😜
Good bro give renovation can smart
Couldn’t agree more!
Why bro this bus many memorable🤔
Great stuff bus made in the UK by British people!..still strong like the British indomitable spirit!
Couldn’t agree with you more!!
I suspect I have ridden this, as a young lad if it was one of the units running the old London Country between Gravesend and Bromley wending its way round towards Heathrow and I need to check my RM spotters book as I often rode the RML's from Bromley North to Redhill after they retired the poor old RT's that wheezed up Biggin Hill and thundered down with looks of grim panic on the drivers face as he fought that vicious hill down towards Westerham in the days before the M25 and many a happy summer saturday spent walking the old line there for souvenirs.
I spent long years trying to get all the RM's and I did it back in 78 having to use my BR PT ticket to get to the north of London garages. I was curious too of a set of closed rear door RM's that operated out of a small place in Penge literally just by Penge West station, in red but there was never an official LT garage there so I never got to ride those ones. Must say thanks to the ol' Red Bus Rover that was just an amazing deal for us kids :D Back in the 70's, in Gravesend someone owned an RT and every Xmas and New Years it would drive about, music blaring with revellers getting very drunk on it and the lightbulbs changed for coloured ones to give it a disco air, maybe you have heard of that one?
I haven’t, sounds like good times though!
Please don't start me off on Red Rover's, as you say best things ever for us 70s kids. I lived in the east end and would go on little adventures all over London. Route 15 to ladbroke grove or the 3 down to crystal palace, I even used to forge them as a kid, maybe change a 6 to an 8 and use it again a couple of days later.
Happy days
I wants a Roadmaster one of these days
Do it, you will not regret it!
@@PeteAndHisBus hard to find one in the USA 🤣
@@microbusss ahhh yes that’s tricky! Ask they’re not road legal for the US.
@@PeteAndHisBus oh they is tho
Has it been upgraded to 22 1/2 inch wheels somewhere during its life?
This is one of the last RMLs built so it’s always been the same length. It was only the very early buses that were actually lengthened at a later date. Thanks for watching!
I happened upon you by accident, I was gonna just swipe by but decided to watch, up until to the part about PIRTEK , I have a 92 honda accord and my low side a/c (Charging side)is leaking I can't find this hose anywhere, I hope I hit on the right video because I am going nuts to fix this I will give them a call, thank you hopefully they can make my hose , It looks like they specialize in old parts.
They’re good, and all their hoses have a monstrous guarantee but I warn you they’re not cheap. Thanks for watching!
This is RML2730 SMK730F, one of the very last, only 30 more after this the last being 2760 SMK760F.
Yes.... I'm aware of what bus i bought....... ;) haha
how did you get it home with no legal crendentials Mot insurance ?
It is a fair question, I had commercial trade plates so it was all legal.
I'm guessing there's a lot you didn't show. You don't just run a diesel engine that has sat for years. The fuel alone needs removing flushing and refilling because of diesel bug, water from condensation etc.
There are some bits I didn’t show but generally it just fired up. Apparently the previous owner did fire it up every now and then. I know it hadn’t actually been started for about 2 years. Thanks for watching
Is that a Cummins repower? I've never seen of them start with so little smoke ☺
Hi there, it’s an Iveco unit. They don’t really tend to smoke until their out under load. You’ll see in the next episode. 😂😂
Would have been a Gardener10.6 litre originally
Hi Pete, can I ask....what's the situation with the MOT on these things....and is the insurance expensive..watched all the vids do far....awesome mate....👍👍
Hi bud, thanks so much for your kind words, glad you're enjoying it! Now, this is a huge grey area because the DVLA make it very confusing and everybody seems to interpret the rules differently. This is how I have it: I insure it as a catering unit for around £1000 per year and I have an independent public liability policy at around £150 per year. This allows me to drive the bus and operate as a bar. Because I don't trade as a business on the move, I am able to have it MOT exempt, tax free and am allowed to drive it on standard car license. It's MOT class 5, and I can only carry up to 8 people at a time including myself but no stock! It's not allowed to carry a load. I've only ever been pulled over once and the officers actually asked ME how it worked cos they had no idea. haha! Hope that answers your question. Thanks for your support! The facebook page has lots on it too if you fancy more bus stuff, PAHB style obvs! ;) facebook.com/peteandhisbus
Hi Pete, thanks for the reply.....you're right it does seem to be a difficult one mate....🙄 Thanks for taking time to explain.....best of luck for the upcoming year hope things pick up so you can get out there...I'll be following you with interest.....btw...if my lottery comes up I'll be joining you in the ownership of a routemaster.....😂😂 take care mate...👍
Ya don't need a lottery win bud! Sell the kids or an arm... ;) Thanks for your support mate!
