1996 W900L - just purchased

On its maiden voyage the truck broke down. I made it to Oklahoma City and started to unstrap. Then noticed a trail of coolant down the street. After some investigating I found the heater core blew up and dumped about 6 gallons of coolant out before I could vice grip the hose closed. Out of the two hoses going to the heater core only one had a shutoff valve. I disconnected that hose then routed the hose from the water pump to that valve so I wouldn’t lose any more coolant. Ubered from where I was to an auto parts store to buy 6 gallons of antifreeze. I used 3 with 3 gallons of distilled water and was on my way back home. However now the truck had no heat.

After getting it home my mechanic said the thermostat was stuck and there was too much pressure in the coolant system which made the heater core blow. Ended up buying the heater core, new coolant cap, the two thermostats, and replaced the blower motor (it’s working but wasn’t spinning as freely as it should). Hopefully this coming Monday the truck has a better week.

Sorry about poor pics I took a few videos instead when it happened.

 

No it works fine and isn’t melted.

I got 190 thermostats since that was supposed to be the right one. I’ve ran 79,860 lbs on a 77 degree day and never went even 1 degree over so I think I’m safe. Worst case scenario the thermostat was like $36.

 

No idea but it sucks. I ended up paying a mechanic $240 labor and over $220 for oem switches and had the cruise and jakes mounted to the dash. Then I replaced the huge steering wheel with a sexy aftermarket.

 

All in all I love this truck. 8mpg empty, 6.5-7.2 loaded. Rides great, looks great, not a single tear in any of the leather. It’s beautiful. I did however also replace the starter and the air compressor which in parts alone was $800. Dang truck is brand new at this point. Oh and got a full leather legacy seat.

Truck is dirty inside don’t mind that...