[dieseldirt]

I am looking at a work truck, just looking for some opinions, what else I should check out, etc...

'91 Super Duty (450) DRW 7.3 IDI N/A 2wd 5spd "90k", good tires, only gets used spring thru fall, runs, drives and dumps....

Electric dump body with chip (forestry) box!!!! (I run a tree service)

His only concern = sketchy headlight wiring

My only concern so far = he says he uses starting fluid in it "maybe 3 or 4 times a year"


I am thinking of jumping on this for 2000...... well actually 1500 plus 500 work trade.
I have a parts truck for it sitting in the driveway. The '89 in my sig....


Any thoughts? Thanks! Haven't seen it yet, I'm going to go look at it in a couple days.

 

[NH2112]

If the body is good I'd go for it. The headlight wiring can easily be taken care of by installing a relay kit. The reason for his using starting fluid is most likely something simple, too, and I'd be surprised if you don't have it tackled as quickly as your schedule allows with the help of the forum.

 

[dieseldirt]

Yeah.. I'm not worried about getting it started, just the damage the starting fluid may have already done.

My thought was 2000 would be a pretty regular price for this truck but the dump body makes it into a really good deal.

 

[rammertide07]

Starting fluid is not as damaging as many people say. I have a running 96 f250 that has used ether for a while and has 640k mi on factory injectors

Sent from my ADR6300 using AutoGuide App

 

[NH2112]

Yep, we use starting fluid on indirect injected diesels at the airport a lot during the winter. The trick is to make sure the glow plugs are either disabled or are absolutely cold when you spray. Turn the key on and walk away for a few minutes, then spray onto the air filter while someone else is cranking. The filter will cut down on how much gets to the cylinders at one time. Give a 1/2 second shot at most, much more than that and you risk locking the engine up.

 

[rammertide07]

I've sprayed with the glowplugs on AFTER the engine would not start with them off. Ether is a fast evaporator, so by the time you go spray and then let the gp's warm up...most of what you sprayed is done gone. And by doing the 1/2 sec shot, its not really going to do anything...but its worth a shot. Most of the time I would turn the key to let the gp's start warming, run out and hit the intake with a shot, then try to go start it. With ether being a fast evaporator, its not going to go down into the cylinders before you start turning the engine over.

 

[dieseldirt]

Nevermind......

Needs 6 tires, wipers, windshield, 1 fender, 1 door, 1 headlight, all light wiring.

Leaks diesel, leaks oil, water in radiator (not full), GP relay smokes, no lid on air box, entire GP harness has been removed ran through a blender then re-installed, squirrel skeleton has taken the place of driver side battery, voltage regulator not grounded, nothing else grounded, jasper motor, coolant lines chopped at firewall, flywheel cover in another state, no start.

Okay it was a good lookin truck from the angle the picture was taken at

:mecry:

 

[NH2112]

I don't know, the box alone might be worth spending $1500. Take that off then haul the rest to the scrapyard. Ferrous gets about $200/ton up here as of a few weeks ago, you'd make back at least $500 there even without the box.

 

[dieseldirt]

Yeah... I was thinking about that. I don't think the guy would budge below 2000 or sell me just the dump body. So I haven't been thinking too hard.

I also have an f250 that I have to part out and scrap.

If I had a working dually sitting around to put the dump body on I would jump on it but I don't really want a project right now. I have also not seen the dump work. Didn't make it that far. For all I know the dump could be junk.

If I got a better deal on this superduty I would take the whole rear end, zf5, driveshaft parking brake..... what else.... before scrapping...

So with a superduty plus an f250 I would make what, like, 700+ bucks if I keep the pumpkins, tranny, etc....?

This superduty seemed to have a Single Mass Flywheel. Was it just the 250/350's that came with a DMF??

Thanks