From: Kenny Reed (kreed@pintoeng.com)
Date: Tue Dec 07 2004 - 18:32:00 PST
Now y do you have to take the "person who comes up with this CRAP!!!!" out
and throw him away. He gave his opinion on a matter that is about a
previous post. you gave your opinion about the engine being good. I always
get on here and here about 6.2, 6.5 and even some 6.5 turbo engine in trucks
that are blown up or not running right etc. All the time doesn't mean that
every engine is going to fail. It depends on how it was treated. Some
engines can last 5000 miles and die and then angain another can last 225,000
without a single bit of trouble. I have heard nothing really good about the
chevy diesel engines. no matter what displacement it is. I have heard of
the ford 7.3 lasting up to 450,000 without any problems. then again some
lasting only 45,000 miles and going south. and the same goes for the
cummins engines. Actually that goes for all engines no matter what fuel
they run off of. You have your ideas and others that theirs so don't bash
them for thinking differently than you.
Kenny Reed
1968 M35A2 W/W, Whistler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Burke" <julian@knology.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Civilian Built MV
>
> Statements like this??????
>
>
> Adam Suess said:
>
>>" I'm no HMMWV expert but from what I've been told by frinds that work
>>with them the first thing to do would be to throw out the 6.5 diesel and
>>install a reliable diesel. Apparently there very under powered and
>>unreliable. I'm also told much of the HMMWV is not strong enuff."
>
> There are over 350,000 Humvees in the military/gov't system. They are in
> Iraq DOING THEIR JOB. They are everywhere else doing thier job. There
> are countless bread trucks with them doing their job. FedEx trucks use
> them and they do their jobs every day. I drive a 6.5 Turbo daily with
> 225,000 miles and never saw a wrench. We're all very happy with ours but
> I think what needs to be taken out and thrown away is the person who comes
> up with this CRAP!!!! The 6.5 diesel is the largest produced, most
> commercially available and most reliable engine ever built in its'
> class-PERIOD. They are also the lowest price in their class also. Julian
> Burke
>
>
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