Minor Maintenance/Repairs Thread

[smitho]

Accident damaged 351 was parked adjoining the Tuggy bricks area this afternoon (east side).

[Bus 400]

304 was on the back of the tow truck.

I have been told by a driver that the left front wheel caught alight on this bus. It had something to do with the brake pads coming loose & the paint around there catching alight. The fire was quickly extinguished & everyone kicked off the bus.

[Snorzac]

'Chris_Guru' reports 464 returned to the depot on the back of the tow truck this afternoon.

427 was involved in an accident yesterday

[Snorzac]

709 broke down on the corner of cohen and Lathlain. Traffic was blocked for about 10 minutes as it was a tow job

[Sir]

Saw 133(?) in kaleen today at aroung 8:40am unloading passengers. Looked like a panel on the left hand side had come off?

[smitho]

709 broke down on the corner of cohen and Lathlain. Traffic was blocked for about 10 minutes as it was a tow job

Police and ACTION team worked well together to keep traffic moving around this busy intersection without undue delays.

[Snorzac]

Just after you went through they blocked the road for a while, the tow truck couldn't quite make the corner.....

[Snorzac]

420 looks ready to re-enter service. It has been off the road for the past 6 weeks

[p_stampy]

851 was sitting on the parkway, near the hindmarsh turn off (heading south), hazard lights on and a bit of white smoke coming out of the zaust.

The desto had "8 Dickson" or something though ??

[Snorzac]

369 is currently at the back of Belconnen depot looking quite sorry for itself. There is no air in the front airbags at all, somehow I don't think it will be operating my 314 at all in the final week of the network.

[400:D]

103 has a really bad set of front doors they were squeaking and rattling.

[Barry Drive]

709 is back in service; 464 is also mobile again, but not sure if it's been released into service yet.

[Bus 400]

Bus 989 broke down on Southern Cross Drive.

Bus 465 broke down on Lhotsky Drive right on a stop with a pedestrian island in the middle.

[Bus 400]

Bus 112 also broke down at Barton Interchange, but was spotted back in service an hour later.

Bus 464 back in service on a 710 Xpresso.

[p_stampy]

They're all going to stop working now because it's warming up aren't they?

[Irisbus Rider]

Yep, that's unfortunately the reality for ACTION. A day over 25C can send the network into meltdown (literally, mind you, it'll just be the .3s, Darts and Iris', and sometimes Scanias).

[Snorzac]

988 has died at the top of cohen. Mechanics in attendance

[p_stampy]

326 had to be rebooted 3 or 4 times between woden and belconnen today.

[Bus 400]

Bus 992 was being attended to at East Belconnen Layover.

Bus 980 shut its self off on Belconnen Way & Coulter Drive lights today. The driver just started it up again & races off by the next green light

[Bus 400]

312 overheated on Eastern Valley Way today.

[Sir]

898 was stopped under the GDE Bridge on Grinningdara dr with it's engine door up. Another bus was behind it but no sign of passengers?

[smitho]

Excuse my ignorance everyone, but what's the story on the damage that 112 has suffered to its rear end?

[Snorzac]

How bad is it?

[Barry Drive]

Excuse my ignorance everyone, but what's the story on the damage that 112 has suffered to its rear end?

The story of 112 is that it has been damaged at the rear. It was involved in a traffic accident with a large vehicle.

[smitho]

Around 1230, drove past southbound 145 which had failed on corner of Melrose Drive and Corinna St, Phillip....awaiting breakdown team.

Around 1600, drove past northbound 467, which had breakdown crew in attendance on Athllon Drive, Greenway.

[400:D]

892 Now has a broken wayfarer Thank-you fellow school students before me

[Snorzac]

398 sustained a flat rhs outer tyre at Fraser this morning . The 314 it was due to operate was dropped and it went t  Belconnen workshops for a tyre change.

