Thanks for sharing 👍😀

You guys are funny together, all three of you! Like watching positiv people!

! have also been watching a fella calls himself "bus grease monkey"...his name is scott he travels all around the country working on all these vintage busses and is a genuis when it comes to those old 2 stroke detroit diesels....he has one himself practically lives in it . that engine in there is a 6-71 detroit....beauty.

Nice to take a lil time to look around, Love that ole Detroit, GMC. T.I.G. did a great job as always, Glad we tagget along, Thanks Rick - Jamie & Annabbella ! ATB T God Bless

Love the field trips Rick. 🚌 🌟 I’m also enjoying the picnic table chats with Jamie and Anna as well. Great video! Thank you!✌🏼👍🏼🤘🏼😎

Aaah! When you went "bus" you woke up some of my memories of working on and converting buses! This bus was one of the last 4103s, being replaced by the PD4104 in 1953 or 54. Not a whole lot of mechanical changes, but huge body work changes. The aluminum siding by the way, is clear anodized aluminum, and should clean up nicely. While it can be stripped and polished, not many have ever undertaken this, as it represents a mess of work, leading to high maintenance in keeping it polished. STARTING THE ENGINE: Although you know a bunch about engines in general, there are some bus specific stuff to look out for. First, I would try to turn the engine over by hand with a socket and long bar. Assuming it is free, the next thing would be to check the oil for water. Then, it would be a good thing to take down the air cleaners, and clean the air intake of all debris. There are three or four oil bath air cleaners above the engine. When you loosen the clamping device, you will have the whole unit in your hands, so please beware! The large cast aluminum housing with the big GM logo, is the air intake coming from the air cleaners, going to the blower intake. Clean is important here, too! There is a flapper valve in this section, tripped by a solenoid, and actually closed by a spring. This is the emergency stop device, and it is very important that it be functional. After the above checks, remove the valve cover (four hand wheels on top) and make certain the rack tube (on top, probably 3/4" in diameter, and running the length of the had) is free to move through the travel. This controls the rack on each injector from full fuel to no fuel. Very important that it will work on the no fuel area, to prevent a run away engine. I used to always keep a good hold on the rack control lever (on the left end) when it was being started. Bus Monkey likes to clamp a pair of vise grips on the tube to allow easy control. I'll not go into this part any further, as it gets complicated from here. Another "must do" replace your fuel filters and oil filter element. The primary and secondary fuel filters are extremely important! Clean out the cans, install the new filter elements, then fill the filters with diesel fuel before buttoning them up. You will also want to put a pump on the fuel line from the tank, and pump it to make sure you don't have a tank full of water instead of fuel! Nice find, and thanks for awakening my "nostalgia genes!" Two things get my attention from the past...buses and Studebakers!

Ohhhh maaaaaannnn, that big ollll Stars and Stripes looks BEAUTIFUL!!!!

The car is a 1966-1973 Rover 2000 P6 TC = Twin SU Carburettors The power output of the 2000 TC engine was around 124 bhp (92 kW) The holes in the rocker panels are for the car jack..

,,another spring cleaning session ,starting to look real good. great job..luck with your sale and relaxing on the hunt for old iron..

Oh good Lord.....I'm the kinda dude that can see myself cruzing down the highway in this rolling piece of American artwork with that Detroit 6-71 two stroke purring...….ahhhh………...BEAUTIFUL! (BTW Rick...……..thank you for all the kind words you comment about that camp I volunteer at and about the apple of my eye, my granddaughter shinning like a star in her first year as a summer camp staff member, your opinion ranks very high in my book. GOD BLISS!)

Rick that is a 671 Detroit Diesel 2 stroke inline 6-cylinder. One of the other commenters said to watch bus Grease Monkey and they are absolutely right he can tell you exactly how to safely wake up that motor. Take extra care not to let it run away. Good luck

Thank you for the inspection sticker brother , God bless

That old bus is just beautiful just the way it is I just love it .

