I have a few family members in Alaska that are truck drivers and I set them up with custom remote start and auto start systems. I have set it up so that they can remotely start and monitor their trucks from their phones, they can start and monitor them from anywhere in the world as long as the truck and their phone has internet. The start controller that I built actually monitors the temperature of the coolant, oil and engine block along with the radiator and they can set it to keep the truck above a certain temp and it will cycle on and off like a refer trailer does. Instead of idling all day or night they can set it to run automatically based on temperatures or on a simple timer scheme. A truck can run for 10 minutes every hour and maintain a decent temperature. I use a solenoid similar to a air conditioning idle bump solenoid for a carburetor on a late 70's gm vehicles.
@@Ezrider359 The cycling of the engine to keep it warm and batteries up has been done on pumps, vehicles, and other equipment needed to ready for immediate operation for emergencies etc. Prior to cellular phones this was done via remote telemetry using two way radio, order wire, or even “pots” telephone line as well as with timers and temperature/pressure limit switches were used to active the starter relay and engine cutoff. I am quite sure that a remote starter set up for a generator could easily be modified to start and shutdown your truck which at the price of fuel these days could probably pay for itself within a one season with the side benefit of not having the wear on the engine from idling all night long. A friend of mine is a volunteer fireman and at his firehouse they have to park several pieces of equipment outside to help hold engine heat they have several of those metal skeleton structures that are covered in “canvas” that they use chain link fence gates covered in canvas as doors and run infrared heaters a the front of these “buildings” and have a hose hooked up on the exhaust so they don’t smoke themselves out on startup along with a fan to blow the thing out. We don’t get down to single digits but maybe a week or two a tear but will stay in the low twenties high teens at night for a good part of the winter and that setup has done them well for going on 5 seasons while they raise money to build a new firehouse
I did that to two trucks I ran years ago. 1st was a Pete 359 in 99 and the 2nd was a 2006 kenworth. I had the idea and got a great tech to do the job. I didn’t want or need the phone or monitoring of it, it just did it’s own thing itself. Was great in the winter for keeping fuel and the cab warm.
"This had a salvage sleeve, you can tell by the machining, I am not a big fan of salvage sleeves" *me eating domino's on my couch having zero idea what it means* "I'm not a fan either" *crunch*. I love this channel. The education I get is insanely good. Keep it up, please.
.My 379 had an APU that I ran below about 20 degrees. It did all the good stuff like charge the battery, ran my Wabasco, warmed my block and oil. At 10 below I ran the engine all night plus lots of fuel treatment.
Glad to see you back, Ezra! I have not so fond memories of hauling potatoes out of N. Dakota in the winter back in the late 70's early 80's! Brutal cold! Respect!
G'day mate good to see you that was unbelievable temperatures , interesting how the coolant warms the diesel tanks what a great idea. I learnt a lot on this one that I didn't know, take care stay warm and I look forward to seeing you again ......John
We use a Generac 3000i to run a space heater in the cab and heat the engine block. Uses about a gallon and a half of gasoline per 6 hours on low heat, 4 hours on high. Not the most efficient, but WAY cheaper than idling an old 3406b for eight to ten hours.
I admire your work ethic and your “matter-of-fact” personality, no frills just straight forward… thx for that and another great vid. Hate to see you give up on the BClll, prolly my favorite of all time engines..
would have liked to have kept the bc3 but with the circumstances, and the block needing major repairs or replacement and the cat being readily available made it the best option for the situation.
Always good to listen to what you are doing! Good luck this winter I have some co-workers in Minot working at the new hospital up there and I know it is cold up there!
