brendonv
Tree Hugger
Anyone know anything about Perkins Diesels? Any experience?
Good, bad, I dunno?
Good, bad, I dunno?
They say the 1390 HD (15"), chips amazingly well in big wood, yet still has low fuel consumption with a 97hp.
I'm a "swearer at er!" Decent engines for the size, they used a LOT of them in the 8 series Bobcats. Problem is, they used the oil cooled engines. Weak head gaskets, with hot oil, lots of problems! I've worked on a lot of things, I've done a lot of things, but I've never smelled anything as bad as pulling the head off of one of those pigs!
THEN, when you put it back together, PER THE SPECS, you take a dotco with a buff pad and scour the head and top of block to "surface" it before re-assembly? Goes against everything I've ever been taught!
Then we can get into the turbo problems, but I think you get the point by now!
Wish I could get a Kubota or Yanmar in everything I own! Simple, reliable, and they just flat WORK!