Had no idea the Olympian had the National steering wheel. I knew the Titan did. I wish uploaders would provide more information. Lucky I can tell this has got a Gardner 6LXB.
@@jazzyjim76 a former NBC bus. As an Australian, I've never seen an Olympian in NBC livery with the twin arrow logo. I've ridden an ex Hong Kong Olympian with Gardner and Voith.
There is an ‘S’ on the selector which needs to be engaged to be able to start it then gears 1-5 with 1st really being a crawler gear for hill starts and slow manoeuvres. Most of the time on the flat with light loads you’ll pull away in second, pause in between the gear changes to wait for the revs to drop before selecting the next gear. Semi automatic so no clutch.
Depended on operator. Many NBC companies took semi auto Olympians up to C reg, most PTEs favoured fully automatic right from their first batches (such as Edinburgh) and hydracyclic gearboxes only available up to 1988
Excellent gear changes. 👍🏻
Pretty sure I used to take this to school in the mornings of 1999/2000 (on the Isle of Wight!)
Starting from Ryde Esplanade me thinks. I think some drivers referred to them as ‘Limp alongs’.
Noticed speedometer/tacograph not working?
Got a phone app for that
Had no idea the Olympian had the National steering wheel. I knew the Titan did.
I wish uploaders would provide more information. Lucky I can tell this has got a Gardner 6LXB.
www.iwbusmuseum.org.uk/2013/01/leyland-olympian-700-a700-ddl/
@@jazzyjim76 a former NBC bus. As an Australian, I've never seen an Olympian in NBC livery with the twin arrow logo. I've ridden an ex Hong Kong Olympian with Gardner and Voith.
They were building both the Olympian and Titan at Workington at the same time.
And the best combination of semi -auto
Ex Isle of Wight Reg Bus
Southern Vectis 700 I believe.
The 1982 batch for Grampian was automatic
How does this pass mot without a speedo ?
Speedos don’t get checked in an mot. I used a phone app to measure the speed
@@jazzyjim76 Where would we be without apps . Thanks 👍
Was he relying on a phone app for his speed?
Yes, it’s on the list to be fixed
Is that a 4 or5 speed box
Five
There is an ‘S’ on the selector which needs to be engaged to be able to start it then gears 1-5 with 1st really being a crawler gear for hill starts and slow manoeuvres. Most of the time on the flat with light loads you’ll pull away in second, pause in between the gear changes to wait for the revs to drop before selecting the next gear. Semi automatic so no clutch.
Thought these buses where automatic the old edinburgh ones where
The early ones were semi auto with a Gardner engine, basically a VR with suspension.
@@jazzyjim76 but edinburgh had a b and c reg olympians they where all automatic
@@bignick0011 probably had the Cummins L10 engine in, there were various engine & gearbox options.
Gardner, Cummins and Leyland TL11.
ZF, Leyland (formerly Wilson) semi automatic and hydracyclic automatic and Voith.
Depended on operator. Many NBC companies took semi auto Olympians up to C reg, most PTEs favoured fully automatic right from their first batches (such as Edinburgh) and hydracyclic gearboxes only available up to 1988
Mike McDermott must have been this bus
Engine idle too high
www.iwbusmuseum.org.uk/2013/01/leyland-olympian-700-a700-ddl/