Journey with Confidence RV GPS App RV Trip Planner RV LIFE Campground Reviews RV Maintenance Take a Speed Test Free 7 Day Trial ×


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
 
Old 06-19-2015, 01:04 PM   #41
Bus Geek
 
EastCoastCB's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
Wasnt that Prolong stuff on infomercials in the 80's?

EastCoastCB is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-19-2015, 01:26 PM   #42
Bus Crazy
 
M1031A1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Dowdy Lakes, Colorado
Posts: 1,444
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner ER
Engine: 3208 CAT/MT643 tranny
Rated Cap: 87
I've used Prolong for about 15 years. I've had excellent results with it. It's available from AutoZone for about $20/bottle. No idea if it was in any infomercials in the 80's....
M1031A1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-19-2015, 01:50 PM   #43
Bus Crazy
 
M1031A1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Dowdy Lakes, Colorado
Posts: 1,444
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner ER
Engine: 3208 CAT/MT643 tranny
Rated Cap: 87
BTW, I only own diesel powered vehicles......
M1031A1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-19-2015, 01:58 PM   #44
Bus Crazy
 
M1031A1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Dowdy Lakes, Colorado
Posts: 1,444
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner ER
Engine: 3208 CAT/MT643 tranny
Rated Cap: 87
My bus has a theme song too:

M1031A1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-19-2015, 02:19 PM   #45
Bus Geek
 
EastCoastCB's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
Infomercial marketing information about real life infomercials

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/pres...es-ftc-charges
EastCoastCB is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-19-2015, 02:46 PM   #46
Bus Crazy
 
M1031A1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Dowdy Lakes, Colorado
Posts: 1,444
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner ER
Engine: 3208 CAT/MT643 tranny
Rated Cap: 87
Shows y'all how little I watch TV... LOL
M1031A1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-19-2015, 02:54 PM   #47
Bus Geek
 
EastCoastCB's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
lol the last time I watched tv there were Prolong commercials...

I bet school bus dwellers watch a lot less tv than the average joe.
EastCoastCB is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-19-2015, 05:33 PM   #48
Mini-Skoolie
 
rvingoffgrid's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Montana
Posts: 65
Year: 1990
Coachwork: happy camper RV repair
Chassis: international
Engine: 360 international
Rated Cap: 66 passenger
thats the brakes with a used bus the driver seats always suck! i swear the schools trade out the seats for the worse ones they have in the fleet. i bought a seat from a salvage yard from a chevy suburban one of those $1000 dollar from the factory jobs. has leather and vibrates and heat and cools and well does bout every thing but drive the bus for YA! dual arm rest a fella could fall asleep in this puppy its so comfortable. so its a good place to start i only paid like $200 for it at the junk yard and it matches the interior of the bus now
__________________
rvingoffgrid.com
rvingoffgrid is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-19-2015, 05:40 PM   #49
Bus Crazy
 
Scooternj's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: EHT New Jersey
Posts: 1,134
Year: 2003
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: International 3000RE
Engine: T444E/AT545
Rated Cap: 75
Quote:
Originally Posted by M1031A1 View Post
Hey All,

I MADE IT BACK!!!! She is geared SO deep that I could only get 50 mph @ 2350 rpm. YUCK!!! 3 days of 16 hours driving each day...... The driver's seat was a piece of JUNK. I pinched my sciatic nerve with my femur and it STILL hurts.... Just my luck....

Many pics tomorrow... Sleep tonight.

M1031
I feel your pain. Not only does the seat in my Amtran suck, but its on a solid pedestal. Even if it's the mechanical suspension out of an M35/M806/M923, I'm putting that seat on air.
__________________
Hey! That's not an RV, that's a school bus.
Well thank you for noticing, Captain Obvious

Captain Obvious on deviantArt
Scooternj is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-19-2015, 06:09 PM   #50
Bus Crazy
 
Stu & Filo. T's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Quote:
Originally Posted by EastCoastCB View Post
Wasnt that Prolong stuff on infomercials in the 80's?

