Posted by Eagle Beagle on January 03, 2016 at 11:40:02 from (72.47.35.202):
In Reply to: Re: Case IH 7130 posted by Rusty6 on January 03, 2016 at 10:51:33:
So true! Working at a Fiat-Allis when they got caught up in a horsepower showdown with Caterpillar. The FD14 was a proven workhorse that could hold it's own for thousand's of hours of operation. Corporate, trying to play catch-up with Cat, increased output from 150 to 165 by fuel adjustment alone.
New units were being sold and a few months in, the phones were ringing. Engine with blue smoke and missing badly, oil pouring from exhaust, all around 450 to 600 hours on a new machine. Quarter sized holes melted into the top of pistons was the culprit.
Fiat's answer was ,OOPS need more air to swirl around in the cylinder. I spent the better part of a year installing aftermarket turbo kits under a factory campaign to fix their problem.
That said, I put over four thousand hours on an early 4430 that was turned up to 155. Rear end held together and no problems with the powershift.
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