Always a treat to see a vidja on old red!! Definitely looked cold in that clip with the trailer getting loaded up. I agree about the idling. Nobody wants to excessively idle their truck but when it gets cold like that it’s definitely harder on everything, and accelerated wear while the oil pumps up to the top end should definitely be a concern and avoided whenever possible. The gelling diesel is also a PITA. Just another factor to consider when the cold weather moves in and rears its ugly head. Thanks for sharing Ezra and be safe out there!! 👍🏻👍🏻😎
Hey Ezra, glad to see you are doing well. We missed you. I know I have voiced my disdain for Cat but I recently did the unthinkable and bought a 2021 Pete 389 with the 3406E. I got an offer on the Detroit powered Coronado that I couldn't pass on and really wanted to get back in a Pete. Stay safe my friend. Happy Thanksgiving
A tank heater isn't a bad idea but we ran lots of mechanical Cat 3406's in cold weather with no problems other than the odd frozen fuel filter. If you ever have a filter freeze up at midnight on a lonely road in sub zero temps then you'll never leave home with out a fresh filter and a filter wrench again!
Dunno what is going on with youtube, I am subscribed with the notification on and just this morning got this in my feed. Anyway thanks for deep look at the Cummins. That block tells a story of a lot of miles for sure. That old girl was run. I am with you on the cold start issue. Idling the engine overnight when set up correctly as you have is far less detrimental to it than starting a cold soaked engine. A feller can almost feel those pistons screaming as they are bathed in cold oil, I like the solution the gentleman mentioned above. Long, long ago (1960's) I lived at 7000 ft in the Sierras. There was an older gentleman who had a plow on his Willy's truck that plowed my Dad's Service Station pump drive and parking area in the wee hours of the morning in exchange for some service work my Dad did on it now and then.. I was about 10 years old and my Dad showed me a quick couple deal the guy had put in the heater hoses of the truck. He told my Dad that when he was done for the shift he hooked the old girl up to a second water heater at his house and it circulated hot water he'd mixed with anti freeze through the engine all night long. He'd fire it up, shut the two valves, and disconnect the hoses and drive off with the thing fully warmed up. Dad asked for the particulars just out of curiosity, the old fart wouldn't tell him. Dad had a feeling there was no "water heater". The old fellow was known to make a batch of whiskey now and then, Dad figured he had a pump hooked to an old still and used his wood stove and other "accessories" and spare parts to keep that truck warm. Clever, and, according to Dad, he made pretty good whiskey too.
tractor looking good EZRA , You are exactly right on that block , It seemed like it was always number 1 or number 5 piston would go bad , my personal opinion that block is junk , Sell all of it get it out of your shop 😎 happy holidays coming up , be safe take care yourselve
With the Cummins Big Cam engines back 40 odd years ago if you bought a Cummins Reman, it would pretty much last like a new engine. On the other hand, if you bought a rebuilt Big Cam from most anyone, you could count on it to last about 100,000 miles, then you would be working on it again.
in my early days trucking very cold days we would light fires in 5 gallon drums with multiple holes in put 1/4 plate on the top and push them under the engine to thaw it out and the diesel additive would only keep it liquid to certain temperature so waxing kinda stopped your day,if only we had the derv tank imersion heaters then.
I need a set of Jakes Brakes for my Big Cam III. If they become available let me know. My Motor have never had Jakes on it. Thanks for everything you share and be safe out there!!!
My brother needs hopper bottoms in Northwest Iowa by Sioux Falls to haul organic soybean meal to Great Falls Shelby, and Cut Bank areas. Having a hard time finding trucks... guess not much coming back out of that area?
You got a bunk heater!! Have you tried the espar water heater. Installed one last winter and love that thing. Set a timer and water temp 130-140 within an hour. Haven’t used block heater sense
That’s a easy to use product but I just plumbed the output of my cheap parking heater to the intake of my sleeper hvac. With the cab heater valve open it gets warm coolant circulating to the engine with natural convection. It stays on all the time when it’s sub 40 out and keeps the engine and cab toasty. It uses about a gallon a day. I shut it off when snow and ice start to roll in. That’s my sign to just park it and wait for spring.
