Why the engine replacements?

[Christina Corpus]

Greg,

I agree with you that low mileage motors probably weren't replaced
because they were worn out. More a matter of something breaking due
to misuse.

Lack of knowledge on how to operate a heavy diesel powered vehicle
(over- taching the RPM's or lugging it down) results in an expensive
lesson. Good reason to read the operator manuals.

When my wife and I are looking at cockpit photos of units for sale,
she kids me about, "it's got all of the guages you want." I tell her,
"the more, the merrier." All those guages tell me what is happening
under the dog house and floor boards.

Keep the R's up and temp down.

Phil

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gregory OConnor"
wrote:
> Phil, I just bought a 94pt40 last month and started looking two
> months prior. I too found it unusual that low mile birds had new
> engines. I have several dump trucks with over 400,000 and drive
them
> hard off road and they have the orig powerplants. The 3208 Cats
are
> not a sleve cylinder engine and an inframe is not possible but with
> such low miles I dont think they ever get worn out. I think
> operators are over tacking the Cats or lugging them and burning
them
> up. The 4 and 5 allison gives less room for mistakes then a 10
speed
> manual shift. I have a 8v92 detroit and let me tell you that I have
> alot to learn as I try to keep the r's up and the temp down. I
look
> at the gauges and once in a while I look at the road. It is hard
to
> climb a hill and keep the trans from down shifting to a lug with
only
> 5 speeds to use. I think the detroits were just driven wrong. Cant
> go wrong if you get a bird from Miller coach works or Randy Dupree,
> wish I did.
>
> Greg O'Connor
> 94pt40 CAlifornia
>
>