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Yes my truck has always been well maintained and everything has always worked properly before I've started on trips. I've never had a failure of any kind on the road in my deuce other than a couple flats. I carry the parts as insurance. Basically, if you have the parts with you, you are...

Never seen that as a common issue with the mechanical B series engines. Very common with common rail Cummins, which is what you posted there, but that's a whole different engine. Sintered rods, not forged.

I'd be interested to hear your perspective on how the 12 valve 6BT isn't a better engine in every aspect, but I don't want to derail the gentleman's thread. The only thing I could think of is that it is a parent bore engine instead of having liners, but they are still well known for lasting over...

Yeah you don't need to replace the whole truck because the engine isn't trustworthy. I'm not sure how you extrapolated that from what I said. Pretty much any common failure these truck suffer can be fixed with minimal tools in a parking lot. The only one that can't is a catastrophic engine...

Yes. Not being a d**k, but the engine. You are playing with fire venturing far from home with a multifuel under the hood, and when it slings a rod the tow bill will cost more than the purchase price of the truck. I've been all over the country in mine and got lucky. Mine pulled a liner and...