Junk 1952 Kenworth Pacific Bus, Will it Drive?

This bus was total junk when it was parked here back in 2003. It didn't get better since then. I need to move it, but that did not go well. I kept thinking that I found a solution, but many things went wrong. I did eventually get the Ford Superduty 534 V-8 running, but moving it was not easy.

[R.Sole]

A round of applause for the clutch during the bus move👏🏻😄

[coinslotsandjoysticks]

My uncle got divorced and he and my dad build that bus for him to live in in the 70's. I remember playing with my hot wheels while they were putting all the woodwork in it and making it a bachelor pad. Lol it used to have shag carpet in it and the roof opened up when you flip a switch, it was awesome when they were done with it, he drove it from California to ky numerous times and we went a couple of em, when I seen it I instantly knew it was it. It's like a brother i haven't seen for 35 years lol, i still have pictures of it before and after he bought it and fixed it up and many from traveling in it as a kid, my uncle was going down i 64 and was sick and he got up and pushed me in the driver's seat and said push that, throttle. And hold this, the steering wheel and I would drive it on the open road, at 8 or maybe 9 years old lol. My uncle was a real 60's hippie and I miss him every day

[kennethsonier]

That engine is a torque monster 💀 absolutely amazing that it drove on its own, one wheel locked. You certainly bring some awesome content to YouTube. Keep up the great work and the cool videos 👍✌️🇺🇲

[spitfires]

“You can’t beat the combination of pond water and Walmart for success!” This was a brilliant little film. Your pain was our gain, your persistence and iron will to get the impossible wreck running, the fascinating fault-finding and work-arounds and the dead-pan humour makes this one of the best I’ve seen. “Perfect” 😂

[derbydriver]

You may have mentioned it and I may have skipped over it, but you can manually release air brakes by inserting a bolt called a “cage bolt” and tightening it. It physically forces the brake shoes to retract.

[mrclassic]

“Half the leaking we had before” You are a true legend!

[hambone]

When you showed the 'over the shoulder' view out of the windshield @ 42:40, I started to white-knuckle it thinking you were going to launch that ol' KW into the pond, seeing how that front wheel was locked up and all. Good stuff, thanks for the great info.

[hashprompt]

Nothing says lightweight economy like stonework in your RV.

[williambradford]

Your episodes never disappoint! I love Grandpa's Backyard; I'm sure there are still many treasures yet to discover there, and I hope you'll have the opportunity to do so. Safe travels and I look forward to seeing your next adventures. BTW, I really do use your mantra about having fun to align my own workshop projects -- sometimes I'm in the shop for minutes, sometimes hours, but now I always know when it's time to stop. It's always the right call because it allows my subconscious to incubate the correct next steps. Thanks for the tip!

[FFcossag]

Excellent presentation! I appreciate how you methodically approached the problems and finally accomplished the task. Your humour is on point!

[sreed]

Would've been much faster and easier to just install the air/brake can release bolts and dragged it there with your dozer, but it still was fun to see you get it going. If not for the right front wheel staying locked up the whole way would've rolled nicely.

[honzatube]

Wow, its so inspiring to see these old vehicles to wake up. You are great mechanic who knows how things (should) work !! Thanks for entertaining clip.

[OfficialUSKRprogram]

Well I'm happy to say that you have a functioning front-right brake!

[goldinator]

thing about this bus is, the panels are so simple to recreate, that you can tear all the bad ones off and make new ones. i would have so much fun tearing it down and rebuilding everything back the exact same

[jeffrippe]

LBG is quickly becoming my favorite channel. Keep up the good work!

[MsJon]

I totally agree with the appreciation of this channel, never fails to make me laugh and impress me how he gets around obstacle's even though it should be dead in the water, lol

[pilierofq]

I LOVE WATCHING OLD DISCARDED VEHICLES THAT LOOK HOPELESS BEING BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE. MY GRANDFATHER, MY FATHER MY BROTHERS WERE AND ARE MASTER MECHANICS. I'M A MASTER ARTIST SO I'M TOLD SO I REALLY LOVE WATCHING VIDEOS LIKE THIS BRAVO TO YOU!!!

[staninjapan]

Just when I thought there could not be any more great "Can I Fix It" channels left for me to find on YT, I found this one!
Enjoyed every minute, and more than that, I am so impressed with your patience.
It must make a person more patient, working on troublesome vehicles for a few years, because I never see you guys swearing and screaming at machines that won't work... the way I do.
Oh! And no pleas to like and subscribe, though of course I did both, and I almost never do that on my first visit toa channel.
With thanks from Japan.

[drsmithfield]

Your ingenuity (engine-u-ity) is impressive. Enjoyed every minute of working through this problem and solution.

[metrovic]

Great stuff. Enjoy watching your channel from a bus depot in the UK where we have some really old stuff too. Pity you didn't have a sledgehammer to persuade the passenger side front wheel to maybe play ball a little. Keep up the good work, cheers !!