Scenicruiser bus rescue. Detroit Diesel 8v71 will it start? Retired greyhound bus.
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This bus had broken down about 8 years ago and got towed to this lot. We are attempting to resurrect it and drive it to Tennessee! Detroit diesel 8v71 1st start video.
Link to the tire shop debacle • Finger loose stripped ... - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Tire shop video link czcams.com/video/AENVARxXdSs/video.html
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Hi there it’s Norm the hD mechanic we talked many times they took both legs off me but I got prosthetic legs no I am from Canada in BC on Vancouver Island I would like to start working on buses rather than in the bush for last 40 years any advice
Dam you were right here at my place and I didn't see you man that sucks
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I remember when they were brand new. How they smelled inside and out. The cloth on the seats and how it felt. The little ashtrays in the armrests. I fell in love with busses because of the 60's and 70's Greyhounds.
I had my 9th birthday the 1st time i rode a Greyhound from Norwalk to Tucson Az.
We still remember those buses which built in 30s & 40s and the driver and his tickets controller taljibg to eachother " stop...go.."uksod"..it were happy days...
Life is not the same anymore with so much technology, fried brains it's like living in a simulation a video Game if you will.
Always liked these videos of busses being snatched from the jaws of the scrapper and being put back on the road in all their glory. You definitely have the touch. The scenicruisers are my favourite.
This one had one leg in the crusher already... but the engine sounds niiiice....
I really enjoyed watching them bring this nice old bus back to life.
@@ekaftan Yeah, this one is too far gone. Death trap in even a minor accident.
@alfa deltaa lol are you sure, jk no chinesium in those old D's
@@williamhilbert8324 Oh yeah, just replace and/or fix a few things and its gonna be great, thick steel everywhere that body and frame are still in decent condition, though thinner parts like the access panels might need some patch panels to stiffen them up and stop the wobble and flex. Just find any rust spots, clear the rust, weld a good thick patch and treat it with WD-40 corrosion inhibitor. This Greyhound is gonna live again hopefully, just needs some TLC, elbow grease and a spit-shine.
It seems when you find a Detroit, they all prove to be immortal. That bus runs fantastic! Those Scenicruisers are just the best-looking over the road bus in history, glad to see another one saved.
Looks like it will be a good home for the owner. I started as an owner operator in 1970 and retired in 2010. In my opinion, these service truck stops pay such a low wage that the worker is uneducated in the work required and so the finished product becomes sub-par at best. I always carried the proper tools, a good tire and my faithful 20 ton jack that I still have in the garage. This is why I enjoy watching good qualified people doing exceptional work.
My 80 year old father had a wheel bearing go out on a utility trailer late at night and rolled into one of these tire shops. They weren’t busy and my dad offered the kid a couple hundred dollars to take care of it. I’ll give the kid credit, he didn’t take my dad’s money but instead admitted he didn’t know how to do it. Dad ended up uncoupling, going to Walmart and Lowes for tools and then Napa for the bearing and did it himself.
@@failranch9542 You have to give the kid kudos for admitting he was unable to do the job. Also to your dad for being able to do it himself.
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I'm 64 years old & have been OTR 31 years. Loves tire shops actually has the highest pay rate & benefits package of any of the chains. But like everywhere else, they can't get anybody to work.
@@edwardantrobusjr2253 Because the pay and be benefits are only enough to live in a bus like this one and never retire.
Not a bad life of running and now it is back.
When I was 10 my dad was dying from cancer in California and this was in 1965 and my mom decided to send us kids to Dallas to our grandparents house to stay. That was just like the bus we rode on several times from California to Texas and back. I’m 67 and I can still remember those trips.
These are my favorite type of videos, seeing one of these old girls sitting quietly for years, getting saved.
I spent 22 years building the 71/53 series and they were really tough. In engine test we would run at full load, manifolds glowing red, and they would not quit. It's too bad the EPA made DDAD stop building them. During the Vietnam war they powered most of the equipment used and did a great job getting our boys home.
