I have a year 2008 Tusk 8,000 lb LPG lift truck that is outfitted wtih a Nissan TB45. I had the motor seize up due to lack of oil. When the dealership took the truck to their shop they found stretch film had covered the oil pickup screen inside the oil pan. The lip seal behind the balancer in the front of the engine had failed and stretch film could be seen by the seal and around the shaft. I called an old friend in the industry and the service manager at his company said he specifically remembers Nissan putting out a service bulletin on the TB45 engine that specifically talked about the need to install a shield of somekind to prevent debris in the engine compartment from getting behind the balance wheel and cause damage to the seal. Since this is exactly what happened to my truck and I know that I never got any shield i think i shoud not be 100% responsible. Especially considering I bought the truck and always had a full service maintanance plan with the dealer. They want about $10,000 to fix. My friend could not find the service bulletin so after hours of searching online I decided to join the forum and post my questions. Has anyone heard of this issue with the TB45 before? Where can I find Nissan bulletins? thanks
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Linde;
JS is major user of lifts who also has large issues of house keeping that gets sucked up and purchases their fleet through national account network of manufacturers. After installation of trash screens on the underside of a truck if the service rep. that you have doesn't do their job you can find yourself in another dispute.
thanks for the info.
Looks like I am going to be in a battle with vendor to see who should pay for this. I have not been able to find a sales bulletin on this issue but will keep trying. one more question, who is Jefferson Smurfit? Is it the same as Smurfit Stone? I also was confused about what issues your talking about. did you mean the issue of keeping debris out of the engine area or did you mean issues when the customer like me doesn't want to pay for a repair due to product defect and vendor refuses to pay for a repair?
Linde;
The power unit may be Nissan, but disign and engineering of remainder of the vehicle is the manufacturer of the lift truck. This is just one component of the entire vehicle. The wedge you might use is to compare the major lift truck manufacturers that use this same power unit in their chassis. I can point out that the Nissan - Mitsubichi lines are a joint venture engineering design. The basic air flow for the cooling system is being drawn from the ground. Even with trash screens installed this now adds the job of keeping the screens cleanded for adiquate air flow. Just an after thought you might find something out about the issue you are dealing with by contacting a representative of Jefferson Smurfit because they deal with similar end user issues.
Thanks for the reply. Here is the Model: 800CGB-8 and Serial Number: 135359A This is a Box Car Special with shorter wheelbase. I think because it is a Tusk and a box car special not much thought or reviewing of design took place. truck is 3 years old and within first year fan was hitting shroud due to clearanc issues and they had to change the engine mount position. here is another reason I'm skeptical that my current vendor does not want to get it fixed under manufacture defect or whatever you want to call it-Because in my full service maintainance agreement the dealership promised me a loaner lift truck that has plumbing for my bale clamp that i use to unload railcars of woodpulp. So even though they would get paid my mfg to repair engine they would be out the cost of the rental for a few weeks or longer. For the sales advisory bulletins where would i find them? Kind of confusing because I have a Tusk lift truck that is really Komatsu that has a Nissan Engine. Would Nissan issue the bulletin to Komatsu then to Tusk ??? thanks for any advice on how i can build a case to somehow not be out full cost of new engine
I am curious as to the make of truck in which this TB45 Nissan is in. Trash screens and wheel well screens are standard equippment on certain manufacture's fork trucks. I would be looking at a sales advisory bulletin or a sales parts bulletin. 2005 is about the year when the issue of house keeping and shrink wrap problems were being seen in conjuction with said power paxkage. Why the MIL and low oil pressure warning light, when pressure fell below the 3 psig, didn't occur is a puzzle.
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