He is not changing the gears properly! What he should of done was whilest he was going out of gear was to count for 3 secs. then whilest go into gear count 3secs again. Thats how my dad drives them and it's a beautiful gear change.
Best way to get power out of a crappy Gardnered vehicle crash the gears through ! Top driver been driving buses 17 years myself and good to see somebody else making a bus dance !
@1LORDROBBIE You're obviously an idiot where it comes to mechanical devices. "Crashing the gears" is bad for the power train, and Gardner engines where amongst the smoothest, most fuel efficient and reliable diesel engines ever made.
You may drive them, but you're certainly not the one fixing them
@kitchy5191 more likely to be the mitre box on VR, particularly after gear changes like that, unfortunately this was the VR's achillies heel,,,,,,they don't take kindly to straight through changes.....also sounds much worse on the over run.....
If my bus was banging, would keep going. The further away from the depot I am the longer it would take for the mechanic to get to me, therefore longer breakdown napping time
I love the VR, there is an open day at the museum on July 12th and VR385 is fantastic. All the character of it. It struggles to pull away but it is a fantastic bus. It sounded a bit chilly on the top deck though!
Classic sound of a partial engine seizure resulting in a pulled cylinder liner.WMPTE ran many a Fleetline with a similar alarming knock for months tho hot weather usually finished them off.Cooling system fault?
He did phone the depot, he was an experienced driver, and the depot told him to bring it out out of service, I know the driver well and I stayed on it with him. It was only a small fault.
So glad to see/hear this machine again....hope that engine knocking is rectified, be a damn shame to see her fall by the wayside so early in the season.....nice Vid !
Oh dear the engine sound rough with probable noisy tappets and some loss of power. Hope the gardner engine enthusiasts on Barton moss be able to fix the engine or lose andother bus for a replacemnt 6LXB engine. They will be getting harder to find shortly as the last buses made with them were in 1988 on the GM Buses olympians some amy have lingered on a bit later with re-built buses especailly leyland nationals.
I am quite sure that there were Gardner powered buses built after 1988. Stagecoach had lots of late Leyland Olympians with them and I believe that it was on option on the Olypian until it was 'Volvoised' in 1993. GM Buses ten H reg Dennis Dominators had turbocharged Gardner 6LXCTs I think.
There were more gardener powered buses built until 1992 when Euro I emissions finally ended the production of gardener powered buses the last ones were usually 6LXCT versions in dominators and olypians.
Gardner engines were still fitted to buses built for export after 1992. Examples include the ERF Trailblazer built for South Africa. There are also the three axle Dennis Dragons that Stagecoach re-imported for use in Manchester which were given 'M' registrations. The Gardner engines were replaced by Cummins L10s to meet 1995 EU emission levels. Gardner still exists and still produces spare parts.
I was maionly going on about home models and some wer emade after for stagecoach Kenya and Malawi and the Dragons did come back to Manchester and work on the Wilmslow Rd services but were re-engined with horrid L10 engines. there's still a spare parts manufacturer for Gardner on Barton Moss not too fat away from the Peel green site where they were once made a long time ago.
heard similar noises when one of our buses at work went 'bang' also made loud hissing noises similar to this
strathclydebuses 18 hours ago
He is not changing the gears properly! What he should of done was whilest he was going out of gear was to count for 3 secs. then whilest go into gear count 3secs again. Thats how my dad drives them and it's a beautiful gear change.
MrJames1055 7 months ago
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what time does it go bang ?
fasterthanyou2 11 months ago
what time does it go bang ?
MrLuke6593 1 year ago
Sounds like the compressor on its way out to me. Nothing too major.
craigybus1 1 year ago
Best way to get power out of a crappy Gardnered vehicle crash the gears through ! Top driver been driving buses 17 years myself and good to see somebody else making a bus dance !
1LORDROBBIE 1 year ago
@1LORDROBBIE You're obviously an idiot where it comes to mechanical devices. "Crashing the gears" is bad for the power train, and Gardner engines where amongst the smoothest, most fuel efficient and reliable diesel engines ever made.
You may drive them, but you're certainly not the one fixing them
LordLemsip 7 months ago
i waited 8mins for a bang. there was no bang!!!!
RB60059 1 year ago
i waited 8mins for a bang! there was no bang!
RB60059 1 year ago
Not suprised with bashing it through the gearbox like that. Pausing between gears anyone?
iwbus 1 year ago
Are these Volvo's
Really here knocking at 330
910364 1 year ago
Typical arriva for you. Living upto their reputation of crap buses with a crap service.
Well their shit where I live anyway so no one please take it to offence.
jonny2k100 1 year ago
Typical arriva for you. Living upto their reputation of crap buses with a crap service.
