Which engine to rebuild and/or install
10-15-2016, 10:38 AM
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The mileage was original, as it was a one owner truck. When I said I don't know the history, I meant how often he changed oil, and being a old farmer, I don't know if he used Rotella or whatever he put in his tractor. Truck was almost mint when wrecked, as I only remember one small dent in it.
The old man (original owner) passed, and his son was moving hay with it. He had the hay trailer overloaded (twice as much as the old man would load trailer) lost control on a hill and bent the frame of the truck when it was rolled in the ditch.
I know the old man didn't drive but 45-50 so it wasn't run hard.
Whichever engine I use will have at minimum new gaskets and seals
The old man (original owner) passed, and his son was moving hay with it. He had the hay trailer overloaded (twice as much as the old man would load trailer) lost control on a hill and bent the frame of the truck when it was rolled in the ditch.
I know the old man didn't drive but 45-50 so it wasn't run hard.
Whichever engine I use will have at minimum new gaskets and seals
I used to work on school buses doing fleet installs and some buses would have 180-190k miles with only 5000-6000 hours on them while other buses would have 10000 hours and 120-150k miles on them. It's all in how they're driven and mileage can be great, but also very misleading.
Just food for thought. Sounds like it was well taken care of before the unfortunate event that totalled the truck
10-15-2016, 05:16 PM
#17
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Heh. Somehow, I am quite sure j.fonder will be at Carlisle 2017. As will I.
10-15-2016, 05:20 PM
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10-15-2016, 08:31 PM
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10-16-2016, 04:04 AM
#20
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Carlisle when I went there way back was a lot of fun.
Heck, this past while I seem to drive past at least a couple times a year in a Mopar on 81, but never planned for the event...
Heck, this past while I seem to drive past at least a couple times a year in a Mopar on 81, but never planned for the event...
10-16-2016, 11:10 PM
#22
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If it was a farm truck and actually used on the farm mileage isn't going to be all that indicative of wear. This is one of those cases where an hour meter would be a better indication. Farm trucks often have higher hours on them because they always travel at lower speed and idle a lot, which isn't particularly good for them. It's not overaly bad but they'll have way more run time than you think. They're made to run at 2000-2500rpm all day long but they soot up at idle. I'd rather have a 300k mile hwy motor than a 150k mile farm motor in many cases
I used to work on school buses doing fleet installs and some buses would have 180-190k miles with only 5000-6000 hours on them while other buses would have 10000 hours and 120-150k miles on them. It's all in how they're driven and mileage can be great, but also very misleading.
Just food for thought. Sounds like it was well taken care of before the unfortunate event that totalled the truck
I used to work on school buses doing fleet installs and some buses would have 180-190k miles with only 5000-6000 hours on them while other buses would have 10000 hours and 120-150k miles on them. It's all in how they're driven and mileage can be great, but also very misleading.
Just food for thought. Sounds like it was well taken care of before the unfortunate event that totalled the truck
I knew more than one old farmer that would change the oil in their car and dump it into the tractor!
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