Learned something last Friday...

[Croatan_Kid]

So...there I was, paying my buddy's boss man for swapping some tires around. There's a guy sitting in the office and he asks me: "So didn't that truck originally have the 6.2 Cummins in it with a turbo 400 transmission?"

It took me a minute to process that much stupidity at once, but I simply informed him that it was a Detroit, made entirely by GM and was a naturally aspirated engine. He replies with a "Pfftt....yeah, ok." It truely frightened me that he was allowed to work on fleet trucks for a local beverage distributor.

It was one of those things that instantly tripped my anger switch for whatever reason. Especially after he brags about knowing all things diesel. Sigh.... I didn't want to go off on him because I'm friends with the store manager and my friend works there, so I just let it slide, but it still boils my blood.

Those of you who remember me know that my truck does, indeed, have a Cummins 6BT in it. I really liked how he was telling me what motor was in MY truck.



Anyway, I thought yall could go for a good laugh! Since I haven't posted in a loooong time, I thought I would share Sadly, this is entirely true.

 

[jdknech]

i feel your pain.... the one i get all the time is "thats the converted 350 gas motor"

 

[quickfarms]

i feel your pain.... the one i get all the time is "thats the converted 350 gas motor"

6.2 L = 378 cubic inches not 350

 

[jdknech]

or if i tell someone that that the CUCV's have the same motors that the early hmmwv had in them.. i get told- "no, the hmmwv had cummins diesel's in them"

 

[southdave]

Kid
did you do axle swap or did just do lift on your lift with the 5.9??

 

[MakersTeleMark]

It took me a minute to process that much stupidity at once, but I simply informed him that it was a Detroit, made entirely by GM and was a naturally aspirated engine. He replies with a "Pfftt....yeah, ok." It truely frightened me that he was allowed to work on fleet trucks for a local beverage distributor.

It was one of those things that instantly tripped my anger switch for whatever reason. ... it still boils my blood.

Lighten up, Francis.

 

[Croatan_Kid]

Haha, I know it's not a big deal. It was just the way he dismissed me as an idiot. Ignorance is bliss and he was a pretty happy guy!

No axles changed on this jewel, just a small lift and the engine swap.

 

[wayne pick]

I had a guy ask me why I had a Detroit Diesel emblem on my truck. My response was becuase it's a Detroit.

 

[rsh4364]

I had a guy tell me mine has a nasty noisy international harvester in it ??

 

[toyrunner95]

ill admit, i have been guilty of thinking that a truck came with a different motor but dismissing it like a jack knob was totally out of line. i would have said something flippant to him like, hey did you fix the flux capicitor in that truck they go bad on internationals alot. dont forget to fill the blinker fluid and check the muffler bearings. oh and while your at it see if you can find a left handed screwdriver and a bucket of steam.

 

[mudman]

6.2 L = 378 cubic inches not 350

Ok one more....How many Liters.??
ken

 

[ryan77]

There are so many times where i wish i had a piece of 3/4" rubber hose 3 ft long in my pocket to hit stupid people. The the thing that scares me is when you have idiot who thinks hes smart. That can be dangerous. But my grandfather used to say " If he had a brain he would be dangerous".

 

[cpf240]

Ok one more....How many Liters.??
ken

350 cubic inches = 5.7 L

 

[Matt65]

6.2 L = 378 cubic inches not 350

I usually see the 6.2L in our trucks listed as a 379.

The math says:
6.2 liters is 378.347 cubic inches.
379 (cubic inches) is 6.210 liters