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by Mechwr26
00:19 Thursday 9th January 2020
Forum: Fleet Discussion
Topic: 47515
Replies: 3
Views: 6692

Re: 47515

Yes, good news, it came in tonight and it appears to have sorted itself out. I was going to change the adblu pump tonight but the driver that brought it in said it has been flying along and it's a really nice bus to drive. That's saved me a job and the company a few hundred quid. And I managed to sq...
by Mechwr26
14:34 Wednesday 8th January 2020
Forum: Fleet Discussion
Topic: 47515
Replies: 3
Views: 6692

Re: 47515

Yes, it's been off the road with a broken crankshaft and cracked cylinder block. I've rebuilt the engine with a used block and crank, new pistons, bearings etc. Finished it last night. It's got an adblu dosing fault at the moment which needs to be sorted and she'll be back on the road.
by Mechwr26
00:18 Monday 11th November 2019
Forum: Fleet Discussion
Topic: FMR: Refurbs and Repaints
Replies: 249
Views: 2331425

Re: FMR: Refurbs and Repaints

AdamH wrote:
08:21 Thursday 7th November 2019
Mechwr26 wrote:
02:32 Wednesday 6th November 2019
...we have no diagnostic kit anymore to help us pinpoint the problem.
Group not paying the licence fee again?
We have lots of kit but group policy is that we now only use Jaltest diagnostic thingy. It's a good bit of equipment but its fairly limited in what it can do.
by Mechwr26
02:32 Wednesday 6th November 2019
Forum: Fleet Discussion
Topic: FMR: Refurbs and Repaints
Replies: 249
Views: 2331425

Re: FMR: Refurbs and Repaints

53062 is in the queue to be done but the bodyshop guys have been a bit short staffed and busy sorting out quite a bit of accident damage. They've also been busy sorting out the older Citaros that are needing mot testing. 53802 has a random electrical fault that seems to normally happen when it gets ...
by Mechwr26
17:19 Monday 4th November 2019
Forum: Fleet Discussion
Topic: FMR: Refurbs and Repaints
Replies: 249
Views: 2331425

Re: FMR: Refurbs and Repaints

53155 has turned out to be a Turkey made from several different donor buses, none of which were really suitable. It does run now but unfortunately whoever decided to rewire it using an unsuitable wiring loom failed to notice that the Mercedes diagnostic socket was missing and there doesn't appear t...
by Mechwr26
21:48 Saturday 2nd November 2019
Forum: Preservation
Topic: DD12 Revival
Replies: 72
Views: 161561

Re: DD12 Revival

The Daimler now has new throttle master and slave cylinders along with it's new hose, entrance doors that work ( not properly yet, but working), working low air pressure gauges, new low air switches which give yet to wire up to the warning lamps but I'm on it. I've done a few other bits and Bob's bu...
by Mechwr26
19:22 Friday 1st November 2019
Forum: Fleet Discussion
Topic: Worcester Fleet Movements mid/late 2019
Replies: 45
Views: 57604

Re: Worcester Fleet Movements mid/late 2019

Its on loan whilst another vehicle, I think it is one of the grey Citaros, is away for exhaust modification. Looking on the bus tracker, it shows 64014 as out of service whereas both the grey ones are in service (today), -- could it be possible that THIS (old) Citaro is being converted to Euro6 ? -...
by Mechwr26
02:25 Friday 1st November 2019
Forum: Fleet Discussion
Topic: New round of disposals and transfers-out.
Replies: 110
Views: 162581

Re: New round of disposals and transfers-out.

This one is running around Bristol at the moment. Guess who rebuilt the engine a few years ago......😊
by Mechwr26
02:15 Friday 1st November 2019
Forum: Fleet Discussion
Topic: FMR: Refurbs and Repaints
Replies: 249
Views: 2331425

Re: FMR: Refurbs and Repaints

I was told today that the second bus to get Riverside branding was to have been 53155, but this has been very unreliable and will probably end up going for scrap. Because of this they are currently undecided which bus will be the next for paint. That’s a shame about 53155 as that would go nicely wi...
by Mechwr26
22:48 Sunday 13th October 2019
Forum: Fleet Discussion
Topic: 66691 rear suspension collapse?
Replies: 9
Views: 13956

Re: 66691 rear suspension collapse?

Brendan wrote:
22:45 Monday 30th September 2019
66698 parked up by HiQ Droitwich road earlier. Hazards on saloon lights off.

Good job it expired there and not across the roundabout!
It lost its gears again... I went out to it that night armed with another gearbox ECU borrowed from 66694 and got it back

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