Old diesel trucks

[oldbee]

For ‘babyblue’ and others. Just talked with my old #1 technician at Penske. He handles (mainly) a fairly large beer distributor in Ohio. They still have year 2000 tractors& trailers, non-def after treatment crap on a lot of them;he uses ‘fluid film’ religiously on everything that needs it.Along with regular maintenance of course on everything. Probably 20-25 units in total. Just a heads up.

 

[Pistol Pete]

I wish I had done that with my 2002 pick up when it was new. The frame looks worse that the Titanic.

 

[F4R/T]

I can’t blame anyone for running an older vehicle with the emissions repairs hitting the roof and dependability in the can and initial upfront cost above all it doesn’t make sense .. if you take care of it, it will pay for itself, gas or diesel powered.

 

[oldbee]

Computer controlled everything, he says even a nonop door latch will shut down the new ones.

 

[Curiousyellow71]

I'll have to look up fluid film..I've never heard of it? All our trucks are getting old and I hate the thought of a newer truck with the emissions garbage. As far as the frame I think we've had enough oil leaks to preserve it! . I bought this one at a truck auction in '07 when it was 10 years old and had 1,220,000 miles on it. Another challenge is when the fuse box gets old and turns green. We're at 1,350,000 miles now. I think one farm use mile is like 10 over the road miles.

 

[Dave6T4]

I miss the crazy sound of those 8V Detroit Diesels!

 

[Kern Dog]

With the recent changes at the EPA, you may be able to remove all the stupid emission controls soon LEGALLY.



Then there is this guy....

 

[68BabyBlue]

I miss the crazy sound of those 8V Detroit Diesels!

And they leaked enough oil to preserve the frame rails, even in Pennsylvania winters.

 

[oldbee]

I'll have to look up fluid film..I've never heard of it? All our trucks are getting old and I hate the thought of a newer truck with the emissions garbage. As far as the frame I think we've had enough oil leaks to preserve it! . I bought this one at a truck auction in '07 when it was 10 years old and had 1,220,000 miles on it. Another challenge is when the fuse box gets old and turns green. We're at 1,350,000 miles now. I think one farm use mile is like 10 over the road miles.

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That’s interesting, most John Deere dealers carry it in stock.

 

[Curiousyellow71]

That’s interesting, most John Deere dealers carry it in stock.

Learn something every day around here!

 

[Jeff Peterson]

That’s interesting, most John Deere dealers carry it in stock.

Autozone stocks it also, I buy it by the case off Ebay, and don't forget the hose to squirt inside doors etc.

 

[XS22J8R]

Soon after buying my 2021 Ram 2500 I bought cans of Fluid Film, crawled under the truck and sprayed it everywhere to protect the truck from corrosion.
You can buy it all over the place, I ordered it off Amazon. But later noticed it's sold at Menards Home Improvement stores which are all over the place by me, and even on sale there sometimes.
Funny thing involving it. One of my Mopar friend's kids, Nick, went to tech school and then got a job at a local CDJR dealer. When I take my truck in for service I've mentioned knowing him to the service writer, who will then ask, would you like Nick to work on your truck?
Of course I say please do!
After working on my truck one time, Nick said I see you sprayed Fluid Film all over the bottom of your truck. I hate that stuff! I said what do you recommend doing instead, and he said he undercoated the bottom of his truck. I've seen enough videos by mechanics complaining about undercoating that I was surprised he said that. I've seen mechanics poke at an undercoated frame with a screwdriver and a big rusted chunk of it comes off due to the undercoating holding in moisture and salt. And connectors and harnesses that are a pain in the butt to service due to being coated in undercoating.
He can have his undercoating, I will stick with Fluid Film.

 

[MarPar]

Fluid film is the sh*t! We use it on all our trucks and equipment around the plant.

 

[junior340]

I miss the crazy sound of those 8V Detroit Diesels!

I rebuilt one in a ambulance we converted to a tool truck for a Hawaii job, it hasn't left yet. I love going out there and fire it up just to listen( just making sure it's good to go boss). Supercharged with a big turbo on top.