Well their shit whre I live anyway so no one please take it to offence.
jonny2k100 1 year ago
what was it after?
what part's had to be replaced?
raylyd 1 year ago
worse souding on overrun so most lickly one of the big ends.
kitchy5191 2 years ago
@kitchy5191 more likely to be the mitre box on VR, particularly after gear changes like that, unfortunately this was the VR's achillies heel,,,,,,they don't take kindly to straight through changes.....also sounds much worse on the over run.....
national1075 1 year ago
the bus needs a engine rebulid asap
raylyd 2 years ago
probably a big end shell worn away, engines usually knock like that when theres a shell missing
s34n93 2 years ago
If my bus was banging, would keep going. The further away from the depot I am the longer it would take for the mechanic to get to me, therefore longer breakdown napping time
bobertkay 2 years ago
sounds like its dropped a liner??
M374EVL 2 years ago
Perhaps a more refined style of driving and changing gear would make the engines last a little longer!!
tileajb1 2 years ago
Perhaps a more refined timetable would put less pressure on drivers ; )
dooleyjazz 2 years ago 9
i had that on a dart, it got scrapped
iib8903 2 years ago
Gaz5976 Typical comment from somebody who knows fuck all about everthing, dhu, they are a bus or truck driver, so they know fuck all.
Get real, a taxi driver won Mastermind once, get out of your Ivory tower and see the real World!
TONYBROWNE114 2 years ago
Normally when i hear a noise i just turn up my ipod and keep driving till she blows completley haha
mckerraljamie 2 years ago
Yep! thats well and truly dead!
darrowby1972 2 years ago
I love the VR, there is an open day at the museum on July 12th and VR385 is fantastic. All the character of it. It struggles to pull away but it is a fantastic bus. It sounded a bit chilly on the top deck though!
lowestoftbus 2 years ago
Poor old thing, so what was it in the end? Is she fixed?
maesfforddfilmunit 2 years ago
Yes back within a few days.
video47 2 years ago
Classic sound of a partial engine seizure resulting in a pulled cylinder liner.WMPTE ran many a Fleetline with a similar alarming knock for months tho hot weather usually finished them off.Cooling system fault?
Biigfish559 2 years ago
Ah Fleetline, yes I have a video of XBU17S a Fleetline doing similar.
video47 2 years ago
She sounds pretty tired.
SPTSuperSprinter156 2 years ago
Classic buses are the best at Screaming. Voith/Gardner classic combination!
SonofaBusman 3 years ago
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lynxguy1 3 years ago
this is no voith!
lynxguy1 3 years ago
Ouch that sounds awful! :/
vth5 3 years ago
Typical bus driver, Knocking like that you should pull over and call the garage, for advise atleast!!
Gaz5976 3 years ago
He did phone the depot, he was an experienced driver, and the depot told him to bring it out out of service, I know the driver well and I stayed on it with him. It was only a small fault.
video47 3 years ago
So glad to see/hear this machine again....hope that engine knocking is rectified, be a damn shame to see her fall by the wayside so early in the season.....nice Vid !
Meldforever 3 years ago
it sounded ok for a little while that was not the tappets that was a serious knocking noise did it get back to the depot
jaggass 3 years ago
Yes the driver took it back to the depot when he got back.
video47 3 years ago
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jaggass 3 years ago
it sounded ok in video
jaggass 3 years ago
Oh dear the engine sound rough with probable noisy tappets and some loss of power. Hope the gardner engine enthusiasts on Barton moss be able to fix the engine or lose andother bus for a replacemnt 6LXB engine. They will be getting harder to find shortly as the last buses made with them were in 1988 on the GM Buses olympians some amy have lingered on a bit later with re-built buses especailly leyland nationals.
hamsterbus 3 years ago
Do you suspect that it will need a new engine? This was only put in last year.
video47 3 years ago
I am quite sure that there were Gardner powered buses built after 1988. Stagecoach had lots of late Leyland Olympians with them and I believe that it was on option on the Olypian until it was 'Volvoised' in 1993. GM Buses ten H reg Dennis Dominators had turbocharged Gardner 6LXCTs I think.
HORNEBEEDUBLO 3 years ago
There were more gardener powered buses built until 1992 when Euro I emissions finally ended the production of gardener powered buses the last ones were usually 6LXCT versions in dominators and olypians.
hamsterbus 3 years ago
Gardner engines were still fitted to buses built for export after 1992. Examples include the ERF Trailblazer built for South Africa. There are also the three axle Dennis Dragons that Stagecoach re-imported for use in Manchester which were given 'M' registrations. The Gardner engines were replaced by Cummins L10s to meet 1995 EU emission levels. Gardner still exists and still produces spare parts.
HORNEBEEDUBLO 3 years ago
I was maionly going on about home models and some wer emade after for stagecoach Kenya and Malawi and the Dragons did come back to Manchester and work on the Wilmslow Rd services but were re-engined with horrid L10 engines. there's still a spare parts manufacturer for Gardner on Barton Moss not too fat away from the Peel green site where they were once made a long time ago.
hamsterbus 3 years ago
oh no it had a good life at least
jaggass 3 years ago
That sound is just heaven, sounds similar to a gardener Olympian. Nice vid.
vjaska 3 years ago