Well installing the Detroit was expensive with all the with all the wiring. My mechanic told me this afternoon he located a 99ixs with 385k on rebuild from a place he trust.
I decided to go that route. Rebuilding mine would not have been cost effective. My mechanic was still mid 20s for a rebuild. That shows you though how high Cummins was though 20k difference.
Signature 600 needs rebuild
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What's the quote for the one 99 isx with 385 to swap that in?
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$15,000 that will have new rod and mains. The place I bought it from drops the pan. Takes the valve cover off and inspects it and gives a 6 mo warranty. My mechanic said since the engine is out he recommends rod and mains. It sounds like a good preventive measure to me. That fit my budget better than the rebuild.
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I would have been extremely apprehensive to do an engine swap to Detroit and re-use the 25 year old wiring harnesses from the wrecked '93. I could just imagine the future electrical nightmares.
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Man if that 93 was closer to Texas....... I've got a 89 379 that would look good around that detroit
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There's a company out of Colorado that specializes in wiring harnesses for engine swaps. A friend swapped a 12.7 into an 05 pete that had an ISX. Think it took 10 days to get the harness, but it was plug n play. I never asked the price, or who did it, but I would assume there aren't many doing that, especially in Colorado.
You would have a greater time with the engine mounts and all the little things associated. A lot of things that needed to be tweaked, poked, prodded, etc...
I'd trust your mechanic doing a rebuild in 3 to 4 days. My buddy was rebuilding the early ISX in 2.5 days, N14 and 3406 in 20 hours. All rebuilds made it to a million miles, but there were times he got sloppy and now it's a month doing anything lol.
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