What should I expect.

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You asked for the help, so far the replies have said NO…….. but like you mentioned in your post, “your mind says it’s yours”. Good luck

 

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You can find a older truck at auction for around 20k now

 

Well i tried. Best of luck to you mate. Your gonna as much as you can get.

 

If you like light loads I would use it as a in between truck. Good luck what ever you decide.

 

I am going to be blunt and direct, DO NOT TRY TO JUSTIFY YOUR FAILED PURCHASE.

this truck was abused.

looking at the violations, the owner was one of those cheap POS owners who just beat the living crap out of the truck to make a buck.

If you really want it, then start with a full ECM dump, all the settings, the error codes stored and so on.

Then get a dyno done on it, if it is producing less than 70% of the rated HP, walk. BUT if you still want it, then look at the blowby, if it is high then walk.

BUT if you still want it, then get an INDEPENDENT mechanic to look at it, not a penske mechanic, someone who you can trust and tell him you want to find every problem with the truck and document it.

When he hands you the 30 or so pages of problems, go to the freight liner dealer, talk to the shop manager to see if they can give you a written quote on fixing everything - if you still want this truck.

Then go back to the dealer and show him how much it will cost to get this crap fixed, tell him your offer is his asking price MINUS the repair costs and then walk away because the dealer was trying to screw you right from the start, he knows he has a truck that needs to be heading for the junk yard.