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Keep or replace my old POS?

  • Replace my old pos with a new pos?

    Votes: 22 33.8%

  • Fix and keep running my old pod?

    Votes: 43 66.2%
  • Total voters
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ridered3 said:
Have you made a decision on what to do with this truck?
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Nope. It’s just sitting in my way. Wanna buy it?

I don’t have time to work on it and can’t afford to pay someone else to do the work for me. The new truck is pretty sweet, I do miss my lariat but the new ones not so bad.

I’m DD’ing my old gasser Centurion because it’s cheaper per week than driving the diesel.
 
JR4X said:
Nope. It’s just sitting in my way. Wanna buy it?

I don’t have time to work on it and can’t afford to pay someone else to do the work for me. The new truck is pretty sweet, I do miss my lariat but the new ones not so bad.

I’m DD’ing my old gasser Centurion because it’s cheaper per week than driving the diesel.
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Ha I'm good with my current 6.7 instead of ye' ole 6.4. Saw a set of junk twin turbos off a blown up 6.4 today so made me think of yours.

Understandable on lack of time and $ for this truck. Pretty cool DD of a Centurion though.
 
JR4X said:
Nope. It’s just sitting in my way. Wanna buy it?

I don’t have time to work on it and can’t afford to pay someone else to do the work for me. The new truck is pretty sweet, I do miss my lariat but the new ones not so bad.

I’m DD’ing my old gasser Centurion because it’s cheaper per week than driving the diesel.
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If you weren’t on the opposite corner of the country I would be interested.
 
So…. What to do what do. Economy is crashing. There wasn’t a market for 6.4 trucks when things were going good.

What would you do with it if it was yours? I’m looking at the possibility of needing to move in the next month or two. So I put all the pieces I had to remove to bore scope the hole, back on it. And it fires right up and runs smooth on the 7 cylinders that make good compression. A/C still blows ice cold.

I paid $48,000 actual dollars for it. It’s total worth right now is the front axle and that’s about it. Can’t bring myself to give it away for nothing. Options are wide open. I could Cummins swap it in theory. I have a good running P-pump 12V with less miles on it than the truck has on it.

Do a cheap as possible rebuild on the 6.4 which would be 8 pistons, rings, rods, mains, gasket set and keep it as an around town truck?

I can park it at a friends house next to my Geo tracker that also needs an engine and forget about it for years like the tracker. What would Projectjunkie do with a cleanish straightish powerstruggle that needs engine work? I don’t NEED another truck but need has never really factored into how I do things.
 
JR4X said:
So…. What to do what do. Economy is crashing. There wasn’t a market for 6.4 trucks when things were going good.

What would you do with it if it was yours? I’m looking at the possibility of needing to move in the next month or two. So I put all the pieces I had to remove to bore scope the hole, back on it. And it fires right up and runs smooth on the 7 cylinders that make good compression. A/C still blows ice cold.

I paid $48,000 actual dollars for it. It’s total worth right now is the front axle and that’s about it. Can’t bring myself to give it away for nothing. Options are wide open. I could Cummins swap it in theory. I have a good running P-pump 12V with less miles on it than the truck has on it.

Do a cheap as possible rebuild on the 6.4 which would be 8 pistons, rings, rods, mains, gasket set and keep it as an around town truck?

I can park it at a friends house next to my Geo tracker that also needs an engine and forget about it for years like the tracker. What would Projectjunkie do with a cleanish straightish powerstruggle that needs engine work? I don’t NEED another truck but need has never really factored into how I do things.
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Obviously gift it to DMG :flipoff2:
 
JR4X said:
So…. What to do what do. Economy is crashing. There wasn’t a market for 6.4 trucks when things were going good.

What would you do with it if it was yours? I’m looking at the possibility of needing to move in the next month or two. So I put all the pieces I had to remove to bore scope the hole, back on it. And it fires right up and runs smooth on the 7 cylinders that make good compression. A/C still blows ice cold.

I paid $48,000 actual dollars for it. It’s total worth right now is the front axle and that’s about it. Can’t bring myself to give it away for nothing. Options are wide open. I could Cummins swap it in theory. I have a good running P-pump 12V with less miles on it than the truck has on it.

Do a cheap as possible rebuild on the 6.4 which would be 8 pistons, rings, rods, mains, gasket set and keep it as an around town truck?

I can park it at a friends house next to my Geo tracker that also needs an engine and forget about it for years like the tracker. What would Projectjunkie do with a cleanish straightish powerstruggle that needs engine work? I don’t NEED another truck but need has never really factored into how I do things.
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You are the only one that can make this decision.

Option 1 < The parking it in the weeds option, I wouldn't recommend. At that point it's just something to nag your mind. Sell it for a loss or scrap it and move on with life. It sucks, we all been there.

Option 2 < The cummins engine swap? No experience. Sounds like a project. Bugs always bugs, owner operated.

Option 3 < Be a man, turn on some lynyrd skynyrd, grab a wrench and build a fire in that peice of shit. You already lost your ass on it, go harder. There will be no pat on the back for the effort. Rebuild and upgrade.

Hope this helps.
 
I'd say down and dirty engine rebuild to get it running right and gone.

Or you could list it as is in a package deal with the Cummins (uninstalled). Ask a high enough price you'd be comfortable with and if it doesn't sell, then keep it on the back burner to do yourself.

I don't remember if you mentioned it. If it's a higher trim with a decent interior you might make something back parting it out or as a complete pre-Fummins candidate.
 
