I'm trying to restore an '86 362, with a Cummins NTC-315...Overall it's in pretty good shape, but needs some parts, particularly with the shifter and linkage.....A big help would be obtaining a repair manual for it....There are some on e-bay, to the tune of $250-300 (ouch)..Any help or ideas where I could get one at a little better price would be great..when contacting the dealer they always have to pull up the "fiche" and are not real ambitious about doing so....Does any one know where I could get a micro-fiche parts list for this truck....That would sure save A LOT of time for both the dealer and myself....When I asked the dealer about the chances of buying a set of them, the answer was next to none....Anyway, any help or suggestions would be great, thanks...
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Discussion in 'Peterbilt Forum' started by clausland, Dec 11, 2014.
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Honestly any repair under 800 is always good. But seriously if you think a $250 part/repair hurts your in the wrong buisness. You never know what's going to happen. To be serious a older truck cost 11-23k a year to maintain.
my last truck was a Frankenstein with non matching motor trans and rears. Was a nightmare. Hope things buff out. Truck lost me money, but I bought a newer truck that hasn't been hacked so it's been paying off -
Hi clausland, cool. I'm not too crazy about the 315, depends what you are going to do with it. Shift linkage is the "achilles heel" of a cabover, because it's a long way to the gearbox. I thought they used a cable, but could be wrong. I wouldn't bother with a manual, as you can find everything online. Try truck salvage yards, should be plenty of parts there. Good luck.
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Sign up on HANKS TRUCK PICTURES FORUM , lots of truck restorers on there that might help you out with the info / manuals your looking for guy the other day posted a link to a complete 1952 KW factory rebuild manual
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Thanks to all....In a nutshell, I'm too long in the tooth to return to active full time driving.....So, I picked up this 362 to fiddle with in my retirement and hopefully restore somewhat in my spare time, basically a hobby.....I drove one back in the '80's, 400 cat with a 13 & double bunk....Sure, it rode harder than a hood, but I truly liked that Pete model....I had a steady run back then from Rutland, VT to Phoenix, good memories for sure.....I'm not much into this "techno" age, and maybe I'm too old school, but $800 for a repair book is insane, heck $250 is also!....I'll figure it out as I go, heck, I'm in no hurry, them days are long gone....A big thanks to all that follow and help on here....
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Ran team coast to coast in a 1977 PETE 352 was a fun experience
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