I say fix the ole girl.
Even if you have to buy a junk yard motor.
I have an 86 F250 4x4 extra cab and it has been
the best truck i have ever had. 6.9 diesel, 4 speed
with 357K on the clock and still runs excellent.
Lee
I'd like to Lee, but just won't have the money needed for a
very long time. A junkyard 6.9/7.3 engine is a gamble not woth taking. Too many people neglected the cooling system on these engines, causing cavitation/pinhole issues.
My rig's an 86 F250HD 6.9L diesel extended cab 4X4 with a C6 auto (would've rather had a four speed). It's been a great truck........until now. Has some mystery aftermarket turbo setup on it (not Banks, ATS, or Hypermax). The turbocharger is mounted on top of a special exhaust manifold on the driver's side instead of at the top/rear of the engine like the 93-94 turbo IDI engines or the three 'known' aftermarket setups. The passenger side exhaust goes under the engine and feeds into the driver's side manifold. Weird. Works well enough, except for the goofy routing of the exhaust after the turbo (FORWARD, down, then back........which runs it right past the PS pump and steering box).
1976 bicentennial chainsaw
WOW, red, white and blue!!
That's one of the Bicentennial Poulan XX saws. I think Mark has one.
Aaron,
did you blow the engine BECAUSE you were 'drunksky'???
yikes... WTF happened? run out of oil??
Just put a Cummins in it, and be done
It won't be ONLY a $3k truck then....
I must commend your spelling and grammar for being a drunky... better than some sober as a bird
J
Thanks for the spelling/grammar compliment. I'm a professional. No I wasn't drunk while driving the truck. Got lit after I made it safely home.
Didn't run out of oil either. Topped it off before the trip (less than 100 miles before the failure). I had to pull a buch of grades in hot weather. Was watching the pyrometer, and never let it go over 1000deg f. I like to keep it below 900deg as the pyro probe is a bit downstream of the manifold (it's in the crossover pipe between the PS and DS exhaust manifold) and that can give you a low reading.
Anywho, I felt it loosing power on the grades. After I topped the hill I rolled into Willits. In slow traffic I could feel it surging and shaking like crazy. Had smoke coming out of the hood and through grommet holes in the firewall (where wiring and the steering collumn passes through). Pulled into a parking lot and popped the hood. It was shaking bad, and chuffing smoke and oil mist out of the dipstick tube, past the oil filler cap,the rear manifold valley seal, and the rear main seal. LOTS of chugging crankcase preassure.
Think I overtemped and melted some ring lands in one of the pistons. Happens with diesels. Topped it back off with oil and made it home...............barely. When I got home it was pumping smoke past the rear valley seal and shaking/surging even more. Stopped smoking as soon as I shut it down. Crap. That's why I felt the need to break out the brown liquor.
Buying a Cummins worth swapping in and going through all that would probably cost me $5k by the time I was done. Then it'd be a $4K truck. I don't have $500 to throw at that rig, let alone $5K.
RIIIIIGGGHHHTTTTT!! :jester:
