Transmission replacment questions?

Oh i know its a stop gap until i can afford to transition to a 6nz. My current engine has been having issues...nothing critical yet but i can tell its coming. So i was going to do a full long block swap (namely full engine in paccar terms) as soon as i can get one and have it set to either 510 or 485 at time of order. So mid term plan is just do a like for like swap that i can get done for $36k installed including the non standard modification.....which funnily enough is only 6k more then a platinium rebuild anyway.

In the meantime though my transmission is my main concern.

I understand that. The reason why im concerned is the first time i had the fluid changed i had a LOT of shavings in the pan. second time 100k later there was more in the pan then at 500k and bb sized peices as well this last time there were cornflake sized peices and more material overall including dust then the last 2 times combined.....thats usually a good sign somethings not right.

 

I know how to work on cats, grew up around them and am more comfortable with them combined with a rather bad family history with anything cummins related lol.

 

Depends on the context. Sure the parts cost more but knowing how to do pretty much anything that doesnt require a hoist will save a lot of money, i also own a pretty good chunk of the tooling already as handmedowns. Additionally most of my family uses cats, so between us we have a pretty good collective knowledge base and all of us can work on them.

Besides as i said cummins is cursed in our family. Nothing ever good comes from owning a cummins is a family saying lol...honestly though if i could find a pre emissions MP10 titan ive heard nothing but good things about those.....as for fuel costs trust me i know but by the same token i spent over 70k on emissions repairs my first year with a paccar. Ill takes my chances.

 

Never said you did, i was refering to anything emissions related in general and using my MX as an example. So thats on me for lack of clarity. But as i said ill stick to my kittys, they may be gas hogs but i prefer them.