I bet he is a tooth off on the crank

[Irving]

Would this be a good investment vehicle? Or one to pick up cheap for our business and have repaired?

[brianakell]

Would this be a good investment vehicle? Or one to pick up cheap for our business and have repaired?

Non-running truck, he'll take 2500 for it Ill bet, maybe less.

[tmleadr03]

Would this be a good investment vehicle? Or one to pick up cheap for our business and have repaired?

Like I said I am tempted. If I didn't have adead scout to play with I would be goin to look at this.

[buffalobo]

Wish I had some cash. Bet this would be perfect parts donor for my 2000 F250 with 400,000 miles.

[Great-Kazoo]

One concern , if the hg's went. What other damage was done, if any to it ?

[tmleadr03]

One concern , if the hg's went. What other damage was done, if any to it ?

Could have warped head.

If I didn't already have a car to flip I would go look at it and possibly buy it. Then check timing, if off I would reset, and replace head bolts (he can't time an engine I don't trust him to torque down the head right).

[Blowby]

Just to keep it simple:
When you remove the injectors on a powerstroke it empties the high pressure oil rails. It takes a lot of cranking with fresh batteries to prime the HPO system. If he didn't fill the HPO resivour with oil up to 1/2 inch from the top then it will take even longer or might not prime it's self at all if the low pressure oil pump is weak. That would be the first thing I would look at. Check the oil level in the HPOP Res. Front of engine on top. Small plug on the right side needs to be removed with an allen wrench. Look down inside with a flash light.

Behind fan belt and to the right of the black hose is the location of the plug.

[Great-Kazoo]

Could have warped head.

If I didn't already have a car to flip I would go look at it and possibly buy it. Then check timing, if off I would reset, and replace head bolts (he can't time an engine I don't trust him to torque down the head right).

Just to keep it simple:
When you remove the injectors on a powerstroke it empties the high pressure oil rails. It takes a lot of cranking with fresh batteries to prime the HPO system. If he didn't fill the HPO resivour with oil up to 1/2 inch from the top then it will take even longer or might not prime it's self at all if the low pressure oil pump is weak. That would be the first thing I would look at. Check the oil level in the HPOP Res. Front of engine on top. Small plug on the right side needs to be removed with an allen wrench. Look down inside with a flash light.

Behind fan belt and to the right of the black hose is the location of the plug.

Those are a few concerns, especially when he included this tidbit.. I don't know enough about them to find the problem.

The question is, how bad could this "mechanic" screwed up other things to put this in to a parts truck category, vs. decent investment ?

[Blowby]

Timing is not an issue. The cam is in the block.

[redneck122]

Just to keep it simple:
When you remove the injectors on a powerstroke it empties the high pressure oil rails. It takes a lot of cranking with fresh batteries to prime the HPO system. If he didn't fill the HPO resivour with oil up to 1/2 inch from the top then it will take even longer or might not prime it's self at all if the low pressure oil pump is weak. That would be the first thing I would look at. Check the oil level in the HPOP Res. Front of engine on top. Small plug on the right side needs to be removed with an allen wrench. Look down inside with a flash light.

Behind fan belt and to the right of the black hose is the location of the plug.

Took the words right out of my mouth.