Grease Monkey

[luvrbus]

What I don't like video's people take it as a gospel and don't research the problem, manuals were here 50 years before Utube 

[Jim Blackwood]

I'm on the fence about it. I've laughed at a lot of vids by supposed experts but I've also gotten a lot of help. Even the worst can often show you the key to the situation, whether the maker recognized it or not. So I'm glad they are there and I suppose idiots getting paid for being stupid is the price we pay. With the right attitude it can be very entertaining though.

As students in the school of hard knocks it's sometime hard for us to give any credit to someone who didn't learn their trade the same way but knowledge is knowledge no matter how you get it. My son reminds me of that every day. He knows everything about everything. I just can't understand how he does it. But I guess he's learned to mine the internet very effectively and who am I to say there's anything wrong with that?

Jim

[sledhead]

manuals are great and good to have but to see a short video has the power to push you to TRY and do the job yourself . most times I have a guy that helps me with the coach and it is amazing helping him and just how fast he does things , but he works on big trucks and dirt moving equipment for a living

but on my wife's suv I was quoted a repair of $2200. to have her rear axels speed sensor rings replaced and I watched 4-5 videos on how the normal joe can do it and ordered the parts from the car manufacture ( $ 71 delivered to my door ) and after 4.5 hrs the car was all back together and now works great.

so now I can fix anything all I need is utube and all is good

ha ha 

dave

[luvrbus]

I did watch a UTube video on changing a lite bulb in our GE microwave not long ago  since GE left it out of the book 

[Van]

 Lol! If you watch enough u-tube videos on any one particular subject you will eventually figure out what not to do. Experience is something you gain 10 seconds after you needed. 

[richard5933]

Sometimes the benefit of the video is just getting to see the inside of what you are about to open.

[RollingLiving]

Hi all...in the video discussion, I don't want my local resource inquiry to get lost.  Does anyone have contact info for Geoff Smith in Prescott Valley?  I searched with my google-fu but didn't find him.  Prescott Valley is just down the hill from us.   

[Dave5Cs]

This is his Website and he is in the members list under G on page 74 under Geoff
http://rts-bus-nuts.com/websites/geoff/

[freds]

Hey the great thing about YouTube is that a lot of shade tree mechanics that are in obscure specialties as YouTube star's/personalities to learn from.  I.E. Retired and headed for the old folks home knowledge that is passed along though repetition and documentation of oh shits like "Hey Lance!!!"...

As I mentioned earlier in this thread I wouldn't be doing/living in a bus with having been exposed to Scott which moved me from voyeur to owner hacking away on my version of livable bus. (your basic about to retire full blown computer nerd here).

Currently hanging out an hour and half northwest of Phoenix in the desert as I learn to efficiently boondock...

[luvrbus]

Hi all...in the video discussion, I don't want my local resource inquiry to get lost.  Does anyone have contact info for Geoff Smith in Prescott Valley?  I searched with my google-fu but didn't find him.  Prescott Valley is just down the hill from us.   

Geoff owns General Diesel Service  1-928-771-0045  he is rebuilding from a fire that destroyed his shop so it make take a while,answer your phone Geoff you can send a PM from this board too   

[RollingLiving]

This is his Website and he is in the members list under G on page 74 under Geoff
http://rts-bus-nuts.com/websites/geoff/

Ah...live and learn!  Thanks.  I didn't know he was the BCM leader.  So I'm sure my question really demonstrated my ignorance!  :-)

I appreciate the pointer from you, here, and his phone number from Luvrbus in a follow-up.

Thanks all!

Ross

[Dave5Cs]

Ah...live and learn!  Thanks.  I didn't know he was the BCM leader.  So I'm sure my question really demonstrated my ignorance!  :-)

I appreciate the pointer from you, here, and his phone number from Luvrbus in a follow-up.

Thanks all!

No its not his BCM website (Gary Hatt's is BCM) it was a link to Geoff's website I posted sorry. LOL

[RollingLiving]

No its not his BCM website (Gary Hatt's is BCM) it was a link to Geoff's website I posted sorry. LOL

No worries!  I'm just doubling down on showing my newby status here.  LOL for real.

[fortyniner]

Most of us newbies (< 20 years exp) need all the help we can get. I count myself in that boat for sure. We have no one handy to turn to for questions or looking over our shoulders to keep us from doing something ridiculous.

Videos in conjunction with the manuals and occasional pleas for help is my main avenue.   

The next major job on the 4106 are rear wheel brake and bearing inspection and possible replacement. Studying videos helps a lot.

At work we use stuff like zoom and webex to have conference calls. I wonder if that might be useful to share and preserve knowledge about these machines for future NUTS like ourselves.

[Lin]

I have been finding YouTube very useful recently, but it is a good idea to watch several videos on the same subject.  Some can be really silly, however after watching several you generally can sort out what will work.  The videos are particularly useful in seeing how to disassemble something and learn where the secret screw is.

I saw one about repairing an exhaust pipe with muffler tape.  The guy had a completely rusted out tail pipe.  He repaired one rusted connection with the tape, but he said that stuff was no good because the exhaust was still leaking from other holes.