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A ride aboard Ex-Greyhound Canada 1989 Motor Coach Industries model MC-9 'Special' #881

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Uploaded by on Jun 19, 2009

A short ride aboard MCI MC-9 Special #881 during the Bus History Association Spring 2009 Convention. Bus originally was equipped with the Detroit Diesel 6V92TA and the 7 speed manual transmission but has since been re-engined with the Detroit Diesel 8V71N and the Allison HT-740 from an older MCI MC-9 by the current private owner.

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  • i rode on this bus in oct 99 from kelowna b.c. to kamloops. at the time it had the sunrype juice wrap .. and was standard transmission...

  • @busfanjim - Yep! And it would have also still had the 6V92TA engine at the time too.

  • he should've left the 7spd. tranny and change to 8v71 then the bus would've became a BEAST!!!!

  • @luvdat8v71 - Sure except that the 7 speed transmission was swapped out because it needed to be replaced.

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  • man listen to that moan'in 8V71. Its pure music!!

  • I WISH I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE TO HEAR THAT ENGINE SOUND AGAIN. I'D NEVER GET OFF THE BUS

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  • hey i forgot about adding ex greyhound #615 it was the nicest driving bus out of them all!!!

  • when i worked for a charter campany, we had a fleet of ex greyhound mc 9.. #576 #640,691,613.733 #768 had a side mounted wheelchair lift.. all had 871 with ht 740 allison transmissions.. we were trained to shift these transmissions manually start in 2 and up shift and down shift manually .. great busses...

  • @busrailfan

    The 5-speed is the Fuller T-11605D.

  • @busrailfan

    I assume the 5-speed manuals to be Fuller T-11605D units, as it is the standard manual transmission as depicted in official MCI literature for the MC-9 and the A series.

  • @ClassicTVMan81 - Negative. Greyhound Canada's 96-A3's and 102-A3's were 5 speed manuals. Not sure what make though. The first 7 speeds for Greyhound Canada were the 1989 MCI 102-C3's.

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