If I couldn't plug in I would run my plow truck overnight. Generally only 4 or 5 hours, high idled. By the time I'd quit at 11 at night, I'd have to be back out to plow the route by 3, so it wasn't bad. Lots of times I'd grab an hour nap laying over the steering wheel while it ran, when your young you can do that stuff. Lol either way, beats starting out with everything frozen up.
I hope you can forgive me for everything I thought when I found out you had left the truck at that shop to have engine work but I'm even more ashamed of what I thought when you told us that you had them to swap out the engine (even knowing the 3406 CAT is preferable over the 855 Cummins), I couldn't believe such a capable mechanic and fabricator would pay somebody else to do an engine swap. I did some thinking and I realized you make your living hauling and not wrenching. After seeing that block I sure don't blame you. It was just too badly damaged from past abuse for any further use other than an anvil or a boat anchor. Thanks for all you do.
Hey there ezra nice looking cat engine. Saw some daylight between the top of your fuel tank and tank bracket may want to take a look at all 4 points of contact for your tanks
Hey , glad to see a new upload from ya , have a question if I may, any way you could give me some info , trying to figure a ballpark cost on swapping a cutoff on a truck , wanting to make a nice big HP day cab a tandem , it’s a single now and I have the suspension on my Columbia I want to use to extend enough to put a pusher as well eventually. Figured I’d ask as I seen ya do it with ole red. Thanks for all the neat videos , keep me coming. B safe out there.
Do you guys not have winter mix diesel there? I used to take that blend into the colder states here in Australia in the winter. Stops it gelling and keeps its original density. Love the show btw. Great to see you back.
Even though you don't run all year I still would have put a APU or a wabasto in it, for the price of them or a used one would still beat the cost on maintenance or wear and tare. Or even cheaper just get a old refer unit and modify that to work. Not only you'd save money on fuel but can also add a/c for the summer and can add an alternator so if it's cold you keep your batteries topped up also. Just my opinion seeing I'm just cpl hours north of you, plus never know what the future holds.
if i would have stayed cummins i probably would have found a bc4 block to rebuild and then use all the highflow cooling parts off the bc3 that would have made for a pretty good engine but seems how the cat fell into my lap it was the way to go.
What is your take on an "APU" when I bought my last truck it already had one fitted. And to be honest I would not run another Truck without one. I no longer have to idle the Truck even during the day when sitting at a dock, I can turn on the APU fire up the Bunk heater or AC depending on the time of year. It keeps the Engine warm as the cooling is circulated around the APU. With out doubt I would find it hard to not have one anymore....
I had a Tripac on my t600 and loved that little thing. Sold the truck years ago but kept the APU. Little Yanmar diesel has like 10k hours on it and still runs great. It saved hours on idling the big engine, kept the batteries topped up when I was away from the truck, espar heater kept the cab warm in winter and the AC worked great during the summer. Mine had the arctic kit that would crank the tripac up when the engine coolant temp got below a certain point and that was one of my favorite features - when I went to fire the C15 up even in the cold the engine was already warm from the coolant circulating through the tripac's engine. Just like a mobile block heater. Wouldn't have a truck without one if I ever did over the road again.
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I have a few family members in Alaska that are truck drivers and I set them up with custom remote start and auto start systems. I have set it up so that they can remotely start and monitor their trucks from their phones, they can start and monitor them from anywhere in the world as long as the truck and their phone has internet. The start controller that I built actually monitors the temperature of the coolant, oil and engine block along with the radiator and they can set it to keep the truck above a certain temp and it will cycle on and off like a refer trailer does. Instead of idling all day or night they can set it to run automatically based on temperatures or on a simple timer scheme. A truck can run for 10 minutes every hour and maintain a decent temperature. I use a solenoid similar to a air conditioning idle bump solenoid for a carburetor on a late 70's gm vehicles.
