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Well I picked up the truck and drove it 2500 miles back home. That was enough to find all kinds of problems.
1. Blow by? there is a tube in the engine compartment the a good steady smoke come from. you can see it when it is idling . no smoke from the tail pipe after it is warm.
2. rust all over. The guy lied about the rust. He is working on a shop to fix some of it and paint. Either that or I launch a website against him. Hail damage. He figured that was just normal wear on a 20 yo truck???? Really?
3. cold starts. takes about 4 try's to get it fired up. Glow plugs or relay?
4 Steering was HORRABLE!!! the tie rod and drag link rotate when I turn the wheel. Making a slack section in the steering when driving. joints looked solid but just very easy to rotate the bar. Not sure if there is another problem or just need to replace everything. Fairly cheep on rock auto but I don't know what to get. it confusing..
5. AC not working....
6. Wing window latch broke off. Not made any more.
7. rear tank filer tube missing. gone.... tank is there and has fuel in it but WTH? Not made any more. I see gas but not diesel filler assemblies.
I had to put new tires on as they were bald and slipping on wet roads.
8. Electric window problems switches and regulators.
9. stereo blew. junk junk junk.
Well I picked up the truck and drove it 2500 miles back home. That was enough to find all kinds of problems.
1. Blow by? there is a tube in the engine compartment the a good steady smoke come from. you can see it when it is idling . no smoke from the tail pipe after it is warm.
You should post a video... if its significant enough, you could have serious blowby... in other words..shot rings, cracked pistons, toasted motor. Don't panick, it would be nice to see how much in a video first. That being said there should be no smoke from anywhere under the hood...
2. rust all over. The guy lied about the rust. He is working on a shop to fix some of it and paint. Either that or I launch a website against him. Hail damage. He figured that was just normal wear on a 20 yo truck???? Really?
Did you not get any pics of it prior to purchasing.
3. cold starts. takes about 4 try's to get it fired up. Glow plugs or relay?
Could be GPs, relay, UNVH and Valve cover gaskets. Could also be worn poppet seats on the injectors, which are not cheap 1300$. Ohm out the plugs and test the relay. start there its the cheapest
4 Steering was HORRABLE!!! the tie rod and drag link rotate when I turn the wheel. Making a slack section in the steering when driving. joints looked solid but just very easy to rotate the bar. Not sure if there is another problem or just need to replace everything. Fairly cheep on rock auto but I don't know what to get. it confusing..
Buy all your parts off summit and go with moog.... if you can find a better site go for it, but a lot of companies are selling chinese Moog knock off components now...
Here are your part number for an entire front end linkage rebuild...
5. AC not working....
Mine never has... AC is for women
6. Wing window latch broke off. Not made any more.
Ha I was going to say this was your AC!, get a replacement used wing window off ebay or a scrap yard. They are all of 10$ and a few minutes to install!
7. rear tank filer tube missing. gone.... tank is there and has fuel in it but WTH? Not made any more. I see gas but not diesel filler assemblies.
Scrapyard or make your own, they are easy and cheap to make
I had to put new tires on as they were bald and slipping on wet roads.
That was not cheap!
8. Electric window problems switches and regulators.
9. stereo blew. junk junk junk.
Electric windows are prone to crapping out on these trucks. It is usually the master driver switch that is the culprit.
No offense but this is all things that should have been seen before buying it.
I bought it off of e bay. 2500 miles away from me. I asked the questions and had photos but the dealer decided to make sure to mislead me IMO. When I got there it was snowing and at night. It was too dark to see details and I had 2500 miles to drive over the weekend to get back to work. I was mislead and the dealer know it. On a good note he is talking to a shop here and getting quotes to fix the rust and paint. The rest is on me I guess. The AC felt darn cold when I tested it but it was like 30 outside. I will get video of the blow-by. It did run great for the 2500 miles in 2 days.
one nice thing is the paint is still nice on about 95% and it has a 5'' pipe on it. no down pipe.
tires were like 1100.00 for some goodyear offroad tires. has new windshield. no iol leaks except the power steering pump that I probably caused adjusting the box on the road. new brakes and rotors. Im going to change the shocks. I don't know the condition of them and the ride could improve but it still was better than my lifted 150.
The truck is higher than my 150 so no lift kit needed. I did get a few people yelling how much they liked the truck too.
I could. over all I only paid 12k for it and I'm still happy to own it. Lesson is just don't trust anyone selling from a used car lot. LOL If I bought the truck here I would have paid 20k and in the end I may still pay 20k but it will be newer and done right and the way I want it.
12K around my area a clean cclb, ccsb, exlb, exsb, standard cab all below 7k.
And these are rust free southwest bodys
they are out there. When I wan In NM I did not see any that were not beat to death. oh well it is what it is. I now have lots of work. LOL. Seriously I have no time. Sell guns at night and build military bases in the day.
Not in NM look in el paso craigslist, a i saw one just last week a cclb, 4x4, 150k hand shaker for 5k, wish I had the money for it but oh well no need for a 4x4 anyways. I also went on Dallas tx craigslist alot of them out there for cheap also.
they are out there. When I wan In NM I did not see any that were not beat to death. oh well it is what it is. I now have lots of work. LOL. Seriously I have no time. Sell guns at night and build military bases in the day.
A solid CCLB 4x4 in this area is 9-15 depending on miles and shape/records/ 2WDs are half that cost and usually beat to living hell. I do not think you struck too bad of a deal. IMO it was probably a 10k truck if not rusted and dented, thats besides the point and being fixed... you bought it from a dealer...30-45% is average markup! It will last you a long time if taken care of properly!
03-07-2016, 10:57 AM
around my area a clean cclb, ccsb, exlb, exsb, standard cab all below 7k.
