Thanks so much E! Haha! But when the bus drove off without you, at least it had a DRIVER!

@@MonsterMidi Ok. You got me there.

Thank you so so much for this!

I am glad that you enjoyed it!

Thank you!

Really? The automatics were terrible? Tough on passengers? As in neck jerkers or what?

@@MonsterMidi Yes, nothing we could so, tried feathering the throttle etc, just a big bang into the next gear, our later buses were much better, we had bought three I imagine they were the first to come out, the rest we had were later models and were much better. The best bus we had was a solid old MC7, had a four speed, shifted like butter, rode like a cloud. We had a bunch of GMC's all the way back to the old transit buses of the 50's, my favorite of the GMC's was the 4905, 8v71.

@@MonsterMidi The Allison 740 automatic was not the best match for the 2-stroke Detroit engines. Having said that the MC9 cemented MCI as a dominant player in the North American charter bus market. Built like a tank and very reliable. Gorgeous too when fully polished.

Yes, starts quite well!

How could you been homeless if your father was a W-4, that is a good salary. That bus is a money pit, it will drain you of funds. Might want to sell it, to save your house. Rather live in a house than in a bus.

With the 3.70 axle about 72 mph. Later they went to a 3.36 to help with fuel economy and with this ratio, they needed a 2-speed governor. This governor would allow 2100 rpm in the lower gears but only 1800 rpm in top gear and this gave you 68 mph. Now there was a way to bypass that and many drivers and mechanics did and with the full 2100 rpm in top you're looking at 78 mph oh yeah. The early 4-speeds would most all have the 3.70, the 5-speeds mostly the 3.36 and bypassed, they would really run.

No you do not but in some jurisdictions now they require you to have an air brake endorsement on your license.

@@thud9797 Ok thanks.

Fun fact: Greyhound never ran a fuel gauge or odometer on any MC-8 or MC-9 or really on any bus until the factory told them the bus couldn't be built without them. There was a trip and fuel card in the bus and every driver wrote down his trip origin and destination along with the run pay miles and the shop logged when the bus was fueled with the gallons and that's how they kept up with it. You as a driver never moved the bus without checking the fuel card first!

Bus transmissions should not be floated, they're really nothing like a truck transmission.

Haha! Mic sensitivity was high on the camera. But most MC-9's and fire trucks with 8V71's sound like this... although, you STILL could be right! I'v never been on the outside of it while it was driving.

Often some will use the 6V92 muffler on the 8V71, it has less baffles so it is cheaper but also a good bit louder than the original 8V71 muffler. Not saying that is the case with your bus but possible.