Can these br driven on a car driving licence?
Yes they can. They have to be classed as historic and I think for insurance reasons the driver has to be over 30.
It moved 10 Up the road?
Yep
Good old London❗☝️🙂👌👏🚍🚍🚍
hahaha
this was cool i was hoping u would restore it and add new tech to it and make it look new again.
Well you better watch cos that’s the plan!
@@PeteAndHisBus great im gonna subscribe, i think i read u say something like, and spend all money on it to do what exactly collect dust? lol now i know ppl have done homes in them and that but who would rent one out that had a 3ft or 4f mini ramp for skateboarders and upstairs a bar with snacks, disco, gambling machine, TV, seating area. that would be so sick, im sure ppl will rent it out, even kids that like scooters where as i skateboard and im 35 and been doing it since 16. £30 - £50 an hour maybe is a fair price. u could even get rails on the side of the bus or front that we can grind. mate it would be the best skate bus ever! get a jacuzzi too omg im tripping.
@@sasproductions701 Worst idea I’ve ever heard
Cool
Thanks! x
I think getting the dent out isn't a big problem? Doesn't look too bad.
You’re actually right, but it still felt horrid at the time.
I thought it was the old Doncaster warehouse bus then for a sec
nope not this time
No bus can't drive.
Only people can.....
Thanks, i didn’t realise that.... 😂😂😂
But how do the wheels go?
Hahaha! You ready for this? ......... ROUND AND ROUND BABY! ;)
@@PeteAndHisBus That's what I was afraid of!ruclips.net/video/UZchrh7F1ps/видео.html
@@coover65 😂😂
The windscreen looked like it had bullet smashes in it.
They weren't bullet holes. 2 days before I collected the bus some kids smashed it up. The previous owner actually provided new glass as he felt bad. Thanks for watching!
Lots of mirror checks Pete
Wish you’d have told me that before! 😂😂
Er...better without the music, or maybe less intrusive?
It was a problem with the early edits. It’s been sorted. 👍
Just wish you would cut the music while you are speaking
Appreciate it was an issue in the early videos. It has been sorted. Thanks for watching!
I wish I knew this stuff
One can always learn! ;)
I drive a Dart for a charity (got my cat D). It has a Cummins engine. All I know is what liquid to put where! Oh well.
Hence I will be following the engine/electrics stuff closely!
That’s a lot more than some know!
Half the videos is the intro
True, that has all changed now, don't worry.
IVECO
yeah you like it? I'd rather have had the Cummins like in my other bus but I'm sure she'll be a good'n!
Brakes? You don't need brakes! If the bus is down the road from you, you need to bring it UP the road, and if you take it slow you dont need brakes going uphill, just let go of the gas.
If you say so…. 😂😜
This a ColinFurze spin off?
I keep getting told this, I’ve never actually seen any of his stuff
Não gostei, não tem muito conteúdo
You what?
محمد حبيب ال عباس
Huh?
Jeeeeeezus......the intro and fade out of your promotional nothingness seemed to take longer than the actual interesting part of the video! 😴
They get longer, don’t panic.