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Tag truck center in mo. Freightliner and Detroit engines

 

Kenworth T660 - Fitzgerald Glider Kits

They don't have the N14 cummins anymore for this truck.

 

Unless they happen to have a few leftovers in stock I’m affraid that is just a old page that hasn’t been updated since the 660 demise.. when I was looking at their inventory a few weeks ago it was all peter cars and freight shakers.

 

There’s only 2 660 gliders listed on Truckpaper, and neither one is new.

 

You’d be lucky to get half a million out of a Fitz rebuild.
Thompson does do the Cat rebuild for Fitz with warranty but it’s not a cheap option.

 

I know a local guy that got a 389 from Fitz about a year ago. I think he said a Cat was a $20k upcharge over the Detroit.

 

That is the number my boss man told me.
He also said four year warranty thru Cat.
He was looking at a 2ws but there is a wait for them.

 

That’s funny you said that. I’ve seen three gliders on truck paper that say rebuilt motor between 500-700k miles. I was like hold on now. Made me wonder do they redo the entire motor originally

 

I can tell you what is going on with those Fitzgerald gliders, it is their in house reman motors. They use aftermarket parts, I can't recall the name off the top of my head... Big aftermarket in frame outfit, makes kits for multiple manufacturers. That is the issue, the parts are junk of inferior quality.

The option that Fitzgerald does offer is a Detroit Diesel Factory reman, long block, but it will cost an extra $5,000 + as an option. That is the good motor, and the one you want under the hood.

How do I know this? I was down in Atlanta a few months ago in framing my motor, me and Rawze made a service call up to a sand and gravel outfit to look at a Cummins motor. This outfit has over 200 Fitzgerald trucks, with a mix of Detroit and Cummins motors. The Detroits they discovered were failing at 200,000 miles. They figured it out quickly when they tore them down, chinesium internals. They tried replacing with the chinesium parts that Fitzgerald sent, but they continued to fail. They switched over to Detroit OEM parts, no issues, the trucks run and run and run.

How do you tell which motor you are looking at? I would run the Engine Serial Number through Detroit, if it is one of their remans, they should be able to tell you within a second.