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Posted by David Saville on January 19, 2001 at 18:36:48 from (142.165.110.230):
In Reply to: DV550 posted by hardscrabble on January 19, 2001 at 18:12:48:
If you want a good collectable pick up one of the 15's as there were fewer of them built. The engine is weak in the bottom end. Try to find one that failed for some reason other than crankshaft. If you snap up all four you may even get enough parts to build one or two. I would suggest that you resist the temptation to convert the pump to run on all 8 at idle. They sound great stumbling around on 4. May sure you get a set of exhaust manifold shields and muffler shields. They tended to shake off or apart. The final drive on the 15 series is more expensive to rebuild than the 14 series. Avoid anything that has turbos on it. The exhaust elbow on the lh side has bolts to let the muffler swing down to change air cleaners, that elbow can be broken easily. The worst part about the engine is that there are no sleeves, so it has to be rebored and pistons can be hard to find and/or expensive.
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