Cleaning a Motorcycle Chain – How to do it Without Causing Any Damage

It doesn’t matter if you have the latest sports bike or a very old and barely running trails bike.  No matter how beautiful t may look it needs a clean, well oiled and smooth chain to run. If your chain snaps then you could be looking at some serious damage to the engine on your… Continue reading Cleaning a Motorcycle Chain – How to do it Without Causing Any Damage

Security Tips to Guarantee Your Safety While Driving

While most of us consider ourselves to be safe drivers, the reality is that our roads are a dangerous place. Believe it or not, 77% of traffic accidents are the result of driver error. This means that we probably aren’t as safe as we think when we’re behind the wheel. Motor vehicle crashes are the… Continue reading Security Tips to Guarantee Your Safety While Driving

Cummins ISC Diesel Engine

The Cummins ISC 250 horsepower diesel engine has performed well in our fleet. I can’t pinpoint any disastrous failures through the years. There were issues after several years but maintenance related…. namely emissions that needed cleaning up. The diesel in this video is a 2002 in one of our oldest buses that are going for… Continue reading Cummins ISC Diesel Engine

Thomas Bus Automatic Light Check

The factory programmed Thomas Bus light check is a handy system but it just tells you the lights are working. It does not tell you if the circuits from the switches are all working properly. For instance when the driver applies the brake pedal a signal is sent to relay power to the rear brake… Continue reading Thomas Bus Automatic Light Check

Mercedes MBE 900 Diesel Engine Codes

Mercedes engine codes…..which ones have been the most common and how did we go about fixing them. I will talk about 3 of the most common engines codes to date. The one code I have seen the most over the years has been the ‘2631 Turbo Boost Performance’ the most common code with these MBE… Continue reading Mercedes MBE 900 Diesel Engine Codes

What To Get The Car Enthusiast And Petrolhead That Has Everything

While being a car enthusiast certainly isn’t cheap, it’s been found that enthusiasts actually have more money to spend, with a net worth that’s 50% higher than the national average in North America, and are twice as likely to pay more for high-quality items. However, they still deserve to be pampered when it comes to gift-giving. Car… Continue reading What To Get The Car Enthusiast And Petrolhead That Has Everything

Thomas C2 School Bus Multiplexing

This simple way of relocating dash switches is possible from multiplexing that sends inputs and outputs to modules controlling the components in the bus. Each dash switch has it’s own resistance that the module reads to send a command. In the video the horn and roof hatch motor switches were relocated. Once the ignition key… Continue reading Thomas C2 School Bus Multiplexing

Mercedes MBE 900 DPF Sensors

Mercedes Diesel Engine Emissions

Emissions gets a lot of attention these days especially when Donald Trump starts suggesting he wants to roll back emissions by freezing fuel efficiency standards at 2020 levels all the way through to 2026. This would reduce electric vehicle sales and keep people in gas powered vehicles. The freeze would increase oil consumption to half… Continue reading Mercedes Diesel Engine Emissions

Parked Regen Using Navistar Software

This is a typical procedure for doing a regen on an International diesel engine. In this video it’s the MaxxForce DT. This engine model has been floating around as the top subject for my articles here on the Hub. I’ll tell you something about these diesel engines. They have issues so I write about them… Continue reading Parked Regen Using Navistar Software