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I bought a 83 diesel a few weeks ago. Amazing truck, drove from NC where I bought it, to Sarasota FL, around FL for a week then back home to Maine. 3k miles in a week.
I also met and talked to a few trs guys along the way!
To the point, there's not a lot of information out there in terms of these engines, and after all the reading I've done over the time I pondered this truck (1+ years) I did not catch until today that CAT bought Perkins in 97.
Now maybe this is old news, but I've called every diesel shop around me and I always ended up in a gray area. "yeah its an AG style diesel but its in a truck and we don't do that". or "yeah its in a truck but we don't do AG type diesels".
I don't know where I came across the info but a call to Milton CAT and their service supervisor provided this response " Yeah we now service Perkins due to our acquisition, the only time we can't is if its an electronic diesel. Our computer diagnostics tend to have trouble reading them". My explanation of the fact that the truck itself lacks any computer and that the only wires go to the starter the thermostat and the oil pressure sensor he said " No kidding, yeah that would be easy then!"
The truck doesn't need any work right now but its good to have a place I can take it for check ups.
I also met and talked to a few trs guys along the way!
To the point, there's not a lot of information out there in terms of these engines, and after all the reading I've done over the time I pondered this truck (1+ years) I did not catch until today that CAT bought Perkins in 97.
Now maybe this is old news, but I've called every diesel shop around me and I always ended up in a gray area. "yeah its an AG style diesel but its in a truck and we don't do that". or "yeah its in a truck but we don't do AG type diesels".
I don't know where I came across the info but a call to Milton CAT and their service supervisor provided this response " Yeah we now service Perkins due to our acquisition, the only time we can't is if its an electronic diesel. Our computer diagnostics tend to have trouble reading them". My explanation of the fact that the truck itself lacks any computer and that the only wires go to the starter the thermostat and the oil pressure sensor he said " No kidding, yeah that would be easy then!"
The truck doesn't need any work right now but its good to have a place I can take it for check ups.
