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Don Nichols (65fisher)
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Username: 65fisher
Post Number: 1
Registered: 11-2006
Posted From: 67.141.149.169
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 9:43 pm: | |
I have a 1965 GMC "Fishbowl". It has the 318 Diesel and the Vs2-8 tranny. I cannot get it to move. It appears to go into gear and I can rev the engine, but nothing happens. I am extremely new to this, so be gentle, but I really need to move this bus. Thanks for the help.
Don |
John MC9 (John_mc9)
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Username: John_mc9
Post Number: 132
Registered: 7-2006
Posted From: 66.217.106.170
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 9:59 pm: | |
Is it safe to assume you've managed to properly released
the parking brake, and the brakes have indeed released? |
Bob greenwood (Bob_greenwood)
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Username: Bob_greenwood
Post Number: 398
Registered: 7-2006
Posted From: 4.227.2.41
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 10:26 pm: | |
we don't know how new you are, but you must push the button down,then press hard on the brake pedal after you are sure you have 120 pounds of air |
Steve Souza (Steveggt)
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Username: Steveggt
Post Number: 1
Registered: 12-2006
Posted From: 71.116.87.220
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 01, 2006 - 12:41 am: | |
Hi Don! If you're in gear but the bus doesn't move, you should feel it rock back and forth a bit. This means your brakes haven't released.
You probably have a F-N-R lever to the right of the driver's seat, or you might have a toggle switch on the left of the dashboard next to the air gauge to select F-N-R.
With the lever, a cable pulls the tranny into F-N-R. With the toggle, an air cyliner/piston selects F-N-R. In either case, once the desired direction is selected, there's about a 1 second delay, then you should feel the trans engage. It's just like your car...there's a bit of a delay from when you select (D) Drive to when it actually engages.
If you don't hear/feel the little "clunk", the tranny isn't engaged, and then we have to dig deeper... |
Art Gill (Sandcastle)
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Username: Sandcastle
Post Number: 19
Registered: 5-2004
Posted From: 208.11.184.64
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 01, 2006 - 7:54 am: | |
Try pulling up on the brake pedal. I have had mine stick enough to keep the brakes engaged.
Art |
Brian Brown (Blue_velvet)
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Username: Blue_velvet
Post Number: 402
Registered: 6-2005
Posted From: 72.19.152.144
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 2:01 am: | |
As Steve said, you should hear the "clunk". When I had a Fishbowl w/ the VS2-8, sometimes the wire that connects to the tranny solenoid would come off. Was an easy fix.
One time it came off when I was negotiating a tight turn with several iterations backwards and forwards. So I ran back there to plug it in and FELT THE CLUNK the instant I did... it was still in DRIVE!
Luckily I caught up with the bus, since you've never seen a man cover 40+ feet so fast!
Brian "stupid bus tricks" Brown
presently driving a 4108-216 w/ V730
Longmont, CO |