[Jack Houpe]

Detroit Diesel 2 stroke engines have been around forever, I had boat with twin JT 6-71s with blower and turbo on each motor, each make 485 HP and they are reliable if taken care of, clean fuel is very important. Rebuilds are done in place the cranks on these engines are known to be very stout and normally never changed out, parts are all over the place and since they have been around for over 80 years there are many and cheap. I have a friend who is a retired fireman and they had 8-92s (8 cylinders 92 cubic in per cylinder) in their fire trucks and said they were required to change them out because they didn't meet smog requirements and there was a few times one of the new trucks wouldn't start, said that would have never happened with the gutter cleaner 8-92, I love the sound of them, can you tell I like 2 stroke. I like my series 60 also but buying an older coach with a 8-92 wouldn't bother me at all. They do leak oil like most 2 stroke diesels but if you keep up with tightening nuts, bolts and gaskets it will be clean. Looks like Simon has his oil leaks taken care of, car show quality there.

If your not mechanical and have no intentions of trying you might have issues, these coaches will eat $100 bills like candy in a movie theater. The brothermen here on this site are invaluable but it requires the owner to get their hands dirty and learn. Just my opinion.