Volvo B5LH BJ14 KSV with kickdown - 13018 (Stagecoach London)

13018 gets going after being reset to resolve an engine defect on route 122.

[@joshuahalla.k.a.controlla6333]

Great video.☺️ I miss these buses not being with Stagecoach London anymore at Plumstead Bus Garage (PD).

[@joshstephen1995]

B5LH's aren't equipped with a Kickdown, it has an I-Shift Gearbox which rev very hard.

[@wakandaforever5732]

These don’t have Kickdown switches, most euro6 buses don’t but they can be had as an option if operators wants them, but for fuel economy purposes most don’t, stagecoach has mostly done away with them from euro5 onwards

[@e400ev3]

hybrids can’t kickdown

[@gamingthroner]

this is not kickdown bruh but you can say the transmission is making engine drive like its going up a hill

[@kk-transport]

nice Video

[@stearmaster6.756]

to the comments, logically anything with more than 2 gears cam do kickdown, but this is not kickdown, its a old battery which causes the gearbox to allow higher revs to make up for lost power

[@stearmaster6.756]

@@MandingoAfricano also, since this bus has a manual gearbox, it there is no kickdown

[@stearmaster6.756]

@@MandingoAfricano no its a manual,

[@stearmaster6.756]

@@MandingoAfricano the clutch is automatic, but the gearbox itself is manual

[@stearmaster6.756]

@@MandingoAfricano most buses use torque converters in thier gearboxes, while this one uses a manual gearbox with a automated clutch, hence the name i-shift

[@MandingoAfricano]

@@stearmaster6.756 I’m saying it is a automatic gearbox on the buses, on trucks it’s manual or semi automatic or fully automatic

[@user-wn9cw3vo3i]

Now to Arriva london as HV178

[@Ross___]

There is no kickdown on Hybrids....

[@BabyRosieFan82]

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