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Started by Stu, July 07, 2012, 07:35:14 PM

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John

Quote from: Kevin on July 13, 2018, 12:01:13 PM
NX 6735 being towed back to garage, 12:00 at the Bell Inn

Shhhh. You'll start them all off Kevin 😂

Jack

#2386
4481 broke down on James Watt Queensway with 4691 broken down 15 yards away on Dale End.

20014 was receiving attention from a Rotala van in Solihull Town Centre earlier.

Trident 4194

4442 broken down in Halesowen on 241, apparently quite a few missed journeys today on that route

Jack

1902 broken down at Royal Mail outbound. RS van parked up with it.

Rob H

4439 on Broad Street late this afternoon with bonnet up engineers arrived while I was there managed to get her on her way.
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John

4479 broke down 3 days in a row. Wouldn't start for me in the garage on Sunday morning, then got stuck with it on Monday evening for an hour and a half. Then the same problem tonight with another driver

Squiz1971

Noticed yesterday 4503 looked broken down by the railway bridge on Washwood Heath Road outbound around 18:00. The back end seemed to be lower than normal & there were no hazards on or headlights/interior lights that I could see anyway @John

John

Quote from: Squiz1971 on July 24, 2018, 08:43:00 PM
Noticed yesterday 4503 looked broken down by the railway bridge on Washwood Heath Road outbound around 18:00. The back end seemed to be lower than normal & there were no hazards on or headlights/interior lights that I could see anyway @John

The low back end was probably caused with the bus been parked up for a time and the air system loses the air. Must have been parked up for some reason. I've just had 4503 and it was fine, apart from the steering been a bit heavier than usual

Squiz1971

Quote from: John on July 24, 2018, 08:47:40 PM
The low back end was probably caused with the bus been parked up for a time and the air system loses the air. Must have been parked up for some reason. I've just had 4503 and it was fine, apart from the steering been a bit heavier than usual
Ok mate thanks

lauren1993

4405 broke down on Monday with a coolant leak causing the last 18A to be missed out all together!
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Sayeed

2 platinums broke down on the 24 route and both of them driven by the same driver.
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l.murphy123

Arriva 75A broke down late at night (around 10pm ish) broke down in Penkridge. It smelt strongly of fuel that all I know. Luckily Arriva don't do lates anymore so breakdown statistics will decrease ;-)
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5404 broke down in Merry Hill Bus Station.

Jack

4866 expired at Queens Road stop on Birmingham Road. Was there at 14:20.

Westy

1837 was due to form the 709 11 from Walsall, but bus has overheated already apparantly at 7am in the morning, so its stuck at Bradford Place.

Tellingly 855 turned up from depot for the 719 13, but the ticket machine is playing up. Driver overheard not being impressed!

(Is it an issue with Scanias for overheating, as this is the second since the hot spell started, that Ive been informed of an overheating bus!)

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