rebuild 8V92 Vs 60 series non egr

[luvrbus]

I am in Houston talking to people in the know at S&S they say  no series 60 blocks have been cast in a year not even for MTU.Steve is telling me the DD15 surpassed the sales of the series 60 in 2008 so there is no need to manufacture a series 60.Lol they don't care much for a Fitzgerald reman series 60 

[Jon]

For anyone contemplating an engine rebuild I would strongly urge that you allow American Fleet to provide a quote because the feedback we have gotten from folks who have used them and their engines has all been very positive. To the best of my knowledge their prices are substantially less than those mentioned above.   americanfleetinc.com

[Detroitenginespecialist]

I agree that Fitzgerald is not all that great.  We have reman'd two of their engines and we were shocked at how they were built and put together with different components to make up a Detroit. 

Everyone knows Detroit is not casting Series 60 blocks.  But they sure do buy tremendous numbers of blocks/cores to reman just like we do.  My point in all of this, is to wake everyone up to the fact that you are paying more than needed for an engine that we build WITH THE SAME PARTS, for far less that any Detroit dealer. 

On top of that, when a dealership see a bus coming, most dealer get turned off by buses and will raise the install price because its a bus and not a truck.  They tell you is a 50 hour job, and that just the way it is.  We have a bus coming here from Atlanta that sat at a Detroit dealer for a week before they proposed their findings and recommendations.

We started his build yesterday, the bus arrives tonight, removal tomorrow, install Thursday morning.  Back on the road to Atlanta Friday morning to get back online and making money. 

[robertglines1]

I have one with 300,000 on it and consider it in the keep a eye on it stage. Year2000 out of a freightlinner.  will prob never put another 100,000 miles on it. Good oil pressure and no strange sounds. Fresh turbo. New experience for me with 60 series.  Have rebuilt old detroit before. Just trying to get a plan in place in case!  Bob

[luvrbus]

If you do put another 100,000 miles on the 60 series I would pull the bull gear at 4 to 500,000 miles and buy you a spare set of injectors the 12.7 loves injectors you lose a injector on the road it will cost you 2 grand for 1 injector installed at a DD dealer fwiw I bought a new set for spares for 800 bucks (not rebuilt) Keep on top of it the series 60 will last but they are not bullet and one can go to hell in a hurry without the proper maintenance and don't use straight 40W  only 15/40