Thank your government.
There was a DD 8V53T in our LVTP-7's that my platoon operated in 1974-75.
It's heartening seeing people just come together to get an engine running. No (significant) financial gain, just pure motivation.
If that Scenic Cruiser could talk..... The Scenic Cruiser and Buffalo interstate buses, along with the famous line of transit buses was one major accomplishment of GM Heavy Truck and Bus Division before being chopped up.
nice to see old buses coming back to life after sitting many years
I drove one of these for a bicycle tour group during the summer of 1981. We went as far south as Key West as far east as Halifax Nova Scotia as far west as San Francisco and as far north as Michigan's U.P. And covered 7,000 miles. It was a pleasure to drive. I am so glad this was saved from the scrapper as these are majestic vehicles.
Funny how things made in 50s and 60s still work. Like gauges? and stuff made past 2000 most likely wont last 15 years. BUT the electronic odometer does work. Tach and speedo? Kinda sorta. Well they move. Generous Motors. Did good in the the 50 AND 60S. POST 2000? Not so much. Meanwhile I am waiting for a purge control valve staring on week #2.
But I have to keep driving it. I wonder how long it takes for a new cat converter and O2 sensor? If does not get here in time?
Kentville , Nova scotia here!
Our Scout Troop rented a Super-SceniCruiser like this several times in the early 1970's for backpacking trips out in Wyoming and Colorado. Really a fun bus to travel in! We had a starter go out on it and I have a picture somewhere of 25 young scouts "push-starting" that big rig in Wall South Dakota! Great memories!
Those Scenicrusier buses are still the best looking buses ever made. You guys are having the time of your life. Always remember these days my friends!
In the early 70's I was a student at the University of Texas and actually got to ride on a Scenicruiser to see my parents. Compared to the regular Greyhound buses (which still served normal people back then) it was so very cool to sit so high above traffic and enjoy the Texas scenery. And I loved that little bathroom next to the stairs!
This the only channel that brings Detroit diesel to life other channels they destroy Detroit diesels or let them run away and damage it
I know who the one idiot is you refer to. I called him on it and his girlfriend came in all p!$$ed off. I ended up laying into her as well for defending it. Both total morons!
Maybe because these guys love the vehicles they repair and buy and sell them to others that do, and actually have a mechanic's education and know how to rebuild big diesel engines
Always loved those old scenicruisers. So glad to see another one saved from the scrappers.
It was so good to watch Scott and Tyler in their element once again, getting that old Scenic Cruiser running again. I’m sorry that things happened to ruin this for you. So reminded me of the old days when I saw your first video. (I think it was the bus in Arizona that the engine had seized. It’s been a few years and I’ve slept since then) I’m looking forward to your next videos, hopefully documenting a better experience for you
Within 30 seconds I felt like I was visiting an old friend watching him back doing a revival! Glad to see him out and very glad that I’m sitting in front of the A/C living vicariously through BGM!
I am a disabled vet and me and my wife have been thinking of doing a bus conversion and head out to live on the road and enjoy seeing the country while I am still able, this video gets me motivated again to start looking for one again , thanks
That service tech didn't fill me with any confidence from the start. When I was working in the overland Truck Plaza right out of high school in the early 80's we didn't take smoke breaks, we just continued to smoke while we serviced the trucks and fixed the tires LOL. I'm always glad to see a Scenicruiser up and running again. Like a silver side they are a real iconic bus.
In the 80's, my drum and bugle corps had three scenicruisers. I'll never ever forget them. GREAT buses!
Love the old on the road repair videos. Brings back memories of your older videos.. Nice to see.
My sentiments exactly!
Great bus rescue.. The last clip I thought was a Swift driver.
Nah, they didn't actually hit the other truck.