DMG said:
Obviously gift it to DMG :flipoff2:
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How brave are you? What if I gave it to you but the stipulation is you gotta drive it all the way home? :flipoff2:
Provience said:
Option 4: just run it on 7 :flipoff2:
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When that piston let go it had 42 psi of intake air pressure. The path of least resistance when that intake air pressure turned into crank case pressure was the oil pan gasket. Even at idle all the turbo air is coming out of the side of the engine taking a nice oil mist with it. And I know it’s putting diesel fuel in the oil pan worse than the DPF regen ever did.
 
JR4X said:
But then I’ll most likely spin out into halfway done Fummins land like YotaAtieToo and have even more money tied up into my land anchor. 🤣
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Ya..... Well...... One day it will be so awesome, like all the dudes will love it :homer:

rockota said:
Fair…

Then do a Godzilla/10-speed swap! :flipoff2:
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I actually thought a 7.3 godzilla to a V10 ZF6(iirc, that's the bell pattern) would be pretty cool.

Maybe pull some ford performance strings? :flipoff2:
 
JR4X said:
What would you do with it if it was yours?
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Put a piston in it or find a running 6.4 to drop in, or better yet sell it as-is as it seems like not make sense to put time on it when it probably won’t sell for that much more running on 8 cylinders to justify pulling the engine.

I will lean toward to keep it if I can find Mahle STEEL Monotherm pistons for the 6.4 PSD. On my quick search I couldn’t find them but I swear I saw a listing offered for the 6.4. They’re pricey, like over $3k for a set of 6 Cummins pistons but supposedly the last piston you’ll ever buy.

I think the 12v Cummins swap will be disappointing for you unless you’re ok with its drawbacks and quirks as a mechanical diesel. 500hp 12v Cummins and 500hp 6.4 PSD won’t have ‘same’ drivability and quirks you’ll have from mashing a mechanical diesel into modern formally electrical controlled diesel truck.
 
Sell to me so I can use the interior in my shitbox ford :flipoff2:

In all honesty, the 6.7/5.9 cummins swap is a well documented for 6.4 trucks and the aftermarket has all the crap to make the factory dash work.

Didn’t cadman929 do this swap recently? And I think he’s taken it on some road trips too….

I may have mental issues but I have taken highly modified rigs on long road trips with success. I know most people say tow rigs gotta stay factory so it’s preference
 
06h3 said:
I may have mental issues but I have taken highly modified rigs on long road trips with success. I know most people say tow rigs gotta stay factory so it’s preference
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Most people are faggots and retards, fuck them for dominance, not pleasure :flipoff2:

Let it sit for a couple years and then swap it as it hits nostalgia value :grinpimp:
 
JR4X said:
So…. What to do what do. Economy is crashing. There wasn’t a market for 6.4 trucks when things were going good.

What would you do with it if it was yours? I’m looking at the possibility of needing to move in the next month or two. So I put all the pieces I had to remove to bore scope the hole, back on it. And it fires right up and runs smooth on the 7 cylinders that make good compression. A/C still blows ice cold.

I paid $48,000 actual dollars for it. It’s total worth right now is the front axle and that’s about it. Can’t bring myself to give it away for nothing. Options are wide open. I could Cummins swap it in theory. I have a good running P-pump 12V with less miles on it than the truck has on it.

Do a cheap as possible rebuild on the 6.4 which would be 8 pistons, rings, rods, mains, gasket set and keep it as an around town truck?

I can park it at a friends house next to my Geo tracker that also needs an engine and forget about it for years like the tracker. What would Projectjunkie do with a cleanish straightish powerstruggle that needs engine work? I don’t NEED another truck but need has never really factored into how I do things.
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I picked the name project junkie 20 years ago, the last thing I need now is a bunch of stuff hanging over my head.... since you've bought yourself a 6.7 replacement and already have a centurion, I'd unload the 6.4 truck, possibly with the 12v if it was favorable to you, or hold it back for the Centurion.

I foresee stricter emissions issues in the future, like 50 state inspections ca type shit, I wouldn't want to dump a ton of time and money into building the perfect truck to last 20 years, and have it red tagged in 6 years by commies. You may have some leeway with putting a 96 12v into a 93 C350 but I think putting a non emissions engine in an 08 truck is betting on a future with less infringements :mad3:

I'd clean it up, list it as a cummins candidate advertised in freer states, Idaho Montana Wyoming etc. I'd offer the engine as an additional option, at a higher than you think is fair price point, and if it doesn't sell, keep it for the big bronco.

Also consider a partial part out before selling it. If you've got $1500 worth of tuners and gauges on it, that can be pulled off, and it still runs the same, sell that shit separate.

If it's really a clean truck, the kind of truck that's worth swapping a cummins into, spend 3 hours washing and vacuuming it so it pops in the pictures.

Don't let the things you own, own you

Then find a fucked up house to remodel. That's what I'd do:laughing:
 
JR4X said:
So…. What to do what do. Economy is crashing. There wasn’t a market for 6.4 trucks when things were going good.
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What would you do it if was 2008 and you had a 2004 F250 with a blown 6.0

Would you really want to be swapping an engine into that truck in 2010?

It's not gonna be new nor will it be old enough to be cool by the time you get to it. I'd fire sale it.

JR4X said:
What would Projectjunkie do with a cleanish straightish powerstruggle that needs engine work?
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Scrap it after spending 50hr selling the wheels and bald tires because he knows what he gots. :laughing:
 
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