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<blockquote data-quote="GoWyo" data-source="post: 1761622" data-attributes="member: 38220"><p>They did call and said they had a stuck bolt and were going to work on getting it out. Didn't say they might crack the head, but I'm sure they didn't plan to crack it either. </p><p></p><p>This project started out as a $3200 job, which I was kind of choking on and with the cracked head they say another $3800 and with sales tax and some other incidentals it is going to be $8000. I should have most of a new engine for that. The parts are marked up some and the labor is pricey too, but I don't enjoy being a mechanic much beyond regular maintenance stuff and all labor is expensive.</p><p></p><p>This truck has eaten a lot of money in the last 18 months - new transmission at 225K miles, fuel bowl delete at 232K because whole fuel system was leaking and falling apart, fuel and injection pressure sensors and regulators turbo pedestal, up pipes, at 235K, and now this at 239K miles. I use it hard pulling a dually GN flatbed hauling hay and hauling cows home this time of year. Usually short trips 100 miles or less. I have owned it since 1999 and put over 200K on it myself. I have gone years and not had to spend much money running this truck, but it seems to be falling apart all at once.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoWyo, post: 1761622, member: 38220"] They did call and said they had a stuck bolt and were going to work on getting it out. Didn't say they might crack the head, but I'm sure they didn't plan to crack it either. This project started out as a $3200 job, which I was kind of choking on and with the cracked head they say another $3800 and with sales tax and some other incidentals it is going to be $8000. I should have most of a new engine for that. The parts are marked up some and the labor is pricey too, but I don't enjoy being a mechanic much beyond regular maintenance stuff and all labor is expensive. This truck has eaten a lot of money in the last 18 months - new transmission at 225K miles, fuel bowl delete at 232K because whole fuel system was leaking and falling apart, fuel and injection pressure sensors and regulators turbo pedestal, up pipes, at 235K, and now this at 239K miles. I use it hard pulling a dually GN flatbed hauling hay and hauling cows home this time of year. Usually short trips 100 miles or less. I have owned it since 1999 and put over 200K on it myself. I have gone years and not had to spend much money running this truck, but it seems to be falling apart all at once. [/QUOTE]
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