I have all the tooling to set up the top end , Experience: 30 years dealer experience
So your selling some tools?
I’ve been thinking, since those are such a niche engine and many of us old 1.1 & 1.2 liter guys are aging out, there could be an opportunity to specialize, to some degree. Especially, on the marine side of the house. Someone that could test bench governors and such.
I have all the tooling to set up and replace injectors for 3114,3116, 3126 mechanical injectors
Having the Caterpillar toolz Having skillz, Thats a good way to pay the billz. Knowwhatimsayin?
Yer a poet..... ....and didn't know it!
No i set the top end up and have the experience doing so
I never played with one, but curious what is so special about setting the top end? No space to work in or? Hmm I've done the top end on some interesting engines.
Ran into that last year on a 3116. Injector cups were leaking. Phoned around and no one had the tooling or knowledge. Local Cat dealer had 1 guy that was on vacation that still could do it. Customer waited 2 months for it to get fixed I think. That being said, unless I find the tooling dirt cheap there isnt enough demand to get into it.
The special thing about the 1.1/1.2 is you have to be intimately familiar with your tooling, the updates and have access to the Caterpillar TMI. Cat changed the tooling and the procedure so many different times, the service manual is worthless. Or, use the Carpenter method, or do it by feel. Especially, if you have to mess with the governor. Or, injector cups. Even at the dealer, we only had a guy or two that were good at timely with the procedure. Before they got replaced by the 3126B HUEI, we had sold a bunch in new builds and re-powers in Bristol Bay boats, seine skiffs, dive boats, charter boats, yachts…. And, they were generally a huge disappointment. But, I made bank working on them and the never ending warranty policy, PIP’s, PSP’, updates, swing engines, turbos, exhaust manifolds, fuel systems, cylinder heads,…..
There quiet intence, image a i jection pump, timing, fuel setting , syncing each injector, valve lash, cutting all the injector seats if u can other wise drain the coolant and change all the injector cups press and coin them in and recut them big job not for the i experienced guy, inexperienced gut take 3 days to do
Sounds like a Detroit but once you have done 100s of them you can do it in your sleep....and pretty quick too
Way way more complicated detroit easy
Easy for me no doubt but intimidating for most
If i could get the tools i would be that for the local area someday
The deluxe Carpenter Kit is $2,500. You can find injector cup kits on EBay reasonable. Many Cat dealers ditched the Cat tooling for Carpenter. I always thought Detroit racks were easier than 3100 series. The racks are backwards from each other. That was a long time ago. Rare for me to run into a 3100, nowadays. From a money standpoint, it’s not worth the liability to touch one because they always result in a comeback. Even, if you do everything correctly, undoubtedly an injector cup will crack or leak, or a genuine reman injector seizes, etc,…… or, the turbo leaves the chat and it’s your fault because you did a tuneup on it 6 months ago.