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Fire truck overhaul

10-02-2003, 12:06 PM

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Fire truck overhaul

To you big rig mechanics or fire fighters with experience in this topic:

I'm preparing the budget for the vol. fire department I belong to (I'm the treasurer). As a general rule we try to get 20 years out of each piece of apparatus. A pumper we purchased in the mid-80's is due for replacement, but it is still in really good shape and meets our need for a short wheel base pumper. We are considering just having it refurbished and keeping it until after we replace replace (and pay off) our heavy rescue.

The pumper has a Detroit motor (not sure of the model). While the piece only has 20,000 road miles, it has hundreds of hours at idle and pumping (probably at 1800rpms). It runs fine, although it would be nice to have a bit more acceleration and hill climbing power.

How much would it cost to do a overhaul on the motor? I'm thinking strip it down and check the internal components and R&R anything that is needed.

Are these thing BOMB'able to get a few extra horses?

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