No more GM / DD 2 stroke diesels

This may be old news to all of you diesel devotees out there. But I was
surprised to hear that Detroit Diesel ceased commercial production of all 2
stroke based diesels as of 12/31/98.

DD will still make some of these to fulfill military obligations. They will
still make parts to fulfill military and commercial obligations and there
are still some unsold new models in the distribution channel. But no more
new commercial production.

So, that's the end of an amazing era. All the "Screamin' Jimmies", all of
the 2/71 - 12V71 that were made and are still used. I think George Buehler
mentioned in his book that there were 3 million of these out there in the
world.

Does that mean the end of 2 stroke diesels worldwide?? Or are there still
some being made out there at other manufacturers?

Joe & Debbie Engel
Marine Computer Services & JRE Computer Consulting, Inc.
MV Freda Fly - 40' Tollycraft Tri-cabin
Portland, OR

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