Weighing continues to be an important aspect in any industry to collect information on the incoming and outgoing weight of materials. This helps them adhere to rules and laws that revolve around how much weight a vehicle can carry. One way industries are addressing this issue is by investing in a truck scale. However, before… Continue reading What to Do Before Investing In Truck Scales?
You are almost finished swapping transmissions. You just put in a full shift, maybe a shift and a half swapping them. Everything seemed to go so well… Something can’t be right. There must be a hitch. There’s always a hitch. As you go to slide the transmission over the output shaft and begin lining up… Continue reading Mode Selection 101
Years ago… 20 to be exact when I started working for this school bus fleet we relied on land lines and 2 way radios to get a report on break downs. This was very inaccurate and you didn’t really know what the problem was until you physically got to the bus and visually checked out… Continue reading School Bus Fleet GPS Telematics
I never wanted to be a diesel mechanic. I always wanted to be a pilot or the quarterback…the one who got to call the shots. Little did I know how many shots I could actually call as a diesel mechanic. When first getting started in the repair industry, it can be very daunting to stand… Continue reading Earned My Wrenches in the Bakken
This repair has a long history of scenarios which ended up as a major engine repair. The head gasket on this 2008 Mercedes MBE 900 diesel engine has failed. That’s the least of possibilities. Another option would be a cracked head but I’m staying optimistic. One thing for sure the top end of these diesels… Continue reading Mercedes MBE 900 Diesel Engine Repair
This Cummins ISB diesel engine was running flawlessly for years. It’s a 2009 so seven years with a fairly decent service record is a bonus for the fleet. Eventually mechanical components do fail as most people know and this part was the VGT actuator. VGT stands for variable geometry turbocharger. I can tell you this…… Continue reading Cummins Code 2636 VGT Actuator
This bus is one of our older non emission diesel engines. It’s a 2004 Mercedes MBE 900 in a Thomas HDX pusher school bus. As soon as oil pressure is reached I flipped on the high idle switch to get away from over fueling with unburned raw diesel which is very unhealthy for components related… Continue reading Cold Start Mercedes Diesel Engine in a School Bus
The one advantage to a belt driven air compressor is the minimal labour to change it out. In this school bus with a MaxxForce 7 diesel engine built by Navistar the Bendix air compressor failed after three years. The oil went as far as the air tanks so this was a severe level failure. The… Continue reading MaxxForce 7 Diesel Engine Air Compressor Failure
This school bus with a Mercedes MBE 900 diesel engine suffered a premature air compressor failure due to dirt in the engine oil caused by a faulty air intake hose. We had already replaced it a year earlier. The engine oil sample that I receive by email indicated a severe level of dirt in the… Continue reading Mercedes Diesel Engine Air Compressor Failure
The Thomas HDX school buses we have in our fleet range from years 2007 to 2009 and one fault that has been happening lately is either a no start or no run condition. Of course as always everything happens in groups of three. There was a no start a couple of weeks ago that required… Continue reading Cummins ISC Diesel Engine In School Bus No start
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