Category Other Projects

The fuel Tank is Shot

Hi everyone, The day we bought the bus and saw the fuel tank we knew it was something that would need replacing at a later date, but we did expect to get a little more road time out of it…

The Fuel Pump

Well, where to start with this one? This problem originally started with what we thought was an injector issue and although we were not wrong in that diagnostic as it turned out one of the injectors was bone dry and…

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…

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.

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…