Stepping Out With My Own Numbers

Well, the truck had other plans. Partial camshaft failure causing misfire in cylinder 1. Motor shakes and makes all kinds of noise and no power. Had to rent a daycab to finish my delivery. They have one more test to run Monday to see if it damaged the cylinder and then I will get an estimate. It will be steep. The guy told me that if it comes down to taking the cylinder head off to make repairs I should think pretty hard about it because the price will be similar to rebuilding the entire top end. He says there are some things he can do that would allow me to get home with it but I'd have to be empty. My new truck is ready and supposed to be in town by the 20th. I may end up taking this busted truck home, waiting on my new truck, and taking a big financial hit on the trade in value and lost revenue. Most of the money I've made since May will be spent recovering from this. Four months of work down the drain.

 

Rental to finish the last 100 miles of the load. Not a bad ruck. Has the DD13 with a 10 speed manual and just under 400k miles. It's weird driving a daycab.

 

Cam shaft failed but didn't damage cylinders. Have to change oil and replace cam along with large portion of the valve train. Looking at about $9k repair bill. A large bill just in time for the new truck that arrives next week.

 

705k. His final estimate was less than where we started. He is pretty sure he can get it done for 7k or less. Place called Engines Inc in Allentown, PA. Engine shop only, Certified Cummins facility.