Another fine job, beautiful motorhome, talk about dropping some cash, but these components don't last forever, at least he was wise enough to choose you guys, you won't let em leave until it's right. Keep on keepin on!
I laughed way to hard at this. It’s so true I paid 30k for my DP and the previous owner straight piped it, you can hear it coming a mile away… new muffler coming soon
Much respect for the arduous work you and your colleagues are doing on these buses. It’s encouraging to see the integrity you have in an industry that seems to be rife with incompetence.
That owner certainly knows his bus. Always nice to have a customer that isn't totally clueless. Clueless customers often blame the mechanic when the next part fails even though it's unrelated.
It always amazes me when bus owners show little enthusiasm after extensive work on their coach's. Mabey it's their culture. Mabey not. Scott, Tyler and crew deserve high kudos after working on this neglected train wreck. Thanks for sharing fellas.
Another satisfied customer who got a job done right without getting taken to the cleaners, or have a parts swapper apply needless parts to and not fix the underlying issue! good job guys!
I have used the white plastic drums for years--cut in half for my bamboo plants--they go thru winter freezes and hot summers--have never had one fail/crack etc. Should be excellent as your drain buckets. Love your presentations and the sound of the Jimmy Diesels-----Mikey, Belfair, Wa
How nice a feeling every owner must have after leaving the garage. So many places you drive into you feel wiped out. You leave thinking all is well and it's not. Defeated that what they have can't get fixed.. Then there's a blessing like you two that come into their lives. They'll leave with a smile on their face! Great work at from caring people.
Working for a HUGE semi tire shop I can recommend that EVERY bead bet wire brushed to remove all dirt and old rubber. This allows proper seating of the bead. If it is not done the tire can not fully seat against the carefully designed bead seat. We do thousands of semi tires every year and not a one leaves our hands until the bead seats are fully cleaned and inspected for wear and cracks.
Really nice work Scott and Tyler! This is definitely one of the quietest buses you seem to have ridden in. This gentleman should be a very happy man after all the work you guys did.
Interesting to ride along with the Blue Bird! I only knew Blue Bird as a better brand of school bus. I can see why the metal construction of the Blue Bird is a cut above the standard production motorhome's make up of fiberglass, caulk and a steering wheel as a Newell owner described his previous impressions with standard production A-class motorhomes. I started out watching this video with a decisively cool feeling about a school bus manufacture's motorhome, I hated riding on a school bus and if very long I'd get sick. By the end of this video and after looking up Blue Bird I had a decisively much warmer feeling towards the Blue Bird motorhome. This would likely be a safe bus in an accident with its school bus manufacture's background at a much more accessible cost than a Prevost, MCI, or now very old GM motor coach. Blue Bird is a fleet manufacture and that long term durability and serviceability is likely present in the Wanderlodge. It's likely a solid long term vehicle. I kept on hearing the same prominent creak when watching the drive video. If the sound is stereo it would have been on the driver's side. You can't stop the bus frame from flexing, but the areas where the movement causes constant creaking I'd think a clever engineered fix could be done at low cost. Something that ether anchors the material down so it doesn't flex or isolates it from the movement. The idea is to get rid of the irritating noise. I understand these frame rail based busses are going to be rattle traps, but a few of the prominent creaks I'd think could be tracked down, cornered and silenced. Thank you for sharing experiences!
Another good option for catching coolant, home improvement stores sell those black tubs sometimes used for mixing concrete. They are somewhat shallow (fits under vehicles nicely) and they have a large footprint to catch all the coolant, or oil depending on what you’re doing.
This coach is sooo quiet inside. And now that it handles like it should, he's going be zipping down the road. I've missed watching these longer videos, thank you for sharing it with us.
Nice to see a road tire guy. These road service people are magicians with tire irons. The only people who could safely handle the now thankfully banned split rims.
That bus must have been a nightmare to drive. If my truck was like that I would have red flagged it and gone home. Do not see how he had enough air to use the brakes. Those airbags we're amazing to still hold air.
Best tool I've found for Wanderlodge Airbag changes - Sawzall. Get the top bolts loose enough to get the blade between the mount and the top of the airbag and just cut the mounting bolts off the airbags.
