2007 International 9200i CM870

[Rawze]

After talking to him on the phone, i think he has a mess on his hands.

* engine inframed by unknown quality.. highly doubtful it was counter-bored at all. Price was really cheap.

* Old head was sent to a shop and re-used. This is the biggest mistake.

* It is likely going to need an inframe again, pulled all apart + counter-boring, etc.. to get it right at this point from what the conversation lead to.

* He needs to contemplate if he wants to drop that kind of money in it to get it right. He goes thru N.J. and in a couple years, CM870 might not even be allowed as it is egr-only. - I know in Cali, that truck is not allowed any more. - Just something to think about for the future vs. dropping $20-30k into it b y the time you go thru it all.

* ECM programming/delette was done with unknown quality... Likely bad programming .. and it highl suspect as to why the engine failed the first time... and is highly suspect why it might have cracked the old re-used head too...who knows though without a review of what he has in there.

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He did get the truck really cheap though... like less than $4,000 kinda cheap. - Makes me think the seller knew it needed an other overhaul possibly?. He could drop some money in it and make it into a good truck again ... he got it cheap enough to do this ... but the question is if he wants to invest this into it .. and getting the money up for doing so + cover down-time expenses would be another issue all in its own.