Broken Down off of I-10 Louisiana

[Scott & Heather]

Still waiting for a tow today. State Farm has been making some mistakes. Finally talked to the right guy and he said they are dispatching a low boy. I've never had my buses on a low boy before so this will be a new experience for me.

[neoneddy]

Scott Crosby is doing the bearings on the Wanderlodge now or was, could maybe watch the video.  I'm not sure he's going into the torque specs and everything.

Crazy hair brained idea here.   What about trying to run some thicker oil? 

http://www.tejascoach.com/ddcoil.html

Delo 100 is also available in 50 WT. It will give a tired engine some more compression and bring up the Oil Pressure. The heavier viscosity oil will boost the oil pressure and at the same time it could increase your compression in turn helping the engine run cooler and possibly smoke a little less.

Maybe a combination of Delo 50wt and Lucas oil treatment?  get the viscosity up or down, whatever is thicker.  Just enough to give those old bearings a little more life.

[DoubleEagle]

Depending on the height of the low-boy deck, your total height is going to be around 15', or a little more. Make sure the driver knows his total height, and what bridges he needs to be concerned about. He might not realize you raised it by 8". 

[buswarrior]

Viscosity won't really help, if it is the relief valve failing, it will still dump the pressure overboard, so to speak.

This coach has to run reliably, and taking chances isn't in the cards, Scott earns his income travelling.

Tow to the doctor is a good economic decision.

I'd be all over that low-boy driver to be sure he knows exactly what is going on height wise. Poorly strung power lines enter the equation at 15 feet...

Another nail in the 2 stroke coffin, eh?

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

[bobofthenorth]

Evidently the plan changed.  He just posted pix on FB of the bus on a stinger behind a tri-axle wrecker.  I suppose height is still a consideration but not so much as if it was on a lowboy.

[DoubleEagle]

Maybe the tow outfit did some height calculations and wisely changed plans.

[luvrbus]

Scott is a nice young man I have my fingers crossed it only a regulator and not the rear main on his engine

[Scott & Heather]

Yep they decided to bring in a hook. All went smooth. Bus is at a shop now that I fully trust after talking to the owner and his father. Gray hairs, really super nice, loved on my kids. Know their stuff. Going to attack it tomorrow. So I never realized my ddec monitoring laptop had a screen for oil pressure. Just checked it today when I had to start the bus so we could move it around in the shop and on cold start I had decent oil pressure. Idle pressure once it warmed up was about 14psi.

[DKO]

We have been watching and biting our nails through this. I am not any help with mechanical advice, but we are praying for you, your family and now the mechanics.

Davy

[chessie4905]

How much extra clearance is there between top of coach and building? Looks close from picture. Glad you found a location. Hopefully it is just a regulator and not in need of bearings.

[Scott & Heather]

Thanks Davy, appreciate that!

You know, I'm
Not sure how much clearance there is. They pushed me in there with a forklift and I was just pointing the steering wheel. Didn't even pay attention to the clearance!!!

[DoubleEagle]

When I was guesstimating your height, I figured you were about 12' 4". They probably have a 14' door.

[Scott & Heather]

I'm right around 13' top of roof airs.

[Scott & Heather]

Holy Moly the ads have gotten crazy on here. On the iPhone at least. I can't hardly find the reply button anymore and every time I reply another ad pops up that I have to close in order to reply. And the last one was in Chinese.

[dtcerrato]

Scott been following your post - the best of luck on your issue.
10-4 on the barrage of ads. It doesn't seem to matter weather on mobile smart phone or home PC the ads are everywhere....
Good luck!