Saturday, Jan 12, 2008 at 18:13
This procedure has been in vogue for more than 45yrs. in high performance 2 stroke engines. (big end journal)
I think (STBCH) that the Landrover td5 employs the same principal in its big end journals.
For years now, many high output engines in earthmovers have been of a "throw away" concept.
It is cheaper to replace the donk than rebuild it. Modular construction simplifies, minimises cost, when its done its 10-20k.hrs. just replace.
Read recently that the country with the largest output of Caterpillar OEM is China with a workforce exceeding 25000.
We are really just a flyspeck on the screen.
furph
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