Attention: TDR Forum Junkies I was at Cummins Cumberland today and I asked a service writer to tell me what he knew about the #53 blocks cracking. He told me he was very familier with them and that there was nothing a owner or driver could do to keep them from cracking. He said it was due to the block "flexing" or "twisting" under a load in the chassis. I asked if a cooler thermostat would help and he said that heat did'nt have anything to do with them cracking. He said the more severe use a #53 block was subjected to the more likely it was to crack.
Does anyone know if D-C will sell a extended warrenty to one of these trucks if it is still under the remaining factory warrentyS.
I would like to keep my 99 ,but I do load it heavy with a 30'X102" gooseneck that often grosses 25K or more.
P. S. He said that JB weld and similer products probably would not hold as well as welding because the blocks would just flex some more at another place and crack.
99 3500 2wd,5spd,swb,aluminum Hillsboro flat bed,4"down pipe,
4"straight exhaust,full piller Autometers,fueling box and module.
Does anyone know if D-C will sell a extended warrenty to one of these trucks if it is still under the remaining factory warrentyS.
I would like to keep my 99 ,but I do load it heavy with a 30'X102" gooseneck that often grosses 25K or more.
P. S. He said that JB weld and similer products probably would not hold as well as welding because the blocks would just flex some more at another place and crack.
99 3500 2wd,5spd,swb,aluminum Hillsboro flat bed,4"down pipe,
4"straight exhaust,full piller Autometers,fueling box and module.
