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<blockquote data-quote="mikep" data-source="post: 6610577" data-attributes="member: 4999"><p>Cat 3208 a 'throw away' engine in American speak. Used in very few applications apart from boat engines. The later ones developed huge HP for short times to give evasive properties if needed.</p><p>1805 has a mild turbo (about 190hp) and if its like the 1505 the engine only runs two rings with predictable results. You can buy three ring pistons and its a worthwhile mod if not already fitted. Early blocks were terrible metal as reconditioning was not envisaged and we had terrible trouble lining a porous cylinder as the boring bar kept blocking as if it was machining alloy?</p><p>Designed as a light 'on top' draw bar tractor so FFS dont put anything heavy on the linkage or use it in lower gears flat out lugging. The linkage will fall off and the gear box will sh!t itself, that was the reason for the demise of most of these.</p><p>Used as designed they were reliable old buses but MF dropped a bollock by trying to sell them as a heavy draft machine which they definitely were'nt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mikep, post: 6610577, member: 4999"] Cat 3208 a 'throw away' engine in American speak. Used in very few applications apart from boat engines. The later ones developed huge HP for short times to give evasive properties if needed. 1805 has a mild turbo (about 190hp) and if its like the 1505 the engine only runs two rings with predictable results. You can buy three ring pistons and its a worthwhile mod if not already fitted. Early blocks were terrible metal as reconditioning was not envisaged and we had terrible trouble lining a porous cylinder as the boring bar kept blocking as if it was machining alloy? Designed as a light 'on top' draw bar tractor so FFS dont put anything heavy on the linkage or use it in lower gears flat out lugging. The linkage will fall off and the gear box will sh!t itself, that was the reason for the demise of most of these. Used as designed they were reliable old buses but MF dropped a bollock by trying to sell them as a heavy draft machine which they definitely were'nt. [/QUOTE]
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