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Been cruising the local truck wrecker and found some goodies; Bell-housing, flex plate and starter for CTD to Allison. Also, off of a CTD/Freightliner set-up, a fullsized WABCO air compressor that bolts in place of the automotive application power steering pump. Cpmpressor in turn has a power...
Front motor mount can be a snap too. Look to truck wrecking yards for one off of a CTD/Freightliner or CTD/Ford set-up. Hint: Wrecked FedEx delivery vans, bread trucks, etc. among others use it. Bolts to the front, not sides, of the engine and has a single bolt hole in the bottom of it's "U"...
Hmmm, How fast can you twist a wrench?
It depends on a number of things. What kind of shop area do you have available, tools on hand, number of people helping or getting in the way, etc.
Motor mounts will need to be fabricated, transmission adaption, electronics (12v Cummins vs. 24v deuce) all...
I'm a died-in-the-wool CTD fan. The ONLY problem I've ever heard about is the the timing case locating pin working it's way out and doing some damage but it's a fix that's pretty simple and cheap if you do your own work. Never had it happen to me personally and that's with around 700K combined...
Size, in this rare instance, doesn't matter. Look at the power some of the built-up hondas and the like put out. In the case of the multifueler, it was built to be, among other things, bullet-proof... but all that extra metal eats horsepower to run itself. The reason to consider tha 12 valve...
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