I used prolong Transmission additive in 5 of my vans backin the early 90's within 6 weeks all 5 transmissions had to be replaced.
Stu & Filo. T is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-19-2015, 06:13 PM   #51
Bus Geek
 
EastCoastCB's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
According to the web, it contains chlorine or something similar.
EastCoastCB is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-19-2015, 06:29 PM   #52
Bus Crazy
 
M1031A1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Dowdy Lakes, Colorado
Posts: 1,444
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner ER
Engine: 3208 CAT/MT643 tranny
Rated Cap: 87
I don't know about the tranny stuff, but I know the engine treatment is super slick when I get it on my fingers. Can't hold a pencil for several hours...
M1031A1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-19-2015, 10:40 PM   #53
Bus Nut
 
FlyboyHPD's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Houston, Tx.
Posts: 403
Year: 1999
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: International
Engine: DT466E
Rated Cap: 84
Glad to hear you made it home safe and sound. Will touch base with you tomorrow about the rental space.
FlyboyHPD is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-19-2015, 10:44 PM   #54
Bus Crazy
 
M1031A1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Dowdy Lakes, Colorado
Posts: 1,444
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner ER
Engine: 3208 CAT/MT643 tranny
Rated Cap: 87
I'll be working at 12:00 in the afternoon with a limo service, fyi. Can't receive calls when on duty.....
M1031A1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-20-2015, 02:01 AM   #55
Moderator
 
crazycal's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
I just bought some Prolong for my bus. This is what came in the mail.

Pro Long Male Enhancement - Ultimate Sexual Performance!

So I took a couple of tablets and dropped them in the crankcase. I then drained the oil and dumped a 5 gallon bucket of sand in the engine after I removed the valve cover, just like in their infomercial. Now the engine runs so smooth like it's not even running...because it's not. What does seized mean? The mechanic used that word to describe the problem.
__________________
I'm hungry!

You Gotta Let Me Fly
crazycal is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-20-2015, 05:34 AM   #56
Bus Nut
 
sojourner's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 703
Year: 1995
Engine: DT408
Congrats!! Welcome to the obsession! Gonna be a hot ride this time of year.
__________________
I am an sojourner in the earth; hide not Your Commandments from me. Psalm 119:19

Here is the patience of the saints; here are the ones keeping the commandments of YAHWEH, and the faith of Yahshua. Rev. 14:12
sojourner is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-20-2015, 10:07 AM   #57
Bus Crazy
 
M1031A1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Dowdy Lakes, Colorado
Posts: 1,444
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner ER
Engine: 3208 CAT/MT643 tranny
Rated Cap: 87
Crazycal => No wonder they call you crazycal....

Sojourner => It was VERY toastie in AZ and NM... Just sayin'......
__________________
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence. — George Washington
M1031A1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-20-2015, 11:18 AM   #58
Bus Crazy
 
milkmania's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycal View Post
I just bought some Prolong for my bus. This is what came in the mail.

Pro Long Male Enhancement - Ultimate Sexual Performance!

So I took a couple of tablets and dropped them in the crankcase. I then drained the oil and dumped a 5 gallon bucket of sand in the engine after I removed the valve cover, just like in their infomercial. Now the engine runs so smooth like it's not even running...because it's not. What does seized mean? The mechanic used that word to describe the problem.
when I get depressed and down on myself..... I start digging through my folder....



apparently there's a whole bunch of girls I never knew about, that love me

and there's evidently a whole bunch of them that think my junk's too small
__________________
I once complained I had no shoes....
Until I met a man with no feet
milkmania is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-20-2015, 12:33 PM   #59
Moderator
 
crazycal's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
I give those emails in your spam folder more credibility than Prolong Engine Treatment.
__________________
I'm hungry!

You Gotta Let Me Fly
crazycal is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-23-2015, 10:55 AM   #60
Bus Crazy
 
M1031A1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Dowdy Lakes, Colorado
Posts: 1,444
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Saf-T-Liner ER
Engine: 3208 CAT/MT643 tranny
Rated Cap: 87
Well, the current storage lot called at 8:30 p.m. just as my wife and I were getting ready to go to sleep. They said the engine was leaking oil all over their lot. So I get up in a panic and get dressed, along with wifie, and when we're almost there they call again and tell us we have until the end of the moth to move out. When we got there at 9:00 p.m., there was a small puddle of oil barely big enough to fit two - one dollar bills on, took less than a quart to top off the engine. To say the least we were IRATE with these morons. The husband said the bus "Does not fit our image". Found another storage lot for the same rate a bit closer to Houston this morning. I'd have preferred to be closer to Katy, but beggars can't be choosers. So in a bit Heavy Fuel will be in her new home. Pics to follow.
__________________
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence. — George Washington
M1031A1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


» Featured Campgrounds

Reviews provided by

Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.2.3

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:57 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.