pybyr
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Between my alternator taking a dive a couple of weeks ago and discovering that all of the rubber fuel hoses are fossilized and in need of replacement-
-I'm getting discouraged about whether this truck is going to be an endless pit of time and $-
I know that the fuel lines are a well-known issue; what's irritating is that the truck had been maintained by a professional garage that focuses on big trucks [the truck belonged to a local fire department, and I bought it with only 12,000 miles on it] -so I'd have thought that someone would have noticed and taken care of at least some of the lines.
It's clear to me now, having worked on it some, that the shop that was supposedly in charge of maintenance (A) never took care of anything until it failed; and (B) tended to just replace parts without diagnosing root causes.
So I now know I need to identify what's at risk of failing due to ravages of time, and take care of those things in order before they give me grief.
I'm willing and able to do that.
What I DO need, _badly_, at the moment is some encouragement that a truck of this series (1989 7.3 NA, E4OD; Dana 60 kingpin front axle, 10.25 Sterling rear axle] that only had 12,000 miles on it, was generally maintained (at least fluids and filters), and kept in heated garages _should_ have a lot of relatively trouble-free and relatively low-cost miles and years in it as long as I get out in front of the neglected items.
Thanks
-I'm getting discouraged about whether this truck is going to be an endless pit of time and $-
I know that the fuel lines are a well-known issue; what's irritating is that the truck had been maintained by a professional garage that focuses on big trucks [the truck belonged to a local fire department, and I bought it with only 12,000 miles on it] -so I'd have thought that someone would have noticed and taken care of at least some of the lines.
It's clear to me now, having worked on it some, that the shop that was supposedly in charge of maintenance (A) never took care of anything until it failed; and (B) tended to just replace parts without diagnosing root causes.
So I now know I need to identify what's at risk of failing due to ravages of time, and take care of those things in order before they give me grief.
I'm willing and able to do that.
What I DO need, _badly_, at the moment is some encouragement that a truck of this series (1989 7.3 NA, E4OD; Dana 60 kingpin front axle, 10.25 Sterling rear axle] that only had 12,000 miles on it, was generally maintained (at least fluids and filters), and kept in heated garages _should_ have a lot of relatively trouble-free and relatively low-cost miles and years in it as long as I get out in front of the neglected items.
Thanks