Looking for opinions!
I have a 2006 KW T600 with a cummins ISX that will need a rebuild soon. I have recently put a new transmission and completely replaced all suspension parts on this truck. I also have a 2004 KW T600 with a strong C15 Cat engine but truck was totaled without doing any damage to the engine. I am leaning towards putting the Cat engine in my 2006 but I have had a few people say I should just sell it to buy another truck instead of possibly dealing with wiring issues of swapping from cummins to cat. I know what I have in my 2006 chassis and in my Cat engine so I think this would be my best option instead of rebuilding the Cummins or selling to buy another truck.
Anyone done an engine swap like this and ran into any major issues?
Engine swap or just sell truck?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by RAWTRUCKING, Oct 11, 2021.
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Why not rebuild the ISX and sell it?
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Looking for the most bang for my buck and might end up doing that. I prefer a Cat over a Cummins and only bought the 2006 with the cummins because I got it for a good price and now I know why. The Cat I have only has about 250,000 miles on itD.Tibbitt, shooter19802003 and ProfessionalNoticer Thank this.
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Can harness off 2004 be used if needed .. if you know that the cat is a good engine I’d go that way myself. No DEF fluid or dpf is huge benefit IMO .
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I am not sure if it can be used or not until I visit with my mechanic
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right now is not a good time to buy......used or new, the market is pretty bad. You'll over pay. So, I vote rebuild.
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probably significantly different changes to the dash gauges and layout between those 2 years and different connections im gonna say. IT was for peterbilt anyhow
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If worse comes to worse they’re a few companies that make harnesses and brackets needed.
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I prefer CAT too but a truck with a fresh rebuild and papers would probably get you some good coin right now with the way things are going.shooter19802003 and bzinger Thank this.
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That truck might be worth more than you think .
My boss just sent a wore out kw 660 isx power with over a million miles on it to the auction and it brought 23k .Dave_in_AZ, shooter19802003 and ProfessionalNoticer Thank this.
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