[CNG]

967 was involved in an accident and has sustained quite a bit of damage on the right hand side at the front of the bus, so I assume it will be off the road for a period of time. The bike rack has also been removed. I saw it on friday sitting near the shed at Belconen depot.

[Snorzac]

431 was towed home yesterday with a "Low Oil Pressure" warning.

[Bus 400]

Bus 372 was sick on Alinga Street near the Marcus Clarke Intersection this evening. The City Supervisors were in attendance when I went past.

[lukeo25]

Spotted 421 broken down (possibly) not sure on athllon dr @ the bus stop after beasly st torrens with hazards blinking

[Bus 400]

Bus 924 was being attended to by the breakdown van this afternoon on London Circuit (opposite City Police Station).

Also from the ACT Police Twitter:

Gundaroo Drive Gungahlin City bound 800m before Barton hwy Bus broken down partly on road causing traffic problems ACTP & ACTION attending

[Bus 400]

Bus 995 was being attended to on Southern Cross Drive this afternoon.

[Snorzac]

Currently on 313 doing a 900 on Barry Drive. we are stuck at the ANU as the interlock will not release.

EDIT: Moving again but stuck at the next stop!

EDIT2: We may make it to the City

EDIT3: Made it

[p_stampy]

350 - the turbo sounds like it's about to blow up (it winds up then sounds like it's going to explode), and the engine sounds crappier than others.

[Bus 400]

Bus 388 was being escorted back to Tuggeranong Depot by the breakdown van at 09:30 this morning.

[Snorzac]

310 was seen on Barry Drive yesterday with a pool of coolant around 1pm, it was later sighted "tailgating" the ACTION towtruck, by now a familiar position for it.

[Bus 400]

A tradesman van & ACTION Bus 903 had a short disagreement this morning. The bus won with what appears to be minimal front end damage (new pair of front doors) & the van looks to be a write off.

[Barry Drive]

Two buses have recently emerged from the workshops: 424 and 405. But the R side rear panel on 405 has come loose, so it might have to go back again. (424 now has only the MyWay equipment which confuses some passengers.)

[Bus 400]

Bus 318 couldn't handle the heat this afternoon & stopped on Athllon Drive near the (southern) Beasley Street intersection. The Supervisor Van sat behind it using its lovely new led message screen, all the message said was "Lane Closed".

[Snorzac]

An Iris...overheating...I would never have imagined such a thing...seriously I wish ACTION would dispose of them, although they seem to be overheating a lot less than previous years this summer.

[400:D]

An Iris...overheating...I would never have imagined such a thing...seriously I wish ACTION would dispose of them, although they seem to be overheating a lot less than previous years this summer.

This summer happens to be a lot cooler

[p_stampy]

They should do whatever the opposite is to hibernating in the cold... and hibernate in the summer.

Summer overall is cooler, but wasn't it 31-ish yesterday? It's kinda warm today too, nearly took off my jumper when I went outside.

[Buzz Killington]

For those who missed it on our Twitter Feed (@actbus), here's a .3 on tow the other day, originally tweeted by @purplepopple.

http://twitpic.com/3xt47p

[Snorzac]

143 had a pretty  ,major accident the other day, it was hit by a car around the radiator and fuel tank and apparently it has displaced everything in that area, I wouldn't be expecting to see it back on the road until at least June.

[Bus 400]

This afternoon, Bus 384 required a tow back to Tuggeranong Depot from Kambah Village. I am unsure what was wrong, but during the preparation for the tow the water was emptied from the climate control system.

[The Love Guru]

Climate control system only contains engine coolant. It was most probably a blocked drain for the condensation for the evaporator.

[Buzz Killington]

Did you get any other shots, Bus 400? Will add that one to the Gallery but if you have any other angles etc that'd be great.

[Bus 400]

Not really, just these two:








I thought I'd stay as far away as possible while they were working.

The annoying thing was, the bus & tow truck were still parked while I was getting served at Woolworths. However, by the time I was walking to my car I lost them.

[CNG]

when busses break down do they have to be towed back to the home depot?