I believe the motor in my '96 F-350 crewcab cracked a piston last fall. So I did a fair amount of research on which way to go. The pickup is still in great shape, so I couldn't bare the notion of parting it out. It looked like a reman long-block was going to be close to $10k by the time I put a few upgraded parts on it, a Cummins repower was going to be close to $12k. The guy who ownes the local auto machine shop has a long block that someone dropped off, then decided he couldn't pay for- he thought he could get me into for around $6k- but then I'd still be looking at another 3-4k for accessories, as I couldn't see putting 200k injectors, turbo, etc on a new engine.... All alot of money for a rig that would still only be worth about $10k all said and done(even though it would be worth more than that to ME...) I ended up findin a nice low-mileage extended cab F-250 for $8500. Got me into a rig IMMEDIATELY, which I needed... My plan is to put the lower mileage engine in the crewcab, and doing a bare-minimum rebuild on the bad motor, to put back in the extended cab, it will still be worth $5k, even with a questionable motor, and I will probly just keep it for a farm truck.
To ME, that plan made the most sense. I couldn't see spending $3-4k on an unknown used motor, only to potentially have more problems in a year or two.
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