Did you know...? (Part 2)

• SBS7484P

  3 Oct 08, 19:51

  Originally posted by 16/f/lonely:

  
  That's a bus I recommended along with 894M.

  
  892T.

• BusSpeeder

  3 Oct 08, 20:05

  Originally posted by ^tamago^:

  http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/transport/trpt_bus_shorttrips.aspx
  
  The number of short trips has been reduced significantly?!

  besides from 162A, 15A is missing. is it also withdrawn on the same day 15B was withdrawn or more recently?

• service_238

  3 Oct 08, 23:59

  Originally posted by ^tamago^:

  162A has been withdrawn on 1st October. New 10-minute ruling kicks in.

  
  162A was withdrawn on Mon 25 Feb 08, together with the 24/162 xovers.

  15A didnt exist ever since i started doing e-timetabling since mid-2006.

• service_238

  4 Oct 08, 00:03

  Originally posted by BusSpeeder:

  besides from 162A, 15A is missing. is it also withdrawn on the same day 15B was withdrawn or more recently?

  
  15B was withdrawn on Mon 8 Oct 07. On the same day fleet reduction occured and SBS 2819 T left.

• chickenlittle2

  4 Oct 08, 01:03

  SBS 9003J (SL 185) Seems to hav an Air Horn.. Sounds like K230UB?

• I Luv Dat Unique Gal

  4 Oct 08, 22:06

  try taking SBS2726. The suspension sucks totally, try it if it happens to cameo as it is currently SP of BNDPT

• ^tamago^

  4 Oct 08, 22:33

  mr. 238 is really pro. :lol:
• Oceane

  4 Oct 08, 22:35

  Originally posted by ^tamago^:

  mr. 238 is really pro.

  
  Of course.

• I Luv Dat Unique Gal

  4 Oct 08, 22:38

  Originally posted by chickenlittle2:

  SBS 9003J (SL 185) Seems to hav an Air Horn.. Sounds like K230UB?

  
  try asking Azharjj, he took Sv 185 the most & also his favourite. lol

• SBS n SMRT

  4 Oct 08, 22:46

  Originally posted by I Luv Dat Unique Gal:

  try taking SBS2726. The suspension sucks totally, try it if it happens to cameo as it is currently SP of BNDPT

  BNDPT??? it is BNDEP lah

• I Luv Dat Unique Gal

  4 Oct 08, 22:51

  Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:

  BNDPT??? it is BNDEP lah

  
  okok...noted

• TIB537B

  5 Oct 08, 01:09

  TIB1037X the gearbox vibrates when it changes gear. Took it today and it just feels darn uncomfortable. Especially if the BC accelerates hard, the vibration is bad. It's particularly uncomfortable when it does its second gear change. I was sitting at the rear section of the bus. The front section not so bad lol, just can hear the vibration sound when changing gears.

  Wonder how it is still on revenue service...hope it gets rectified soon.

  also realised most B9TL's stickered livery, white portion all getting greyish le.

• 16/f/lonely

  5 Oct 08, 15:35

  Originally posted by TIB1224Y:

  Gear slipping I believe is when the gears somehow make the engine run and change gear at higher RPM, akin to a Formula 1 car, just that one is a technical feat while the other is a technical fault!

  W3E, if I am not wrong, have a lock up gear as well, but would always occur on the first gear. A lock up is something like retaining the gear step, bringing the RPM close to its highest power output (torque on the lower end, horsepower on the higher end).ZF gearboxes have lock up on first or second gear. So far ZF and Mercedes gearboxes have the most notable lock up sounds. Whereas for what a lock up in gear can achieve, I am not sure. Some says its for retaining power (which I supported), others is for saving fuel.

  One of the few champions for gear slipping and recommended is TIB516L, not repaired since its gearbox failure in 2005.

  Gear slipping can lead to the increase wear of the gearbox components and higher fuel consumption.

  Simply speaking, the main disadvantage of auto-gears is usually in the high rpm regime, where power loss becomes significant due to the torque converter. The lock-up clutch basically connects the engine and the driving axle after a certain speed to eliminate this loss.

  So yes. It's for retaining power and saving fuel.

