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Old 05-27-2016, 07:22 PM   #1
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8.2 L Detroit Diesel

I have a 1986 Boyertown (Body) Trolley on a GMC School Bus Chassis, 8.2L Detroit Diesel, Allison 545 RM with a Rockwell International Differential with a 586 gear ratio, 10R-22.5 Tires.
I Have never owned a 8.2L aspirated Detroit Diesel. The question I have about the 8.2 Detroit is, when you take off from a dead stop the bus shift very well but when you hit four gear you are going 40mph, from 40 mph to 55 mph the engine is so noise that you cannot hardly hear inside of the bus the rpm are so high that it sounds like the engine is going to blow up. You let off the accelerator at 55 mph the bus will pull down in speed right away, the buses I drove with AT 545 when hitting four gear you can take foot off accelerator and bus does not pull down right away until you start braking
What can I do to fix this. Please Help! Ron

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Old 05-27-2016, 07:32 PM   #2
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With the 545 it should free roll forever. Sure you arent dragging a brake?
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Old 05-27-2016, 07:43 PM   #3
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Eww! 5.86 gear ratio in the differential... Yeah that thing was built to be a trolley. General rule of thumb is the numerically higher the gear ratio the slower it'll go. So probably anything above 45mph and you're pushing the engine. Kind of makes me wonder why they thought they needed that size engine because at that rate the thing could uproot redwood trees!
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Old 05-27-2016, 07:49 PM   #4
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You might want to read up a little here...

Detroit 8.2L, Good and Bad - TheDieselGarage.com

Having owned a DD 6V53 (aka; the loudest engine ever built), I can sympathize. But from what little I know about the "Fuel Pinchers"...running any diesel at 3000 to 3300...there will noise. Lots of noise. And that's where they like to run.
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Old 05-27-2016, 08:55 PM   #5
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no I check that
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Old 05-27-2016, 09:00 PM   #6
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How would I find out what I need for a gear ratio in the rear end
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Old 05-27-2016, 09:31 PM   #7
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5:86 gears I'm Shocked Your even reaching 55, if your Going to be driving.This Any Distance get yourself some 4:10 0r 3:73's
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Old 05-27-2016, 10:57 PM   #8
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5:86 gears I'm Shocked Your even reaching 55, if your Going to be driving.This Any Distance get yourself some 4:10 0r 3:73's
That way that engine is screaming after 40 mph You could not hear people talk inside of the trolley that was how load the engine was.
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Old 05-27-2016, 11:01 PM   #9
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its the torque cion verter in your AT545..

in my AT545 with a DTA360 engine if I floor it.. the engine runs at close to its max in the power band the whole time its floored.. this is by design... its a higher stall speed converter.. the AT545 has a pronounced 1st to 2nd gear ratio difference so you get a drop in RPM 1-2.. a little less in 2-3 ..and then 3-4 I barely notice a drop at all... and if im floored my 3-4 occurs about 45 or so and my bus still pulls hard until it reaches the governor at 65 MPH....

when I let off my bus slows down but not by the transmission... if I go down to '3' then my transmission engages 3rd gear and the bus pulls down very quickly...

if you shift cable is mis adjusted you may not be reachinfg 4th gear at all?

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Old 05-28-2016, 12:11 PM   #10
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its the torque cion verter in your AT545..

in my AT545 with a DTA360 engine if I floor it.. the engine runs at close to its max in the power band the whole time its floored.. this is by design... its a higher stall speed converter.. the AT545 has a pronounced 1st to 2nd gear ratio difference so you get a drop in RPM 1-2.. a little less in 2-3 ..and then 3-4 I barely notice a drop at all... and if im floored my 3-4 occurs about 45 or so and my bus still pulls hard until it reaches the governor at 65 MPH....

when I let off my bus slows down but not by the transmission... if I go down to '3' then my transmission engages 3rd gear and the bus pulls down very quickly...

if you shift cable is mis adjusted you may not be reachinfg 4th gear at all?

