frankenbike
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New member here, I was told over at diesel stop that you guys know a thing or two about the 7.3s!
Anyone in Central/Coast CA have a 1996 compatible T444e for sale? Or a driveway/yard I could rent for a week for a flat fee?
OR: Nice step van for sale, Runs Great!
I bought a nice step van to move up to work in Washington State. 1996 International 191,000 miles. Grumman Aluminum body & fiberglass roof. 25' long, real clean and nice looking. Had some coolant mixed with the oil when I bought it, consensus was that it may be the oil cooler, so I replaced that & put new o-rings on and oil stayed clean for several weeks/a couple hundred miles, bought new tires when I was confident that it was fixed.
Pulling off 101 here in SLO, engine temp shot up right away, had to drive around about ten minutes like that to find a place to park the thing. Let it cool off: no coolant in the filler area. Drained the oil: all green/gray. Added a couple gallons of water: all came back out the oil pan drain about 10 seconds later. 1st thought was the oil cooler rings, so I took the oil cooler off and had Dyers Dieselro totally clean it out and press new ones on. Reinstalled it, and same problem. Started it with just oil in there, to jockey it around and it ran alright for a couple minutes to move it, before I shut it off. I might be able to nurse it somewhere with some stop leak or something, but I bet it'd for sure kill the engine completely.
Had it towed over to Dyers, and thats where it is right now. Consensus seems to be that its probably cavitation, so I'm thinking its not worth it to repair, probably cheaper/faster to just drop in a whole new motor. They'll hold onto it for a couple more days but I've got to do something with it pretty soon. Any thoughts on this shop?
I could use some advice or thoughts on how to proceed, should I just dump a bunch of stop leak in there and go for it? I have connections up in WA, and don't start work for a few weeks, so if I had a place to work, I would buy a motor and some tools and try and get it done myself, but I just can't seem to find any T444e's for sale on the west coast anywhere, they're all out in NY or Pennsylvania.
Anyone in Central/Coast CA have a 1996 compatible T444e for sale? Or a driveway/yard I could rent for a week for a flat fee?
OR: Nice step van for sale, Runs Great!
I bought a nice step van to move up to work in Washington State. 1996 International 191,000 miles. Grumman Aluminum body & fiberglass roof. 25' long, real clean and nice looking. Had some coolant mixed with the oil when I bought it, consensus was that it may be the oil cooler, so I replaced that & put new o-rings on and oil stayed clean for several weeks/a couple hundred miles, bought new tires when I was confident that it was fixed.
Pulling off 101 here in SLO, engine temp shot up right away, had to drive around about ten minutes like that to find a place to park the thing. Let it cool off: no coolant in the filler area. Drained the oil: all green/gray. Added a couple gallons of water: all came back out the oil pan drain about 10 seconds later. 1st thought was the oil cooler rings, so I took the oil cooler off and had Dyers Dieselro totally clean it out and press new ones on. Reinstalled it, and same problem. Started it with just oil in there, to jockey it around and it ran alright for a couple minutes to move it, before I shut it off. I might be able to nurse it somewhere with some stop leak or something, but I bet it'd for sure kill the engine completely.
Had it towed over to Dyers, and thats where it is right now. Consensus seems to be that its probably cavitation, so I'm thinking its not worth it to repair, probably cheaper/faster to just drop in a whole new motor. They'll hold onto it for a couple more days but I've got to do something with it pretty soon. Any thoughts on this shop?
I could use some advice or thoughts on how to proceed, should I just dump a bunch of stop leak in there and go for it? I have connections up in WA, and don't start work for a few weeks, so if I had a place to work, I would buy a motor and some tools and try and get it done myself, but I just can't seem to find any T444e's for sale on the west coast anywhere, they're all out in NY or Pennsylvania.
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