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RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: CAT 3208 demil
Not 100% it was a V8 and had lots of low end power.
Not 100% it was a V8 and had lots of low end power.
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CAT 3208 demil
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I was talking to a guy today that is in the scrap business and he told me he has four 3208 engines for sale if anyone is interested let me know. They are in some 8000 Ford trucks. He said two ran but didn't know about the other two. He talked like the runners would be in the $2,000 range. He has the trans with them too but I don't know what they are. If anyone wants me to I'll find out more info.
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Back when I sold reman diesel engines, I had always heard technicians (them guys what used to be called 'mechanics') refer to CAT 3208's as the 'throw-away' or disposable motor...
Is 'good-running 3208' an oxymoron?
"Tanner"
Is 'good-running 3208' an oxymoron?
"Tanner"
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RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: CAT 3208 demil
Every one of them that I have worked on the last 18+ years that have been in vehicles have been too weak. They work alright turning generators and hydraulic pumps such as tracked excavators. Around my shop we are down to only one of these engines moving a truck. The guys call it a 32 and wait (320
since it has a hard time moving a tandem axle dump truck and even harder time if you put a load in it and hook up a trailer with a skidloader on it. Put a manual transmission behind it and you need alot of gears to get anything out of it , throw an automatic behind it and things really get slow. I have had to repair quite a few of these engines just to keep them going :turbos ,bellhousings ,and injection pumps loosening up causing leaks and other damage ,bad head gaskets, cracked heads, bad primer pumps causing no starts, etc. Yes, I also consider them a throw away engine. 
Every one of them that I have worked on the last 18+ years that have been in vehicles have been too weak. They work alright turning generators and hydraulic pumps such as tracked excavators. Around my shop we are down to only one of these engines moving a truck. The guys call it a 32 and wait (320 since it has a hard time moving a tandem axle dump truck and even harder time if you put a load in it and hook up a trailer with a skidloader on it. Put a manual transmission behind it and you need alot of gears to get anything out of it , throw an automatic behind it and things really get slow. I have had to repair quite a few of these engines just to keep them going :turbos ,bellhousings ,and injection pumps loosening up causing leaks and other damage ,bad head gaskets, cracked heads, bad primer pumps causing no starts, etc. Yes, I also consider them a throw away engine.