Grease Monkey

[Geoff]

I've seen some posts mentioning Grease Monkey, but now that I have Roku TV I can watch YouTube and many bus videos and RV stuff.  Just who is Grease Monkey and what part of the country is he working from?  He sure has a busy Detroit Diesel bus business going but I have yet to see his shop, mobile truck or even know his real name; but he sure makes a lot of videos.

[pd4501-771]

Bus Grease Monkey is Scott Crosby. He travels the entire country in his GM Silversides.

[richard5933]

Scott was in Blytheville with his son Tyler. He drives a Silversides.

[lvmci]

He said he carries his tools in the bays, packed every tool in every nook and cranny, lvmci...

[DoubleEagle]

He is based in the Indianapolis Indiana area, appears to be self-taught, but has a lot of experience now. Uniquely, he allows the owners of the buses to assist him at a reduced rate.

[luvrbus]

He fills a void left by Dallas that was a traveling bus repair guy,there are several out there besides him. Scott uses the social media well,you tube is a good revenue for him and he has a paid channel where you get 1st look at his videos or get help over the phone.I have watched a few of his videos some are ok some not so good     

[freds]

OK, you can blame him for  my presence on here(grin), as he is also the reason I wound up purchasing my bus and joining this community.

His YouTube channel is: https://www.youtube.com/user/avonpicturethis

He was also at Blytheville and between him and his son who has a separate channel on YouTube did a number of videos about the buses at the Rally..

[dtcerrato]

If I may chime in here. We've owned our bus since 1979. Never belonged to any clubs nor forums. Did everything on our own w/o internet till we attended our 1st bus rally ever in 2015 in Arcadia Florida. When we pulled in we we're parked in a grassy field between two older busses. One of those busses was Scott Crosby's "Lenny" the other was Dave Evans "Dinahmoe" (which has been in a BCM issue). Both of these gentlemen were overwhelmingly friendly as they sat with us at our campfire multiple evenings. On the last day of the rally (Sunday) Scott approached me and asked if he could perform a complimentary tune up & rack adjustment on our IL 671 DD. It "needed" it as he put it after learning we had done nothing to the engine in 35 years. Gene Russell came in toward the end of the tune up to help final adjustment on a stubborn governor. IMHO these gentlemen are good Samaritans and have since helped bail us out of some bus breakdowns in far off places from home. They are the TRUE meaning of Bus Nuts. Tyler, Scott's son has dealership diesel credentials and when working as a father - son team they make awesome music together as mechanics to busses (among other things including Marine engines). Some of the finest people we've met in the bus world & ever... They are all personal friends of ours & have made owning an antique bus easier in recent times. Our hat is off to them & anyone like them... Rant over 

[usbusin]

Not a rant at all. Just giving credit where credit is due. They must all be fine gentlemen.

[Lee Bradley]

Sounds like a rave to me.

[tyreman]

I was just reflecting on everyone's comments and how much value I have received from this forum and Scott's Bus Monkey channel (I'm also a Patreon subscriber https://www.patreon.com/Busgreasemonkey/posts). Additionally Gene Russel has done some fine work on my coach! Enjoy the journey, it ain't cheap but it's a blast!!

[Paso One]

I can attest to Scott and Tyler's kindness and there "on the road skills."
In 2015 we were travelling to the BGM rally in Indianapolis Indiana.
We broke down in Carrington North Dakota, I had coach net Landol the bus to  the Fargo ND Detroit  Diesel dealer.
The dealer could not give me a quote on the repairs for lack of an ID plate on the engine.
So sitting in the Detroit dealers parking lot parked right up against the building (plugged in to power)
I asked The DD dealer if I could repair the engine enough to get it home in there parking lot. They agreed.
Tyler and Scott drove to Fargo in a small BMW car from Indianapolis Ind. trunk loaded with tools, This became the now famous "Fargo Bus Rescue"
In the " Parking Lot " of the Detroit dealer Scott removed the head and replaced 2 pistons and 2 sleeves with used ones from a old running engine.
When the job was done and the engine running the staff and management of the dealership could not believe there eyes as I drove off their parking lot with a running bus.
Not only did they fix it Scott and Tyler followed me to the Canadian border 2 hours away.

[dtcerrato]

Nice! Yes the "Fargo Bus Rescue" they are truly a rare breed. I like to refer to them as good Samaritans but they're "Our Brothers" REAL BUS NUTS - there I go again with my rave! 

[ol713]

He fills a void left by Dallas that was a traveling bus repair guy,there are several out there besides him. Scott uses the social media well,you tube is a good revenue for him and he has a paid channel where you get 1st look at his videos or get help over the phone.I have watched a few of his videos some are ok some not so good   

   Clifford;
         Know anyone on the west coast that works on our coaches?
                                           Merle.   

[luvrbus]

   Clifford;
         Know anyone on the west coast that works on our coaches?
                                           Merle.   

 

Don Zimmerman is a classy operation on the west coast and Kevin Lonney (Arizona Diesel Man) in Az, there are others I was making a list to post  but other things are more important to me right now