Reply to "AF 8458 Southern diesel engine"

I have an number of engines from that era and laterbut never had a problem except the ones from the first year that were sort of like a Gilbert motor, but with a double wound field.  The can motors are all a little different as they progressed.  The earlier ones are noisy a were growlers to a degree.  I have never had one of the can motors fail.  But I probably have less than 50 hours on all of them.