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School Bus Garage January Highlights

School bus repairs is never boring because the variety never ends. I will go through each of the featured jobs in this video and do an over view including the solution which is the best part of any mechanical repair. The first part is an injector failure or I should say injector sealing washer failure… Continue reading School Bus Garage January Highlights

International DT MaxxForce Diesel Engine Rebuild Overview

I know this post has a rather long title but I wanted to attract International DT MaxxForce diesel engine users. This rebuild took a few weeks to complete due to waiting for parts and sending out components for repair and testing. The bill came out big in the end over 10,000 dollars. This is not… Continue reading International DT MaxxForce Diesel Engine Rebuild Overview

International School Bus Diesel Engine Road Test

Here I am….sitting and idling one of our MaxxForce DT diesel engines after a road test on the highway. It can be frustrating when a driver complains about the engine missing and not accelerating. As usual when the mechanic goes on a road test (more often than not) there is absolutely nothing wrong. There are… Continue reading International School Bus Diesel Engine Road Test

Road Test Engine Code Repair DT MaxxForce Diesel Engine

The road test is the “last but not least” operation when making a repair on anything mechanical. Our mechanics are instructed to go on a road test after every job if the repair was a driveability issue. In this case I took this bus in the video for a good 1/2 hour run to reach… Continue reading Road Test Engine Code Repair DT MaxxForce Diesel Engine

School Bus Garage Tour

If you ever thought of becoming a mechanic in the commercial transport industry you will never run out of work or experience as much variety as you will working on a school bus fleet. There’s never ending challenges with engines, electrical, air brakes and so on. Technology can be a pain in some areas where… Continue reading School Bus Garage Tour

A Millennial Job Interview

Check out this hilarious millennial job interview – know anyone like this?

Robo-Mechanic

Cartoon: “So tell me, why do you think we should hire you as our heavy equipment mechanic?”

Spoiled Mechanic

Cartoon: “We don’t like to spoil our mechanics by allowing them to use all types of fancy tools. So dont be a baby and fix that truck with this.”

Cummins ISC Diesel Engine Aftertreatment Code Repair

There’s quite a back story behind this Cummins diesel engine repair. The Thomas HDX pusher was in Surrey on a sports run and everything was going well until the driver phoned me days earlier about an issue concerning the interior heating. The engine temperature was running at a normal level but no interior heat indicating… Continue reading Cummins ISC Diesel Engine Aftertreatment Code Repair