They are far from crap products, very very far, That one written opinion is derived from his experience, and not as i see it years of testing by a group including manufacturers and the Army, period. Things like this happen many times in civilian life and military life, Sometimes right , sometimes wrong.I think the majority of us know just how rugged and tough these engines and trucks are, they sure have proved that paragraph wrong, do to the test of time, how many are still in service around the world, period, Funny how many guys are going to be scared of these engines now, after they have been serving longer than any other in history, Funny I think, I am not arguing like said not to in first post, I am stating facts... Oh and I must add, U will find articles like that about the 939 trans, all proved false also, driver error, like the more experienced guys are saying, was the largest part of problem , notice they NEVER were taken out of service, notice there are NO bulletins other than that to drive a multi is different, ..That is the basis of it all, they worked well after the 427 for a long long time, Most guys still dont understand these are tactical trucks, maintenance and ability to drive a multi is the biggest key, Like anything new, they usually have to be taught a few times how to drive em, sadly allot of guys who buy em now, want to race em down the road, then when something goes wrong they will blame the truck, but U know what, 99% of what goes wrong is Human error
Oh my first deuce, had almost 10,000 on it when i got it, It had 40 something on it when i sold it, ran her like a truck, and she is still strong today, and will be for many many years to come. Just broken in I say
The quality of oils today is superior also, Just think straight 30 wgt was good enough for many many years. never a bulletin on that either, because it worked. With all that said, it is a medium duty engine also