OldIron82
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Hello all. I have lurked around here for over a year and finally became a member. Got a soft spot in my heart for the IDI's and I finally bought my first mini dump work truck, a 89 F350 cab and chassis (10' dump body) dana 60 king pin front, sterling rear, 7.3 NA with a zf5 behind it with a pto. Looking into a turbo and
doing research I decided to go with a 6.9 and today I purchased one from the grandson of a original owner out of a 1984 F350. Unfortunately, I just found out about the block cracking problem at the block heater and as it turns out this one falls into the category of the cracking years. The owners grandson installed a first gen Banks turbo with bb code injectors and was very good with the maintenance. The mileage is approximately 85,000. He said he never used the heater and as far as he knows his grand pop never did either. Sooooo, tomorrow when I lift it out of the back of the truck I will immediately inspect the area around the heater.
So here is my question: Even if the block is not cracked, should I plop a for sale sign on it immediately and keep looking for the coveted 87 6.9? Is the rest of the engine still stout? I remember reading the rockers could have been better... I'm not in a real rush but my plans were to tear this down to the short block and reseal every gasket from the bottom up and add head studs and then decide on how to turbocharge. I don't think ill be using the first gen Banks. I'd like to have this done by winter so I can flip flop engines in a timely manner over the winter months.
Thanks for reading. I'll share more about myself when I have more time. This place rocks! I look forward to speaking with everyone.
doing research I decided to go with a 6.9 and today I purchased one from the grandson of a original owner out of a 1984 F350. Unfortunately, I just found out about the block cracking problem at the block heater and as it turns out this one falls into the category of the cracking years. The owners grandson installed a first gen Banks turbo with bb code injectors and was very good with the maintenance. The mileage is approximately 85,000. He said he never used the heater and as far as he knows his grand pop never did either. Sooooo, tomorrow when I lift it out of the back of the truck I will immediately inspect the area around the heater.
So here is my question: Even if the block is not cracked, should I plop a for sale sign on it immediately and keep looking for the coveted 87 6.9? Is the rest of the engine still stout? I remember reading the rockers could have been better... I'm not in a real rush but my plans were to tear this down to the short block and reseal every gasket from the bottom up and add head studs and then decide on how to turbocharge. I don't think ill be using the first gen Banks. I'd like to have this done by winter so I can flip flop engines in a timely manner over the winter months.
Thanks for reading. I'll share more about myself when I have more time. This place rocks! I look forward to speaking with everyone.