Kevin Rutherfrauds $200000 Signature glider truck has complete engine failure!!!

+1.

Not the only person wondering. I'm a company driver dude who listens to random crap on the radio.

 

He bought a bunch of trucks in his early 20s and leased them to RPS, nearly went broke, sold off most & eventually regrouped, studying business audiobooks. He eventually built another small fleet for RPS & then FedEx. He wrote a bunch of articles to industry publications and eventually got a radio show...

 

He is going to need the relationship part, I see a nasty divorce from PP, and some sponsors.

 

I have a few critical points drawn from the info so far.
1. There is a definite distrust between Jeff and Bruce. There was a subtle statement made by Bruce about lugging the engine on climbs. He made a specific reference to the wear pattern of the bearings that indicates high cylinder pressures caused by low RPM/high power operation. The engineer also backed up this assertion. I think that there was a disagreement about what RPMs to run the engine. This could be a root cause if true.

2. There could have been an excessive amount of anti rusting agent inside the remaned engine from DD. This does not normally react with Evans collant, but what if it was an excessive amount? Small point, probably irrelevant, but not to be dismissed.

3. Microblue. Is it there, did they microblue the parts? The PP and Microblue guys would be fools to try to rip off the signature truck with their names on it and being in the spotlight. No, I think the microblue went with the first few thousands of lead off the surface of the bearings.

4. Detroit remanufactured engines are a huge target that nobody is firing at, but may have the most to do with the failure. It is confirmed that there were two intake valves that were not closing all the way. they are at one end of the engine where the sleeves had shifted. nobody has asked the question, why were the valves not closing all the way? this could not only cause the problems of overheating but could also cause the superheating and high pressure of those cylinders that caused the sleeves to shift. it was highlighted at the beginning of the conversation by the Engineer and another person in the conversation about the sleeves shifting. I would look into the head, the camshaft, and the geometry of everything in there that might have caused those valves not to work properly. I think that this is one of the root causes of all of their problems. Just an FYI, I don't think that Pittsburgh power did anything more than pull the heads when they install the micro blue parts. that would leave this failure squarely on Detroit's shoulders.

5. At some point, the truck owner Jeff stopped trusting PA and took his truck to other shops. Several custom tuned ECMs were installed by other shops, as were a few different turbos. How can anyone expect PP have liability after so many other unknown shops and ECM tuners had their hand in the truck? When Jeff took the truck to other shops and had vital work done, PP's liability ended.

 

You seem to forget PP didn't seem to have anymore time for the problem child signature truck. How many times did he return to PP? How many other shops were involved? I only know of PP and Terry's.

 

MMMMMMM,

Valves not closing will cause LOW cylinder pressure...........
Also if they weren't closing properly there's a real chance of the piston/s touching valves when at TDC of the compression stroke...

 

Keeping that tucked can't be easy

 

After a while the fuel built up in the cylinder will burn and cause extreme heat and pressure.