Posted by JD Seller on January 28, 2016 at 18:12:51 from (208.126.198.123):
I ended up with a Ford F350 ton dually in a trade two years ago. The trouble with it was it would not start. They had blown a turbo in Nebraska. A dealer installed a new one there. They drove it home to Iowa, About a 700 mile drive. Shut it off and it would not restart unless jumped an block heater plugged in. That motor had about 200K on it. The transmission had just been rebuilt less than 5000 miles before this. The fellow owed me some money on some repairs. He offered me the truck AS-is in trade. At that point I only had $2500 in a 2000 F350 crew cab dually 4x4. I was not worried at this point being I could part it out and make money.
My youngest son kind of wanted the truck. So I told him to try to get it fixed and we would work something out. Well the injectors where all bad plus the glow plugs too. He found a set of used injectors that where supposed to be out of a low miled wrecked truck. HE put them in and replaced the glow plugs. The truck would then start and run but blew oil like a freight train. Number 6 piston had exploded and ruined the bore. The son then lost interest as he could not afford to replace or rebuild the motor. So I paid him for the injectors and glow plugs.
I looked around for a good used motor and did not have much luck then. A crate engine was more than I wanted to put in the truck. So I just kept looking around for a good used motor. Well just this last summer a local repair shop found a lower miled truck that had been totaled. They need the bed and some cab parts. So we cut a deal for them to change the motor using the turbo and injectors out of my motor. The turbo only having less than a 1000 miles on it. While they where working on the truck I just had them go over the entire truck. They found a list of things it needed like ball joints and such. I told them to fix the list.
Well they got it all together in November. The trouble is it had a random misfire and sometimes would hard start. They kept plugging away at it until two weeks ago. At this time the shop owner dung into the truck and determined that the injectors where misfiring. So they sent them off to be checked. They call me today and told me that all eight injectors are bad. They priced a set of remaned injectors at $2000 plus labor to install them. OUCH!!!
So I am now I am getting close to blue book wholesale in this DOG!!!! What are my options??? Is the $250 a pop reasonable for the injectors??? I looked on line and found prices all over the place for them.
I sure wish now I had just parted the darn thing out when I first got the thing. The worse part is I have been messing with this thing for over two years.
What is the thing worth running??? 2000 F350 crew cab dually about 200K for miles. The interior is not too bad. Cab has no rust but has some small dents. The bed is dented all to heck inside and out. I had planned to just put a flat bed on it for my use.
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