That bus is just awesome. Love it can't wait to see what you do to it.

Rover TC 2000. Great cars very strong body.

Wow, that bus is the same age as me, Ha Ha. Can't wait to hear it run. Could be great with enough work in it.

Rover TC British engineering at its best, they also made the Land Rover 😊 regards from the uk

I recognized that 4103 in the thumbnail WOW small world. Thanks for the video .

great fixer uppers. lots of work, but you look like the type who could really pull it off. Hard work pays off and the rewards are infinite. A godly man works with his hands. This is the best video I have ever seen on buses. Unbelievable. I cant believe it could all come together in such a professional way. Keep on truckin!

Enjoyed the video Rick. Thank you for your time in producing it. Y'all take care and God bless.

20:20 that's a Rover P6 2 litre TC (twin carb)

This old passenger Greyhound bus is in better shape than the modern Greyhound buses these days, least a few I've seen here in Lubbock that come through here. Enjoy seeing videos on old buses & the stories they could tell.

Figured it would be a 671 Detroit diesel. 6v 71 was popular in Fire engines. They have that distinctive roar. If it ain't leaking oil, it ain't a Detroit!

Nice Vlog 👍

Yeah that radiator fill up on the back of that bus could certainly be for the bathroom that ain't in there hahaha LOL

Wow...14 speed! 10 on the bicycle and 4 on the bus lol.

Great video.. Kool running board.

Love Jamie's sense of humour

Rick..i have been following..Bus Grease Monkey..a self taught diesel mechanic, who mostly works on buses..i bet he would love the buses..You sound good..faith will do that..Rich

thanks rick jamie bless ur union love u David

So the 4103 front glass in unobtainable but Lexan is an easy enough replacement until you can locate some. I know a 4103 owner that’s been looking for years. I have no doubt it will run. Don’t forget heck the air filters for water too, ontop of the obvious stuff like injectors etc. good luck

Thanks for the field trip, enjoyed it. Be safe. Peace.

Rick sipping his coffee, Hahahaha had to watch the a few times. So funny👏👏👏

Remember the 1940's Mack Buses. Rode them on the Green Bus Line in NYC.

Wish we had our museum in 2019. We'd have restored it to factory looks.

The best moter ever made she is worth make her run you will see good luck

When I worked on diesels, I always had two tools in particular when firing up, the wrench for the fuel line into the fuel pump and a big hammer to flatten the line if it still wouldn't stop.

Massive undertaking on that GMC. Hope something becomes of it. I'm sure you'll make a lot of people happy selling your collection. Takes a fair amount of metal strength to let go of them all.

Great sound effects Jamie loved it LOL

love how you roasted portland LMAO

Careful, you're in BUS GREASE MONKEY territory! Enjoyed the field trip!

Looks to be a 671 detroit deisel , looks just like Bus Grease Monkey's bus that he is currently working on , redoing the head and fixing his clutch . He might know somebody who would be interested in it .

Definitely a 6-71, pre-Detroit Diesel company GM Diesel. Same engine as was in that old GMC 950 you bought&sold a few years ago.

You two are good together, talk about wildlife i was riding my tractor in the pasture yesterday, and saw a real live mountain lion going thru the grass and trees. You dont see these big cats in eastern iowa, soi was so excited i forgot about grabing my phone to get a picture.

Love your videos and loved the old bus

Jamie really breaks up the mundane monotony of the day, no wonder you love Her Rick. Cheers Jamie we think you're great, even tired and exhausted you still got it Lol. Yes Bus Grease Monkey has a few on emergency shut down actuators and getting them freed up and operational. Peace Out

Man a little grass cutting makes the place so much better

Love the fact your truck has jamie steps

That bus looks like a time bandit that will eat your wallet. Walk away Rick. You've got enough to do!

