January 31st, 2010 by cloud

First a little history as to what pushed this article. I’m employed by possibly the best wagon dealer in the land. We in the service dep.

Have many fleet accounts that we look after. One of our accounts has an World glider. A glider is largely a taxi and frame rails. The engine, drivetrain, and rear spindles all come from another donor wagon. Kind of similar to building an enormous model. This actual lorry was married to an 8.3 litre Cummins midrange engine and a six speed trans. whoever put this lorry together neglected to record any info per engine, what sort of a wagon it came out of, for example. Obviously, the engine is a nightmare to find parts for. I searched the web in vane, but could’nt come up with anything solid to draw from. Thus, this article. Let me go thru the different engines and share with you what I’ve found.

Caterpillar – The common spot to find the engine S / N is on the valve cover engine information tag. If this is missing, Moggy is real good at stamping the S / N on the right side near the back of the engine. I don’t know if this is applicable to all of the engines, but I know it’s there for the enormous bores. Cummins – The engine information tag is bolted to the front accessory drive cover on the driver’s side of the engine. This is also where the imperative parts list number or CPL will be found. If this is missing, on the giant bore engines, Cummins stamps the engine S / N on the right side of the block near the oil cooler. Now the bad news, the tiny bore engines – 3.9, 5.9, 8.3 litre engines, don’t have this stamping. What I do in my situation is to take all part numbers obvious on the engine and insert them into your web cumpas program. A little hint, Cummins wraps injection lines on the mechanical engines with metal tabs that have part numbers on them. I know this is a crap shoot, but it’s a place to start. Good luck Detroit – Like Caterpillar, the valve cover is the number 1 place to find the engine S / N. I’ve been out of the Detroit scene for some time now, but I suspect that they also stamp the number on the block. Series 50 and typically series sixty engines are the main streem for this kind of powerplant. Although there remain a slew of the old 8V-72′s out there in busses. Also the fuel pincher 8.2 litre is still out there also.

Navistar – The good ol’ 466 and 530 models. Once more, the engine information tag on the valve cover is the number 1 place to start. On the driver’s side engine block, there’s a block casting number that may give you a great start, too. If the engine is the first engine in the wagon, line set tickets will tell the S / N. If performing an in-frame overhaul, particularly on an older van, do you a favor and double check the particular engine number against the line set?

This goes for all of the engines listed above. The wagon V.I.N. Is potentially the best spot to start to getting the data needed to get the correct parts the 1st time.

Freightliner, Kenworth, and Volvo use the last six digits of the V.I.N. Global, Sterling, and Ford use the last eight digits. Mack is a little different. They like the last six digits of the V.I.N. And the model kind of the truck. I hope that this helps someone on the way. Most folk will know this information, but somebody hopefully will benefit from this. Be correct in your search, and let’s keep the wheels of America Rolling!!

January 20th, 2010 by cloud

The cost of gas is beginning to get more dear as the cost of gas goes up many of us are searching for accessories to add to their lorry to improve their gas mileage. There aren’t many accessories that may actually help your gas mileage but many folks are beginning to take a look at paths to increase their power using cold air intake systems. High-performance cold air intake systems help engines run online by trapping and filtering the air as it comes into the engine. Most regular fuel injected automobiles have a filter that’s not a space mounted filter on top of the engine like of the carburetors of vehicles do. With a cold air intake system there’s often some sort of divider that separates the way in which the air filters and enters into the engine.

These intake systems provide cold air coming through the griddle of the van this is a more appealing option than grabbing warm air from under the hood. Because cold air is more dances its miles better for your fuel injector and ready hands the h.p. of your van. You can get performance kits that include all of the hardware you’ll need to install your cold air intake system. Basically installing the system may not take particularly long for someone who knows what they’re doing; a talented technician should be in a position to complete the task in only two hours. When your system has been installed you’ll basically hear the air as it enters the filter. When you’re going slow you can only here a tiny noise, but as you start going quicker you’ll hear a much louder roaring. The majority who has got a cold air intake system really think this roaring is a pretty cool sound and don’t find it extremely vexing. Many makers claim that by employing a cold air intake system you can essentially get improved gas mileage with your lorry. But sadly there’s not any hard paperwork to prove this fact.

So for the moment the sole reason for installing a system like this is as they’re better for your engine and if you like the cool roaring noise that you get when going fast. If you’re not an engineer and still want to get a cold air intake system try visiting your local engineer and asking them if they suspect it might be a tight fit for your lorry. You might also need to check out and see if anyone else has a cold air intake system already on their van that you might most likely have a look at or hear about for having one installed on your wagon.

With the skyrocketing cost of gas any tiny thing that you do to help save gas and save your cash is a smart idea.

Though the cold air intake system isn’t proved to reduce gas mileage many of us have done their own experiments with it and asked down that they do improve gas mileage with this sort of system installed on their lorry.