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bluebirdvision
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 Posted - 11/09/2007 : 1:56:25 PM
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2002 Blue Bird International (Turd 444-E)shifts hard from 1st to 2nd gear once and a while. Today while on route driver steps on it from light it decides to erraticly shift up and down through the gears from a stop. (jerks the kids 1/2 to death.) When this bus and its sister bus was new we had them back to the distubutor several times for the transmission, they said that the hard shifting (which it has always has done) was normal for the model of transmission. The erratic shifting I believe is a new problem.
Any input would be appriechiated
Oh, BTW the bus has 75 thousand miles. |
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busgeek++
Advanced Member
United States
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Posted - 11/09/2007 : 3:06:12 PM
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| Check to make sure the modulator cable isn't broken. Also, be nice, the T444E wasn't that bad, especially considering what they replaced it with :) |
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98TomFord
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 11/09/2007 : 3:39:13 PM
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| I thought the AT545 was discontinued before 2002? Correct me if I'm wrong on that. My guess is that your bus has an Allison 2000 transmission in it, and those tranny's seem to have that jumpy problem from what I've seen where I work. Almost every bus with an A2000 has had the tranny either replaced or worked on multiple times to correct that jumping problem. That'd be my guess though, that's it's a A2000 and that it's just a junk tranny. Nothing wrong with the engine not to worry. |
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78fordwayne
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Posted - 11/09/2007 : 5:09:37 PM
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| I think it would be a A2000 trans. Ive never seen a 2002 International with a AT545. |
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bluebirdvision
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78fordwayne
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USA
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Posted - 11/10/2007 : 5:37:08 PM
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| do you know how many gears it shifts? |
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dem84skeeprollinup
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USA
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Posted - 11/10/2007 : 6:22:44 PM
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we have 6 2003 bb INT 3800's w 466 and at545's. The first set had a september of 01 manufacture date for the body and the other was sometime in 02.
heres the one built in 01
http://busyard.byethost7.com/kris03intlbb0001.html |
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bluebirdvision
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78fordwayne
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USA
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Posted - 11/13/2007 : 7:51:28 PM
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| Talking about hard shifting.. Today I drove a 99 3800 Blue Bird with a AT545. This thing would not down shift into first until I came to a complete stop. And when it finaly went into first I thought someone rear ended me. The bus would jump forward and make a loud bang! Im sure it will be the next to go LOL |
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bluebirdvision
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USA
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Posted - 11/14/2007 : 05:39:18 AM
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Originally posted by 78fordwayne
Talking about hard shifting.. Today I drove a 99 3800 Blue Bird with a AT545. This thing would not down shift into first until I came to a complete stop. And when it finaly went into first I thought someone rear ended me. The bus would jump forward and make a loud bang! Im sure it will be the next to go LOL
The bus in question also does this. I believe it is a 4-speed transmission, max speed was about 55MPH |
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Edited by - bluebirdvision on 11/14/2007 05:43:56 AM |
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Nick
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USA
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Posted - 11/14/2007 : 1:18:47 PM
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I ride a bus right now (2000 AmTran RE) with a 545 and it does the 1/2 back-and-forth shifting too. So pleasant when you're sleeping in the morning and then you get woken up by THUNKA-THUNKA-THUNKA-THUNKA... |
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Edited by - Nick on 11/14/2007 1:19:41 PM |
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bluebirdvision
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Posted - 11/14/2007 : 1:20:45 PM
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Originally posted by AmTranRE14
I ride a bus right now (2000 AmTran RE) with a 545 and it does the 1/2 back-and-forth shifting too. So pleasant when you're sleeping in the morning and then you get woken up by THUNKA-THUNKA-THUNKA-THUNKA...
Our TC- 2000 used to do that too. |
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wgloff
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 11/16/2007 : 04:14:13 AM
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Check wiring to the modulator on the left side of the transmission. Also, the modulator itself will go bad and shorten the stroke internally, which will cause erratic shifting.
Hope this helps. |
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