another IDI gone

[Double-S-Diesel]

Just got a call from dad. the 88 truck we sold caught fire and burned to the ground.
dont know why.

 

[Agnem]

Lets have a moment of silence....

 

[BROWNIEBOY525]

 

[Diesel JD]

Because Ford really knows how to wire up a truck. Hope mine doesn't burn; the Ranger I had often had a rubber burning smell, never burned down...don't know what it was, at some point it didn't run.

 

[sle2115]

Ignition switch possibly? I damn near lost mine due to that. I was under the hood when mine decided to do it's thing. My truck had been sitting for a couple of weeks, went out to work on the fuel filter conversion I believe - totally under the hood, didn't start it before working under the hood. Just opened the d-side door, opened the hood, and went to work. At one point I looked up and through the brand new windshield I had just had installed and thought, may, that looks like smoke - it didn't only look like smoke, it WAS smoke. I got the batteries unhooked pronto and nothing else happened, well other than I had to change out the switch and vent the cab as it wreaked of burnt wiring. I also unloaded much of the switch to hopefully keep it from happening. Funny how it sat all that time and decided to do it when I was standing there though, otherwise, I could have been an hour away at work and just come home to the pile of ash!

 

[Russ]

Nick was that the "Sanford" truck?

 

[subway]

that sucks, i have had a couple of vehicles catch fire, it was more gas related though. i carry an extinguisher in my vehicles now and a have used them a couple of times to save other peoples junk.

 

[Double-S-Diesel]

yep it was the sanford truck.
I just dont think it liked the new owner.
we drove it for over a year with the only issue bieng the starter.
the new owner had it 2 days and started having problems, most of them being the fact he insisted on running it out of fuel.

 

[fultonphoto]

Any idea if the motor melted. I am looking for a running used 7.3 IDI.