Carryfast:
ERF-NGC-European:
Carryfast:
[zb]
anorak:
I’ve got it- you used Google Translate, to go from [zb] to Double Dutch, then back to [zb]?No one is saying that fitting it with a ■■■■■■■ engine on the line, then park it out in the factory yard for a month or six waiting for the Gardner that the customer ordered, then take the ■■■■■■■ out and fit the Gardner, then deliver it, doesn’t make perfect sense to some.
As opposed to a delayed WIP owing to engine supply issues.Which doesn’t translate as Retrofit in any language.
It won’t make much sense to the factory either but in real life things like that do happen. Probably more with gearboxes than engines of course but the option I gave was perfectly valid, simply because it is possible.
To be fair advocating either potential scenario didn’t warrant Anorak’s reply.
We also can’t discount the possibility of ( d ) some not all left the factory with ■■■■■■■ and were sent back to the factory, not dealer, for retro fit 8LXB.The factory possibly using a number of slave ■■■■■■■ motors kept specifically for the eventuality to deal with the problem of erratic Gardner engine availability.That scenario I’d categorise as the real deal.
Whatever the answer I’m surprised that a lot more weren’t put together by whatever method a, b, c or d.Bearing in mind the known difference in lifetime operating costs of 8LXB v ■■■■■■■ ?.
Which gives credence to Bewick’s reference to engine availibilty being the problem and which shouldn’t be underestimated.
Heaven’s! You’ve moved the argument from ‘did Guy do the 8LXB?’ to ‘was Guy wise to do it?’! Guy Big-Js came with 290 ■■■■■■■ and 9-sp Fuller attached. That’s the spec I’d have gone for and all that’s well-documented. I suspect you’d have opted for the same. But that’s not the argument of this thread. The argument is quite simply: did Guy (BL) put 8LXBs in Big-Js? End of.