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Perkins still made?
Yanmar and Perkins:
We took a Yanmar 4JH2DTE (75hp) around the world, putting about 1,200 hours on it. Ran fine. No problems at all. I would buy another in a minute if I needed that size, except that we found Mack Boring difficult on several issues. I think the 4JH2 block has a version at the upper end of your range.... Perkins. Fintry has a 6-354 for a big DC genset. We're replacing the gensets with Northern Lights, but keeping the 6-354 for hydraulics, battery charging, and the fire pump. Nobody in Britain is worried about Perkins parts for a long time.... Jim Woodward www.mvFintry.com (Steven Shelikoff) wrote in message ... On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:01:34 -0400, "Doug Dotson" wrote: Check out www.perkins.com. I don't think the 4-108 is made anymore as such, but they are making similar engines. I have a 4-236 (1985) so I am also concerned about this. A friend has a boat with 2 4-236 engines that are only 5 years old. 4-108's are still ubiquitous in other applications as well as marine engines. I wouldn't count on the spare parts supply running out anytime soon. Steve |
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