Resendiz
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Hello,
My name is Rick and I am new here, I was refered by two people ofrom Ford Truck Forums.
Here is my story I bought this truck
1986 F250 Extended Cab XLT Lariat
Long Bed
5 New Tires
6.9 Diesel
4x4
4 Speed Manual
Came with Gear Vendors Over/Under Drive unit
Banks Turbo
5th Wheel Unit that I wont need (anyone in CA want it you can have it)
Also has a 5th wheel braking unit.
Has rear air bags
Inside is in near prefect condition
AC works
Came with a nice grill guard.
Only thing this truck lacks is a face cover for stereo unit, has a cracked windshield and two minor dents. Paint is not perfect, but good enough for me.
Cost: $1400 for the truck.
I bought this truck about a week ago now, drove 300 miles from Los Angeles to Modesto CA. I dont know the first thing about diesels so I was going on pure looks (the guy didnt say he had a gear vendors or turbo so that was a good surprise). On the way home 100 miles back, it over heated on me, turns out there is Oil/Water in the radiator. When i drove the truck, it ran smooth, the turbo worked and i felt it, i tried the shifting kit and that worked too (owner showed me how to use it).
So I spent $400 getting my truck towed 200 miles home. I didn't mind, still too excited to get my truck asap. I took it to a mechanic three days ago and he told me I had a loose rod and there was something wrong inside the engine and it needed to be replaced. Told me it would end up costing me $8,500 with new engine, parts, labor, warranty and other misc items like oil, fluids etc... I was shocked, no way have that kind of money.
Immediately i started calling tons of places for engines and engine rebuilds. Lowes price i got for an engine rebuild was $3000. still a lot for me right now, had to borrow money to get this truck. So I went back the next morning to pick up my truck, the strangest thing happened. The guy was REALLY nervous for some reason and I wasn't coming at him with anger or accusing him of lying etc... The first thing he said was "Hey you were supposed to call before you showed up" i thought that was weird, first i never said i was going to call, i just said ill be there tomorrow morning to pick up my truck.
Then I asked him to go over the problems with the truck because Im not good with cars so I will forget everything, he proceeds to write down the Estimate Invoice. Now is where things went strange/but better. He starts explaining the "knock" i reported while driving, he said its bad ball joints in the front passanger side, which is where my girlfriend reported feeling bumps (didnt tell him about that, forgot). Then he tells me that it has a blown head gasket and that will need to be replaced, I ask "so the engine has a loose rod or something?" and he kinda gives me a "im sure it does, its where I believe that sound is coming from, it has a turbo so it probably put too much pressure in there". I say ok, and then he proceeds on writing me up on a different paper the cost of the new engine and why it will cost me $8500. But this time it was more like "here is another option" instead of the first time when it was more... "You have a blown engine, you need to replace it". So I took the paper work and took off, drove 4 miles home, smoooth ride, but i did feel a knock whenever i would hit a bump on my right front tire, i did this on purpose now to make sure it was coming from that side and sure enough i was able to create the sound at will. But there was still a rattle coming from underneath me. I hit a red light, and decide to hit the clutch, rattle gone. And this too I was able to control at will, every time i hit the clutch rattle disappeared and engine sounded PERFECT. By the time I got home, it started to reach the middle of "Normal" in the temperature so i shut it off. Too it to a mechanic later that day and he said the engine is not blown, but he needs to check on saturday to make sure and to not quote him on it (i told him what happened with the other guy). He said he will first check the oil cooler, then head gaskets.
And now here i am, waiting for Saturday to find out the verdict...
So far I have spent about $2200 on that thing. I will see how much i spend on Saturday...
My name is Rick and I am new here, I was refered by two people ofrom Ford Truck Forums.
Here is my story I bought this truck
1986 F250 Extended Cab XLT Lariat
Long Bed
5 New Tires
6.9 Diesel
4x4
4 Speed Manual
Came with Gear Vendors Over/Under Drive unit
Banks Turbo
5th Wheel Unit that I wont need (anyone in CA want it you can have it)
Also has a 5th wheel braking unit.
Has rear air bags
Inside is in near prefect condition
AC works
Came with a nice grill guard.
Only thing this truck lacks is a face cover for stereo unit, has a cracked windshield and two minor dents. Paint is not perfect, but good enough for me.
Cost: $1400 for the truck.
I bought this truck about a week ago now, drove 300 miles from Los Angeles to Modesto CA. I dont know the first thing about diesels so I was going on pure looks (the guy didnt say he had a gear vendors or turbo so that was a good surprise). On the way home 100 miles back, it over heated on me, turns out there is Oil/Water in the radiator. When i drove the truck, it ran smooth, the turbo worked and i felt it, i tried the shifting kit and that worked too (owner showed me how to use it).
So I spent $400 getting my truck towed 200 miles home. I didn't mind, still too excited to get my truck asap. I took it to a mechanic three days ago and he told me I had a loose rod and there was something wrong inside the engine and it needed to be replaced. Told me it would end up costing me $8,500 with new engine, parts, labor, warranty and other misc items like oil, fluids etc... I was shocked, no way have that kind of money.
Immediately i started calling tons of places for engines and engine rebuilds. Lowes price i got for an engine rebuild was $3000. still a lot for me right now, had to borrow money to get this truck. So I went back the next morning to pick up my truck, the strangest thing happened. The guy was REALLY nervous for some reason and I wasn't coming at him with anger or accusing him of lying etc... The first thing he said was "Hey you were supposed to call before you showed up" i thought that was weird, first i never said i was going to call, i just said ill be there tomorrow morning to pick up my truck.
Then I asked him to go over the problems with the truck because Im not good with cars so I will forget everything, he proceeds to write down the Estimate Invoice. Now is where things went strange/but better. He starts explaining the "knock" i reported while driving, he said its bad ball joints in the front passanger side, which is where my girlfriend reported feeling bumps (didnt tell him about that, forgot). Then he tells me that it has a blown head gasket and that will need to be replaced, I ask "so the engine has a loose rod or something?" and he kinda gives me a "im sure it does, its where I believe that sound is coming from, it has a turbo so it probably put too much pressure in there". I say ok, and then he proceeds on writing me up on a different paper the cost of the new engine and why it will cost me $8500. But this time it was more like "here is another option" instead of the first time when it was more... "You have a blown engine, you need to replace it". So I took the paper work and took off, drove 4 miles home, smoooth ride, but i did feel a knock whenever i would hit a bump on my right front tire, i did this on purpose now to make sure it was coming from that side and sure enough i was able to create the sound at will. But there was still a rattle coming from underneath me. I hit a red light, and decide to hit the clutch, rattle gone. And this too I was able to control at will, every time i hit the clutch rattle disappeared and engine sounded PERFECT. By the time I got home, it started to reach the middle of "Normal" in the temperature so i shut it off. Too it to a mechanic later that day and he said the engine is not blown, but he needs to check on saturday to make sure and to not quote him on it (i told him what happened with the other guy). He said he will first check the oil cooler, then head gaskets.
And now here i am, waiting for Saturday to find out the verdict...
So far I have spent about $2200 on that thing. I will see how much i spend on Saturday...
