WOW was THAT a flashback !!!!

That is EXACTLY how my life in school went as I was growing up. I explained to my mother when I was young that I had a small brain and that I can only store so much in there. When it get's full, I hafta flush out the old to make room for the new. She STILL teases me about that.

LOL !!!

 

I was touching on a few. . .and I know the QSK78 is out of the question. . .thats a monster of an engine.

 

Don't forget the older models like the 855stc, 855stp, and m11

 

how bout the big cam's. . .the ones that would start the day with a full pan of oil, then at the end of the day be 1/2 down the stick. Ive had to change out the radiator in a M3A2 Bradley that sports a VTA-903T, that thing will slobber at times.

 

thats just the engineered anti dust system

 

HA HA HA HA HA HA. . .you do have a point, all the dust sticks to the engine

 

USED TO DRIVE AND GUN ON ONE ,NOTHING BETTER THAN A CRACKED OIL COOLER AND KEEP ADD.[:@]ING FOR TWO WEEKS THEN DISCOVERING 120 GAL OIL IN THE HULL AND I GOT TO PUT IT SOMEWHERE IN THE DESERT

 

Simon. . .I had one VTA903T blow the head gasket, about 10 miles down a tank trail later BAM!!! and all sorts of nastyness blowing out the exhaust. pulled up next to it in the M88 I was driveing, hopped out, pulled the side panel off and I could reach in and grab the crank. . .that was a fugly mess right there.

 

Blown motors in the field are lots of fun,my last job was workin for general dynamics as a tech on the stryker at ft lewis love changing engine in the rain up to my neck in water. aahhhhhhhhh memories as i reach for a beer.

 

All dis Diesel mech talk is beyond me. Now hand me a WAP, router and switch and I can do anything!