  Why does the lock-up clutch disengage below a certain speed? That's because the engine would be killed if both axle and engine remain connected as the speed decreases. The other advantage of having such a arrangement is that the torque converter, as the name suggests, actually multiplies torque, and that's crucial for start-up.

• AEW5001

  5 Oct 08, 20:52

  memory is failing me. had mercedes svc-ed 100 bef?

• Volvo Olympian

  5 Oct 08, 20:53

  Originally posted by AEW5001:

  memory is failing me. had mercedes svc-ed 100 bef?

  Yes , full fleet somemore , 103 also if i'm not wrong. , during the AMDEP days of course

• Oceane

  5 Oct 08, 20:55

  Originally posted by AEW5001:

  memory is failing me. had mercedes svc-ed 100 bef?

  
  Serangoon was once under AMDEP.

  AMDEP 100
  AMDEP 101 (Had N113s then)
  AMDEP 103
  AMDEP 081
  AMDEP 082
  AMDEP 105 (Some of these Merc went to SLBP when 105 went under HG/SL)
  AMDEP 315

  And so on...

  Then came the depot control swap.

  /lets someone else carry on with story

• SBS7484P

  5 Oct 08, 20:55

  Originally posted by chickenlittle2:

  SBS 9003J (SL 185) Seems to hav an Air Horn.. Sounds like K230UB?

  
  certain sv. 107 VO3 batch 2 also have similar sounding horns.

• BusSpeeder

  5 Oct 08, 21:08

  Originally posted by Oceane:

  
  Serangoon was once under AMDEP.

  AMDEP 100
  AMDEP 101 (Had N113s then)
  AMDEP 103
  AMDEP 081
  AMDEP 082
  AMDEP 105 (Some of these Merc went to SLBP when 105 went under HG/SL)
  AMDEP 315

  And so on...

  Then came the depot control swap.

  /lets someone else carry on with story

  107 was BRBP controlled when it was still serangoon if im not wrong. 81 was under full BNDEP.

• Oceane

  5 Oct 08, 21:13

  Originally posted by BusSpeeder:

  107 was BRBP controlled when it was still serangoon if im not wrong. 81 was under full BNDEP.

   

  Ooh ok. Thanks. :)

• SBS7484P

  5 Oct 08, 21:16

  Originally posted by Oceane:

  
  Ooh ok. Thanks. :)

  
  hahah its not only limited to these sv 107 VO3's. those VO3 ive heard before with the ultra squeaky or soft horns i think are being replaced with the louder ones, although when pressed the bus doesent carry the sound vibration as like the scania horn. haha.

• Oceane

  5 Oct 08, 21:21

  Originally posted by SBS7484P:

  
  hahah its not only limited to these sv 107 VO3's. those VO3 ive heard before with the ultra squeaky or soft horns i think are being replaced with the louder ones, although when pressed the bus doesent carry the sound vibration as like the scania horn. haha.

  
  Eh eh, sorry, I quoted the wrong post... lol... wanted to quote BusSpeeder one...

• SBS7484P

  5 Oct 08, 21:23

  LOL.. i thot why chicky ask the qn then u reply for him

• gorby107

  5 Oct 08, 21:35

  Originally posted by SBS7484P:

  
  certain sv. 107 VO3 batch 2 also have similar sounding horns.

  Ooo...
  
  Did not notice that
  
  SBS9550X? SBS9565D? SBS9595S? SBS9600K?
  
  =)

• gorby107

  5 Oct 08, 21:36

  Originally posted by SBS7484P:

  
  892T.

  
  Like the smooth acceleration of this bus and the sound too

• Volvo Olympian

  5 Oct 08, 21:59

  Originally posted by Oceane:

  
  Serangoon was once under AMDEP.

  AMDEP 100
  AMDEP 101 (Had N113s then)
  AMDEP 103
  AMDEP 081
  AMDEP 082
  AMDEP 105 (Some of these Merc went to SLBP when 105 went under HG/SL)
  AMDEP 315

  And so on...

  Then came the depot control swap.

  /lets someone else carry on with story

  AMDEP 101 the Scania N113's , remember SBS44A is one of them.