Chevrolet C8

[Alex van de Wetering]

Richard,

Welcome to the forum and congrats on the purchase of your C8! Lovely truck!

Pattern 12s have a peculiar problem the placement of the airfilter can let water drip into the oil bath raising the level of the fluid in the filter so that engine has trouble breathing.

Once again....a vey valuble piece of info, Phil! I have to check if that's also the case with an 11cab....even though that has rain gutters along the edge of the engine cover.

Alex

[Phil Waterman]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

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Once again....a vey valuble piece of info, Phil! I have to check if that's also the case with an 11cab....even though that has rain gutters along the edge of the engine cover.

Alex

Alex you make me wonder do any Pat 12s have the little gutter under the hood at the windscreen edge like the Pat 13s?

I agree good to see another CMP being enjoyed by new owner, keep us posted Richard.

Cheers Phil

[Pete Ashby]

Phil, my C15A 12 cab had a gutter fitted it was angled slightly down each side from the center line of the scuttle and fixed by two tabs that were held in place to the scuttle (under the webbing strip) with counter sunk machine screws I'm not sure if I have any photos of it I'll check

Pete

[Pete Ashby]

Just checked and I don't have a photo of the engine by of my old C15A, however I checked the well known factory photos (below) and there is certainly no gutter shown there.


Perhaps it was a field modification by CREME or maybe only REME just on trucks issued to the British, it was a pain really as it used to interfere with the hood hinges which made me think it was an addition rather than a factory fit but then 11 and 12 cabs are such a dogs breakfast of drawing board design changes and on line modifications that you can never be sure

Pete