Hi Ricky, Wayne in New Zealand, cool video's, that GMC bus has by the looks a 6 v 71 GM Detroit , good old engines , when you want to start that , make sure you take the intake hose to engine Off when you start it , and have something like a flat piece off metal or plywood to block off intake at blower on engine , that will stop air going into engine , good luck , thanks

Bus grease monkey on KZfaq saves and rescue them old Detroit greyhounds and goes and does mechanical fixing on them

Looking good!

We had those 671’s on the world war 2 tank landing ships I was on in Viet Nam. As I remember there were CO2 fire extinguishers with the discharge hoses wired up to the air intakes so they could be shut down RIGHT NOW in case of a runaway!

Thing. Would look awesome. Black. and polished aluminium tinted windows. 1 of 1

Property is starting to look great thanks to your hard work, I love the old buses! I’d love to see the bus restored to It’s greyhound look from the fifty’s / Anna Bella looked so happy to be doing her job! I love my long distance therapy dog 🐕 I hope Jamie is doing well, she would love the 52 bus I bet. Check out (bus grease monkey) he’es a fellow youtubian that specializes with old buses. Good luck with the sale, I look forward to seeing your wedding video with the property all spruced up!

Potential ! With a 6V71 in her the old Silversides could be fantastic ! BUT may be a money pit ! Might make more parting her out , it would be a shame but sometimes ya need parts !

that's a Detroit 6v71NA (Naturally Aspirated). in these days, diesel engines didn't have any modern cold start aids and the easiest way to wake a sleeping detroit is to crank it over for a few seconds, let it sit, crank it again (it should try to start) and let it sit about 5 seconds and on the third roll, it should start right up. the most awesome part is what it's in, if that bus could talk it would probably tell us quite a story. I don't remember exactly where but somewhere around here, someone has an old GM Scenicuiser that just happens to be an old Greyhound with a Detroit 8v71NA. if I come across it again, i'll take some pics for you

OMG! Jamie making Slurping Sounds!!! Hilarious!

hi rick its a rover 2000cc twin carb made in oxford england uk.

How you keep a Detroit from running away with it's self is you have to take the Injector System off & clean it throughly what makes them run away is the fact that 1 of the Injectors stick & this causes all of them to stick open & that is why they do this running away I have a best friend that is a Mechanic he has explained this to me several times but you have a great source of knowledge on here given to you already in BUS GREASE MONKEY he is very experienced with the old Buses like the one that you showed everyone I can say this I've watched several of his Videos

Use to ride on Mack buses in the 1960's here in Boston.

The detroit came with an emergency shut down ,which starves the engine of air. No air,no run. Also, if there is an air leak which allows the engine to run,say near idle after tripping the emergency shut down, then try to get a rag and if possibe place the rag over the air entrance in addition to the emergency shut off. The rag sometimes will starve the engine enough to make a safe shut down. I too highly reccomend the Bus grease monkey page on you tube Thanks, great videos of all those rescues.

You mentioned the Green Tortoise. I believe that was a group that offered cheap vacation tours. They would live commune style in the bus for the duration of the trip. Last I heard, they still had a huge inventory of bus parts they were trying to have help selling off.

An old Rover twin carb 2litre my old man had a 3.5 V8 in his went great too in its day.

My dad worked at that plant and may have painted it. We lived in Pontiac.

Miss Annabelle is part Carin Terrier (sp) or 'ratters' from the old days. Extremely tenacious ratkillers from farm stock. She's pretty awesome!

Cute dog, I like dogs that stay small. Excellent video too.

6-71 DD with Spicer 4 spd. Good looking 4103.

I had one of those Rovers way back when I left school...it was old then. Had no brakes, just handbrake and I was too poor to fix it. Nice ride though.

I thought it was funny seeing anna going under that elderado her tail was wagging up a storm then at almost the end of the video she stood right up looked and was off the table and gone after something I just love that little dog she is hilarious !!

Jamie looks tired! Prayers to you both!!

Please keep us updated on this bus!!

