THe days of the savy detroit two stroke mechanic are drawing to a close. most of the younger mechanics cut their teeth on 60 series type engines. The shop forman or senior mechanic may have plenty experience of he has not retired. FWIW. This has been my experience as much as I can recall... REgards and happy bussin mike
Hello: Yes I am very happy. The 8v71 was modified from the stock 275 hp to a 318 with advanced timing set up with 65 injectors and jakes. Complete out of frame rebuild with a 740 bolted to it completely rebuilt also. I put 45K miles on the bus with this powerplant. We moved to florida with this and a 24 foot carhauler. The engine has never let me down. The 8v71 has a new life and is presently being christined in another bus and ready to roll again. Regards and happy bussin. mike
belfert, those thresholds are all programable. You can add a few mph to the gap between jake intervention and cruise set speed. You can program the jakes to intervene whether the jake switch is on or off, lots of combinations available, whether the transmission downshifts with the jakes or stays with the regular program, such that you can really screw your driver around.....
Jack, Why not use a single switch with a off and two on positions? A double pole, double throw will work. Tom Y