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Thanks I will check that to
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I have a 1986 Boyertown (Body) Trolley on a GMC School Bus Chassis, 8.2L Detroit Diesel, Allison 545 RM with a Rockwell International Differential with a 586 gear ratio, 10R-22.5 Tires.
I Have never owned a 8.2L aspirated Detroit Diesel. The question I have about the 8.2 Detroit is, when you take off from a dead stop the bus shift very well but when you hit four gear you are going 40mph, from 40 mph to 55 mph the engine is so noise that you cannot hardly hear inside of the bus the rpm are so high that it sounds like the engine is going to blow up. You let off the accelerator at 55 mph the bus will pull down in speed right away, the buses I drove with AT 545 when hitting four gear you can take foot off accelerator and bus does not pull down right away until you start braking
What can I do to fix this. Please Help! Ron
I have almost the same set up but mine is on a ford chassis.
8.2,545 and an eaton rear with 6.50 gears.
I only get 49mph.
I put the pedal to the metal and am a little slow off the line and am in 3rd gear by 25 and hit 4th around 35-38 and my 8.2 is loud.
I insulated inside and am working on the firewall and the backside of the dog house and it has helped some but I don't think we will ever really silence it down anymore.
One other thing I have an idea about and others have done it is to build a removable console over the dog house and maybe insulate it on the backside also.
To me the only way to quiet things down is to create layers to break/muffle the sound
All of the old 8.2 mechanics I have talked to say not to adjust the governors on the 8.2 that they are set for what the motor is designed at RPM wise.
My cheapest options are to change rear ends/gearing down into the 4.? Range and my tires are 9r20 tubed Dayton rims so I have been told by a few tire shops the 10r22.5 tubeless will fit my rims but looking at my rims I think I have to stay with tubes because the valve stem opening is a 2-3" long slot. Or maybe new rims are needed to upgrade tire size and whatever that gives me is what I get unless I hit the lottery and then a new power package and a lot of other wet dream ideas? It breaks my heart to waste 2$ on a ticket so I guess that part is another dream
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Old 05-28-2016, 01:12 PM   #12
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I have almost the same set up but mine is on a ford chassis.
8.2,545 and an eaton rear with 6.50 gears.
I only get 49mph.
I put the pedal to the metal and am a little slow off the line and am in 3rd gear by 25 and hit 4th around 35-38 and my 8.2 is loud.
I insulated inside and am working on the firewall and the backside of the dog house and it has helped some but I don't think we will ever really silence it down anymore.
One other thing I have an idea about and others have done it is to build a removable console over the dog house and maybe insulate it on the backside also.
To me the only way to quiet things down is to create layers to break/muffle the sound
All of the old 8.2 mechanics I have talked to say not to adjust the governors on the 8.2 that they are set for what the motor is designed at RPM wise.
My cheapest options are to change rear ends/gearing down into the 4.? Range and my tires are 9r20 tubed Dayton rims so I have been told by a few tire shops the 10r22.5 tubeless will fit my rims but looking at my rims I think I have to stay with tubes because the valve stem opening is a 2-3" long slot. Or maybe new rims are needed to upgrade tire size and whatever that gives me is what I get unless I hit the lottery and then a new power package and a lot of other wet dream ideas? It breaks my heart to waste 2$ on a ticket so I guess that part is another dream
Thanks For the information.
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Old 05-28-2016, 01:26 PM   #13
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If I change the gearing on the rear end what ratio do you think I should have so the bus will go 65 mph so the engine is not screaming. Do I have to do anything with the transmission. When I bought this trolley the trolley had 8.2 turbo engine in it from the factory, which engine would you go with if the engine in it now blows up in trolley aspirated or turbo.
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Do you have an RPM guage in your dashboard? If not the first thing I would do is install one and make sure your screaming motor has not already been adjusted outside of its factory settings?
Which for me is a data sticker located on the drivers side valve cover near the firewall.
If you are already screaming more than the factory design then you will be wasting your time changing gears because your motor is gonna give up before your tranny or gears and when you re-power you will be back at the gears again?
Figure out what your screaming meemi is doing match that to your 545 rpm's (mine is not an RE) but my data plate is on the passenger side of the tranny.
There are many rear gear/differential calculator's on the web but you need to have the data plate info in your head to use them.
I know my engine hasn't been adjusted from factory settings and was well maintained because I bought directly from the school district.
Many opinions there also but they all agreed on rear gears for more speed and don't change the motor governors or the tranny and motor are wasted.
We can still get parts but there are no true old school 8.2 mechanics still in the workforce unless you get lucky where you are .