pretty cool idea
@@Ezrider359 The cycling of the engine to keep it warm and batteries up has been done on pumps, vehicles, and other equipment needed to ready for immediate operation for emergencies etc. Prior to cellular phones this was done via remote telemetry using two way radio, order wire, or even “pots” telephone line as well as with timers and temperature/pressure limit switches were used to active the starter relay and engine cutoff. I am quite sure that a remote starter set up for a generator could easily be modified to start and shutdown your truck which at the price of fuel these days could probably pay for itself within a one season with the side benefit of not having the wear on the engine from idling all night long. A friend of mine is a volunteer fireman and at his firehouse they have to park several pieces of equipment outside to help hold engine heat they have several of those metal skeleton structures that are covered in “canvas” that they use chain link fence gates covered in canvas as doors and run infrared heaters a the front of these “buildings” and have a hose hooked up on the exhaust so they don’t smoke themselves out on startup along with a fan to blow the thing out. We don’t get down to single digits but maybe a week or two a tear but will stay in the low twenties high teens at night for a good part of the winter and that setup has done them well for going on 5 seasons while they raise money to build a new firehouse
I did that to two trucks I ran years ago. 1st was a Pete 359 in 99 and the 2nd was a 2006 kenworth. I had the idea and got a great tech to do the job. I didn’t want or need the phone or monitoring of it, it just did it’s own thing itself. Was great in the winter for keeping fuel and the cab warm.
So are you implying, that you would like to hook up ez rider, with your schnazy dohickey?
Thanks for showing us the problem with old motor
"This had a salvage sleeve, you can tell by the machining, I am not a big fan of salvage sleeves"
*me eating domino's on my couch having zero idea what it means* "I'm not a fan either" *crunch*.
I love this channel. The education I get is insanely good. Keep it up, please.
Great video footage from inside the fuel tank. Your systems knowledge is phenomenal. Cheers.
One of my favorite channels. Very underrated channel tho. RUclips REALLY should be pushing this channel.
Looks cold there Ezra , regards from a sunny Spain 🇪🇸
Glad to see you back Ezra. Watching from British Columbia Canada
Watching from northern BC
Watching from flooded Fraser valley
.My 379 had an APU that I ran below about 20 degrees. It did all the good stuff like charge the battery, ran my Wabasco, warmed my block and oil. At 10 below I ran the engine all night plus lots of fuel treatment.
Thanks for checking in EZ and sharing your big cam Cummins analysis. You made the right decision going with a new block for sure. Happy Thanksgiving!
Cheers for putting degrees celsius on screen. I have no idea what degrees fahrenheit mean😂😂
Never disappointed with your classes professor. Always great content and quality. God bless you and stay safe.
We run a old A model Kdub heavy haul with tag axle, 3406b 18spd 4sp auxiliary with Neway suspension and its badass. Love the 359s ✌👍
Love your videos, love seeing Ol Red!!
Always good to see you Ez and old red !
It's been a while .
Good to see your still with us.
Cheers from Sydney Australia
Stay safe. 🇭🇲👍🐨🦘👍🇭🇲🇺🇸🇺🇸
Love the videos man they are the best truck info videos on youtube
Glad you like them!
Good to see you and Old Red again. Hope you and yours have a great Thanksgiving.
Glad to see you back, Ezra! I have not so fond memories of hauling potatoes out of N. Dakota in the winter back in the late 70's early 80's! Brutal cold! Respect!
Great to see you back again! Thanks for the info
rite on.. good info
Great video Ezra and Happy Thanks Giving you and your family!!!
Great job, thank you for your videos, you and the family have a great Thanksgiving
Thanks for the update, great to see Old Red up and running. Could you share a video of your typical working day? All the best from Holland!
G'day mate good to see you that was unbelievable temperatures , interesting how the coolant warms the diesel tanks what a great idea. I learnt a lot on this one that I didn't know, take care stay warm and I look forward to seeing you again ......John
Great to see you again.