Transport America same difference untrained steering wheel holders
Amazing you brought it back to life. I used to drive double deckers in the uk. Once a busman always a busman. There's something satisfying about driving them.
Love to see these old Detroit Diesels come back to life.
When I was a kid my mum got an Ameripass and rode the Scenic Cruisers from coast to coast for a month.
Saving another one! We've got 2 8v17 Detroits on the farm. One in an old Pete Semi and another in a Terex Wheel loader. These old 2 stroke Detroits are still going strong everywhere. Thanks for your videos, we've learned about about caring and maintaning these beasts from you.
I would love to have a bus like that converted into a motorhome especially with that raised section of top I like those old buses like that
Same here. Maybe when I win the mega gazillion lottery
Me too. Although, I don't need to win the mega-gazillion lottery, a mild lottery like a winning ticket would get a down payment. Cool Beans.
OMG, the crud in those filters !!!!! Great to see such an iconic bus being saved. never seen one here in the UK or even when I visited the USA.
Damn, but that old girl is going to need a lot of work! It's great to see it done though.
Love the rescue missions. That’s why I started watching! Although I do like the repairs in the shop and seeing the progress you are making on the apartment.
Can’t wait to hear the story on the tire shop!
25:35 love the sound of these revving and especially under load ❤️
Fascinating to watch that beast come back to life. You guys are miracle workers.
I still say you guys are the best! You reinforce my belief on every video.
Thanks for sharing this video. Looking forward to your future plans for this bus. I rode one of these a number of times growing up (Greyhound) and always enjoyed the deep throaty sounds of the engine as it wound up on acceleration. Plus, it was grand sitting up there in the upper tier seats looking at the scenery passing by.
something so iconic and travel by these Scenicruisers...a statement of early 60's70s...
You guys haven't lost a step at all. Plowing into the difficulties of the 8V71 just like the old days. It's these very talents and abilities that first attracted me to your channel. Kinda a bummer getting the bus going and then being shut down at the tire shop. I'm real curious to see what transpired there.
So glad to see you working on a Scenicruiser also!!! That's how I found your channel years ago, I wanted to know more about the Scenicruiser. Since then I learned my mother rode one to the 1964 world's fair and she told me the whole story! I'm envious! Sorry to hear of bad problems!
These busses are fascinating and it's so amazing to see them come back from the brink and be returned to the road. Absolutely love this channel and these saves. Awesome stuff! Love from Wales, UK. 😀
The owner is a very brave man the amount of work is seriously huge.
Thank you for a great educational video on diesel resurrection. I was completely ignorant on how a diesel functions. I learned a lot and have tremendous respect for diesel mechanics now.
I remember a journey from the Lakehead to Montreal in 1966, and in 1082, weeks became a Greyhound driver. There were no 6’a in the fleet of Greyhound Canada, but they drove many MCI 5’s, 7’s, 8’s and 1 V6 9, being in see to test the the feasibility of the V6 engine. Great memories!
Did they have aluminum sidings or polished stainless?.
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They were all ‘silversides’ at least at the Thunder Bay depot. The older ones were stainless steel, the newer ones were aluminum, as far as I know.
Scott, Yet another great save! Sorry to hear about problems after.
Hearing that diesel grow, takes me back to waiting in the depot in my youth. Back in Bellingham. Loved it then, still loving them now. Great job.
23:17 "Fuel pump running, George?" George with the cigarette answers "yes." 😄 Good thing you guys don't work on gasoline engines!
But seriously, this piece of American iron still has a lot of life left in it. Silversides and Scenic Cruisers are my favorite buses. Thank you for saving this beast!
I'm sorry things ended up not going well Scott. It was good seeing you guys awaken that Detroit though and made good progress on the air leaks and so forth. No rush on the second part...post it when you are ready to Scott.
Definitely love what you guys do to save these old busses. One Diesel mechanic channel I watched had an old bus they tore up and laughed about it. That broke my heart to watch them do that. I am very thankful for your channel and your great work! Happy New Year and blessings to you guys!
