[hurryinhoosier62]

bigunde and Brad,

What we have in big hammer is the TYPICAL "throttle jockey". big hammer, you are correct: I am NOT a heavy equipment operator. I AM the engine machinist that had to
repair all the damage that "gorillas" like you did to perfectly good engines because you're either too ignorant or too lazy to give an engine a LITTLE respect!! Oh, I've seen guys like you. You try to move loads so large the hydraulic lines nearly burst just to save a little time. You'll jump into a cold piece of machinery and expect it to perform flawlessly WITHOUT a single minute of warm-up. When all the abuse you have given the equipment catches up with you, you "bad-mouth" the equipment!! Like Brad pointed out, ALL Detroits( except the series 40,60 and 80 engines) are TWO-STROKES. Whether it's a 3-53 or a 16V149, they ALL operate at WOT. He(Brad) is also correct on the oil leaking problems. Those engines shake!! IF you change out the gaskets on a REGULAR basis, the problem goes away.BTW...I've got an uncle that is a retired operating engineer. He was operating heavy equipment before you were an itch in your daddy's pants. He's used Detroit powered equipment for years and NEVER complained, but he also take care of his equipment. Bud has a 1968 model D8 Cat that has NEVER had the bottom end rebuilt,even after the dozer sat in 10ft of water for a YEAR!! He farms, so he owns tractors. His newest tractor(a Massey Fergeson) is nearly 40 yrs old. It's NEVER had to have the bottom end rebuilt. See a pattern?