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<blockquote data-quote="MechanicForBrown" data-source="post: 515912" data-attributes="member: 21088"><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: red">LETS BREAK IT DOWN FOLKS;</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff0000">p32 Ford 4.2L v-6, power steering and comfortable to drive, not much maintenance required.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff0000">P500 Gmc 292 and 4.3L straight 6 and v-6 JUNK, trucks just fall apart and are forever being worked on.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff0000">P500 Work horse 6.0L v-8 gas and V-6 diesel International, also JUNK diesel engines have issues out the ass and the body wiring sucks!! although the gas engine is much better.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff0000">P700 Freight liner straight six Cummings diesel, engine is pretty solid and the body stinks, major frame issues, they are slowly going to the big junk pile of metal near you!</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff0000">p700 International, 7.3L v-8 diesel, good engine, strong and long lasting, body is OK, nothing to major to deal with, will be around for the remainder of its 20-25 year cycle.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff0000">P700 Freight liner MB904 Mercedes Benz straight 6, so far so good, only problem so far is they can't move out of there own way!!, good ergonomics, good steering and brake feel. we'll see.....</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff0000">p700 Cummings straight six Isb engine (new) so far they are good, powerful, QUIET, and feel good to drive.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff0000">p800 GMC 4.3L v-6 time has proved this truck to be solid, all kinks worked out and other than the occasional engine and tranny replacement its a legend.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff0000">p1000, GMC 4.3L, same as previous.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff0000">p1000, freight liner MB904 6, just the same as it's p700 little brother.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff0000">p1000 Cummings ISB 6, same as p700, but Bigger!</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff0000">p1000, International T444E v-8 and VT365 v-8, the first engine is proven to last, the second should have never been made from an automotive stand point! PROBLEMS running good breakdowns are eminent, smoking and low power will happen!!</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff0000">p1000 Ford, straight 6 Cummings engine, this truck stinks of breakdowns, hydraulic park brakes suck and cause most of them. should have never been built for us!</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ff0000">And then theres the 1200's and 24' trucks, majority of which are Internationals and are generally OK</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MechanicForBrown, post: 515912, member: 21088"] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=red]LETS BREAK IT DOWN FOLKS;[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000]p32 Ford 4.2L v-6, power steering and comfortable to drive, not much maintenance required.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000]P500 Gmc 292 and 4.3L straight 6 and v-6 JUNK, trucks just fall apart and are forever being worked on.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000]P500 Work horse 6.0L v-8 gas and V-6 diesel International, also JUNK diesel engines have issues out the ass and the body wiring sucks!! although the gas engine is much better.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000]P700 Freight liner straight six Cummings diesel, engine is pretty solid and the body stinks, major frame issues, they are slowly going to the big junk pile of metal near you![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000]p700 International, 7.3L v-8 diesel, good engine, strong and long lasting, body is OK, nothing to major to deal with, will be around for the remainder of its 20-25 year cycle.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000]P700 Freight liner MB904 Mercedes Benz straight 6, so far so good, only problem so far is they can't move out of there own way!!, good ergonomics, good steering and brake feel. we'll see.....[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000]p700 Cummings straight six Isb engine (new) so far they are good, powerful, QUIET, and feel good to drive.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000]p800 GMC 4.3L v-6 time has proved this truck to be solid, all kinks worked out and other than the occasional engine and tranny replacement its a legend.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000]p1000, GMC 4.3L, same as previous.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000]p1000, freight liner MB904 6, just the same as it's p700 little brother.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000]p1000 Cummings ISB 6, same as p700, but Bigger![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000]p1000, International T444E v-8 and VT365 v-8, the first engine is proven to last, the second should have never been made from an automotive stand point! PROBLEMS running good breakdowns are eminent, smoking and low power will happen!![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000]p1000 Ford, straight 6 Cummings engine, this truck stinks of breakdowns, hydraulic park brakes suck and cause most of them. should have never been built for us![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Courier New][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000]And then theres the 1200's and 24' trucks, majority of which are Internationals and are generally OK[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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