LeylandLynx

Scania 41 We have had problems with this bus ever since we acquired it. An electrical problem causing it to lose power was eventually found to be a bad connection in the electrical throttle system. It still even though this was sorted did not prove very reliable and lost power again, a check of the…

JKG 497 F Whilst attempting to move the bus it stalled and was reluctant to restart. We checked out the fuel system and found that the fuel pump rack had stuck. On closer inspection the rear portion was found to be seized so it was stripped down including the dismantling of the governor box. It…

UTG313G, KNY 495D, MUH289X. These vehicles have all been serviced and mechanical/electrical/bodywork faults have all been rectified. We are continuing to service all our running buses ready for the season.

EDW 68D – Leyland Atlantean We gave this bus its annual check over last week and a number of jobs were found needing attention. A lot of small electrical faults were rectified along with some body defects. Also mechanical jobs such as the radiator mountings had worked loose and the engine stop was faulty, we…

Vehicle passed mot but on return from Porth started to develop a water leak. On return to depot we put back on pit and investigated where leak was coming from. It was found an electrical loom had chafed through a heater feed pipe. We removed pipe and put a new piece of hose over hole…

TKG 518J After replacing the overhauled fuel system parts we retimed engine bleed system and eventually started bus without using easy start for the first time. Hopefully with more use it should get better, the bus is now with stagecoach at blackwood having attention to its bodywork. PAX 466f / R792 DHB / F41 YHB…

The new years jobs started with trying to get tkg 518j our leopard tow bus started. We found that the fuel system was badly contaminated a legacy of not being run for about 5 years, We removed fuel pump and injectors for overhaul. These have now been put back on bus but we still could…

R792 DHB Volvo B10m 16/12/17 The last job on this bus was to check over for mot and reposition the wiper arms which that was not as simple as it seemed but success was achieved in the end and they now stop in the correct place.

This weekend we removed damaged rear mudflaps and fitted new ones these will help keep rear of bus clean. Then we fitted rubber packing to tank straps and refitted the fuel tanks back on the bus. We refilled with fuel and restarted bus and checked for leaks all OK. We will now check her over…