One of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit units auctioned around 2002, purchased in Dallas and drove it back to Lake City with no major incidents. (overheat warning...
Bill on the board is interested in my DDEC II engine. He says his DDEC is more square than rectangular (like mine). If his is a newer DDEC, will his work on my...
FYI FOLKS Hey WARD -- Ya coming this year ???? I'll be thier again this year - been the only RTS for 3 years running until last year - Don (N.J.) was thier...
Carl Not sure about swapping - this may help you understand the differences D:\BUS MANUALS\DETROIT DIESEL ENGINES\DDEC-II\DDEC Miscelleous\DDEC I, II and...
oops here a better link http://www.powerlinecomponents.com/literature/detroit_diesel/ddec_sche matic.htm DDEC III and IV monitor INPUT AIR TEMP and COOLANT...
The cam timing and injector height is different between the DDEC II and DDEC IV. Also the timing reference wheel has more slots in it. It wouldn't be a huge...
After some more looking and talking with Detroit, the two DDEC's in question were both DDEC II's, and an EPA upgrade engine rebuild has to use the EPA upgrade...
I took my bus in for a safety inspection with Virginia motor carrier and had an issue arise about the parking brake. Doing an air brake test the light and...
On the RTS - the emergency brakes are off the suspension tank which is feed by an approx 60 psi one way protection valve The air gauges read the primary and...
Pete raises an excellent point to keep in mind. Commercial vehicles parking brake valve is supposed to pop off when the pressure gets down to around 30 psi. ...
My wife used to be the safety coordinator for the buses I used to work on and she trained the drivers for the CDL test. The knob did pop up when the bus was...
I have a 79 with the IFS and a 88 parts bus with strait axle are the front bags the same? and has anyone done a strait axle conversion on an IFS bus? thanx...
JACK, The yellow valve itself needs to be replaced...i work @ a transit co. and they release around 30-45 psi . there not bad to do three air lines and an...
I'm experiencing the same problem here in Texas. Can't pass the inspection because the inspector wants the value to pop sooner than 80 psi.? Sodium bought a...
Pete thought that the parking brake was supplied by the suspension tank. If so, the parking brake won't pop when pumping down the brakes. Not sure if that is...
Tom, I finally found the parts diagram for both IFS and strait. Parts are considerably different and not interchangeable from my viewpoint. IFS uses a single...
Parking Brakes Carl I give up - I'm confused (as usual) Air From the primary tank to the protection valve only flows air to the suspension tank after reaching...
OK, I'm confused. My maintenance manual ('88 TMC) shows the parking brake valve supplied by the suspension tank, as Pete noted. So why is it plumbed this way,...
Pat. You are correct about the potential lack of safety in the setup. As you and Pete have determined, the parking brake is supplied by the suspension tank. ...
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i would like to repair existing speedo does anybody have any pointers or direction i should go. at present my speedo is max at 85 mph. 82 35' 96" ddec2 v730d...
it has been a life time since I have been on the site, please be nice I think I remember reading that the bar that runs at a angle from front to back in the...
I've been spending a lot of time in that area of my bus (rebuilding the lower radious arm mounting framework... can we say ROT?) anyways, I seen a few guys...
... viewpoint. ... and down on ... down with ... strait ... park them ... they would have ... would be can it ... some ... HERE HERE!!! I second that last...
... I have a gas turbine in my RTS. It doesn't drive the wheels though, it's just inside the bus. Now you got me thinking. Why not a turbine powered bus?...
Hi I left my braces in for support - I mounted a tank where the w/c steps used to be - combined black/gray - worked for me see--> post # 17414 Pete RTS/Daytona...
hi stereogoro the subject brace does serve a structual purpose. however, it is my belief that it can be removed sucessfully without any loss of structual...
I have spoke to a few other bussers and some say that a 4:10 might be too low, I do tow a race car on a trailer behind it and also have been in a few...
Tom Mont Eagle took me down to 25/30 mph in Tenn. with my EPA 6v92ta DDEC- II and a 4.10 and no towed - but I was still passing some trucks I chose the 4.10...
