About Fun Fleet Bus #617

no heat. I tried to get it to work but couldn't. When I got to Topeka, Kansas, the generator caught fire. I set the bus out the then continued on with 617. And it ran good until we were south of Albuquerque when the bus slowed down to 25 MPH. I just couldn't figure out what was wrong, so I set it out at a rest stop then had it towed to California. This was the only trip in my career where I bought 3 buses and lost them all. 

When I got the bus to Perris it would still run, then we noticed the engine pulley was not turning. I broke the lower camshaft, but the bus would still run. Now that was a shocker. I changed out the camshaft and the lower head and the bus ran well. But, again, it decided to give us trouble.

On the way to Pasadena one night, I looked back, and fire was coming out off the roof exhaust. So I stopped but the bus kept running. A few minutes later the fire department came by. I told them I had it under control and had it towed back to Perris. Upon investigation of the problem, I found the blower shaft assembly had broken up. I repaired it and had no more trouble out of #617 for years.