lots of questions about medium duty trucks.

[ModMech]

Any Allison AT545/MT643 will be OK, you can get a ReTran(r) remanufactured by Allison for LESS than a reman manual in most cases. Again, if the manual is not an EATON, RUN!

4MPG for a gasser is meaningless when you put on <4,000 miles year, you factor that diesel is 20% higher per gallon and can go bad faster than gasoline under some conditions. Infrequent use with low annual miles should tip the scales to gas. Remember, you can get a new or reman gas engine installed for less than a rebuild kit on a diesel.

My suggestion is to worry less about how many MILES are on the rig and worry more about what condition it is in. A CLEAN truck that was well maintained with 200K on it is a better bet than an average truck with 100k on it.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Any Allison AT545/MT643 will be OK, you can get a ReTran(r) remanufactured by Allison for LESS than a reman manual in most cases. Again, if the manual is not an EATON, RUN! 4MPG for a gasser is meaningless when you put on <4,000 miles year, you factor that diesel is 20% higher per gallon and can go bad faster than gasoline under some conditions. Infrequent use with low annual miles should tip the scales to gas. Remember, you can get a new or reman gas engine installed for less than a rebuild kit on a diesel. My suggestion is to worry less about how many MILES are on the rig and worry more about what condition it is in. A CLEAN truck that was well maintained with 200K on it is a better bet than an average truck with 100k on it.

There you go. Good sound advise. A set of brakes is $2000, tires that much again. Gas is cheap compared to a truck needing work.

Chris

 

[RedNeckRacin]

It would be a dam cheap gas motor to beat 1250 bucks for an inframe in a diesel.
https://dieselrebuildkits.com/k2/di...ternational-navistar-dt530-engine-rebuild-kit

Bout 2k for a gas reman. International Navistar Remanufactured Engines

And that was only a quick search. For double the fuel mileage and half the rebuild cost I still say diesel unless you enjoy getting passed by a stiff breeze going up hills. Let's not forget torque gets the work done.

 

[truckdiagnostics]

The big issue would be getting the air brakes and its been a while, but I do not remember a lot of gas trucks with air brakes.

 

[aczlan]

There are a few gas trucks with air brakes, I see them from time to time.

Aaron Z

 

[Diamondpilot]

There are a few gas trucks with air brakes, I see them from time to time. Aaron Z

Our F700 gas has them.

Chris

 

[ModMech]

It would be a dam cheap gas motor to beat 1250 bucks for an inframe in a diesel.
https://dieselrebuildkits.com/k2/di...ternational-navistar-dt530-engine-rebuild-kit

Yea, I would NEVER suggest aftermarket kits installed by Kaputi garage as a valid solution to any engine rebuild needs.

Also, your parts costs do not include labor; when you factor in ~$3000 in overhaul labor plus injectors, turbo and HPOP compared to $1500 for R&I of a gas engine, you are worlds apart.

 

[Toddao]

You can get a genuine navistar engine rebuild kit for DT466 built before 9/93 About $1000.00, the newer one will cost more

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[ModMech]

Even then you are not getting injectors, injection pump, turbo or oil pump for that money, nor the labor to do it.

 

[RedNeckRacin]

I really think you are looking at this the wrong way. The cost per mile of a diesel is much better than a gas motor. That's what it comes down to. Well that and pulling power.