Best and worst diesel engines ever put in a big truck

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Old 06-15-2008, 01:31 PM
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Yep they used to do that, mine did it pretty regular. Really screwed up the air filters if you left it do it to long
 
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Old 06-15-2008, 01:35 PM
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Yep they used to do that, mine did it pretty regular. Really screwed up the air filters if you left it do it to long
 
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Old 06-15-2008, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by cowdoc
I had a 12V71 in the 70's. One day I sunk a little bit loaded and I was rockin back and forth trying to get out. I rocked it forward,stalled it and it rolled back in the hole. This started that ole 318 running backwards. Blowing blue smoke out the vents and clattering like the devil. I abandoned ship scared to death. The other guys got a big laugh out of it and told me it wasn't uncommon for those 2 strokes to run backwards. That was the only time it ever happened to me.
I had that happen to this old Mack I drove a long time ago in a quarry keeping the asphalt plant full of stone. I couldn't figure out what the hell was going on. I was backing up to dump in the stone bins and when I bumped the rail it caused it to almost stall but then started running backwards. I was still in reverse and the truck started going forward and of course the filters were full of dust so that was blowing out the cleaners all over the place. A quick call over the company radio and I shut it off, restarted it and everything was fine. Scared the crap out of me though at first. 8) 8)
 
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Old 06-15-2008, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Colts Fan
Cummins stock skyrocketed the other day when it was announced that CAT is getting out of the North American diesel engine business.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7582348
I damn near teared up when i read that. Say it aint so.
 
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Old 06-15-2008, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by cowdoc
I had a 12V71 in the 70's. One day I sunk a little bit loaded and I was rockin back and forth trying to get out. I rocked it forward,stalled it and it rolled back in the hole. This started that ole 318 running backwards. Blowing blue smoke out the vents and clattering like the devil. I abandoned ship scared to death. The other guys got a big laugh out of it and told me it wasn't uncommon for those 2 strokes to run backwards. That was the only time it ever happened to me.
The Detroit 318 was an 8V71, not a 12V71.
 
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You are correct of course. I guess brain disengaged. We had a 71 8V71. We also had a 6V71 238 which was weak. Hooked to a 10 speed would barely pull itself off.
 
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Old 06-15-2008, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by cowdoc
You are correct of course. I guess brain disengaged. We had a 71 8V71. We also had a 6V71 238 which was weak. Hooked to a 10 speed would barely pull itself off.
The 238 Detroit was a 6-71 (inline 6) not a 6V71.
 
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The smoothest running and strongest pulling engine I have driven was a 60 series Detroit in a '95 Pete. Rolling up I-75 north of Cleveland, TN I hit the grade at 70 with 79,500 on and topped the hill at 64. Not bad really.
 




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