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Alan Lindsey (Arl)
Registered Member Username: Arl
Post Number: 4 Registered: 6-2009 Posted From: 64.250.64.217
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 6:51 pm: | |
Hey everyone, we're a traveling family bluegrass band with an '83 MC-9 coach conversion. It's currently got a DD 8V71 engine and a Fuller 5 speed manual tranny. The engine gets about 6.5 mpg and the tranny works great. Unfortunately I'm the only one that can drive the bus because of the intricacies of shifting without clutch. We'd like to get better fuel efficiency for the tens of thousands of miles we drive so I've been talking with our diesel mechanic about an engine swap. He's got some ideas on a combined engine and tranny change so we're looking to get something for the existing ones. If anyone has a need for one or both, please holler back. Thanks for your time! Alan www.lindsey-family.com |
David Guglielmetti (Daveg)
Registered Member Username: Daveg
Post Number: 85 Registered: 2-2009 Posted From: 66.122.182.185
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 8:55 pm: | |
I'm looking forward to all the input on your swap! |
RJ Long (Rjlong)
Registered Member Username: Rjlong
Post Number: 1588 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 98.192.173.82
Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) | Posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 11:28 pm: | |
Alan - Did you not read all the responses to this exact same question you posted back on July 8th? http://www.busnut.com/bbs/messages/11/29790.html?1247199033 FWIW & HTH. . .
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