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The 1085 was delivered today!! I think it got pretty lucky!!! Everything looks to be in really good shape. Batteries all have date codes in 2016 or 2017. Drive shafts are tight. Coolant is a beautiful shade of green, and all the other fluids look good. This truck appears to have been in...

That's really disappointing to hear and seems downright illegal. Do we know if any of the other two buyers from that first lot of 3 had similar experiences? I do not have mine yet, but should have it later this week. Fingers crossed everything is there. I'll be sure to post an update.

Very nice work! I definitely wouldn't mind having one of those in my truck!! I still think I can make the gauges work. I can read in any of the vehicle's signals with a microcontroller and supply the data to the gauges with J1708. The hardest part will be figuring out what format each gauge...

Thanks for the tip on the tires. Those and the brakes are my top priority. I'll be doing the work at a shop with another 1085 which I can use for reference. Glad to hear there aren't any serious gotchas with the swap. I'm hoping to build an adapter or somehow modify the power and...

I've been lurking for a bit but I'm excited to make my first post. Hi, I'm yertnamreg and I'm down in Houston. I took the plunge last week and bought one of the 1085s out of Bragg! It's definitely a little rough around the edges, but she seems to have good bones. I got interested in getting...