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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ASV603" data-source="post: 101206" data-attributes="member: 12649"><p>It is a federal deal so they come from all over. I'm shipping my old core from NH to Oklahoma City. I guess part of it was EPA policy stating all new diesel motors must be electronically controlled. That introduced tier III engines and they ceased to make the older models. The new models will not work in the older machines, which required a rebuild, find used motor or scrap the machine. Recently some EPA policy was relaxed and a deal was struck between the three players and Perkins is remanfacturing the 404, under certain conditions, the big one being that the old core is scrapped. It's a $2000 fine if not returned. So I got a brand new motor from Perkins for $6300, which would not have been possible without this arrangement. So while it's still very expensive, it's better than the alternative. At least that's how the guy explained it to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>