Nice to see you back good job on the fuel heating👍
You’re the man…. Stay warm bro👍👍
Fantastic job on all 60 episodes. That’s definitely a sweet Pete! 👍🏻👏
Seen your posts on TTR,big👍from🇬🇧
That was a great camera shot inside the fuel tank explaining the tank heater, well done.
We use a Generac 3000i to run a space heater in the cab and heat the engine block. Uses about a gallon and a half of gasoline per 6 hours on low heat, 4 hours on high. Not the most efficient, but WAY cheaper than idling an old 3406b for eight to ten hours.
Thank u for this excellent video and peterbilt blessings pal
I admire your work ethic and your “matter-of-fact” personality, no frills just straight forward… thx for that and another great vid.
Hate to see you give up on the BClll, prolly my favorite of all time engines..
would have liked to have kept the bc3 but with the circumstances, and the block needing major repairs or replacement and the cat being readily available made it the best option for the situation.
Always good to listen to what you are doing! Good luck this winter I have some co-workers in Minot working at the new hospital up there and I know it is cold up there!
Good to see you back buddy, been missing the videos, great to see you are staying busy!!!! Happy holidays to you EZ
Good show man, always a learning experience and glad to see ya on the Utube channel ,I'll catch ya on the next one
For a quarter sec I believed you would overhaul the ol Cummins. Great video Ez!
Great video Ez Rider The peterbilt is looking Awesome great CATERPILLAR diesel engine keep the videos Coming God bless Happy holidays
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Good seeing you thanks for sharing
Thanks for the video, Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Always a treat to see a vidja on old red!! Definitely looked cold in that clip with the trailer getting loaded up. I agree about the idling. Nobody wants to excessively idle their truck but when it gets cold like that it’s definitely harder on everything, and accelerated wear while the oil pumps up to the top end should definitely be a concern and avoided whenever possible. The gelling diesel is also a PITA. Just another factor to consider when the cold weather moves in and rears its ugly head. Thanks for sharing Ezra and be safe out there!! 👍🏻👍🏻😎
Hey Ezra, glad to see you are doing well. We missed you. I know I have voiced my disdain for Cat but I recently did the unthinkable and bought a 2021 Pete 389 with the 3406E. I got an offer on the Detroit powered Coronado that I couldn't pass on and really wanted to get back in a Pete. Stay safe my friend. Happy Thanksgiving
How’s you get an E model in a 2021? I thought gliders were over, no??
Very few made in 2021, but a lot of new gliders are flying in under the radar.
Great video. Try & stay warm. Wishing you & the wife a Happy Thanksgiving
Another great red video
A tank heater isn't a bad idea but we ran lots of mechanical Cat 3406's in cold weather with no problems other than the odd frozen fuel filter. If you ever have a filter freeze up at midnight on a lonely road in sub zero temps then you'll never leave home with out a fresh filter and a filter wrench again!
Jimmy convinced Ez that he needed a CAT and a dog to ride together! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. 🦃
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I'm very curious to see the reparation on the old cummins, I'm sure you will do it well!!!!!
Have a good day you too!!!!!!
😎 Thanks EZ ⚓️
good to see ya Ezra
Happy Thanksgiving Ezra to you and your family.
Dunno what is going on with youtube, I am subscribed with the notification on and just this morning got this in my feed. Anyway thanks for deep look at the Cummins. That block tells a story of a lot of miles for sure. That old girl was run. I am with you on the cold start issue. Idling the engine overnight when set up correctly as you have is far less detrimental to it than starting a cold soaked engine. A feller can almost feel those pistons screaming as they are bathed in cold oil,
I like the solution the gentleman mentioned above.
Long, long ago (1960's) I lived at 7000 ft in the Sierras. There was an older gentleman who had a plow on his Willy's truck that plowed my Dad's Service Station pump drive and parking area in the wee hours of the morning in exchange for some service work my Dad did on it now and then.. I was about 10 years old and my Dad showed me a quick couple deal the guy had put in the heater hoses of the truck.
