*BREAKDOWN & PURE ENGINE NOISE!* - Optare Excel (Cummins)

[@raoul7677]

Wow! The engines do sound really aggressive! The man buses I find are a lot more calmer

[@jimtoiley9595]

Love the way as the alternator bracket spanned the driver instantly knew that something was wrong as stopped. Good judgement as good driving demonstrated here, as well as a driver who understands what a kickdown does!

[@TheFlatCapFromWN5]

I remember a Streetlite breaking down and making a noise just like this. Reminded me of this video straightaway.

[@scottishtransportvideos2532]

Sounds great with the belts screeching :)

[@jaggass]

I wish the gearbox was fitted to more buses like the Dart SLF, early Optare Solo's etc. Does sort of a ZF kickdown at 2.40 and 2.56. We had a few mk1 Excel's down here and some of them were pretty fast.

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

Great video. ☺

[@exploringnortheastbuses60]

bloomin heck good catch!.

[@NorthEastbuses01]

Cheers :)

[@jaggass]

Sounded like an angle grinder at the end.

[@joshwheatstonemusic]

Exactly my thoughts

[@shaunc2476]

Which vehicle reg was it please?

[@jetstream454]

What transmission does this have? Nice vid, love the sound (of the engine :'D)

[@TheFlatCapFromWN5]

I would guess that it's an Allison AT545. Definitely an Allison gearbox but not certain as to which one.

[@jaggass]

Allison World Series.

[@cidertom5140]

@@jaggass awful gearboxes. Give me a Bristol RE with a leyland 680 in it and a semi-auto. Proper tunes then

[@jaggass]

@@cidertom5140 I grew up riding on Bristol VR's, Olympian's etc and drivers hammered them.

[@cidertom5140]

No wonder it broke down with a driver like this.

[@TheMatsushitaMan]

Sounded rough from the beginning

[@MercedesCitarobusvideos]

Thats because of the roof cover has been removed.

[@NorthEastbuses01]

Exactly lol, it's just cos the inspection hatch was removed to hear the engine better. The screeching belts just sounded way louder because of cover being off

[@MercedesCitarobusvideos]

I said roof LMAO, I meant floor