Who knows what an 870 egr cummins long block goes for these days ?

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(12-17-2019 )akwman Wrote:  So as the classic story goes , bought a used truck . I took a chance like everyone else , I got a few miles down ,did the oil sample thing went through it one issue at a time . I figured it was definetly time to do the rods and mains not knowing the true history . Oh all good till we got to
#1 bearing . It looks like something got in the oil journal and chewed up the bearing and the crank , no emery clothing it out . So its a 565 870 egr . It ran like a top and really never missed a beat for the season I ran it . Who might know what kind of money I am looking at for a cummins reman drop in complete engine from cummins . I am not sure which way to go its got 20800 hours on it . Suggestions would be appreciated . Yes I plan on keeping it now and Im not looking for headaches later .

This may be an unpopular opinion, but it's honest. For ME, because I am not scared to rip one of these things apart and rebuild it, with only 20k hrs on a motor that ran like a top with a scored crank...I'd yank that motor, buy a used crank, rebuild it, pull every structure, changing every seal and gasket and know that I did it right. Your final sentence is the foundation of my opinion.