I do a quick tour of our garage on occasion to show you some of the jobs we do on a day to day basis. The jobs are common with a brake job, coolant leak and a water pump leak etc. Actually the reason I started blogging back in in 2006 was to show the… Continue reading School Bus Garage Repair Updates and Why I Blog
I’ve heard of the rocker arm failing on the maxxforce 7 diesel engines and when I got a call from one of the drivers saying they were driving and suddenly had a power issue with a very rough running engine the rocker arm issue was on my mind. The bus limped back to the yard… Continue reading International MaxxForce 7 Diesel Engine Miss
That’s right a tow truck or in this case a trailer with a winch. The tow truck driver admitted he likes using the trailer because of the time it saves. Once hooked on to the axle a winch pulls the bus on to the trailer with very little else to do compared to the conventional… Continue reading School Bus Power Steering Oil Leak Needs Towing Company
A blog post about a radiator seems over kill but there is a story here that needs telling. When I get in to work the first report I usually get is there’s a bus with a problem. This particular bus was an out of town unit that lost a large amount of coolant. The run… Continue reading Radiator Replacement IC School Bus
At first you might think a video about a diesel engine fuel tank cut in half sounds pretty boring but sometimes the simple stuff can become complicated. I would like to share one of the strangest problems I have ever experienced. A 2005 Freightliner school bus with a Mercedes diesel engine quit on the road… Continue reading Diesel Engine Service Call Fuel Tank Issue
I had to post this and share the flaws in the Vandalock systems on both Thomas and international school buses that we have experienced in our fleet. First of all what is the Vandalock all about? The main purpose is to stop bus theft if someone happened to get hold of the ignition key and… Continue reading School Bus Vandalock System No Crank Troubleshooting
In this day and age speed is everything in all customer service categories. We have drive thru fast food joints, self check out at the markets, bank machines and everything else in the service industry that’s designed for speed. This video of a brake lathe machining a drum is slow as it can get compared… Continue reading Air Brakes Replacement and Machining Practices
One of our 2009 Cummins ISB diesel engines died on the road today. It doesn’t happen often but unfortunately on the way home the engine shut down like turning off the switch. Two mechanics went downtown to check it out and tried everything they could to get it going. Priming the fuel system didn’t make… Continue reading Troubleshooting Cummins ISB Diesel Engine Electrical Problems
A faulty or inaccurate fuel gauge is classified as a minor problem but running out of fuel on a diesel engine in a school bus on a regular run is a problem for us. The rule of thumb in our operation is to keep the top half of the fuel tank full. However if the… Continue reading Replacing Fuel Gauge Sender Thomas School Bus
The EGR valve is basically an electric motor opening and closing a valve. It’s an integral part of the diesel emission system on all diesel engines (2007 and newer) running on the road today. The job of the EGR is to allow a percentage of exhaust gas directly from the engine to pass through the… Continue reading Testing EGR Valve Mercedes MBE 900 Diesel Engine
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