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Gearbox - NEED URGENT HELP

Hello, my bus is in Prague at the moment, it broke down on the motorway last night. I need urgently to speak to a mechanic, who could help me over the phone to detect the fault. Anyone please?

Thank you

Ben

My bus number (if any): RM1013

Re: Gearbox - NEED URGENT HELP

078 9999 0638 if that's any help, remember calls to my mobile from abroad are expensive to receive, so a brief detail of what the problem is on here would help.

My bus number (if any): RML2532

Re: Gearbox - NEED URGENT HELP

Looking back this is the same bus (1013) with 'blinkers on the blink' a while ago. That had earth return faults IIRC?

Re: Gearbox - NEED URGENT HELP

It's so urgent that he hasn't replied to my message or phoned!

So, with blinkers on the blink with earth return faults, it's probably safe to assume it's had 2-gear selection and has probably biggered the gearbox! Caused by earth return. Sounds expensive.

My bus number (if any): RML2532

Re: Gearbox - NEED URGENT HELP

No word from the OP about the problem. Why do we bother replying to these posts when people don't have the decency to say it's fixed?

My bus number (if any): RML2532

Re: Gearbox - NEED URGENT HELP

Probably in a state of panic by the side of the motorway contacting anybody who he thought could help ? I agree it would be polite to reply to anyone who offered to respond.

My bus number (if any): RML2747

Re: Gearbox - NEED URGENT HELP

I was checking old posts about this bus like Roy, and apart from the recent indicator wiring problem they had found a wiring problem about a year ago. Perhaps this wiring problem caught up with the bus eventually.

My bus number (if any): RLH62