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You Will Learn Safety Practices At A Technical Institute This is information I learned at the Pre-Apprenticeship / foundation course I took many years ago. The instructor was very serious when he told us about it. There had been serious accidents that occurred in the past with flying bearings so it really stuck in my… Continue reading Mechanic Training – Your Biggest Decision Ever

New Snap-On Battery and Electrical System Tester

The MicroVAT Elite Battery and Electrical Diagnostic Tester From Snap On We recently had to send a Mechanic from our shop to one of our bus garages a couple of hours north. The Mechanic who resides there had to take medical leave for a few months. Our Mechanic was going through the shop tools and… Continue reading New Snap-On Battery and Electrical System Tester

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School Bus Walk Gate Repairs

Transpec Walk Gate Repair on a School Bus Today we were working on a walk gate which is attached to the front bumper on a school bus and keeps students from running out into the street blindly. The gate makes them walk further ahead of the front of the bus where they can see oncoming… Continue reading School Bus Walk Gate Repairs

School Bus Fleet Maintenance

Fleet Standards and Preventive Maintenance Plan Maintaining a school bus fleet means a lot of planning is required. Thinking ahead is a daily routine so there is a lot of record keeping on paper and the computer hard drive. Since our fleet is monitored by the CVSE (commercial vehicle safety enforcement agency) all log book… Continue reading School Bus Fleet Maintenance

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Setting Valves and Injectors CAT 3116 Diesel Engine

Setting Valves and Injectors on a Cat 3116 Diesel Engine Our fleet starting getting Cat 3116 diesel engines in the mid 1990s and we ended up with 13 in total. Caterpillar delivered a lot of these diesel engines during the late eighties and mid nineties. There are still many of these models running around so… Continue reading Setting Valves and Injectors CAT 3116 Diesel Engine