First Manchester

[thomasl1231]

RE: First Manchester

(11/08/2012 11:05)Damien Wrote:  

(11/08/2012 10:44)thomasl1231 Wrote:  

(10/08/2012 22:40)Damien Wrote:  In other news just had 31919 on the 572 talk about knackered gear box one gear all round that route, took ages.. Withdraw it now if it was up to me, but sadly it's not

It was fine for the the last two times that I was on it, just slow. If it was stuck in one gear for the full route, that suggests to me that the driver had used gear selector buttons to hold it in one gear. There's R N D 2 1 - reverse, neutral, drive -1 holds whatever gear you're in, and 2 lets it change up one gear only, for example a change from 1 to 2 and then no more if I remember correctly.

Wouldn't that overtime damage the engine thomas?

Over time it most likely would yes, however I've seen it happen before! They're supposed to be used in situations such as hill climbing apparently, however some drivers use them all the time. I suppose you have to on things such as Arrows, which tend to be not the fastest of all buses haha! :P More modern buses though such as B7RLEs and B9TLs for example don't have the 1 2 buttons though, they only have R N D from what I've seen!