Now you can see my cubicle where I run the fleet with various resources. Drivers will walk by and verbally inform me with defects on their bus which they also report using their pre-trip and post trip paperwork. We rely heavily on the drivers to report any problems to the shop to keep defects from… Continue reading School Bus Mechanic Daily Routine
It’s hard to believe that the MaxxForce 7 diesel engine regenerating in this video is manufactured by Navistar. Constant issues with these engines have cost us down time and expense over poorly designed components. I know everybody involved with the manufacturing of these models feels bad for the customers out there who are dealing with… Continue reading MaxxForce 7 Diesel Engine Forced Regen
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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