During the last event we had to stop running the Monotral because of an air leak emptying the air tanks. Today we proceeded to find the leak by turning on the engine and making air until the valve triggered. Then we stopped the engine and listened to the air leaks. Read more…
Last November 2018 we started replacing part of the Monotral’s pavement, concretely the area in the articulated section, which was in a bad state. We started taking off metal joints surrounding the carpet. Once aluminium profiles were removed, we started tearing off the old carpet, a laborious task because of Read more…
Fabra i Puig St. merchants association organized a series of activities to celebrate the 100th year of the street. Our Monotral took a part giving passers-by a free tour around de borough while Mr. Lluís Cuesta made a speech telling the passengers about the history and curious things of this Read more…
Last May 12th, ACEMA, ARCA i Fundació TMB recreated TB’s routes 44, 109 and 9 with preserved buses 3036 and 3055, the two Pegaso 6035-A reaching the fiftieth year of age this year. About 10 am both vehicles left for former route 44 bus terminus in Barri Besòs. Around 11:15 Read more…
El nostre Monotral va tenir la sort de participar com a vehicle d’exhibició en una de les moltes activitats que es realitzen a Montmeló. Aquí us deixem unes poques imatges.
As reported in previous posts, our bendy-bus was taken care of during the last weeks, let us make a brief summary Cooling system silicone piping has been replaced the thermostate was replaced the three-piece old wheel hubs were replaced by one piece wheel hubs equipped with better performance and quality Read more…
Last Saturday our associate Josep Pretel succesfully carried out some electrical system repairs on our Casas: On the other hand, our 3055 does not want to give us respite before the 50th anniversary as one fuse blows misteriouly as lights are turned on, a problem that will require further attention.
We made a full refurbishment of the steering system: damaged screws and studs as well as the steering ball joints were replaced. The wheel hubs were painted.and tyres inflated, thus getting ready for the inspection.
Sorry, this entry is only available in Catalan and European Spanish. Darrerament, dos cotxes de la casa han participat en dos rodatges. Els cotxes que han participat han sigut, el 3055 i el Casas.
Mr. Cols, our mechanic, finished replacing tubes and hoses as well as the cooling circuit’s thermostat. A new set of tyres replaced the original tyres, which were both difficult to fix and to find in the market.