Hahahahahahahahahahaaaa!!! Why were you just holding the key?! Do you drive that bus? It's bad for the engine if you kept holding the key, but this is soooo funny!
@0GravyGrav0 How many 8.2L engines have you worked with? This is one of those engines that may sound like it is running, but if you let off the starter, it will stall right out. Also, did you bother to read the description at all? This bus was junked due to many problems. This is why I didn't care about the starter, it was going to the junk yard and I wasn't going to bother waiting 2 minutes for every 10 seconds of cranking. It would have taken forever.
I would never hold the starter for more than twenty seconds at a time. Longer than that and you'll overheat the starter moter. Let it cool for a minute or two.
As a kid while on road trips with my parents I used to enjoy reading the owners manual on their Oldsmobile. There is a lot of useful info in there. This was in the days before fuel injection. Not all engines are the same so be sure to understand how yours works.
To stu2zoo31: You don't pump the "gas" pedal! It's fuel-injected AND it's a WEASEL! (: It sure looks and sounds like it's begging for linux' right foot! That would be hot to watch in an old gasoline bus!
@stu2zoo31 There is a good reason for this, there was a crack in the fuel line. Pressing my foot on the pedal didn't help it start at all. Now with my new bus that is a different story.
Seriously, I don't think a little ether would hurt. It would take a lot of ether to wash the oil off the cylinder walls, and even if you did spray that much in there, it only takes a stroke to re-lube the cylinder wall...
Very nice long long steady cranking , love that , it´s infact very good to crank an old diesel long since that´s the only way to start them when they get old and tired and lose compression
Let me point this out to everyone who is enjoying calling me stupid for cranking the vehicle for this long. This bus was doomed as it needed more work done to it then was worth. Holding the throttle to help with starting didn't do anything because there was a leak in the fuel line. Luckily I have another bus now that I have yet to post up. So enjoy! :-)
Holding the starter like that is definitely not good for it. You should release it when it sounds like it is about to fire up. If it doesn't catch, try it again while holding the gas pedal to the floor simultaneously.
Good for you. A bus just for fun. Would love to have one myself. Too bad there are so many ***holes on here calling you names! Would love to see a vid of your new bus anytime.
Loss of compression . 100 % sure . That happens to all old diesels . And if that happen they sound like this . Maybe it will start if you crank it 2 more minutes
Yeah not this bus. Still was the best though. I noticed in a post you have a 8.2 TD. I would be interested in it if you weren't too far away (although I guess distance isn't really a concern). I am in Boston MA area.
yo dude do u want another one lol i got 2 89 chevy bblubirds one is 366gasfi stk the other is the 8.2 td they r retired from r rafting fleet in pa both run well linux222 where u from bud
Typical Cold blooded 8.2 Detroit, My buddy had a 1981 with one of those engines and boy wasn't it a bitch to start in the cold. unless you had ether that always fired it right up every time.
u should never pump a diesel no need 2 just hold pedal like halfway and steady or spray with ether lol thats what we do at pleasant valley school district in pa
hey dude give it a shot of starting fluid it will start rite up sounds like a 8.2v8 turbo we have those where i drive they r hard 2 start under 40degrees we spray air cleaner with fluid they start rite up
I will post some more videos of this bus when I can. As soon as I get my new bus I will start uploading those videos. Unfortunately that won't be for a little while, but hopefully sometime next month. Stay posted!
Yeah I know now. This was my first diesel vehicle and was a blast to drive. I actually drove it everywhere as my everyday driver. Too bad I had to get rid of it. It needed more than $5000 in work to get it to pass inspection. Now I have to save up again to get another bus.
Reason why it would never start is because there was a leak in the fuel line right at the injection pump. I found that out right before I got rid of the bus. Too bad I can't get this bus back. it was scrapped.
My bus isn't my everyday driver, however, I would occasionally drive it for a full week, to work, then to school, or wherever, then go back to driving my car, cuz it got expensive to drive lots of miles.
Hahahahahahahahahahaaaa!!! Why were you just holding the key?! Do you drive that bus? It's bad for the engine if you kept holding the key, but this is soooo funny!
chrissiebradley1 4 months ago
wot a nob parking it so u cant get the hood up!
sjg746 5 months ago
NICE WAY 2 BURN OUT THE STARTER U IDIOT
Johnny64ism 6 months ago
Grinding up the starter.
Thinker669 7 months ago
And u wonder why it won't start. Maybe cuz u need a new starter and battery
TheDeadhitman 7 months ago
Change the title to "How to destroy a starter and melt down your battery cables".
NowLifeStarts 1 year ago
What the hell was that
zzzwhite 1 year ago
What's he trying to do, use the starter motor as an auxiliary generator??
