i'm looking at a burnt diesel pickup, cheap, fire got hot enough to burn cab forward int, front axle and tires, all alum on motor, my question motor only had 70000 on it do you all think the long block is hurt? diesel auto with a boss plow for $500, think the motor is savable or is it junk?

 

I'm sure if its worth to get it going again, but if there are some salvagable parts from the engine it'll be worth it. There are a few of them that are pretty expensive and or hard to come by nowadays. Them scrap the truck. Iron prices are amazing right now.

 

i second that

 

If the alum under the hood is a melt down.
There was some big heat under that hood.
Then toss in the possible who knows amount of water.
Its a roll of the dice!

Bill

 

Tuck will only fetch 250 bucks salvage. Plow might be worth it though if the cylinders are not heated, and the pump is decent. Any pics?

 

not yet, i'm going to check it out this weekend intake and brackets all melted fut the turbo didn't, tires got burned off but it didn't melt the rims, box and rear were unhurt,trans had 2000 miles but looked to have gotten hot, i don't know, it makes me nervous, had to have been hot, and it was put out with lots of water, i'll repost when i get a better look at it,

 

Doesnt matter, seals are out of turbo, that kind of heat will distort shaft and just casue it to go out in 500 miles if it isnt already bad. Youll be looking at the shortblock, heads, and everything else in there is going to be toasted. If you can sell axles and such, itll work. If fire got to wheels, that will make them out of round too, and fatigued if they were aluminum. this isnt a rebuilder, this is a parts truck as you have described it. Too much time and money.

 

I would steer clear unless it super cheap. Most engine parts will just plain be unuseable. Injectors would probably be shot, valve seals, oil coolerseals if not the cooler itself, fire does alot of damage!

 

here check it out. its in maryland and the guy listed it on ebay item number 170195436924 it doesn't look as bad as i thought but it did get in the cab, all your opinion say the motor and trans is toast what would you give?http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1997-...QQcmdZViewItem

 

hmmm.. doesn't really look that bad. However, I wonder why he didn't take a picture of the engine compartment. That would have gave us a better look on the things that really matter.

 

i would not buy it if it was me...

 

The only thing worth anything on that truck is the bed. Looks like block heater shorted out,seen the same thing happen to my buddies truck,exsept it burnt his to the ground!

 

I wouldn't pay more than scrap price for it what ever that may be. Might not even pay that much for it.

 

Its already past what I would have paid for it. LOL