OUR TRUCKING ADVENTURE, WE BOUGHT OUR FIRST TRUCK!! KENWORTH

We bought a 1994 KENWORTH T600 and I give you a tour.

[kwlkevin]

Freightliner styled wheel on the right front

[bmcleprechaun]

That is a dream truck right there. Great score my friend.

[heavypressureinc]

Congrats on new truck. I’m running a 12.7 60 series my self.

[johngoldsmith]

Your engine left the factory as a 475 1650 torque. It was rerated to a 1750 torque. Then it was set back to a 1650 torque low noz HRP.
Unless some one has done anything else to it. HRP is High RPM Performance. When these first came out 1800 was full load and dropped off after that. Drivers didn't like it and wanted the old mechanical 2100 full load. So Cat came out with a flash file that carried it up to 2100.
It was delivered on May 20 1994. I cannot say what was installed in the rebuild, but I recommend a old program Cat had it was called pick your power. Basically you rebuilt the 5EK to 6TS iron and put more current up to date parts. To late for that now. Your water pump side looks good.
The hose between your regulator hsg and back of the water pump I like. Clamps look wrong, but that's minor. The hose Cat calls for is a 9Y4104, I dislike that hose and use a 7E0759. Its cheaper and longer. If you ever need one from Cat. I would get a jump drive and find someone who has Cat ET, dealer or whoever. Get what's called a ECM replacement file and put it on the drive. If your ECM should fail you would have a back up on how the ECM is programmed. Also get a speed timing sensor as a spare. If it fails you calling a hook. It will require two shims 1268481. You have the updated one on it now, don't know how many shims are behind it. Also your hand priming pump, I would remove it and put a 6N4414 cover and a 1P0436 gasket on it. Keep the pump with a extra gasket and use it when needed. That pump cost over $100.00 most of the time and your wearing it out and not using it. Your wiring harness plugs in the rear for your injectors. That base is no longer made. If it breaks you will have to update it to the front plug in style. No need to worry unless it happens. Your fumes filter on top is plastic. I dislike them and get a metal one. If you try to take it off to clean it, they break. Cat recommends the fuel line to enter the front of the cylinder head now. You have the old style with the metal return line on the front and supply going into the rear. Also your air compressor coolant lines are original flow. Coolant lines cross behind air compressor and create a rub place. I like what I call the 6NZ set up. You would have to replace air compressor coolant lines and fuel lines from ECM to head and out of head to fuel block. Would require some modifications. You could keep the supply to the rear if you like and just do the front as the return. Its a lot cleaner set up and few hoses that ever needs to be changed. Your fuel transfer pump is the old style and I would check my fuel psi and see if it's still good. Your washers holding the fan drive on are thin, I use 7D1649, nice and thin for a good torque. The corner of the head is a known leak spot. Cat had a recall and you put a epoxy along that joint if it shows signs of seeping. Also the line from the ECM to the back of the head, Cat has some updated grommets for the twin turbo's. They are better than the ones from the factory. The fitting in the rear of the cylinder head is a 90 degree. You have to get it just right for the line to hook up. Take it out and put a straight fitting in its place. Put a 90 degree elbow on your ECM and turn the line around when you have to replace it. looks nice and clean, good luck.

[Bigcharles]

with the truck being so old, are you still able to find work with it?

[Trucksusa]

Yellow's not that bad of
a color, I wouldn't have my
mustard any other color.

[timatwell]

Take and put tube socks or thick pantyhose over the hood pins on cab where hood meets cab then the hood will open easier and not squeek so bad .after a good cleaning and little work you will have a nice eld exempt truck

[roadtrain]

that's one nosey Kenworth love it and that hydraulic tank love to have a tank like yours even in the same place on truck so can get more fuel capacity and range on the truck but my boss doesn't want it there cause of the cattle crate/b train the truck I drive is 2002 KW T404s (kind of the same as your T600 but shorter bonnet and shorter sleeper but has 3 x 450 liter fuel tanks (originally had 4 fuel tanks) and a 4th fuel tank converted for hydraulic for tippers which holds 200 liters of hydraulic oil boss really wants to make it a split tank hydraulic/fuel (I think its useless)and not extend the tank (which there's no room)

[amsoiladam]

I need to make a correction. The engine is not a “C” model. It is an “E” model

[Bigcharles]

if you still have the truck, how has it ran for you?

[jerryhubbard]

I know you will enjoy this truck but I can't believe anyone can be so nasty and just don't care. Must have had a driver hired to drive the truck that did not give a damn since it was not his. Oh well. I am sure you can make it look nice.