How much general maintenance required for 923?

[Deucejunkie]

I'm VERY serious about my upcoming purchase, but before I pull the $15,000 trigger I need to know how much general/monthly or yearly maintenance $$$ is required for a 923? There is a company in California that refurbishes these trucks and just about everything is rebuilt or new on the truck when purchased. I'm not very mechanically gifted so I wont being doing much other than fluid changes and such. The truck will be stored inside, driven in parades and very little offroad... basically babied and appreciated. So will I have a indestructible truck that lasts forever or will it costs $$ just to keep it road worthy? THANKS for any advice.

 

[Warthog]

Beware of some of the CA companies. Some of them just squirt a fresh coat of paint and call it refurbished. I have seen it.

 

[Warthog]

Any truck will require maintenance. How much depends on the truck. Some received great service in the military and others where used and abused.

 

[wheelspinner]

Some vehicles do not respond well to very limited use. Consider an outing whenever possible. Your truck will love you for it.

 

[steelandcanvas]

Best advice would be to download the Technical Manuals on your anticipated vehicle. Study them and pay particular attention to the maintenance intervals and services. Armed with this, get your calculator out, do the math, and you can come up with a fairly accurate figure for operational costs.

 

[Artisan]

Please PM me that company info.

 

[SteveKuhn]

Not only CA - also in NJ. What a horror show that guy got.

Steve

 

[MuleMac01]

Beware of some of the CA companies. Some of them just squirt a fresh coat of paint and call it refurbished. I have seen it.

LOL I've lived it with my M1009. I'll never buy from them again...

 

[M35A2-AZ]

There is always something to do on them. Front boots, seals, oil changes, tires, etc. But it is all fun...

 

[Suprman]

They do like to be used. It's an 80s American truck not a Toyota. Unless you buy one from someone who maintained it and used it regularly you will have to work out the kinks.
Will

 

[Mike929]

Agree with the "better to use it vs. stored in the garage and not driven much" to keep all the fluids moving from time to time, etc.

I have a (pickup) truck with over 225,000 miles that I use every day and have not had any issues save batteries every 5-6 years and a fuel pump because I had a habit of running it empty (i.e., bad user). My Dad bought a truck and it lived in the garage and was babied, he started having issues and sold it at ~60,000 miles. These were the same model and year trucks that we bought within a week of each other. I have lots of stories of garage queens not lasting long. I do have one story of a 3/4 ton truck that was parked for months, abused, and then parked again that lasted a long time, so more of a trend then a rule .

 

[1 Patriot-of-many]

15,000 dollars for a 923???? Are you on drugs? Does the truck come with some gold bullion in the BII? I have a M923 with legs for only 10K shipped!(sarcasm but seriously if you want to pay 15K!) Sad to see people falling for the crazy inflated prices. That's two now recently. Now if the DOD cancels sales forever, maybe that's a good price.

 

[plumkrazy]

One thing to remember is if not driven much, it is a good investment to get a quality battery charger that will charge, maintain, and float the batteries. Something like a Battery Tender. I got 4 shipped for $90.00 something. Use them on my 2 farm tractors, 923, and M1009. Any that old like a weekly drive to warm up the fluids and seals. Also tires get their workout. These vehicles are just like me, a little movement does everything good. Regards and have a safe FOURTH!