FE Coach with manual trans

[wunderhut]

Does anybody here have an FE coach with a manual trans? I know they are kind of rare.

I'd like to see pics of how it is set up if anybody has some. Hopefully!

[nat_ster]

You need to be much more specific.

Do you mean a dog nose bus, or a flat nose bus?

Yes dog nose buses can be found with 5, 6, and 7 speed manual trans.

No flat noses use manual trans.

One out of every 25 buses with a auto trans, one will be ordered with a manual.

This is sadly due to lazy drivers.

Nat

[wunderhut]

Flat nose. I saw a video of a 94 tc2000 fe with a manual.

youtu.be/6cttymCGhCo

Don't know it it was real or not but I also read that the tc2000s were available with 5 speed sticks until 1995.

[nat_ster]

I trust it to be true that you could order them that way.

I have never seen one.

The shifter would be a long way back. Long clutch linkages.

Nat

[crazycal]

I bid on a flat front Bluebird with a manual in Washington state. That is the only one I have seen.

[WIbluebird]

My company used to have a few early 90's Bluebird AA FEs with manual transmissions, however it was years ago and I recall hearing that they were converted to automatics.

I'd love to see a photo of a shifter setup in a flatnose FE bus.

[Booyah45828]

Originally Posted by WIbluebird

My company used to have a few early 90's Bluebird AA FEs with manual transmissions, however it was years ago and I recall hearing that they were converted to automatics.

I'd love to see a photo of a shifter setup in a flatnose FE bus.

I imagine it'd be something similar to that of a cabover semi. So I don't think it'd be too revolutionary.

[wunderhut]

Well this is going on my todo list, if I end up with a flatnose.

[nat_ster]

More complicated crap between the shifter and the trans, and long clutch linkages.

As much as I love my manual transmissions in my cars, no thanks in a flat nose bus.

Stuff is cramped and hard enough to get to under there without adding more stuff.

Nat