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Western SMT

5th February 2009 14:21

Bus Engines

Going back a great many years and from what little memory I have recollects there was a story of a new type of bus engine with non-removable cylinder heads.
Any ideas?

dmackay

5th February 2009 17:13

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Originally Posted by Western SMT (Post 3294)

Going back a great many years and from what little memory I have recollects there was a story of a new type of bus engine with non-removable cylinder heads.
Any ideas?

Did'nt the Leyland Buffalo have an engine like that at one time? :confused:

Western SMT

5th February 2009 18:41

Leyland Buffalo did the trick and not losing the marbles just yet as I did wonder about this one, seems it was called the 500 fixed head engine so thanks to dmackay for that.

http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/b...alo-momen.html

G-CPTN

5th February 2009 19:28

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So they took a bunch of engines into the test lab and tried to get them to mis-behave. Only to everyone's amazement they all ran perfectly. It wasn't until later that Graham realised that the engines they'd been given were effectively 'blue-printed'. When they checked the tolerance on the production engines they were all over the place--hence their appalling durability.

Enough said!

Western SMT

5th February 2009 21:17

Not much found for this fixed head engine -

The prototype engine for the Leyland Titan was a turbocharged version of the Leyland 500 series, although this was changed to Gardner 6LXB for production after concerns over fuel economy and reliability of the 500 nicknamed the headless wonder.

G-CPTN

5th February 2009 21:35

Bedford used to offer a Leyland engine before they made their own 466 cu in diesel. Did the 'Big Bedford' (S-type) use this engine?

Western SMT

5th February 2009 21:50

Originally fitted with a 110bhp 6-cylinder petrol engine.
Diesel option in the form of the Perkins R6 arrived in 1953.
Bedford's own diesel in 1958.
The S-type was discontinued in late 1959.

Western SMT

7th February 2009 21:10

Video of bus running with the Leyland 500 engine - note comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&h...&v=wemyxvueAuc

Mr-Tomcat

11th February 2009 19:01

Leyland National had the fixed head 500 engine also.

Andrew.

david1

25th August 2009 14:44

Engines

Hi Im David

Bedford used the 0400 Leyland Engine more commonly found in the Comet and the Albion Chieftain / Clydesdale and as the 410 Turbocharged in the Reiver. To my knowledge, Bedford never used Perkins engines, Leyland however did in the Boxer.

Regards from a newbie

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