Hello all,
Looking for a reputable shop to perform a Cummins swap on my 08 F250. I paid a mechanic, Brian Brown, his starting fee, 18 months ago. Yesterday I took the 4.5 hour drive out to check progress, as he never answers his cell phone and has been telling me he would drive it out next week, since April. He finally just stopped repsonding a few months ago. His wife answered the door, said she hasnt seen him in months but was nice enough to let me in his shop. Thankfully my truck was still there, however maybe an hour of work has been done. I will be hauling the truck back to Colorado Springs early next week. As I said earlier, looking for someone reputable to perform a cummins swap, preferably within a day drive of Colorado Springs. I know this takes time, and money. I am full time military and do not have the time or the shop to do this myself, so I am not interested in buying parts, I want to drop the truck off, pay a portion, wait until completion, pay the rest and drive away with a functional, reliable truck. I have already waited a long time, so I am willing to wait.
More background, prior to joining the military, I dropped my truck off at a shop in Louisiana, cannot recall the name right now, they bulletproofed the engine, then I took it to powertrain specialty/specialists? and had them rebuild the transmission and install Billet hard parts into the 5r110 transmission. The bulletproofed 6.4 ran amazing, for a long time, but I let someone else drive it home after dropping me off at the airport prior to a deployment, and when I returned, my truck never ran again. I paid 12k to another shop to fix the engine, they replaced HPFP, rail pump, all injectors, and cleaned the fuel tank. The truck ran for about a month and then started acting up again. Done with powerstrokes, I want a cummins, hence the post.
Any and all advice/recommendations appreciated.
Looking for a reputable shop to perform a Cummins swap on my 08 F250. I paid a mechanic, Brian Brown, his starting fee, 18 months ago. Yesterday I took the 4.5 hour drive out to check progress, as he never answers his cell phone and has been telling me he would drive it out next week, since April. He finally just stopped repsonding a few months ago. His wife answered the door, said she hasnt seen him in months but was nice enough to let me in his shop. Thankfully my truck was still there, however maybe an hour of work has been done. I will be hauling the truck back to Colorado Springs early next week. As I said earlier, looking for someone reputable to perform a cummins swap, preferably within a day drive of Colorado Springs. I know this takes time, and money. I am full time military and do not have the time or the shop to do this myself, so I am not interested in buying parts, I want to drop the truck off, pay a portion, wait until completion, pay the rest and drive away with a functional, reliable truck. I have already waited a long time, so I am willing to wait.
More background, prior to joining the military, I dropped my truck off at a shop in Louisiana, cannot recall the name right now, they bulletproofed the engine, then I took it to powertrain specialty/specialists? and had them rebuild the transmission and install Billet hard parts into the 5r110 transmission. The bulletproofed 6.4 ran amazing, for a long time, but I let someone else drive it home after dropping me off at the airport prior to a deployment, and when I returned, my truck never ran again. I paid 12k to another shop to fix the engine, they replaced HPFP, rail pump, all injectors, and cleaned the fuel tank. The truck ran for about a month and then started acting up again. Done with powerstrokes, I want a cummins, hence the post.
Any and all advice/recommendations appreciated.
