Truck will make me money in September. It should be ready to rock Monday, then it goes for alignment, RIV inspection, safety, valve set, stripes, and satellite all next week.

Past couple days:

- Radio and XM installed
- Air compressor is out, going to buy the engine position sensors before putting new one in
- Going to change all the hoses while I'm at it
- Half the truck is polished
- Headache rack is repaired and ready to install
- Straightened tail light assembly, might just leave it on there

The bull gear should be fine there was absolutely no debris on the engine position sensors.

 

All the hoses>fuel lines or air lines OR both?

 

Coolant hoses. Air lines are easy to fix and usually aren't catastrophic. I've never replaced any fuel lines, just haven't had problems.

I found a large oil leak today. At the bottom of the oil fill tube is a large fitting from threaded to barbed for the rubber hose. The threaded part wasn't threaded at all, just loosely sitting on the top of the housing. No wonder there's oil everywhere!

 

Hit another snag:

Upper and lower coolant tubes are $380 each from Kenworth. The reason is because it's a detroit engine. Other engines would be cheaper. Oh and $125 to ship, each since they're not in the same location. There's also only one of each in the system. I see prices online for stainless are half that, but it's a bitch because I'm in Canada. Might just go custom stainless locally.

Volvo has a centralized distribution center and if the local dealer doesn't have the part you get it the next morning, no air charges. So far I'm thinking Volvo parts are more available.

 

Truck is almost ready! Just a couple things to do over the weekend, and it goes for a safety on Monday and alignment on Tuesday. I can't believe how long everything has taken, I wanted to be on the road last weekend. That's just the way it is sometimes.

 

I used the 3 stainless tubes from bh tubes, got them in 2 days, perfect fit excellent quality, priced right compared to KW

 

That's what I ended up doing. 4 tubes for $780 shipped.

 

I'll be interested to see if you find the ride harsh.

 

It's quite a bit different from the Volvo that's for sure. Problem is the Volvo had a ride quality issue, that's why I got rid of it. Haven't hooked up to a trailer yet. Bobtailing it is maybe a little rougher, not much. Doesn't bounce around or sway as bad though. It feels more like a real truck.

Should be rolling wednesday.

 

Stainless is the ticket unless you only plan to keep a couple of years.