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Some data points: Once you work the bugs out of them, 880s are awesome capable trucks. Mine has carried 2 yards of crushed concrete, pulled around a D3 dozer on a 3 axle trailer, transported nearly anything imaginable all over the state of Texas for me a 70 mph. Plan on 8-10 mpg. What...
On mine I had to put a fuel filter before the mechanical pump due to trash from the tank getting stuck in the pump valves, ruining the pumps over and over.
Not sure what brand tires he put on it, but Firestone Transforce are $208 ea and crappy Power Kings are $163, so quite a bit of value there for 4 tires including tax and balancing etc.
I have Transforce on mine, a good highway only tire.
Page 122 for error 85 and 86 discusses the TISS and TOSS sensors providing inputs to the brain that the brain is not expecting, leading to brain going to limp mode. Checking these sensors is where I would start.
I believe the reason these hubs are working out so well is that previously the Cat spent all its time at redline against the governor whereas the torque peak is half that.
Uncle has been selling the early models for some time now. The ones that have sold are the birds you see on the SWAT tv show and various Youtube channels.
Looks OK for the most part, only red flag I see is the dash is pulled, might be the start of some troubleshooting, or, if you are lucky, some cannibalization. Check your driveshaft phasing.