"shiden_kai" > wrote in message
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> Scott Dorsey wrote:
>
>> I remember riding the bus in the Phillipines.... each round trip from
>> Manila to Baguio, they'd drop the engine, take it apart, and check
>> it. Labour was very cheap and parts were very expensive.
>
> You must be joking! I lived in the Philippines from 1960 to
> 1977 and rode on many buses from Manila out to the provinces.
> I don't remember anyone either needing to do this or doing this
> type of maintenance. I do remember the cooling systems being
> so leaky that the drivers had to stop at almost every river we
> crossed to "top up" the rad....but certainly engine overhauls were
> not the order of the day after every round trip.
>
> Even in the Philippines....an engine will last longer then that.
>
> Ian
>
LOL! As far as I know top fuel dragsters are the only vehicles which are
torn down after every trip.
Bob