'94 turbo 7.3 engine, maybe $750, Advice?

[rip van sparky]

Well, my truck has been making quite a racket, sounds like piston slap or a worn wrist pin. I have decided to start looking for a replacement. I found this engine, comes with all accesories including factory turbo. Has 194k miles. Owner didn't know about SCAs, but said the PO was a truck driver, so maybe he did. It has new starter and alt. and fairly recent glow plugs. I think I could get it for $750, he's asking $900 but sounded like he would come down. I can hear it run, but have to pull it.

If I get it I might have a turbo kit from a van that I got from Towcat and never installed for sale reasonably cheap.

Any suggestions?

 

[Agnem]

Are you sure your current engine is shot? Maybe it's just a bad injector your hearing?

 

[FordGuy100]

Thats a pretty decent price for a turbo IDI. Even if a piston or two has cavitaed, you still have the heads, the turbo rods, and another turbo. I say go for it , but thats just me.

 

[tuckerd1]

Are you sure your current engine is shot? Maybe it's just a bad injector your hearing?

That's what I was thinking. Plus the first turbo-cal pump I got from DPS was bad and caused a terrible noise in the cylinders.

 

[rip van sparky]

I just put in a set of brand new BB's. The engine runs better and is quieter but it makes the knocking way more noticeable. That's what made me nervous all of a sudden. I have driven an aerostar for around 60k miles with a worn wrist pin with no problems, but I don't know how long I can get away with it in a diesel. It has been doing it ever since I put this engine in the truck, I pulled it back out after starting it the first time, mic'd and plastigauged the rod and main journals and they were all perfect, so I know it is not that. Then I thought that it might be fuel pound from a worn injector, now I don't think that is the case, so I guess the inj. pump is left, but this is the IP from the original engine and the knock was there with both IPs. I would like to put another used engine in so I can tear this one down before catastrophic destruction occurs and freshen it up, because with the cost of fuel I'll probably have this truck forever.

 

[tractorman86]

i would do it, you will have lots of extra parts outta your current motor if nothing else.

 

[oldmisterbill]

You can't go wrong -look at the cost of the turbo.

 

[Ironman03R]

If you dont want it I'll drive down there and pick it up.