5 years ago bought a 2003 superduty 7.3 and since then sunk $7,000 in it always did my own work on it which that i only learned how to do on this great site an great members , so the other day my front seal started leaking so i decided to let a shop do the work on it this time so 3 days later around 9 pm a friend called an said hey theres a fire down there at that shop where your truck is so i go an drive to it an low an behold hes rite all the roads were blocked off around it so you coudnt see much but big clouds of black smoke so finaly 4 hours later got a fireman to let me peak in the door an sure a enuff my truck was burned up , so now the search a be on for another one after the ins.co. settles up

 

sorry about your truck, i have sunk about $6500 in 3 years. bought mine at 124,000. But nothing has broken down since my fuel pump about 6 months ago

 

dam, that had to be a real sinking feeling walking up to the burned up building knowing ur truck was inside..

hopefully insurance squares you up.

 

Wow, that sucks.

So, what's your new truck going to be?

 

I know how you feel bud. Three weeks ago today I got a call about a fire in the paint room. Nothing survived after the mixing banks lit up. Not something I wish on anyone, but the new store almost makes it better.

Hopefully insurance does you right on your truck mate.

 

That completely blows. Time to look for your next rig. [LINK]

 

hopefully i find another like it with the 7.3 gonna try an buy it back from the insurance company gotta be some good parts that are still useable

 

Well I hope you find some kind of silver lining in this cloud. What a bummer.

BTW, this reminds me about something I read in a Haynes manual once about an acid that forms when some auto parts are exposed to high heat. IIRC it was very dangerous. Something to keep in mind.