Recent content by ScottSTL

Shippers will like your air ride truck and could lead to better loads. You didn't mention if your truck has air brakes or not. If not, you would need to run the compressor off that donor truck to supply the system with air. I wished you lived near St. Louis, I would cut you a better deal on...

Those new Cat engines roll off the same assembly line as the Navistar's, only in the special yellow paint.

Good info!

I have a 3500lbs rail gate i can sell you. It has two new motors and works great.

I'll keep you posted...

Yeah i've sent that guy a few a emails, i need to go and take a look at the truck. Considering what my truck would be worth once its running has me concerned on even trying to attempt any kind of replacement engine project.

Yeah thats a good idea... i wonder how well a 4l80 pick up truck transmission would hold up?

Okay gotcha, yeah i didn't know about the instrument panel running off the ecm. That could definitely be a nightmare... My goal was to get it running for cheap simply because the truck isn't worth that much and dropping a ton of money on a rebuild isn't cost effective for me.

Could you explain this a bit more please? I'm open to any suggestions...

Yeah i have thought of that but the ease of a gas motor excites me. lol

Just for the simple fact that big block's are cheap, the parts are cheap, and i can fix those easily instead of paying a shop as with the diesel. Most likely the truck will be up for sale once the swap is done.

I'll probably be putting the truck up for sale if i do the swap. Or i'm considering selling the rolling chassis complete or parting the truck out as well.

LOL, yeah i was only getting 8.5mpg with the 3126. I figure a solid 5 with the gas motor. Gas is cheaper than diesel though right??? lol

Hello, i'm new to this forum and currently have a 2000 GMC box truck with a CAT 3126. The truck is in the shop right now with a scored cylinder, i'm thinking of replacing it with a 454 Chevy just to get it moving again. The shop wants $15,000 for a rebuild on the 3126, i think i'll pass...