[Vwdiesel] bus engines

[James Hansen]

most likely a 6v71- same motor as an inline 671, just in a V.  I have a 
6v in the clark-michigan loader, and a straight 6 in the antique grader 
(which I have to go clear roads with now, they are over a foot deep, and 
drifts over the bumper)
The straight six is smoother, the V noisier- when I use the loader, they 
can hear it from 3 miles away... and it has a huge muffler for each side 
too.
I guess it depends on how much you intend to use the bus, and for what 
purposes.  Infrequent use, the detroit is a good option.  For a live in 
it for a year kind of holiday, no way would I use a road oiler- better 
mileage from the 466 and less noise.

I met the local school division bus repair guy. He wouldn't walk across 
the street to set fire to a powerstorke.  They had much better service 
out of fuel injected big block gas jobs, and I believe that.

I pick the kids up from school twice a week for swimming and piano 
lessons, and walk past the running fleet of school busses waiting for 
the kids to board... the powerstrokes are all dead now, replaced with 
small cat powered units.  Last powersmoke still inservice was last year, 
driven by retired farmer/truck driver.  The school bus drivers of the 
female persuasion killed off the powersmokes in a month and were put 
back on a gas job.
It was neat, I could walk past a powerstroke powered bus as they all sat 
there idling, and pick out the ones that were getting ready to pop, and 
sure enough, the bus would be different a week or so.  I speculate that 
the valvetraiin was the weak area, as that was the main noise I heard 
that precluded their demise.

I know onw guy that actually uses his 24v cummins as a work vehicle- has 
a hot shot service for hurry up deliveries and stuff, from truck box to 
30 foot gooseneck trailer.  He's gone through 2 pistons in it.  Seems 
that under severe load over a long period, they can eat themselves up at 
some point in stock trim.  The 466dt can pull it's guts out all day and 
not melt that I know.

-james


LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
>   The poweplant in the school busses here, that seemed to go the 
> best were the pancake 12(?) Detroits.  Drivers said they pulled the 
> hills the best and they seemed to be fairly trouble free too.  Never 
> can remember if it was a flat 6 or flat with 6/side.  MUST be only 
> a flat 6???
>      Loren
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