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Post by Ozarks Tom on Aug 23, 2023 14:24:34 GMT
Which proves the Soviet/communist mindset regarding personnel. People are expendable to them, just send overwhelming numbers and those who are left will be awarded hero medals. Attrition has been the Russian war strategy seems like forever.
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Post by Jolly on Aug 23, 2023 22:22:30 GMT
Absolutely.
In WW2, the Germans had better troops...And not just German nationals. Many fought under the Nazi flag, because they hated the Soviets more than the Nazis. Lithuanians, Romainians, Bulgarians and other Eastern Europeans hated Stalin.
For good reason.
But no matter how good you are or how motivated you are, when pressed with overwhelming numbers, you lose. The Germans knocked out three Soviet tanks for every tank they lost, yet the Soviets ran all over them. The Germans allotted 180 Divisions (largest invasion in history) for Barbarosa, but the Soviets met them with 360 Divisions. The Soviets had more artillery, more airplanes (even though some were obsolete, they had overwhelming numbers) and the Allies poured equipment into the U.S.S.R., turning the Red Army into a mechanized army almost overnight. Studebaker, by itself, shipped over 100,000 2.5 ton trucks to the Soviets.
Despite horrendous losses of men and equipment, the Red Army kept grinding the Germans down, until they ran out of Germans.
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Post by fixitguy on Aug 24, 2023 4:15:13 GMT
Getting back to engine longevity. It wasn't long ago when a 100,000 miles on a car was considered worn out. My car in high school was a 1979 oldsmobile cutlass with 88,000 miles purchased in 1987. That little V-8 was bullet proof. I hardly had any engine problems with the car. It had about 260,000 miles on it when I sold it. That's pretty impressive for a car a teen age boy drove.
Today most cars at 200,000 miles is nothing. Yes, all the manufacturers have a lemon engine, the big 3 American company's run in streaks today. Honda and Toyota have been great cars engine wise. The ford 6.9 and 7.3 international were a strong engine as well as the Cummings 5.7 in the dodge.
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Post by Jolly on Aug 24, 2023 11:45:04 GMT
Speaking of engines...In 2015, I bought a Sonata for a work car. Good gas mileage, a little bigger inside than a Camry, which made hauling a few clients easier. And the warranty meant I had no worries at all for 60,000 miles, along with 100,000 mile warranty on the drivetrain.
Well...Hyundai had problems with the 2.4 GDI motor that was in the car. First, they extended the warranty to 130,000 miles. Then, after a class action lawsuit, the warranty was extended on the engine for oil related failures, as long as I (original purchaser) owned the car.
She laid down Monday. The Sonata gets a new crate motor this week. Cost = $0. Car has almost 143,000 on the odometer.
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Post by fixitguy on Aug 24, 2023 23:20:14 GMT
She laid down Monday. The Sonata gets a new crate motor this week. Cost = $0. Car has almost 143,000 on the odometer. I have a similar story with Honda. We bought a 2001 Honda accord, A few years later we got a letter that they would extend the transmission warranty to 100,000 miles. At 80,000 the transmission started to act up, and I called Honda. They said it has to fail completely for coverage. At around 90,000 it did the same thing, and I called again. At 106,000 the transmission failed, I called Honda and they said to bring it to the dealer to verify. I told them I would pay for the parts or labor but not both. The person on the phone gave me a "code" of numbers and letters to give to the service writer. Honda covered parts and labor!!!, and I had the car back in 3 days. Well, were on are 3rd Honda automobile now, And will probably always own a honda.
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Post by joebill on Sept 12, 2023 21:25:31 GMT
NEVER been an engine to equal the detroit diesel 2 stroke.....
Same piston, sleeve, valve train, etc. in the2, 4, 6, 8, and 16 cylinder models, just shorter or longer blocks. I have either had or worked on the 2V71 in my loader and the 16v71 in the haul trucks plus the 8v71 in road tractors and other implements, and once you know one of them, you know them all.
Broke my heart to give up my track loader with the 2v71 in it when we moved, but the roads are all paved around here, so no moving it off of the lot without a trailer.....Joe
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Post by sawmilljim on Sept 13, 2023 0:04:14 GMT
Called the Screaming Jimmy. Yep best motor ever made. Also they built them in clock and counter clock rotation.
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Post by joebill on Sept 13, 2023 1:12:17 GMT
Seems like they made another set with something like 92 cubic inches per cylinder and 16 cylinders that the terex 250 ton haulers used.....that would be a 16v92 or some such.
I got to see one "run wild" at the copper mine one night when somebody was trying to set the rack and messed up. At it's maximum speed, it's demise was assured and nobody would get near it, because it was running off of the oil in the pan and no way to shut it down or slow it down.
It was in a KW Dart haul truck, and everybody just stood outside the shop and shouted "GO DART!" until it screamed it's ;ast and came unglued.....we towed it to the DEAD line to use for parts......Joe
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