Need inframe done in New Jersey

Hi,
Our truck just lost a piston in NJ. We need to find a good trustworthy repair shop that doesn't have the high price tag of the dealers. We are from Florida so we don't know where to go. Does any one know of a good repair shop or even a private individual? Hopefully something nearby, but it would be worth towing to a good trustworthy place with a lower price to have the inframe done.
Thanks!

 

Hi, it's in North NJ. (Wharton) It's a Detriot Diesel 11.1 in a 1995 International. How bad can an inframe cost get on this engine?

 

Hi tmlonghorns, how would we sell it as is with a blown engine? also he is afraid to buy a newer model because he had heard nightmares about the new EGR engines and we would have to finance it. What do you think?

Thanks 112racing. Is it possible to just repair one piston even when you have really bad blowby, blowing tons of smoke and oil in the water? i thought a whole inframe would be needed in that case. I would love to get the number to that $60 an hour repair shop...Thanks!

BTW could the inframe cost more than $7000, that's the big question. I guess we'd have to talk to the mechanic to find out.

Oh also, that take out engine..how many miles does it have on it? do you suggest putting that in our truck and what do they charge to do that? Does the engine have to be a specific match to our truck?

 

Hi! Thanks for your help. I'd like that phone #. I sent you a PM. Based on the possibility that it could cost $14,000 for the inframe - I think we're going to have to put a new remanufactured engine in when we can afford it. So we could use your repair shop to put the new engine in since the truck is stuck in NJ. In the meantime, we may buy a cheap old truck just to get us by.

He really likes this 1995 truck and once it has a new engine it would be unstoppable. He says he sees a lot of broken down new trucks due to EGR issues. With the older pre-EGR model, he can fix just about everything himself.

wow, less than 5K to put the used engine in? The only problem is we would need a DDEC3 instead of a DDEC2, but thanks for the link. does that price include the labor?
hmmm, maybe that's a good option too. Do you know of any success stories after putting in used engines?