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rax200
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Hi All i would hate to pay for this




This Cat didn't have nine lives!


This is what happens when a computer glitch dropped the transmission from sixth gear back to first whilst doing 60 km/h with a full load of 230 tons.
Below is what remains of a Caterpillar C175-16 – the 85L capacity V16 engine from Caterpillar’s second biggest dump truck, the 793, which has a gross power output of 1976 kW (2650 hp).
Flat out it revs at around 2500 rpm. As big as they are, engines of this size don't like to over-rev at all; 100-200 rpm over will start to do damage. There was no compression lock up, just BANG!
A new engine costs around $250k.

Once you account for labor/shipping/opportunity costs/other affected components (transmission, drive shaft, etc) you’re looking at probably 3-4 times that by the time it was fixed.
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Thu, Sep 10, 2015 4:31 PM
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Just scrap iron!
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Thu, Sep 10, 2015 5:02 PM
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Just scrap iron!
Typically there is a spare engine in a crate in the shop. Pull and re-install to put the truck back into production to make money! Then send the engine out for rebuild. In this case its harder to remove time wise as its in so many pieces. JBWeld and Super Glue won't put that block back together!
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Thu, Sep 10, 2015 6:49 PM
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Typically there is a spare engine in a crate in the shop. Pull and re-install to put the truck back into production to make money! Then send the engine out for rebuild. In this case its harder to remove time wise as its in so many pieces. JBWeld and Super Glue won't put that block back together!
Gotta' love them computers...I wonder what kind of warranty those monsters come with...ouch!
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Thu, Sep 10, 2015 8:08 PM
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Gotta' love them computers...I wonder what kind of warranty those monsters come with...ouch!
Kind of makes you wonder now that most of the nations defense systems are computer operated.
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Thu, Sep 10, 2015 9:12 PM
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Kind of makes you wonder now that most of the nations defense systems are computer operated.
Ouch! They say a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link. Unfortunately these days everything coming off the line has some sort of computer control.
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Thu, Sep 10, 2015 9:59 PM
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Ouch! They say a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link. Unfortunately these days everything coming off the line has some sort of computer control.
Heck that should buff right out!

If it was a computer glitch that killed it is it covered?

Rick
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Thu, Sep 10, 2015 11:16 PM
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Heck that should buff right out!

If it was a computer glitch that killed it is it covered?

Rick
They were using the wrong oil filters that's why it blew! lol computer glitch eh? That's new Cats for ya! C,all A,nother T,echnition!
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Fri, Sep 11, 2015 8:00 AM
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They were using the wrong oil filters that's why it blew! lol computer glitch eh? That's new Cats for ya! C,all A,nother T,echnition!
I wonder if they will accept that core lol
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Fri, Sep 11, 2015 9:19 AM
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