Fluid changes are adamant and if you have been keeping up with the forum there has been a recent thread about the 545 fluid change to synthetic (transynde) and a transmission temp guage also (which I don't have yet) another member here has turned a lot of us on to Blackstone Laboratories for fluid samples when you do change fluids. The sample bottles are free and the analysis is 28$ per sample and you get a full report of what your fluid says about your engine/tranny condition.
Lot cheaper knowing before you blow it up than setting on the side of the road.
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If I change the gearing on the rear end what ratio do you think I should have so the bus will go 65 mph so the engine is not screaming. Do I have to do anything with the transmission. When I bought this trolley the trolley had 8.2 turbo engine in it from the factory, which engine would you go with if the engine in it now blows up in trolley aspirated or turbo.
To answer your question there is one more Factor we need to know which is the tire size.
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Old 05-28-2016, 03:30 PM   #16
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Do you have an RPM guage in your dashboard? If not the first thing I would do is install one and make sure your screaming motor has not already been adjusted outside of its factory settings?
Which for me is a data sticker located on the drivers side valve cover near the firewall.
If you are already screaming more than the factory design then you will be wasting your time changing gears because your motor is gonna give up before your tranny or gears and when you re-power you will be back at the gears again?
Figure out what your screaming meemi is doing match that to your 545 rpm's (mine is not an RE) but my data plate is on the passenger side of the tranny.
There are many rear gear/differential calculator's on the web but you need to have the data plate info in your head to use them.
I know my engine hasn't been adjusted from factory settings and was well maintained because I bought directly from the school district.
Many opinions there also but they all agreed on rear gears for more speed and don't change the motor governors or the tranny and motor are wasted.
We can still get parts but there are no true old school 8.2 mechanics still in the workforce unless you get lucky where you are .
Fluid changes are adamant and if you have been keeping up with the forum there has been a recent thread about the 545 fluid change to synthetic (transynde) and a transmission temp guage also (which I don't have yet) another member here has turned a lot of us on to Blackstone Laboratories for fluid samples when you do change fluids. The sample bottles are free and the analysis is 28$ per sample and you get a full report of what your fluid says about your engine/tranny condition.
Lot cheaper knowing before you blow it up than setting on the side of the road.
Jolly
what engine do they use to repower 8.2 in a GMC chassis like this one.
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Many an option and opinion and the tranny and rear gears will need to be added to the change.
Your platform was powered for a specific purpose so either make it work for you or plan on changing the entire drive train.
I am going to make mine work so that every component is happy and be happy driving on the back roads because I have already built my house on my platform,in,under,and all around and I can only afford to make edducated decisions and make what I have work and not back up.
If and when I do all the rear gear and tire/rim changes I am looking at ?
I will still only hit 59 in a perfect world so back roads all the way for me and if all of my money and changes still leave me on the back roads? Why change at all? Just plan on more time between point A and B.
I grew up on oil top back roads in TX so I love back roads and when traveling you usually find the real gas stations and grocery stores that have been there forever and still going.
My first job as a 14 yr old in texas was a full service gas station and if I had the money I would bring them back especially during the beach's tourist season.
Daydreaming again?
Make what you bought work or plan on thousands to re power? This is just my opinion?
Good luck on your build/decisions.
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Old 05-29-2016, 03:43 PM   #18
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to answer your question there is one more factor we need to know which is the tire size.
10r-22.5 front and rear
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To answer your question there is one more Factor we need to know which is the tire size.
Jake Blue the tire size is 10R22.5 front and rear
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Sorry about that, I looked back at the original post and you did state the tire size. My apologies for making you repeat yourself.

Based on what I can glean from Google on that engine, transmission and axle, and considering the tire size, the adjustable variable being the differential gear ratio means that to achieve 65mph in 4th gear you'll be turning about 2,200 rpm with 4.10 gearing or about 2,000 rpm with 3.73 gearing. Compare that to current and you're probably turning 2,700 rpm just to achieve 55mph. As with all things there's a trade-off to regearing for highway speed which in this case will be it won't get up as fast from a dead stop like it does now. I also don't know about how the transmission is to cope with this kind of gearing but it's a common transmission in school buses that assumedly can get up to speed just fine so my instinct is to say it should get fine, just not as peppy. There are also other gear ratios available but not sure which ones will work in your differential.

I hope this helps.
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