Getting ready for shows
Hi everyone, As we get closer to the Newton-le-willows town show the rush has been on and we have not been able to do any posts on the progress to the bus. It has been a rather interesting time after…
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Day Before The MOT
MOT Day
Well, the day came after around 8 years of not having an MOT. Mancbuses finally after many false starts got it to the MOT testing station. We use Martin’s MOT Test Center which is in Middlewich. We used these for…
Preparing for MOT
An MOT is very important however as many forget it is only valid really to say your vehicle passes the minimum requirements to be on the road at that second it is on a ramp or over the pit. It still falls upon the owner to maintain it to that standard and then there is us.
How to Protect your historic chassis from Rot
This is something that has to be done to any vehicle on the road after a short while in the older vehicles it is very important to protect the chassis. All chassis will rot over time but if they are…
Water Pipe Burst on our HandyBus
Here Jordan replaces the water pipe that burst leading to 317 overheating.
Noob attempts to refit a Allison 545 Gearbox Sump
Hi Everyone, I know what you’re saying about time too. This video may change slightly in time but currently, this is what is going to be released. However, at the moment I keep changing my time like the weather.…
Welcome to DW317
Hi Everybody, This Dennis Dart Wright Handy bus was one of a batch delivered new to County bus & coach as their DW317 in 1992. It carried a Cream & Dark green livery with Thameside fleet names for their routes…
Repairing DW317 for MOT
Hi Everybody, This is the DW317 after failing its MOT we had a small list of jobs to carry out. They were Lights, Exhaust, Welding, Beam angle. All these are fixed in this Video.
317 Drive to MOT
Hi Everyone, Well, this is the drive to the MOT test which as many will be aware it failed with flying colors. However, the drive was perfect all the way the 317 performed brilliantly without issue but not many…