I have worked through it, and have used it for 14 years, and it doesn't owe me anything at this point, so I have tried to forget- but............
I bought a Ryder "road ready truck". The first thing I did was shorten the wheelbase. I found the rear axle housings had been welded. I used it that way for years, before I found used ones and had them replaced. I got that done just in time, as the forward housing had cracked enough one wheel ran crooked- when taken apart the differential needed rebuilding.
One of the "new" recaps on the back blew out, fortunately close to home. When my tire man looked at it, he commented on how he could never get away with capping a tire that old.
Upon draining the engine oil, I got flakes of metal. The bearings were falling apart! I measured one of the worst ones when replacing them, and in one spot there was .017" material gone! My VERY experienced Cummins man said he had never seen bearings that bad come out of an engine still running. He said they had some trouble with British bearings. Sure enough- they were made in England.
The head gasket blew, away from home, loaded. I got towed home. Took the head to the engine shop. The said they had never seen a head with that many cracks! Said it looked like a spider web.
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