Re: [diesel_mercedes] Dave here in s..e Ind. mb gen set.

 

How come Merc went to an OHC for their diesel engine?  What's the advantage? bk --- On Tue, 6/28/11, beeser750@q.com <beeser750@q.com> wrote: From: beeser750@q.com <beeser750@q.com> Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Dave here in s..e Ind. mb gen set. To: "diesel mercedes" <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 6:57 AM   The ad says the engine came from a "Thermo-King set-up".  ALL Mercedes-engined Thermo-Kings used the pushrod OM636 engine from the old 180D.  It's an 1800 cc (1.8 litre) engine. I was at Martin Marietta in the early '80s when the building our lab was in lost power one summer.  They wheeled up a semi/flatbed rig with a generator powered by V-12 Cat.  I don't remember what the rating was, but the moving base carriage we used for MMU (Manned Maneuvering Unit) training used four 480 vac motors.  The old water-cooled, analogue computer that ran this thing (and, I'm sure, had less computing power than a Mac Mini) surely sucked up some amps, too.  They ran that generator 24/7 for the better part of 2-weeks. Mark in Lakewood, CO

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