He told my Dad that when he was done for the shift he hooked the old girl up to a second water heater at his house and it circulated hot water he'd mixed with anti freeze through the engine all night long. He'd fire it up, shut the two valves, and disconnect the hoses and drive off with the thing fully warmed up. Dad asked for the particulars just out of curiosity, the old fart wouldn't tell him.
Dad had a feeling there was no "water heater".
The old fellow was known to make a batch of whiskey now and then, Dad figured he had a pump hooked to an old still and used his wood stove and other "accessories" and spare parts to keep that truck warm. Clever, and, according to Dad, he made pretty good whiskey too.
Mabye try unsubscribing and then re subscribe. Iv heard that can help. 🤷
tractor looking good EZRA , You are exactly right on that block , It seemed like it was always number 1 or number 5 piston would go bad , my personal opinion that block is junk , Sell all of it get it out of your shop 😎 happy holidays coming up , be safe take care yourselve
Hell yeah brother!!
With the Cummins Big Cam engines back 40 odd years ago if you bought a Cummins Reman, it would pretty much last like a new engine. On the other hand, if you bought a rebuilt Big Cam from most anyone, you could count on it to last about 100,000 miles, then you would be working on it again.
EZ, you have a high 'like' percentage to your views count. Good work.
in my early days trucking very cold days we would light fires in 5 gallon drums with multiple holes in put 1/4 plate on the top and push them under the engine to thaw it out and the diesel additive would only keep it liquid to certain temperature so waxing kinda stopped your day,if only we had the derv tank imersion heaters then.
There he is!!!!
I need a set of Jakes Brakes for my Big Cam III. If they become available let me know. My Motor have never had Jakes on it.
Thanks for everything you share and be safe out there!!!
As a loyal viewer I'd like to request more footage of you working the 359! I like how black the top of the stacks are haha
My brother needs hopper bottoms in Northwest Iowa by Sioux Falls to haul organic soybean meal to Great Falls Shelby, and Cut Bank areas. Having a hard time finding trucks... guess not much coming back out of that area?
We missed you Ezra
You got a bunk heater!! Have you tried the espar water heater. Installed one last winter and love that thing. Set a timer and water temp 130-140 within an hour. Haven’t used block heater sense
That’s a easy to use product but I just plumbed the output of my cheap parking heater to the intake of my sleeper hvac. With the cab heater valve open it gets warm coolant circulating to the engine with natural convection. It stays on all the time when it’s sub 40 out and keeps the engine and cab toasty. It uses about a gallon a day. I shut it off when snow and ice start to roll in. That’s my sign to just park it and wait for spring.
If I couldn't plug in I would run my plow truck overnight. Generally only 4 or 5 hours, high idled. By the time I'd quit at 11 at night, I'd have to be back out to plow the route by 3, so it wasn't bad. Lots of times I'd grab an hour nap laying over the steering wheel while it ran, when your young you can do that stuff. Lol either way, beats starting out with everything frozen up.
I can't blame you for starting over with the CAT 🙂👍 Never know how far the cracks could spread over time. Great video Ezra 🙂
With the options I had in front of me building the cat and swapping it made the most sense. Thanks for the comment Zane
you are the master
It sounds like the previous owner parked the truck when it started running away oil consumption. Nice to see ya brother.
Webasto…TSL17 would fix it right up. Save you a ton of money, fuel and wear and tear.
Here we go !! ya!! Cheers!!;-)!! Enjoyed!!
I love cummins motors but yes they crack and leak coolant.
I hope you can forgive me for everything I thought when I found out you had left the truck at that shop to have engine work but I'm even more ashamed of what I thought when you told us that you had them to swap out the engine (even knowing the 3406 CAT is preferable over the 855 Cummins), I couldn't believe such a capable mechanic and fabricator would pay somebody else to do an engine swap. I did some thinking and I realized you make your living hauling and not wrenching. After seeing that block I sure don't blame you. It was just too badly damaged from past abuse for any further use other than an anvil or a boat anchor. Thanks for all you do.
