Bye Bye 7G

Hope he makes it back to Comanche IA OK, 300 Miles.  GMC Top Kick, 3116 Cat, straight Five Speed and SINGLE Speed rear.  Hydraulic Brakes, 19.5 tires, trailer has Electric Brakes 16.5 tires e rate.

A dead 2005 Kenworth W900L is being aligned to come from Oklahoma to here, to be rehabbed into a Personal Trailer Toter and be retired from Heavy Haul Service.  May perhaps convert from a Tandem to a Single axle for the duration, perhaps keep as Tandem.  Know full well with Arthritis and other maladies will be the Final Big project of my career in them.

Already been on the horn to Cat techs have been friends with long time, said I need to get the sleeves out inspect upper liner bores first thing if engine is even salvageable.  That passes muster then on to inframe kits, IDP is a good aftermarket parts supplier for these, about 3/5 Cat costs, CTP is another where a Fully loaded New head(no core) is less than 2/3 the cost of a Cat reman that also requires a core charge.  Cam will need an inspect then the electronic injectors replaced.  This was what was know as a ACERT Series engine, early version Emissions unit, twin turbochargers and loads of issues.  Are kits to change down to a single turbo and eliminate a ton of heartache.  Engine prefix BXS, last step on rebuild or engine exchange will be reflash Engine Control Module to a 6NZ prefix, LOW Emission control electronic.  I now have access to CAT SIS for parts and manuals to work this, some tooling to come up from OKLA when I need it.

From there I am aware the airbags have age and ozone dry rotted, there are a couple bad torque arm bushings to the rear ends and the tail has a special plate for RGN Heavy Haul Lowbed trailer handling which will need to come off.  My bud is removing the drop axle and the Chain rack headache rack, I need neither.  Will have to purchase four additional 24.5 aluminum wheels and then set ten tires to pavement, brakes will be inspected same time and any air leaks during runs worked accordingly.  Will be tons of bugs to work out for a short time.

As I come home the 18th will have all the loose stuff on my trailer or in my pickup, all going into the workshop as I return.  The truck itself comes up weekend of the 24th or first weekend Nov.  My GMC project and the old Rust Ball dump truck (spare parts for GMC) go back with him.

Will post a load of pics when return.