The Breakdown Thread

[Erin Mishkin Jr.]

56 minutes ago, artthouwill said:

I forgot to mention 1580 had a transmission problem as the bus wouldn't shift gears above 30 mph.  It wouldn't shift whether the driver floored it or let off the accelerator.   Fortunately it was a 74th bus and not subject to one of the LSD routes.

guess what else has a transmission problem: #7983.

Last week Wednesday I took #7983 on 36 nb, boarded at Lasalle Metra. Transmission shifted completely normally until the right turn onto Clark from Division. After the bus took the right turn, the bus would not go past 1st gear and was driving dangerously slow on Clark. Bus operator parked the bus at North av and took his fallback at Clark/North for about 2 and a half hours till a 992 gave him a flyer for his second half and the 992 drove 7983 to the depot.

Today I saw the same bus #7983 around 1pm on Michigan/Ontario on 151 and the back door was stuck open and the operator had to close the back door from the outside with all his force. I took a ride on #7983 this evening around 6pm, also on 151, and the transmission refused to shift past 2nd gear, so the bus was not going more than 15-20 mph.

#7983 is filled with problems and needs to be checked out thoroughly.

[artthouwill]

7 minutes ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said:

guess what else has a transmission problem: #7983.

Last week Wednesday I took #7983 on 36 nb, boarded at Lasalle Metra. Transmission shifted completely normally until the right turn onto Clark from Division. After the bus took the right turn, the bus would not go past 1st gear and was driving dangerously slow on Clark. Bus operator parked the bus at North av and took his fallback at Clark/North for about 2 and a half hours till a 992 gave him a flyer for his second half and the 992 drove 7983 to the depot.

Today I saw the same bus #7983 around 1pm on Michigan/Ontario on 151 and the back door was stuck open and the operator had to close the back door from the outside with all his force. I took a ride on #7983 this evening around 6pm, also on 151, and the transmission refused to shift past 2nd gear, so the bus was not going more than 15-20 mph.

#7983 is filled with problems and needs to be checked out thoroughly.

Usually the solution us ti pur the bus in neutral and shut it down for about 29 seconds and restart the bus.   Rgwmat used to happen to me on rhe MCI coaches that you pushed the gear button or pad.  Once the computer reset the transmission problem went away.  However it sometimes would flare up again.  Just rinse and repeat.  Im surprised no one at CTA thought to try this.

[Bus1883]

1 hour ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said:

guess what else has a transmission problem: #7983.

Last week Wednesday I took #7983 on 36 nb, boarded at Lasalle Metra. Transmission shifted completely normally until the right turn onto Clark from Division. After the bus took the right turn, the bus would not go past 1st gear and was driving dangerously slow on Clark. Bus operator parked the bus at North av and took his fallback at Clark/North for about 2 and a half hours till a 992 gave him a flyer for his second half and the 992 drove 7983 to the depot.

Today I saw the same bus #7983 around 1pm on Michigan/Ontario on 151 and the back door was stuck open and the operator had to close the back door from the outside with all his force. I took a ride on #7983 this evening around 6pm, also on 151, and the transmission refused to shift past 2nd gear, so the bus was not going more than 15-20 mph.

#7983 is filled with problems and needs to be checked out thoroughly.

Since its in limp mode from the transmission, it could be low on fluid or it could be the TCM losing the vehicle speed signal, it will lock the transmission in low gear since it’s the 2nd gear.

[Bus1807]

its safe to say #1230 is retired. its still in the boneyard and looks like its not getting fixed. #1081 and #1083 are retired as well.

[Bus1807]

18 hours ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said:

guess what else has a transmission problem: #7983.

Last week Wednesday I took #7983 on 36 nb, boarded at Lasalle Metra. Transmission shifted completely normally until the right turn onto Clark from Division. After the bus took the right turn, the bus would not go past 1st gear and was driving dangerously slow on Clark. Bus operator parked the bus at North av and took his fallback at Clark/North for about 2 and a half hours till a 992 gave him a flyer for his second half and the 992 drove 7983 to the depot.

Today I saw the same bus #7983 around 1pm on Michigan/Ontario on 151 and the back door was stuck open and the operator had to close the back door from the outside with all his force. I took a ride on #7983 this evening around 6pm, also on 151, and the transmission refused to shift past 2nd gear, so the bus was not going more than 15-20 mph.

#7983 is filled with problems and needs to be checked out thoroughly.

#7983 bouta end up like #1419 😭 

[Bus1807]

18 hours ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said:

guess what else has a transmission problem: #7983.

Last week Wednesday I took #7983 on 36 nb, boarded at Lasalle Metra. Transmission shifted completely normally until the right turn onto Clark from Division. After the bus took the right turn, the bus would not go past 1st gear and was driving dangerously slow on Clark. Bus operator parked the bus at North av and took his fallback at Clark/North for about 2 and a half hours till a 992 gave him a flyer for his second half and the 992 drove 7983 to the depot.

Today I saw the same bus #7983 around 1pm on Michigan/Ontario on 151 and the back door was stuck open and the operator had to close the back door from the outside with all his force. I took a ride on #7983 this evening around 6pm, also on 151, and the transmission refused to shift past 2nd gear, so the bus was not going more than 15-20 mph.

#7983 is filled with problems and needs to be checked out thoroughly.

I also a story on #1259, I have a reason why it’s on the list of #1200’s with bad transmissions. So, in late october, i boarded #1259 on the 52A. the bus sounded horrible and the doors were squeaky. everytime the transmission shifted it would jolt the bus forward aggressively. at around 4:20-4:30, the bus just starts beeping at the control module and the operator had to restart the bus. i told the operator the bus was leaking in the back and he called the garage, the garage said it was fine so the bus returned to service at around 4:40pm. even after the bus returned to service, the bus still jolted and it was an uncomfortable ride. especially with the square seats.