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We’ve all seen those mudflaps, “Without trucks Australia stops” – but without that reliable supply chain of genuine and quality Cummins engine parts – the trucks, the diggers, the gensets and boats – will stop first. You don’t have to be in the mining industry to be at the coal face of a business where … Continue reading WITHOUT RELIABLE SUPPLY CHAIN – AUSTRALIA STOPS !

The TORQUEPOWER tradition continues as Jessie Fuenzalida, another generation, learns the ropes at Torquepower.  Jessies’ grandfather Hector Fuenzalida worked at Torquepower in the mid-1990s. When he first immigrated from Chile to Australia years before Jessie was born, Hector settled into a little Italian workshop in Melbourne (an Italian girlfriend helped with language training!) then a … Continue reading The TORQUEPOWER tradition continues

Tools are an interesting issue. A basic tool, like a hammer, keeps life simple, but you know what happens: everything then ends up looking like a nail. A complex tool can do a lot but may have a steep learning curve: just knowing what each function of the tool can do takes time, then learning … Continue reading The right tools is half the battle

The song says there must be 50 ways to leave your lover, and there are probably just as many ways to kill your diesel engine. Today we focus on the top five steps that you can take to ensure your diesel doesn’t end up in an early grave. Although many see themselves as diesel experts, … Continue reading Five Ways to Murder your Diesel

A reconditioned engine, also known as a remanufactured engine, is an engine that has gone through substantial repair intended to bring the worn engine back to “as-new” condition and enabling it to be used for another full service life. Rebuilt, reconditioned, recon, recond and remanufactured are terms commonly used but the final product quality achieved … Continue reading Your Checklist for Buying a Reconditioned Diesel Engine

To prevent life-threatening disease, annual blood testing is the most important step aging humans can take .With your blood test results, you can catch critical changes in your body and empowered, you begin a new approach that could add decades to your life. Clean oil to an engine is like clean blood to your body, … Continue reading Contaminated Oil is Poison to your Engine

Andy from Redwood Park in Adelaide drives a Detroit 15 litre Western Star. He hauls 85 tonnes from Whyalla to the Wimmera Air Base bringing road base for the new air strip. At $19,000 per month in fuel costs, I asked his best fuel saving tip?” Don’t start her up!” he joked. Diesel fuel is … Continue reading Improving Diesel Fuel Economy

As with any filter, the job is to ‘filter’ or trap pollutants, and your DPF needs to be cleaned regularly, through a process called regeneration. Often this will require no action from you, the driver or operations manager, until the maintenance intervals, which may require a clean; or an exchange unit. The regeneration of a … Continue reading Cleaning your Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF)

Going way back to my early days in the industry I remember having a serious discussion with an educated mate who owned a Commodore 64 computer. We talked about how good it would be if we could have a computer guide young technicians via the knowledge of more experienced people and a structured troubleshooting “tree” … Continue reading Magic technology keeps the wheels turning