The best economic decision is to buy a restored truck, but the idea of having everything BRAND NEW also entices me......... but I guess if it is restored properly then it wouldn't be a big deal.

I hate this crap

 

If I was getting an honest 9 mpg they'd have to pry that truck out of my hands. No way I'd be getting a new truck. Tracer you must have been talking to the janitor at CAT. There's tons of guys that have added fuel pressure guages over the years. I put mine in 10 years ago using high pressure rubber lines and clampless barbs. You could use stratoflex for added insurance but you're worrying over nothing.

 

Then I might look into getting the fuel gauge again. I like the idea of knowing when the filter is done. Thanks.

 

With DOT regs, you will now have to run an isolator if you are going to mount it inside the cab. I just bought a boost pressure and fuel pressure gauge from autometer and went with electric ones. They were $200 each but took me 1hr to install and wire both.

As for the 9 mpg truck, I wouldn't mind it honestly if it had a bigger sleeper. The 38" bunk (just a single bed DIRECTLY behind the seats) is tough when I have to do some back-to-back runs. Plus it is a freightliner and rides like crap....... but I may look into those special shocks I keep seeing in the magazines (no idea the names) plus I live only 40min from ARI/ICT, maybe they could put a 80" sleeper on it for me and I can have the engine rebuilt and truck repainted for $45,000 ?????

Hmmmm, good call........ thanks for making me think again LOL

 

shc, a while back i spoke to tom at fritzgerald. he told me that you can do a coranado for 109ish. i thought it was a decent deal. might want to give him a call.. also he said if you want a truck with a 318 detroit he'll order it. lol

 

Well here is the thing, my 99 has brand new rears already, and the engine has 350K on it...... the more I think about it, maybe a glider with my old trucks parts or just take it to ICT, give em a few grand and just have it all redone with a bigger sleeper and maybe upgrade the paint.

like I said, i have no idea LOL

 

lol thats the reason i called them. my dad wanted to put his B model cat i nto a new truck. i think he said you suply it the cheaper it is. if i'm not mistaken he said he can get rolling with his parts for 79l

 

Now that is not bad.

Just looked them up on truckpaper...... very nice.
Brand new 2011 with a DDECIII motor and 3yr/300k warranty for $108k

 

Tracer if your truck doesn't have any gauge in it get two. Get a vacuum gauge that goes between the water separator and the tank and a pressure gauge that goes on the filter head. The vacuum gauge will warm you if you ever start to gel the fuel and when the separator needs to be changed and the pressure one will tell you when the fuel filter is getting dirty. The last couple of years I've only been changing the fuel filters every third oil change. So far I haven't had any issues.

 

no its not. and he's a hell of a nice guy. we spoke for about 20 min on the phone. for that 108k the truck is loaded. i think for the price he gave us was for a truck with a lot less options. he also does petes and westernstars..

way off topic.. i was looking on truckpaper earlyer.. the westernstars are nice on the inside.. too bad they're built by freightlinger.. then again.. fritzgerald said the coranado is built leaps and bounds past any other freightliner product.