W900 rebuild

Their good .. some are just learning lessons .. but well worth the end result

 

True but my big thing is my rig is my money maker and until its paid off and i have a second truck id be scared ####less of breaking it with a hamfisted bubba level job lol. As for budget that is true though trying to get the money for the engine ontop of all the issues my current engine and truck have has been pure pain. Im making enough to keep ahead of it, pay bills and even finance a house....but beyond that not a whole hell of a lot left in the tank for "oh crap" repairs or extra tools to unbork something i mess up XD

We have a 10 ton front loader and we have a ton of chain. Figure with that and the hook points on its bucket moving the engine will be the easy part. Plan was to attach hooks to the lift points and then cross a catch chain below the engine since the lift points on 6NZs are known to be iffy and lift directly up and slot it in. The MX 13 if it falls and smashes into the ground i really dont care, id probly take a leak on it at this point tbh. Im still waffleing if the $1200 for the core is worth more then putting it out on the rifle range......

 

Nahh i think ive seen what your talking about before and good info. We will make sure to do it. Me and a buddy are thinking we may do a gantry instead of the loader. Local truck shop just closed up since the owner retired and we are going to make an offer on his 10,000 pound outdoor gantry. Its about 30 years old so we are hopeing he will take $2000 if we also do the removal outselves.

Towards the rebuild do you happen to know where i can get the tech manuals and/or a rebuild guide for a 6nz? Id feel much happier about my chances of a correct rebuild and swap if i had refrence materials that arent youtube lol.

 

I wouldn't mind a picture of the cover and first page so i can compare it to an ebay listing and make sure im getting the real thing if i go that route. As towards the manuals yes thank you, i meant the service manual i could not think of the correct term so went with tech lol.

For the swap i know paccar has a literal step by step book they use for their techs replaceing a blown engine and what all the torques are and what needs to connect where. and was unsure if cat had something simular.

Also are the service manuals something you can get directly from cat? I know paccar sell them but my local dealer wanted $4500 for the MX13 one....so big yikes lol

 

You think thats bad? go look at davie 4 software sometime. Its absolutely bonkers $3000 a month for the FULL subscription plus $8000 for the hardware or you can get the 1 year heavily limited software for $3500 which lets you do a regen and read codes....thats it. Paccar hates people working on their own rigs and makes sure unless you own like 500 of them its non viable to do so.

And good to know. Ill take my serial number in and see if i can get the manuals i need. If they are anything like our D9s manual they will make my life SO much easier.

 

Yup i regret buying this pete for so many reasons. Shoulda got the westernstar....but if i can rebuild the 6nz myself and source a good 2050 torque 18 speed and then install both i can likely unbork this truck and make a good solid hybrid that gives me the best of both worlds for around $45K.

I do know when this truck is fully paid off at the end of the year if i commit to the rebuild instead of the new mack im going to gut the sleeper and rebuild it because whoever ordered this truck was a moron and i want more cabnet and/or shelf space.