DeserTBoB93535 1 year ago
Hahahahahahaha!!! That's a very funny sound! It sounds like the bus is spitting!
chrissiebradley1 1 year ago
Hahahahahaha!!! That sound is sooo funny! It sounds like the bus is spitting.
chrissiebradley1 1 year ago
wow this kid is stupid it was already running and u just held the key ur an idiot way to get revenge on ur mom/dads day job
0GravyGrav0 1 year ago
@0GravyGrav0 How many 8.2L engines have you worked with? This is one of those engines that may sound like it is running, but if you let off the starter, it will stall right out. Also, did you bother to read the description at all? This bus was junked due to many problems. This is why I didn't care about the starter, it was going to the junk yard and I wasn't going to bother waiting 2 minutes for every 10 seconds of cranking. It would have taken forever.
linux222 1 year ago 2
Good way to burn out the cranking motor
railmogul2 1 year ago
Propane buses sounds wayy better than the deisels and they start up right away in the cold but not as easy to start when their hot
impala3607 1 year ago
@impala3607 Yeah, some of the buses around here are CNG and they sound awesome.
linux222 1 year ago
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG YOU ARE KILLING THE STARTER lol
ipodtouchfan221 1 year ago 5
That was cool, too bad you got rid of it.
blindmotorhead 1 year ago
I would never hold the starter for more than twenty seconds at a time. Longer than that and you'll overheat the starter moter. Let it cool for a minute or two.
As a kid while on road trips with my parents I used to enjoy reading the owners manual on their Oldsmobile. There is a lot of useful info in there. This was in the days before fuel injection. Not all engines are the same so be sure to understand how yours works.
ElectraZoom 1 year ago
That starter was probably red hot by the time doofus a the throttle got it going.
spencnaz 1 year ago
umm why dont you try pumping the gas while your starting it.... instead of killing the damn starter.
stu2zoo31 1 year ago 3
To stu2zoo31: You don't pump the "gas" pedal! It's fuel-injected AND it's a WEASEL! (: It sure looks and sounds like it's begging for linux' right foot! That would be hot to watch in an old gasoline bus!
JSneaker 1 year ago
@stu2zoo31 There is a good reason for this, there was a crack in the fuel line. Pressing my foot on the pedal didn't help it start at all. Now with my new bus that is a different story.
linux222 1 year ago
holy shit dude, ur a moron sittin there rolling it over for a whole minute
hangmandude2009 1 year ago
MAN! This reminds me of trying to start my old Merc in the morning..
TimLenhartTech 1 year ago
Guys I don't think he gives two shits about the dam starter!
mustange550 1 year ago
smmm smm smmm is that burnt starter i smell
branman2794 1 year ago
Did you run it out of fuel? Sounds like you may have to reprime the injectors and fuel filter.
chillpickle420 2 years ago
dude ur gona like blow the starter! 5 sec should be the longest u hold it !
beehiveman12591 2 years ago
10 seconds at max, with 30 sec spaces!
Ikaruszaki 2 years ago
51 seconds. That's very long to continue to operate a starter motor. I guess it's okay as long as you don't mind replacing the starter frequently.
Dabquibij 2 years ago
Let go of the ignition! That's way to long. Otherwise you are going to damage the starter.
Znitso 2 years ago
i have five of my old district busses all old gas with the allison auto.drives my neighbors nuts!!!!!haha
540allison 2 years ago
Seriously, I don't think a little ether would hurt. It would take a lot of ether to wash the oil off the cylinder walls, and even if you did spray that much in there, it only takes a stroke to re-lube the cylinder wall...
matts4290 2 years ago
Infact starters last way longer then many people think , it´s true and a fact , 9 years of long cranking on a lawnmower before the solenoid broke .
fontheking5 2 years ago
Very nice long long steady cranking , love that , it´s infact very good to crank an old diesel long since that´s the only way to start them when they get old and tired and lose compression
fontheking5 2 years ago
Let me point this out to everyone who is enjoying calling me stupid for cranking the vehicle for this long. This bus was doomed as it needed more work done to it then was worth. Holding the throttle to help with starting didn't do anything because there was a leak in the fuel line. Luckily I have another bus now that I have yet to post up. So enjoy! :-)
linux222 2 years ago
Something needs a tune-up there. It should work better than that. How many miles?
And go easy. The starter gets tired if you crank for a minute straight like that. The magnets'll overheat and melt the wire windings.
2ndOfficerCHL 2 years ago
Holding the starter like that is definitely not good for it. You should release it when it sounds like it is about to fire up. If it doesn't catch, try it again while holding the gas pedal to the floor simultaneously.
Ken Palmer
kenpalmer1965 2 years ago
r u crazy? the ether would blow up the starter.
bluebirdallamerican 2 years ago
I'm curious... why do you have a bus? Not something that you see in everyones yard.