Hey there ezra nice looking cat engine.
Saw some daylight between the top of your fuel tank and tank bracket may want to take a look at all 4 points of contact for your tanks
Clear as mud lol
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Hey , glad to see a new upload from ya , have a question if I may, any way you could give me some info , trying to figure a ballpark cost on swapping a cutoff on a truck , wanting to make a nice big HP day cab a tandem , it’s a single now and I have the suspension on my Columbia I want to use to extend enough to put a pusher as well eventually. Figured I’d ask as I seen ya do it with ole red. Thanks for all the neat videos , keep me coming. B safe out there.
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I bet Jeff at JPaydirt is happy that Ol Red has a CAT in it, I like CATs and Detroits myself, glad she's treating you right so far!
If the bc3 crank is the same as the bc2 I’d be interested in buying it.
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Do you guys not have winter mix diesel there? I used to take that blend into the colder states here in Australia in the winter. Stops it gelling and keeps its original density. Love the show btw. Great to see you back.
Happy Thanksgiving, y'all!
Even though you don't run all year I still would have put a APU or a wabasto in it, for the price of them or a used one would still beat the cost on maintenance or wear and tare. Or even cheaper just get a old refer unit and modify that to work. Not only you'd save money on fuel but can also add a/c for the summer and can add an alternator so if it's cold you keep your batteries topped up also.
Just my opinion seeing I'm just cpl hours north of you, plus never know what the future holds.
Great stuff my man. Thanks so much. Where did you get the brackets for the throttle wire? Plus the wire? I’m trying to get your set up on my big cam 1
It helps to use a ir1712 filter at least it does on my 400 b
The old 400 sure was riddled with block issues. If you were going with Cummins power you'd have to find another block. The Cat repower was worth it.
if i would have stayed cummins i probably would have found a bc4 block to rebuild and then use all the highflow cooling parts off the bc3 that would have made for a pretty good engine but seems how the cat fell into my lap it was the way to go.
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Long time no see!
nice to recoup some money after the large investment of the 3406. beauty of a truck my friend.
Make more using the truck than what the left over used parts are worth, but helps me out and helps the guy that needs the parts out so it's a win win
Have a nice Thanksgiving.
Thanks, you too!
What’s your opinion on intank fuel heaters?
Now that we’re coming up on winter time what’s the next project Ezra ?
Do they not have Arctic blend diesel in the US??? We have it in Australia 🇦🇺
Where can I find heater tubes for my truck?
Just started watching 2day on ep5 don,t know if you have name yet. But i think Red Rider old band from 80,s had a song lunitic fringe
What is your take on an "APU" when I bought my last truck it already had one fitted. And to be honest I would not run another Truck without one.
I no longer have to idle the Truck even during the day when sitting at a dock, I can turn on the APU fire up the Bunk heater or AC depending on the time of year. It keeps the Engine warm as the cooling is circulated around the APU. With out doubt I would find it hard to not have one anymore....
I had a Tripac on my t600 and loved that little thing. Sold the truck years ago but kept the APU. Little Yanmar diesel has like 10k hours on it and still runs great. It saved hours on idling the big engine, kept the batteries topped up when I was away from the truck, espar heater kept the cab warm in winter and the AC worked great during the summer. Mine had the arctic kit that would crank the tripac up when the engine coolant temp got below a certain point and that was one of my favorite features - when I went to fire the C15 up even in the cold the engine was already warm from the coolant circulating through the tripac's engine. Just like a mobile block heater. Wouldn't have a truck without one if I ever did over the road again.
Will I see Ol' Red running out of Red Trail Energy in Richardton? I'm up and down 94 from there to Billings