In my situation buy new or rebuild?

IF the truck is paid for, start using oil anl. to keep track of wear that will start, run it till you have $ in acc. to pay for what ever you need at one time.

 

How long You legal in CA with this truck?

 

If your living in CA sell it and get something else.

 

Buy new ....... And join the party ! I'd be looking at a mack (Volvo) or freightliner.


Your home state is mostly to blame by the way.....

 

Being you live in CA, I would recommend selling it, and getting a new truck. Even with the age, I'm sure you'd get a decent price outside CA for the truck. Better to sell now before driving it until there is a problem. Anyone who buys it knows that 'big repairs' are an eventuality.

If you lived outside CA, I'd tell you to overhaul the engine and transmission.

I have an 06 Freightliner with a Series 60 Detroit 14L, and have already done both (a lot more miles on it now than yours, almost 1.3 million). Engine overhaul, with EGR (Turbo was already done a few months earlier), was just over $14,000 (this was for a new head, EGR, injectors, and complete overhaul, without doing the water pump). The transmission, for a complete replacement (with core charge credit) cost me $6,000 out on the road when the pilot bearing decided it wanted to seize up and cause a whole lot of chatter, which included grinding one gear up). My friend has an 06 with 1.2 million on it, and he has a quote for $4200 for rebuilding his current transmission (he's putting it in the shop in a week or two).

So, if you rebuild both, get a new head, injectors, EGR, etc you're looking at less than $20k. Throw in the Turbo, and it's a little more. If you're going to pull the transmission, the clutch may be in order for replacement as well (again, a lot cheaper when you're already pulling everything apart).

Front differential on the truck can be pricy. I have a Mercedes rear end, and the price for remanned floored me. Bought a used diff for $1600 that had 400k on it and have had it for half a million myself. Remanned at the shop ordered and dropped in was almost $5k. Absurdly high for a diff.

 

Seems like you've eliminated two of three possible choices. Not sure where the question is LOL.

 

I totally get the peace of mind to be had by not having a monthly payment. But it amazes me the lengths that I've heard truckers will go to avoid buying new.

I am not even remotely one to take advice from on this, but giving the circumstances I'd buy new and not think twice about it . Everything has risks.

 

Sell it and lease a new petercar from lone moutain