^tamago^ SG yes, but on the contrary to this note, SBST actually prefers Voith to ZF at this moment. SBST chose to get only 3-speed Voiths, though they can actually get a 4-speed equivalent that comes with a 4th overdrive gear, because the buses are speed limited to 60kph anyway. The overdrive will kick in at a speed higher than this, so it's impractical to have a non-working 4th gear.
^tamago^ SG Ah yes. Some SBST Mercedes-Benz O405 commissioned later in the batch have Voith 3-speed gearboxes. They are all in AMDEP and BRAM (SLBP has no Voith O405's).
stooper SG Not necessary. SLBP buses like 542D don't have Voiths. Maybe someone else has the exact list.
^tamago^ SG correct. slbp does not hold Voith O405's. Voith O405: 87B, 549K, 550E, 552A, 553Y, 554U, 557L, 558J, 559G, 562X, 564R, 565M, 566K, 567H, 568E, 569C, 570Y, 571U, 572S, 573P, 574L, 575J, 576G, 577D, 578B, 579Z, 580T, 581R.
^tamago^ SG yeah. but, no lah. very busy. as an indicator, seeing the VIN of a bus: actually UK (VIN first 2 is SL) for 9200-940x. 940x-9670 are from Sweden (YV). e.g. SBS9408A is YV3YNF216TC026783 (probably first SBS VO chassis built in Sweden). SBS9400X is SLVYNF217SC025922.
^tamago^ SG giving u something valuable: VIN/VMI information for Volvo Bus Ltd. 1st - 2nd place Country of origin YV: Sweden SL: United Kingdom 3rd place Vehicle Type 3: Bus (YV only) 4th - 5th place 1M: B10M (No longer in production) R1: B10B R2: B12 R3: B6 R4: B10B R5: B10L R6: B7R R9: B12M S1: Super Olympian B10TL S2: B7TL S4: B9TL YN: Olympian (No longer in production) 6th - 7th place B12 EX: Volvo TD123E B6 6S: Volvo TD63ES B1: Volvo D6A215 Super Olympian E1: Volvo D10A 285 EC01 H8: Volvo D10A 285 EC01 Olympian A4: Volvo D10A245 C1: Cummins LT10 F2: Volvo TD102KF 8th place: Unknown 9th place: Checksum 10th place: Year of Production 11th place Production Plant 1: Poland A: Sweden C: Irvine, UK
^tamago^ SG Now to Dennis. 4th place: Wheelbase Trident 3 1: 5700mm 2: 4385mm 3: 4993mm 5th place: Engine Trident 3 / E500 1: Cummins M305E 21 2: Cummins M330E 3: Cummins ISMe 330 / ISMe 335 Dart SLF 2: Cummins 6BT147 4: Cummins 6BT215 D: Cummins ISBe Dart 2: Cummins C245 6th place: Gearbox Trident 3 / E500 1: Voith D863.3 (3-speed auto) 2: ZF 5HP590 (5-speed auto) 3: Voith D864.4 (4-speed auto) 4: Voith D864.3 (4-speed auto) 5: Voith D864.3E (4-speed auto) 6: ZF 5HP602 (5-speed auto) 7: Voith D864.5 (4-speed auto) Dart SLF 2: Allison AT545 (4-speed auto) 5: Eaton (6-speed manual) Dart 1: ZF 4HP500 (4-speed auto) 7th place: Unknown 8th place: Left/right wheel drive L: Left Wheel Drive R: Right Wheel Drive 9th place: Generation 1: First Generation (Mark) 2: Second Generation And so on... 10th place: Year of Production 11th place: Production Plant G: Guildford 12th place: Chassis Type D: Dart J: Javelin L: Lance / Arrow (No longer in production) T: Trident 3 / E500 W: Dart SLF/SPD X: Trident 2 13th place: Bodywork Trident 3 1: Alexander ALX500 12M 2: Duple Metsec DM5000 12M 3: Duple Metsec DM5000 10.6M 4: Alexander ALX500 11.3M 5: Duple Metsec DM5000 10.3M (Low-floor) 6: Alexander ALX500 10.6M 7: Duple Metsec DM5000 12M (Left Wheel Drive) 8: Duple Metsec DM5000 12M (Improved) 9: Alexander ALX500 11.3M (Improved) A: Alexander ALX500 12M (Improved) B: Alexander ALX500 10.6M (Improved) C: Duple Metsec DM5000 10.3M (Improved) D: Enviro 500 Dart 7: Duple Metsec 14th - 17th place: Chassis Production Number
Donavan SG btw 526C has double-sound. The normal engine sound kicks in first. Then a strangely different sound came in. For whatever reason, it sounded more low-pitch. Would anyone mind explaining why?
stooper SG If you want another uniquely soudning bus from SL, take 1859J of 192… It whistles like crazy when accelerating. You don’t even have to take it! if you stand at the 179/502 berth there when the bus turns out of BNL, you can hear it whistle when accelerating!
SBS1908B SG 2697C has turbo-lag, don’t ask me why, it takes some time, then suddenly the bus accelerates normally.
