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WORKSHOP WAYS
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• When Iveco (as it was then) reintroduced the "Maggi" eight-wheeler in 1986, it already had a long and favourable service record in the UK construction industry. This new version boasted the latest lveco cab — a big improvement on the Ulm one it replaced — and a 186kW (250hp) vee-eight Magirus air-cooled engine. However, things did not go smoothly and stories of spring failures on the new Maggi soon circulated in the industry.
Since then a 224kW (300hp) engine has been introduced, the spring prob lem has been overcome and the Mag gi fan club is again gathering srength. One company that is definitely a member of the Maggi fan club is Matthews Demolition. Out of a mixed fleet of 40 trucks, 20 are Maggi eight-wheelers and more are on order.
Workshop went along to watch as two of Matthews' fitters Steve Mock
et and Ian Wells carried out a service on one of the eight-wheelers. Mocket had only recently joined the company after serving his apprenticeship with Iveco Ford dealer Stormont. Wells had been in the company for some time and has experience of working on the previous Maggi eightwheelers.
The vehicle we watched being serviced was a 224kW version that had covered over 50,000km (31,250 miles) in its six months of service. It was to receive a B2 service, the mid dle of the three levels of service on these vehicles. Services are carried out in the sequence B1 B2 B1 B3, but the standard times are not cur rently available from Iveco Ford. However, with the exception of wait ing for the engine to cool, the service was completed quickly. In general the vehicle is easy to work on but, as you will see in the text, there are some glaring exceptions.
by Colin Sowman