ReCon exchange scheme for Cummins units
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• A reconditioned engine exchange scheme for its V6 140 (Val) and V8 185 (Vale) power units is announced by the Cummins Engine Co. Ltd., New Malden, Surrey. The scheme will be operated through Cummins Diesel Sales and Service Ltd. and Cummins main dealers.
ReCon is the name given to the scheme, which covers not only the power units themselves, but also major components. These comprise fuel pumps, compressors, injectors, water pumps, cylinder heads and vibration dampers.
When buying a reconditioned engine under the ReCon scheme, the main stipulations made regarding the trade-in engine are that it is properly assembled, be complete except for the electrics and fan, and not be damaged in any way. Only where a cylinder block is cracked, broken or welded or there is visible evidence of damage by fire, accident or corrosion is an engine likely to be rejected. To enable the scheme to operate as smoothly as possible and be attractive for the operator to use, inspection will be a visual one and not involve any stripping down of the engine.
With a power unit possessing a cylinder block which fails to qualify, the engine may still be accepted but a fixed surcharge of 20 per cent over the regular engine price will be levied.
As with engines submitted for exchange, components will also be subjected only to visual scrutiny. They will be accepted provided they are complete and properly assembled, and are free from damage.
With components traded in operators are advised by Cummins to quote the part number of the fuel pump and its calibration code. It is also pointed out that the ReCon PTD type injector .is available only as a fully reconditioned unit, and should injectors require only simple cleaning and recalibrating that service is available through dealers at a lower price than that of the fully reconditioned injector.
Parts included in the ReCon specification for an engine or component which are missing from the assemblies being traded in, or are damaged, will be replaced by new parts and charged for at prevailing new parts prices.
Although a component may fail to qualify on one or more of the counts, it may still be accepted for exchange if the operator is prepared to take a new part at the prevailing new parts price.
Cummins offers a warranty on all engines and components supplied under the scheme—subject to the usual exclusions concering misuse and accident.
Net prices to the operator for reconditioned engines supplied under the scheme, subject to full allowance for the engine being traded in, are £394 for the V6 140 (Val) and £473 for the V8 185 (Vale). Components are available for the V6 and V8 engines and their prices are: fuel pumps, £31 15s. injectors (type PTD) £8 10s, air compressors £26 9s, water pumps £8 12s, vibration dampers £11 10s, Val cylinder head £39 15s, and Vale cylinder head £43 15s.
C.v. production figures
• Commercial vehicles produced in the UK for the year ended December 1968 totalled 409,186, according to figures published in the SSMT's Motor Industry Reporting. For the 12 months ended December 1967, the corresponding total was 385,090.
A breakdown of these figures shows the following production by individual manufacturers ithe first figure is for 1968 and the second for 19671: BMC —105.195. 107,099: Ford-108,017, 93,861; Leyland-23,854, 23.994; Rooles-27.066, 29,212; Vauxhall-97,222, 89,296: Jaguar2,621. 2,601; Rover-36,694, 31,282; Atkinson1.196. 979: Bristol Commercial Vehicles-766, 759; other-6,555, 6,007.