Hi Rick another great video, The car is a Rover P6 2000 TC and the TC stands for Twin Carb, There was also a 2000 SC (Single Carb) and it's a 4 cylinder 2.0 ltr engine. There was also a 2200 TC and a 2200 SC as well as a 3.5 V8 (the old Buick engine). They were made by Rover and then by British Leyland from 1966 to 1977 and were replaced by the Rover SD1. I hope that helped?

That gmc bus would be awesome

NICE 4103!

I think Jamie loves them trucks more then you nothing is for sale lol great video guys lol

Nice work bud ....

love to have one of these pld buses,with a manual transmission. hate automatics.

Like your hat

If you get that bus pull the oil bathed breathers they get full of water when they sit around

amazing ride

You make verry good video's Rick, i love to watch them. Greetings from the netherlands, God bless you all three my friend!! Frenk

Hi Rick yes it's a rover made in Solihull England they also made a v8 version interesting fact every panel on them unbolts to leave a skeleton I used to work on them back in the seventies Regards Derrick

Hey Rick that is a 6 "71 0r 6 53 take the value cover off and put a pair of voice grips on the fuel rail that's the bar that connects the injecter together hold it to idle poison start engine up move back and forty to speed or slow down rpms if it starts to run away push rail to idel and use the emagercy stop to cut air off to kill engine

Yes, send the Bus Grease Money an email. MY advice would be to remove the valve cover on the bus, then have someone else turn it over by hand 2X and watch and see if the injectors work. If you watch some of the Bus Grease Monkey videos he does this to almost every old bus he starts and explains that if the injectors work after the 1st manual rotation of the engine then most of the time their ok

Hi Rick, there's a lot of preventative maintenance that needs to be done before you can start a old diesel like that. The valve cover has to come off and the engine has to be turned over by hand a few times while the injector rack is moved so you can be sure it doesn't have a stuck injector, they were mechanical back then so it is really important to do this . The fuel system should be purged and run from a clean container until you can be sure that the old fuel has been cleaned out of the fuel tank because it gathers a lot of dirt and debris inside the tank from sitting and the old fuel gets gummy and sludged up. There are several other mechanical systems that need to be checked as well but this is the basics for pre starting it.

Looks like a Chrysler 413 truck motor. Mack used that engine a lot. The rare parts are push rods & starter.

Rick the grille is a 70 one year only, it could be a73-79 running gear frame down 67-72don't come with 460's.The 460 trucks were F-250's and the tunnel had to be cut out to let the trans bolt up.

mac bus , it's a ford fe most likely a 361 or 391 industrial repower was a common bus transplant engine as they made kits with them to convert , they made detroit repower kits too

Looks like you have some new truck inspectors there. Annabella can train them to stand in for her on holidays and sick days.

If only that old bus could talk, all the places that thing seen

There's a guy with a crap ton of ford crew cabs up north on I-5 around Chehalis. On the east side of the freeway

If you pick up the silver sides pull the rocker cover and check the rack and injectors make sure they ain't stuck before you start it have you an old detroit dr with you I promise it will help lol

anna really like the Cadillac Eldorado. i like the 60s suicide doors Lincolns. Annabelles fearless thats for sure old motorhomes are cool thanks.

On the GMC bus it looked like the back glass was identical to the front glass. You could transplant the back glass to the front then replace the back with lexan. As a Studebaker man I am VERY disappointed that there wasn't even a picture of the Studebaker bus in the video. I hate it when some paranoid individual gets ahold of something like that and will not share.

Check out Bus Grease Monkey's KZfaq channel for more information on how to start diesel bus engines.

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It's a Rover P6 2000TC, made in the UK, in a town called Solihull. There was a V8 version using an ex Buick engine.

Of course there is no fear in that little dog they were originally bred to be ratters!

Looks like a Ford v8 in the Mack. Water pump looks like one we just did on a 60 Thunderbird with a 352