long term DT466, Cat Motor, Cummins re-powers..use reports..?..

[tamangel]

Am interested in folks who have swapped out multi-fuels and how their long term use has been? any major problems..would you do it the same again..?

Mike W


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Installing a DT466 soon, will post up the results

 

[silverstate55]

Contact M35 Tom (waterloospecialties.com).

 

[HanksDeuce]

I've only got 900 miles on the Cummins 5.9L 12-valve that I swapped into my bobbed deuce. The only casualty so far was a Horton fan clutch, but eBay came to the rescue. If you poked me with a stick until I told you a negative to the swap it would probably be the Allison AT545 transmission's 4th gear ratio (1:1). The only 2 ill effects of running the Cummins on the governor for 4 hours coming back from getting the deuce painted: fuel mileage and I burned the paint off the exhaust manifold/bottom of downpipe. I would call that a win.

Freightliner engineered the powertrain package from my bus donor vehicle for the deuce engine swap to 30k GVWR, so it has no issues toting around a 12,500 lb bobbed deuce without a trailer. And I don't actually check my fuel mileage, but I'm sure running the Cummins on the governor would be a lot less economical than at the sweet spot of 1800 rpm.

Would I do it again? You **** right I would!