ISX CM871 New Head Or Rebuild Old Head

[Waterloo]

I am in the process of an in frame @ 900,000 miles. After much debate, and talking with guys like Rawze and Unilever here at Rawze.com, we are going with a factory fresh new head, not a reman. That was due to advice Unilever gave me over the phone, as he stated that the Cummins factory remans were giving them trouble. I trust Unilever on this one and will heed his call. The head arrived this past Wednesday along with the two new Cummins cams. It was not cheap, the cams came in at $1450 ea and the head at $3800. I would go with the new head, but that is just me. I plan on keeping this truck, as it is paid for and in very good shape.

To add, the shop doing my work, and other shops that I interviewed to do this in frame of mine, all advised against going with a reman too... And all to a man stated to not attempt to rebuild my head locally. They all stated they have been down that road, and it never ends well, these heads seem to fail in short order. That was not one shop, but all of the shops I spoke with, one of which has the shop to rebuild heads.