576418221sds 2 years ago
Why not have a bus? I don't have this one anymore but I do have another one. So much fun! but not for everyone.
linux222 2 years ago
Good for you. A bus just for fun. Would love to have one myself. Too bad there are so many ***holes on here calling you names! Would love to see a vid of your new bus anytime.
576418221sds 2 years ago
U dummy if she don't start why u keep holding it there. Put some gas in the carburetor stupid & try it.
schs19947 2 years ago
Hmmm. Gasoline in a 8.2 diesel, that would definatly be interesting.
576418221sds 2 years ago
humm.... idk. I'm not going to try it
linux222 2 years ago
weon estupido como se te ocurre maltratar asi ese motor de arranque,gringo tenias que ser concha de tu madre.
mecagoenpinochet 2 years ago
Ether can be good or bad. Washes the oil coating off of the cylinder walls. Too much ether can do bad things. But a lil squirt probably isn't bad.
Righty736 2 years ago
Loss of compression . 100 % sure . That happens to all old diesels . And if that happen they sound like this . Maybe it will start if you crank it 2 more minutes
fontheking5 2 years ago
your like absolutely killing the starter on it
orionV9147 2 years ago
what a waste of time!
anvil357 2 years ago
wow, trying to kill the starter are we?? I drive a new bus but when i have to sub in the 88 gmc, i know it does not take that long to start...
cunit1090 2 years ago 4
How cold was it when you tried to start it. It was very cold the day I was staring this. Maybe around 15F.
linux222 2 years ago
I would say the coldest I have started one of our subs would be around 25F, and they normally just sit for about 2 or 3 months between starts.
cunit1090 2 years ago
Sounds like a broken rap song. LOL I have to ask do you just not care is that why you were starting it like that?
mustange550 2 years ago
your stupid
erinsol 2 years ago
your stupid!!! do you still want a starter for the bus???
lundsay 2 years ago
it would have been funny if you yelled at someone behind you, "What are you staring at?!"
dzpisx 2 years ago
i drive a 1997 int thomas dt466e 5spd man. here in pa shes a runner gd [power no problem up hills with the stick
BusDriverStevo 2 years ago
Yeah not this bus. Still was the best though. I noticed in a post you have a 8.2 TD. I would be interested in it if you weren't too far away (although I guess distance isn't really a concern). I am in Boston MA area.
linux222 2 years ago
hey buddy you talk to steveo here ill get u a bus
BusDriverStevo 2 years ago
hey man i can get u a bus for 500 bucks only thing mite need is exhaust and tires your kool what u do ill hk u up bro
BusDriverStevo 2 years ago
yo dude do u want another one lol i got 2 89 chevy bblubirds one is 366gasfi stk the other is the 8.2 td they r retired from r rafting fleet in pa both run well linux222 where u from bud
BusDriverStevo 2 years ago
Typical Cold blooded 8.2 Detroit, My buddy had a 1981 with one of those engines and boy wasn't it a bitch to start in the cold. unless you had ether that always fired it right up every time.
eh4891 2 years ago
You should have sold it to me!!!
89BluebirdGMC 2 years ago
that bus was Pure LOLocaust
Renegade498 3 years ago 2
u should never pump a diesel no need 2 just hold pedal like halfway and steady or spray with ether lol thats what we do at pleasant valley school district in pa
BusDriverStevo 3 years ago
hey dude give it a shot of starting fluid it will start rite up sounds like a 8.2v8 turbo we have those where i drive they r hard 2 start under 40degrees we spray air cleaner with fluid they start rite up
BusDriverStevo 3 years ago
yeah except mine was the wonderful non-turbo-ed. I got 15MPG so I was happy :-)
linux222 2 years ago
I will post some more videos of this bus when I can. As soon as I get my new bus I will start uploading those videos. Unfortunately that won't be for a little while, but hopefully sometime next month. Stay posted!
linux222 3 years ago
cool cranking man
NJFordPops08005 3 years ago
you are engaging that starter WAAAAAAAAYY to long, you'll end up burning it out.... try to limit it to 15seconds.
Also, you must pump the throttle a few times before attempting to start the bus.
bluebirdvision 3 years ago
Yeah I know now. This was my first diesel vehicle and was a blast to drive. I actually drove it everywhere as my everyday driver. Too bad I had to get rid of it. It needed more than $5000 in work to get it to pass inspection. Now I have to save up again to get another bus.
Reason why it would never start is because there was a leak in the fuel line right at the injection pump. I found that out right before I got rid of the bus. Too bad I can't get this bus back. it was scrapped.
linux222 3 years ago
My bus isn't my everyday driver, however, I would occasionally drive it for a full week, to work, then to school, or wherever, then go back to driving my car, cuz it got expensive to drive lots of miles.
matts4290 2 years ago
pump her up!
Kev1974 3 years ago 2