[Bruno]

Sorry for Your bad luck on your motor. I would have the ECM checked to see if that is the real mileage on the truck. I swear by lucas, I use it in all of our trucks.

[bth9461]

Thanks for all the advice, many of the comments seem well reasoned, and agree with what I was told by some friends that have experience with these motors.

I priced a REMAN engine from CAT it was ballparked at 15-18k, the rebuild on the Cummins was 6-7k. If the egine goes down, I am sure it will be away from home and with freight on the trailer.

Seems to me that the CAT motor is a good engine if taken care of, seems that many get well over 500k on the motor. The question seems to be how well it is taken care of and a little luck seems to help (with any engine).

I will let you know how this turns out, think I am going to go with the used Cummins, because of the rebuild cost, I can absorb that much easier, at an unexpected time, I have never been a very lucky guy either. I am also cosidering class 8's with the 11-12 liter Cummins/CAT/Detroit's.

Brian