Yes it good to see them in this kind of video it's been awhile....great video for what we saw...I hope no one was hurt
That bus is Awesome 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I’m so happy it’s running again. Now to get fully restored especially the small windows and much more.
Those were the best looking buses, ever!! Loved riding on them.
Yep! They made good TV commercials.
I think that's so way cool to see a bus like this get started back up again after it hasn't run in years and be restored or turned into a recreational vehicle. Thing is I have never riden on a Scenicruiser though I have riden Greyhound buses before and the most familiar to me are the MCI m-9's. I also really liked sound of the engine in this nice old bus. It appears there's hope and a better tomorrow for this nice old bus.
Remember riding in one of those 🚌 when I was a child! Loved those buses, they had style and comfort too, especially in the back seats!
Always loved this style of bus. If I ever stumble onto one will grab it up
Well done Scott and Tyler. Nothing like waking a bus from hibernation. Sorry to hear that the tyre fitting did not go well. Will be very interested to watch that episode to see what happened. I will save any further comments for that video as we don't know yet what went wrong.
Great video, Scott! I'm always amazed at how you and your Son are able to get these things running again. Thanks for taking us with you! Blessings on your entire family and work!
I can work side by side with my father for about 13.3 minutes which is twice as long as I can with my brother
If that was me, I'd be camping in it and working on it solid for a month before I'd try to move it ten feet!
Very interesting. Didn't think i would watch the whole video. But found it really cool to see the old girl come back to life. These guys know their stuff!
That is a beautiful sounds... Used to have equipment for towing and powering the airplanes that was powered by some beastly Detroits.... I loved driving those finicky things!! I think the Scenicrusers are some of my favorite old school busea
You haven’t lost the touch of resurrecting the old Detroit’s Scott. Nice to see your success as always!
The plural of Detroit is Detroits, not Detroit's.
Because Scotts target audience is Collegiate English Professor’s
@@RustyZipper Collegiate English Professors.... ;)
@@philgee6901 - do you not understand sarcasm 🤷♂️ did you not notice that Scotts is also incorrect. Bill and you need to get together and drink some beer’s
I do, RZ, that's why the winky...
Hi Scott & family, just caught the end of this video. Will watch from the start😉 sorry to hear you got let down bigtime at the tyre shop🤢🤮 regards from over the pond in the UK.
Regards Andy👌👍🎯
I remember riding in one of these as a young boy. Love your channel.
Great Project and effort to save this machine - commendable and real fun to watch and share in, thank you kindly from ZA!
Enjoy the renewed ride…👊
Excellent content! Sure enjoy these type of videos. I learn what to do, what I should stop doing and what I should never have done! Thanks for the great video!
It was great to see you guys out on the road saving another bus. Sorry to hear that you had a terrible experience getting the tires swapped - I have had troubles a few times with a shop I relied on, but it was for a single tire. I can only imagine that the competency of the mechanics turned out to be subpar. It amazing to see you guys tear into a fuel system, air system, etc on the fly.
It's amazing to me that it holds air as well as it does, yet around T=31:00 there is very loud hissing in the driver's area. Love to see old buses come to life. Thanks for posting this cautionary tale about letting anyone else touch your vehicles.
Wow! I’m truly impressed! The only other person I know could do such amazing work was my beloved husband who is now deceased. Great job guys❤
I rode in one of those when I was a kid, I always wondered why the rode so smooth. Very cool. ( I think the air ride suspension is why)
Am pretty sure the Scenicruisers were the last buses optimized for passenger comfort instead o ability haul cargo (where it turned out the money was...).
All buses have air bag suspension. Nothing has really changed. Just computerized engines now is all, and 4 cycle.
