Tinbender

When I first fired mine up (crate tractor) it knocked badly. Cracked the injectors while running to bleed them, no more knock. I suspect you may have one dribbling. Wait for a real diesel mechanic to chime in.

Anything to do with the Bobcat? Is there anything that can't be attached to one of those? I've seen some cool stuff done around  here 

Ron's correct. Contact your insurance agent.  Basically what happenes here is your company pays for the repairs and bills his insurance company. Thieves generally don't screw each other. Cheezy insurance companies (meaning most) often try to steer customers to their DRP (Direct Repair Shop). This is a shop that has sold their soul to the insurance company for steered business, and give away the farm for the work. You end up with a crappy repair as that is all they can afford to do for the meger pay they have agreed to. They are most likley attempting to pay you what they would pay their DRP shop. Not only is steering illegal in every state I'm aware of ( but the law is ignored by insuance companies as a matter of business), but they are at fault and have no business deciding how much the repair on your truck is worth. Their only job here is to pay the repair bill, period.

Thanks for the info. I hate when a thread just disappears never knowing what happened. And happy endings are always good too.