Good or bad deal?
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Good or bad deal?
1999 F350 XLT Dually 198,000 miles. 6 speed ZN manual.
Potential bad piston as it started smoking white when owner sprayed ether to get it to start when he thought he had a bad injector.
Included is a 2006 Cummins 2nd gen 24 valve engine he was gonna do a swap, but never got around to it. Now wants to just get it gone.
He’s asking $5000. Thoughts?
Potential bad piston as it started smoking white when owner sprayed ether to get it to start when he thought he had a bad injector.
Included is a 2006 Cummins 2nd gen 24 valve engine he was gonna do a swap, but never got around to it. Now wants to just get it gone.
He’s asking $5000. Thoughts?
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From: Douglassville, PA
If the rest of the truck is in good shape I'd call it a good deal. You should be able to get a good used engine to throw in it and have it for less than $9000. And if you get lucky like Tugly says you got one hell of a good deal.
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If you have any pictures, post them and the fellas will dissect them for anything strange.
The ZF6 is a great transmission.
The fact that the owner was using ether to start it is not a good sign, but not a deal breaker either.
The ZF6 is a great transmission.
The fact that the owner was using ether to start it is not a good sign, but not a deal breaker either.
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From: Los Angeles, Ca.
It's been parked quite a while, and the other truck needs tires badly; negotiate. And beware of expired registration fees, they can be a deal killer here but don't know your state. Engine swaps are also a huge pain in the butt in some states.
Just cranking it will probably tell if there's a bad piston.
Just cranking it will probably tell if there's a bad piston.
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It's an E99, not that that's a bad thing. If it turns over see if you can check the blowby out the oil filler tube while it's cranking. I don't know what you'll get just cranking but you could get a big gust every time that piston comes up on TDC.
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My opinion is that it is in pretty rough shape and I would not be offering $5000 for the truck. Simply based on the exterior and the cover that was just pulled off of it (from what it looks like) there are probably rodents in/around the engine bay.
I would be looking over that truck with a fine tooth comb and making an offer after that, if I was still interested.
I would be looking over that truck with a fine tooth comb and making an offer after that, if I was still interested.
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