GM also built coaches to an EXTREMELY high quality standard. I remember when we got brand-new Gillig Phantoms in my city bus service, and how bitterly disappointing they were compared to the 30 year old GM city buses. The GM buses glided over broken concrete pavement. The Gilligs rattled and crashed into the bump stops. There were bad things about the old GM buses too -- 100% of GM buses ever put in service would have benefited from having twice as many gears in the transmission, and from outside, those buses were deafeningly loud and spewed filthy exhaust. Heaven for the passenger, hell for the pedestrian.
In addition to your tools and Tyler's dually, maybe you guys could get a service truck and do your own tires and rims. Lots of hoses need swaging as well, maybe a hydraulic swagger as well to really increase your repair capabilities. Once the truck is outfitted it can be used right outside of the shop, too. Then you're mobile, and able to do that stuff at "home"too. I really enjoyed the rescue video. First vid of yours I found was you in the engine compartment of a twin DETROIT motor cruiser, was immediately interested, and enjoyed your no nonsense approach to solving the problems you encountered... and then I realized that you were staying in your own bus ( Lenny of course). How intriguing, been hooked ever since. Good on ya for helping out that guy at the pumps, good people all of you. Good to watch.
I rode from Detroit to Miami in one of these back in 1977. Took 2 days. Love these old Scenicruisers!
nice to see the gang again, old Detroits never die, love the sound of a two stroke diesel.
some people do not need to be behind the wheel of a truck.
a whole lot to park in and you have to park there.
man i love them 8v Detroit's, cant even begin to tell you the number of 8v92's ive seen or worked on in the army but i enjoyed every last one. absolute beasts of diesel engines
BTW, what was with the military's love of 53-series Detroit Diesel engines back in the day? Is it because they are shorter so the hood can be shorter and you can put more trucks on a transport of some kind? Is it because they can rev higher so you can get away with fewer gears and keep cost down? Everyone in the private sector used 71 series engines, except for weird custom jobs. Toward the end of the 2-stroke era, Detroit pushed the 92 series engines to try to stay competitive with power output, but those things were not as long lived as the 71s. But I have found some crazy military surplus things in the 53 series -- including a twin turbo computer controlled Silver Series 6V53, apparently an attempt to squeeze a modern power output into a repower project for old trucks that probably topped out at 45 mph with the original non-turbo 6V53.
Scott the savior of the Detroit 2 strokes
Well, good luck to you! I love seeing these scenic versions, brings back memories, it seems there are becoming more rare...
Back in the 70s, our drum and bugle corps had 3 of these. Loved traveling around the northeast in those. Especially when we had to all get out and push start them! Really good times.
Love these rescue missions, and any road trip. Pity you didn’t take Lenny but I guess you guys have to do what’s the most practical for any given job. The Scenicruiser is the reason I came across your channel in the first place, for me at least it’s the quintessential American icon of the 70s.
Enjoyable to watch Scott and Tyler rescue a classic with the help of George. Its the reason I follow this channel. Sorry to hear about problems with the tire shop. Looking forward to the next video.
Watching this video made me smell it in my head. Old dried up oil and rust. Ahhh, amazing! Wish I had something like this, looks so spacious.
Brings back memories of my Fathers Dealership where we restored Buses.
Paint, panel, new window rubbers and a chrome polish etc and you have a beautiful retro Greyhound for RV refitting.
El futuro deberá sentir orgullo de estos hombres que rescatan lo que un día fue tan moderno como lo de ahora, para estos restauradores y los fabricantes mis respetos
Y el tremendo placer que nos da ver cómo camina un Bus de gloria que siempre será nuestra favorita
Scott, a recent Dangar Marine vid was at his buddy Adrian's shop. Adrian is the local Detroit Diesel guy and was showing Stu how to rebuild injectors for the 2-strokes. Complete rebuild of the injectors not just cleaning and freeing them up.
Scott can rebuild them but I’m assuming this was a let’s just make it run versus throw money and time at it and do it 💯
Just found this channel.
