The engine had massive blow-by due to poor, if not non-existent maintenance. So it was covered under warranty. When they did the engine work they screwed up the rear main seal, so then that was replaced. After that, I was going home to find the clutch slipping like crazy bob tailing. I took it back to find out the clutch was soaked in oil. It wasn't like that when I had taken it in there. So after some intense "reasoning" with them, the clutch was replaced as well. Since then I've had no real trouble out of it. However my EGR valve needs to be replaced, but with how slow things are, I can't really afford to just throw 1200.00 at it.

I'd stay out of the mountains with those gears. Be splitting all day. Wont be able to skip gears as easily also.

A disclaimer....I'm not an o/o, but a company driver.

Upon reading your post, I became a bit curious about your logic, and I don't mean it in any disrespectful way.

On the one hand, you state that your existing truck needs a rebuilt engine at an expense of approx 10k, something which you're not keen on doing : yet, on the other hand, you're perfectly willing to spend even more money on yet another used truck, which has probably been run ragged by its previous owners, along with questionable maintenance. What is the guarantee that you won't have to spend even more money on this other truck that you're looking at ? It's not as if you're getting yourself a brand new truck. At least with the truck that you currently own, you're quite familiar with its functioning.

Don't you think that a known devil is better than an unknown one, especially in this economy ?

While I am certainly no expert I hear alot of truckdrivers prefer "Eaton rearends". As a matter of fact some of them just love Eaton rearends.

Roehl runs a setup close to that. 10 speed direct with 2.64 rears. And that is why they,

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thought this was a question about girls, never mind:lol2:

Its a joke. Eaton rearends, get it? No?

what would you suggest....????
i thought the 13 & 18..were made for situations like mountains..heavy loads...etc.. YouTube - Shifting Jackass mountain :thumbsup:

How do you figure? It's almost dead on to an OD13sp and 3.55's. People see the 2.93's and **** themselves. They fail to realize the fact the the tranny is direct drive...

All right,
No problem at all and no offense taken

The rebuilt is around 10k or more.Radiator , air to air and all the hoses are around 2k or more, ac work would be around 1k, body work on the hood 5-6k, and things can go on and on.All these would cost me money out of pocket which i don have .This truck ate me last year around 24k in repairs.Small stuff here and there,headaches with lost loads etc.I'm just sick and tired of really dealing with it anymore. The truck that i'm looking at is around 25-35k financed for a period of no more than 30-40 months.I'm looking at a truck in the high 400's to low 500's miles.By the time the truck gets to 800-900 miles it would be paid off and i will get rid of it by buying a better one.I came to find out that there is no reason to keep a truck over a million miles, like i had this one.Stuff that starts breaking down, big or small is just too much and can add to the headaches.Trust me i have been there this past year with it and decided that it was enough.The amount of repairs almost knocked me down.

But anyways, right now i would consider a volvo too.It is a central refrigerated, cummings engine,10 sp, 355 rears.I guess these would be pretty nice too.I really like volvo but i'm kind of afraid of the electronics part.Oh well, let me know what you guys think.