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Title: Van Hool bus door
Post by: Jacob on February 08, 2014, 05:26:10 PM

I have a 1986 t809 van hool bus and the door stopped opening all the way, what can be wrong?

Title: Re: Van Hool bus door
Post by: lostagain on February 08, 2014, 05:34:44 PM

Do you have a manual? I know for MCIs, there is a procedure for adjusting an air operated door that is explained in the manual.

JC

Title: Re: Van Hool bus door
Post by: luvrbus on February 08, 2014, 06:05:50 PM

Those are neat little buses isn't that a plug door that open towards the front ?

Title: Re: Van Hool bus door
Post by: Jacob on February 09, 2014, 04:51:41 PM

the door opens to the back and no i don,t have an operates manual

Title: Re: Van Hool bus door
Post by: luvrbus on February 09, 2014, 05:05:26 PM

I haven't checked on a 809 but ABC Bus Sales has manuals for Vanhool on line you can download fwiw that door should be the same as a T800 a plug type door all that bus is a short T800

Title: Re: Van Hool bus door
Post by: Jeremy on February 10, 2014, 10:45:08 AM

Yes, it's a plug door - here's a nice photo, and it looks like just about the entire door mechanism is exposed, including what I assume is the air cylinder at the bottom. Shouldn't be too difficult to figure out what is restricting the opening

(https://busconversionmagazine.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.almaty-bus.narod.ru%2Fcars%2Fvanhool-809_428_21-03-12b.jpg&hash=ec0bc3eadf59c95d2b9a2f3fa1adae2ba8e2b45d)

Jeremy

PS - Yes, it's a cute bus. The T809's wheels are noticeably smaller than the wheels on the T800 though, so I'm not sure that it's just a shorter wheelbase version

Title: Re: Van Hool bus door
Post by: luvrbus on February 10, 2014, 11:58:21 AM

I understand Mat the guy that owned Safari design his Trek from the 809 VanHool from that photo it sure looks likes he did ::)

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