So glad I did! 🤠👍 I love what you people are doing with these busses. Silver Eagles and Detroit Diesels 😉
Everything is always on point. Can't get enough!
I've missed these on the road rescue video's over the past few years. Great viewing, great coach.
Excellent Job it nice to see the Past brought back to life
My Grandmother and I came down the California coast in the "high seats" of one of these. Awesome
I really love that old Greyhound bus you made run.
As an ex roughneck and rig operator, I love the 71 series.. despite some minor permanent hearing loss :) They are my very favorite engines. It's like running a giant Stihl chainsaw. Super Reliable. Gear Shifting is SILK. What's more? They can be rebuilt to "like new condition" indefinitely *Excellent for Marine applications as I understand
I grew up using a lot of the 6 8 and 12 engines. while you cant actually kill a 71, the turbo 92's have been in some rather drool worthy boats over the years.
Y’all are lit..probably the best thing y’all did for alooong time.You can tell both of you enjoyed this just getting away. 🇺🇸
Rebuilt many of these engines (short Block and Long Block) in the 80's when I worked for Detroit Deisel. Only a few were 8's though. Most were 6V71's. We had one guy who could build 2 of these from a bare block in one day. I didn't believe it until I saw him do it. It took me about 6 hours from a bare block.
My church had one of these back in the 70s. What an awesome machine.
They had a very distinctive smell of diesel. Safe and extremely heavy.
I can’t wait to see what happened at the tire shop
From first look, didn't think it would start let alone roll under its own power. It's going to take a lot more than money and effort to restore the bus.
Seeing this video was tearful in a good way, my Grandma use to come to Houston, TX for every holiday, and Summer to pick me and my 2 sisters up. We would ride the dog to LA, CA it was always on a scenic cruisers, one bus non stop, well they would stop for fuel, restroom and food. But thank you for bringing my Grandma's memories back to me.
I have loved these since a kid. As a visiting British Merchant Navy seaman in about '59/60 I took a trip from Long Beach to San Diego to stay with relatives.I think it was an overnight trip as I remember. I have some books and Models Thanks for posting. 73 Alan.
It sure sounds great!
These rescue vids are my favorite ones. Not saying anything there's wrong with your home building ones and your bus service vids-I enjoy them also! Just glad you're doing bus rescues again. BTW, good looking Wanderlodge there in the background!
Love those old detroits, retired last year from otr. Had 8v’s 6v’s old cats and Cummins. It was a whole different time and the young guys don’t even know those engines. Nostalgia they are.
Boy,that bus has seen better days. But those senicruisers a cool buses. I remember taking a trip from Clearwater,Fla to Daytona back in the early 70’s in one. I liked it better than coach in a 727.
This is a great video. Love rescues!!
I became a Greyhound bus driver went to there school January 3 1980 all 200 of us, and was one of the lucky 58 to graduate June 27 of 1980. Back then they trained us on every model that was manufactured, most all of them was double clutch 4 speed. That model you found was one unique buss. a few of them that was stationed on the east coast Penn New York area Had Two, 2 8cy engines dam they could pull up and down those steep mountains. the single engines models you were down in 2 gear very quickly. Oh that sound she is so good you guy's get it started. LOL by the way. they guy in the green shirt is sitting in the area for the AC compressor. Greyhound did a great job back in the day teaching how to do minor on the road fix for the engs. they don't do that today. And MCI built Battle ships on wheels. Not that Crap that MCI calls a bus today. There junk. look how many of the old timers are still on the road in the world. Same for the old Trailways Eagles. drove many back then. yes greyhound and Trailways were competitors. but there drivers and Us would drive on routes in areas that was ether a Eagle or a MCI/GM. Oh By the way. you will find this out very soon. They all leaked when it Rain, or Snow, The Upper Scenic window. Leak like a sieve, and nothing you can do. The flexing of the frame is what caused this.
love the video rescue, as a driver of these type of cruisers i love the old ones, ty for trying to save it.