A School Bus Fleet Over View The fleet bus garage I have been employed at for going on 19 years started as just 2 bays in the sixties with 10 buses. This is the information I got from former employees. The other sections of the shop were added on as time went on to keep… Continue reading Running A School Bus Fleet Operation
Rebuilding A Delco Remy 37 MT Starter As you can see in the video the steps required to disassemble a Delco starter are pretty basic. These days the remanufacturing business is booming because of the lower prices on starters mainly because of competition. The advantage of buying a reman is the warranty and time saved… Continue reading Servicing A Delco 37MT Starter
The Gardian Angel Light System On School Buses Saves Lives It’s an ongoing problem…. students getting on and off a school bus through a gauntlet of drivers who still don’t know or don’t care about the traffic rules concerning school buses. When a bus is stopped on the right side of the road there will… Continue reading New Gardian Angel Lighting System Increases School Bus Safety
It’s buyer beware when you’re shopping for anything online. You haven’t met the seller face to face and sometimes advertisements for products for sale can have a little embellishment added in. Used school buses however are (most times) a good buy simply because of the regulations that a school district fleet has to follow. I… Continue reading Used School Bus Buying Tips
School Bus Preventive Maintenance Windshield Replacement I wanted to record the Speedy Glass technicians installing a windshield on one of our Thomas C2 Conventional school buses. This unit is a 2009 and as you can see it’s not a job for one man. The approximate weight is 60 pounds or more. The hardest step… Continue reading School Bus Windshield Replacement
The Friday Night Service Call Service calls are not too common for our shop during the weekends but on a Friday night one of our sports run drivers called me around 9:30 from Princeton (2 hours away) to inform me he hit a steel post with his oil pan. All of the engine oil was… Continue reading A Typical School Bus Mechanic Service Call
Bendix AD9 Air Dryer Servicing Servicing the Bendix AD9 Air Dryer is straight forward and an essential part of the air brake system. School buses use the 121 air brake system which uses anti-compounding valves built in to resist brake component damage. Neglecting the maintenance of the air dryer will cause huge problems down the… Continue reading Bendix AD9 Air Dryer Servicing
International CE School Buses Compatible With Any Fleet Our fleet has expanded by 17 buses over the last three years with the introduction of International CE conventional models. The first 2 years they came with DT466 MaxxForce engines and this year we ordered them with the MaxxForce 7 engines. So far both engines have… Continue reading International Conventional School Bus
Cooling System Disassembly Remove Radiator To improve access to the radiator we removed the hood, charge air cooler and radiator assy. Before installing a new radiator the cooling system needs to be flushed out properly. The local rad repair shop recommended a low suds dishwasher detergent. Calgonite for instance would work in this case.… Continue reading School Bus Transmission Oil In Coolant Repair
Setting Up A Transmission Code for Output Speed Sensor This is an Allison 3000 Series Automatic Transmission in a 1997 Thomas Pusher School Bus. I did a demo fault in the video to show you what happens when a code develops ….which in this case is a output speed sensor code. I made this code… Continue reading School Bus Allison 3000 Automatic Transmission Fault Code Demo
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