Broke down eagle bus. Sunday bus rescue. Never a dull weekend around here. 

Yes, breakdowns are sickening. One time I broke down with my old Bronco with an engine I just built a few weeks prior. No power, popping, ... of course it was in the pouring rain.. I coasted into a weigh scale, next thing I know I had 5 cops around me, what do you do but call a tow truck... next morning I'm like it sounds like ignition timing .. . I popped the distributor off and the advance arm C clip was missing so the ignition timing was drifting.. 2 minute fix with no tools required. But your brain doesn't work well under stress.

This past summer, my Chevy P30 Chassis Motorhome broke down several times while on a cross country trip. The biggest problem I had was getting someone to work on a coach that was over 15 years old. NO RV place would take me. I did however find a truck tire shop who repaired my rear suspension. On the way back, my brake pad broke driver's side and we had no choice but to keep driving to my wife's friend's house which wasn't too far away luckily. Once again, NO one would even work on my brakes except a mobile RV tech who made the trip out on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend to do the repair. The LAST issue (bad alignment which wore my front tires down) was handled by yet another truck tire shop who also did the alignment. I was fortunate (and perhaps a blessing in disguise) that the costs of repairs done by the two shops and the tech were reasonable. I lay the final blame on my RV mechanic, like the mechanic who serviced this bus for the reason why I had the problems. He was supposed to inspect it for this trip and the items that failed were all PREVENTABLE had he did his job. I can say we are both blessed to have dedicated people like Scott and Casey, the guy who took care of me who go out of their way to assist us.

I seen you on one of the groups and was gonna try to help. Luckily you got hooked up right!

That's one good dude. Hope the interior restoration goes well

i was going to ask if the guy made it to his destination? hope he does!

Actually it was ultimately a woman named Nikita Godfrey he helped out. Roy the black fellow is her friend. She had reached out on the Facebook forums for help when somebody networked her up with Scott. It’s and exciting honor to have seen all of this play out from start to finish.

Made it home thanks for the concern

@@nikitagodfrey9001 I hope you can follow up in the future with him and get everything fixed!!!!

Two brothers on the trip home with their new bus project for the family to all work on together.

@@BusGreaseMonkey That's cool, i know that bus will look great overtime.

In reality nope...it dont

Seems like most mechanics and dealers have a 10 year attention span. If I take my old 7.3 powerstroke Ford truck anywhere, they look at it like it is alien technology.

Ih we ripped up the plywood floor to get to it.

What time was that?

@@BusGreaseMonkey around noon

It certainly sounds good, but it must be a nightmare to travel in them like that.

We had to rip up plywood flooring with a crowbar to get to the hidden accesses.

You can’t expect a roadside truck mechanic to be a bus expert but for god sakes a clutch linkage problem is a basic thing. Clutch should move more than 1/4”. But hey lets make this longer so it can never disengage

@@BusGreaseMonkey Common sense is most uncommon

@@BusGreaseMonkey I agree I only try to fix what I know I can fix..I don't want to be taking somebody's time or money. Honesty is the best policy.

Yeah, I’ve been running a small engine repair shop for the last several years, and I’ve seen way too many wannabe diy’er “repairs” that just made things worse. Joe homeowner or one of his buddies think they are mechanics, but really have no idea what they are doing. I end spending twice as much time on the repair as I should have, just because I have to straighten out the mess they made before I can actually fix the problem. If you don’t know what you are doing, leave it the F alone!

I learned something today, 'Jerry-built' vs. 'Jury-rigged' vs. 'Jerry-rigged'

Let me know what you are looking for

@@nikitagodfrey9001 will do!

Hey Scott I'm a driver for Greyhound. I have a run From Atlanta to Louisville,Ky. Seeing you work on this old eagle brings back a lot of memories riding Trailways buses to see my grandmother in Alabama. I hope to buy a bus one day. You do such great work!!! I will have to bring my bus to you one day. 😂

Wrong nae sayer perfect condition

My thoughts exactly about the rust issue....

It didn’t have much rust.

@@BusGreaseMonkey Scott, Are interested in or looking to stockpile Detroit parts? There is a disassembled 8V92 with turbo on a public auction next week. Didn’t know if parts like those might be useful to you.

Hey Mark, you don't see this name much. I live in Spokane, WA. Neet to run across this!

@@victormanz9451 I think my parents are the only 2 Manz’s in Iowa. There are 3 Mark Manz’s in Wisconsin, and I’ve met one of them. Thanks for saying Hi.

Yup. I saw that, and wondered where the old barn was that he was in.

They do pull when yoi push the clutch pedal down.

The rod turn alternator and ac compressor