Steer tag. BlueBird welded most of them because they jam up. That HWH upgrade is a lot of money. Can be added to most any airbag coach. I’ve looked at the used parts. It’s a whole new setup underneath. Almost all the old air lines and valves are taken out with a large integrated valve box, computer. They are so quite when your not running the gen and AC
I just love your style of working with Wanderlodge. These busses are the best unit made perioc. But anything no matter how good needs work from time to time. Good day
Wow your customer likes to drop the hammer down now :) Shows how smooth the system rides now. As always I love your videos Keep on keeping on Scott, Tyler, Hunter & the entire crew, and no I'm not forgetting Kelly and Leroy ! God Bless and keep you all :)
I'm a wanderlodge mechanic my self, taught in my time by George at wanderlodge, if not all of the trailing tag axles where replaced under warranty or welded in place. The locking system never worked properly.
A) As always Scott and Tyler and co., EXCELLENT work and video. B) at least this one's underside wasn't salt marsh workshop.. it was fairly intact, but C) An astonishing amount of failures and damage.. but probably nicer to work on than others. Thanks again.
You should have some stickers made up with your company information and with a spot to write in the date and any other information. I made up stickers with my shop information and I place them on just about every part I change on people's vehicles. I have noticed more repeated business with those stickers since many parts have a lifetime warranty and I only charge the customer labor if the part is under warranty.
Beautiful bus. It seems to have a very smooth ride and it quite quiet. It was cool to see that it was much easier to drive after all of your repairs. Very enjoyable video.
I’m a truck driver on my own truck and I use Michelin tires and And without a doubt they are the best tire going my front end is lined up properly I usually get 270 to 283,000 miles at a set of steer tires and 500 to 580,000 miles on the Drive tires
I own one and I know a steer tag when I see them. Most are welded fast. By WL. Something bad happened and they had a recall and welding them fast was the fix... I did all my air springs, break cans, radiator , air lines over when I got mine. I know you don't do Cummins, but the rest of the bus. One day. I doubt he bought that coach with the help of the owners group. They would have caught all that.
That’s pretty much the exact one my grandparents had. I think theirs was a couple years newer than this one because it had different headlights. Very nice buses
I had the hydraulic Howard set up on my 2000 dynasty and removed it also. I did add a safety steer just in case I had a blowout on the steer tires. My problem was the six pack valves for the HWH airbag controllers were leaking. Once I Cleaned and replaced the O-rings in those valves the coach handles beautifully travel straight as a die. I love this roadmaster S series chassis.
New on Bus Grease Mountain: Wanderlodge hover conversions. Time circuits and flux capacitors extra! I see why retirement should be left to the experts.
Great video. I'm thinking of buying an older bus and watching your videos help with the decision process. Would it be possible to add a little more info about the particular bus you are repairing, ie, year of bus, miles on bus, etc? I know each situation is unique so not all info is relevant to what is to be repaired, just would be nice info to have.
14:26 Those air bags are making me feel more confident about mine. I don't think there's any visible checking on mine at all but of course I'm not sure how old they are.
thankyou GM, for a front row seat again. i remember my dad putting a little *spit on our bike innertubes, and watching it reveal an air leak. everytime you spray here and there, i get good memory again. thankyou. GM helping out your neighbors is righteous, peace🕊
Really REALLY appreciate the longer video ( edit : even if its 'just' driving :p ). Thankyou. In the same way that you now auto check the floor mat under the throttle to make sure full actuation is possible.... are there also a standard one or two performance related things to check for on series 60 Detroits ?
That bug beautiful shop and you're still working outside in the dirt lol I'm guessing it's full It looks like you hired a couple guys Business must be good👍🏼
The owner seemed a little underwhelmed.. It should have and probably did feel like a sports car. Bad tires Bad shocks Non functioning sway bars. A recipe for chaotic drive. Nice work refreshing the bird! Great video
I can sure tell the driver is not sawing the wheel back and forth. The bus isn't wandering all over. It's also one of the quieter buses I have heard on a test ride. I can barely hear the engine at all.
Most places do it by hand , they do make machines but they are expensive probable $20-40,000, in the time it takes to put on machine you could be done with hand tools.
I got a drinking game: Everytime Scott says "ok" take a shot. You'll be F'N HAMMERED!!!! 😂🤣😂🤣 Sorry I had to😁 Nice looking swaybar end links. Must sound nice and annoying clanging around going down the road. LOL
Scott, just a heads up, the anti swaybar links shouldn't be torqued down until the wheels are on it and the load is on the wheels. For a beast like this, a pit is great to do that job. If possible drive it up on blocks that are all the same height and then get under it to torque those end links. Something I learned from the racecar community.
I have to go watch the video showing the shop doors - not what I expected. *edit* I see them first in the Crown bus video, but not open. I would like to see those bad boys opened or closed. They look great. Wow - just removing/installing those tires is not a pleasant job!
