Hello. In the process of swapping an 8.3 motor in a 425 TimbCo, on site on top of a mountain. Can anybody put me in the ballpark of how many man hours this should take? Thank you much.
On top of a mountain - is that in cutover away from the road or a yarder etc landing that a service truck can access? In a workshop in town, engine swaps can take a day and then some if something is missing or incorrect etc, doing additional upgrades, fixes before a startup, depends on mechanics, equipment too.
Yeah. The motor is out, but it took 2 days with all the pissing around getting their service truck unstuck AND the fact it's the first one I've ever done. I was just curious as to the average time as it seems as though it took too long.
In conditions like that I’d say you did pretty good. If it’s a machine I’m familiar with I can do it within a day, assuming it’s not tier 4 final with all the extra garbage.
Great! Thank you. I'm not sure what tier 4 means, but it has the tri pump and double ended input shaft at flex plate. Thank you both much.
Their 4 is the newest Dan fanged electronic fuel injection system. You are one lucky fella in not knowing what that crap is.
It’s DPF, DEF and all kinds of extra emissions BS you gotta remove
Takes what it takes. If nobody's whining then you did fine.
Takes a lot less time than it does to buy a new machine and get it up there and get it running