other dog Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Yep...must have painted it yellow so they could find the oil leaks easier. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 That there is one funny looking clatter-pillar injuns.... Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 The poor V-12 Deeetriot probably died from the embarrassment of being painted CAT Yellow. 2 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifth wheel Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 V 16, all along I have been told oil is cheap.FW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Green Dash Posted March 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2015 That engine was the result of a joint venture between Detroit Diesel and Caterpillar. Dubbed the "Leaking Pussy", the idea was scrapped when it was learned that 2 strokes was not enough to stimulate any measurable amount of combustion. 6 Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted March 7, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2015 Freshly rebuilt V16- they should have no problem finding the oil leaks on this one- 4 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Freshly rebuilt V16- they should have no problem finding the oil leaks on this one-DD110.jpgHistory can attest to that. Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 that's not oil! its HI-TACK! the last mechanic just used a 4" paint brush to apply it! very sloppy I might add, but i'm sure that's HI-TACK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ditchkus Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 What model engine is it ? It has the newer Detroit Diesel Symbols. Thanks Joe D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 What model engine is it ? It has the newer Detroit Diesel Symbols. Thanks Joe D.Could be wrong, but I was thinking those were just stickers and the engine pre-dated the use of that logo. Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theakerstwo Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 16V149 Quote glenn akers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 I have said it before, I'm saying it again........You can paint a turd any color you want......-Seafoam green (I think its puke green myself)-Silver-Red-Cat yellowHell, I even seen one painted Maxidyne gold one time....\No matter what color you paint it, it was, is and always will be a gigantic turd. Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 The 149's and 71's have a one peice block like the one on this post, on the other hand the V-12 92 had two blocks and the 16- 92's had two blocks and both had 4- heads! That did not work out to well for them! I'm not sure but I think even the crank was 2 peice? I have seen a lot of boat owners with 92's with crazy HP blow them up over and over again and then move on to the 149's or the 71 series and run 4-ever!! all of the V-12 71's had 2- 6-71 one peice heads but the 16-71's had 4- heads but the one block was bullet proof!!BULLHUSK DETROIT POWER!!!! PS each cylinder on the 149's had ther own head, it was round like a paint can and I think it had 8-bolts, so you could pull it out and change it and get back into action fast! and that my friends is how we win wars!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ditchkus Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Thanks Glenn. What was the application for a 16V-149 ? Is it a 2 stroke ? When I was in the Navy 1968 we had plenty of 53 and 71 Series Detroits in small boats. 16-278A was used for emergency generators on big ships and main propulsion for Destroyer Escorts and other small ships. Green Dash never thought about stickers being stuck on engine for cosmetic purposes.We ran Detroit,Cummins,Mack and later on a few Caterpillar all were pretty good the worst engine we ever had was a C-12 Cat it had good power,fuel economy but would develop head gasket problems on a regular basis.The 3406's we had were good. Thanks Joe D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ditchkus Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 General Motors Diesel pre Detroit Diesel with Gray Marine was a favorite for the U.S.Navy in small boats from my experience up to 100'in lenght. 6V-53in PBR's,12V-71's in Swift Boats and6-71's in about everything else small boat related worked well for the Brown Water Navy Boats. Biggest disaster I saw was 100' PGM's with 8- 6-71's,they were hooked 4 each to one shat 2 forward and 2 aft facing. Boats would go out with all 8 engnes running and sometimes only 4 on return.The U.S.Coast Guard used a lot of Cummins in their small63' WPG Patrol Boats. Joe D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Thanks Glenn. What was the application for a 16V-149 ? Is it a 2 stroke ? When I was in the Navy 1968 we had plenty of 53 and 71 Series Detroits in small boats. 16-278A was used for emergency generators on big ships and main propulsion for Destroyer Escorts and other small ships. Green Dash never thought about stickers being stuck on engine for cosmetic purposes.We ran Detroit,Cummins,Mack and later on a few Caterpillar all were pretty good the worst engine we ever had was a C-12 Cat it had good power,fuel economy but would develop head gasket problems on a regular basis.The 3406's we had were good. Thanks Joe D.Joe they was 2-stroke, also you might have seen a 6-110 inline 2 stroke in the service?? They hade 110 ci per cyl and could put out well over 400 hp! GM droped them after they came out with the V-8 71! My uncle had one in his Lorine Crane and his HD-20 A-C Bulldozer, they started in the winter without any poney motor or gas, not like the Cat or Cummin's garbage motors that did not burn any oil cause they didn't start half the time!!BULLHUSK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ditchkus Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Ernie I do not remember ever seeing a 6-110 in my time in the Navy. I have a service manual for a 6-110 somewhere I bought off of Ebay.Joe D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1965 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 All 16v detroits 71,92,149 had 2 blocks, 2 cranks, 4 camshafts, 4 heads ,and 2 blowers. 12v71 had 1 piece block, one crank ,2 cams,2 heads, 2 blowers; except 149 they had a head for every cylinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 A couple of 6-110 made into 1950's GM trucks but they didn't perform as hoped so the plan was dropped. Supposedly the 6-110 worked best at a constant rpm versus a truck application where it was constantly cycling between low idle and high idle in operation.The test was done with PIE, Pacific Intermountain Express. 1 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1958 F.W.D. Posted March 8, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2015 My father was an IC3 in the USN and was assigned to the USS Seneca ATF-91, a Navajo-class 205' fleet oceangoing tug. They were powered by four GM 12V278 diesel electric drive sets, which coupled into a single reduction gear that drove a single screw (for all intents and purposes, basically four WWII-era submarine drive sets next to one another coupled into a central drive set.....) Dad found out about NAFTS (The National Assoc of Fleet Tug Sailors) and joined up a while back. Through NAFTS, he learned of an organization which had recently acquired the former USCGC Tamaroa WMEC-166. (You might recall the name if you saw the movie "The Perfect Storm." The Tamaroa was the ship that performed the rescues in real life.....) Anyways the Tamaroa was originally the USS Zuni ATF-95, a sister ship to the Seneca. I had always wanted to see a ship like the one Dad was on, so I went to the inaugural work weekend in Baltimore to check things out. I joined the organization and am named as a founding member along with Pop. But anyways, here are some pictures that I took somewhere along the way.......Pic of Large and Medium. when they weren't so large and medium (and LONG before small and extra small.....) down in B2 (Main engine room) with one of the 12V278's behind them. Now we are one deck above B2 (main engine space) in B2E (engineering space) you can see the number three aux. gen set behind them, powered by a 671N. If I remember right the gen set put out somthing like 225kw.......This is the one that we used when we were not hooked into shore power. The number one and two (main) gen sets were 12V71's and something like 450kw each. 5 Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 I know I have more pics somewhere of the reduction set, shaft alleyway....gotta find them. Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullhusk Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 All 16v detroits 71,92,149 had 2 blocks, 2 cranks, 4 camshafts, 4 heads ,and 2 blowers. 12v71 had 1 piece block, one crank ,2 cams,2 heads, 2 blowers; except 149 they had a head for every cylinderThanks for that info I did not know that about the 16 V's blocks!BULLHUSK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ditchkus Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Any more picture of the Tug ? Thanks Joe D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 I have said it before, I'm saying it again........You can paint a turd any color you want......-Seafoam green (I think its puke green myself)-Silver-Red-Cat yellowHell, I even seen one painted Maxidyne gold one time....\No matter what color you paint it, it was, is and always will be a gigantic turd. man just don`t like detroit`s huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Any more picture of the Tug ? Thanks Joe D.Joe, yes let me dig. Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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