1969 Greyhound MCI MC-7

Special request video.

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Travel & Events

Tags:

• Greyhound
• detroit
• diesel
• 8v71

[dejohn913]

My God They Sure Don't Build 'Em Like That Anymore. Wow!! Great Video.

[ironfingers1]

Nothing sounds like an old 318 Detroit. I used to love to drive them and listen to them scream.

[Chesterbarnes1]

@rustym88 Show us how it should be done Rusty? We are waiting for that video please

[Azifikare23]

REMINDS ME OF MY BUS RIDIN DAYS ON CONTINENTAL, CAROLINA TRAILWAYS AND OF COURSE, GREYHOUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!( I USED TO DRIVE FOR CAROLINA WHEN THEY HAD THE 4 AND THE 5 SPEED MCI 9'S!!!!)

[Azifikare23]

I MISS IT SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jimnice74656]

@rustym88 please do that!!! i really need to see how an mc-7 should be sounding when driven correctly

[Chesterbarnes1]

@rustym88 What do you mean when you say Lugging and Overspeeding will KILL the engines , explain please I'm very interested.

[Chesterbarnes1]

All the MCI 7 drivers seem to have had problem changing gears. I once thought it was the bus gear box design, but now I think the drivers were not well trained on how to clutch the MCI & what is your take on this???

[djfelon4life]

Is that bus for sale?

[fairlane63music]

Thanks for the memories! When I was a little boy my family and I would ride the St. Louis-Kansas City I-70 express. The MC7's were new and seemed like very nice buses. Actually, we would connect in St. Louis with older 4106's buses and the MC7 seemed like a much nicer bus.

[rustym88]

2-stroke Detroit Diesels don't 'scream'...they SING when operated properly. I have three buses with 8V-71N engines(4-valve heads). 2 GM PD4106s and 1 '69 MC-7. All are retired Greyhounds. Lugging and overspeeding will KILL these engines. Once moving, hold 1500-2100 rpm range. LUGGING ruins pistons, rings and bearings. Overspeeding can easily scatter and destroy the engine. Run 'em right!

[rustym88]

I own '69 MCI MC-7 #7732, an ex-Greyhound. When you ride on MY bus, the engine NEVER 'screams' in agony; it SINGS in harmony! No gear grinding. no lugging or dangerous overspeeding of the engine, or jerking while applying the brakes. I'll majke a video soon and post it so y'all can see how it's done correctly! - MC-7 Rusty