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RocketScott
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Location: Kentucky Joined: Fri Jan 16, 2015 Posts: 11087
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So, what years are those Fords?
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Wed Aug 26, 2020 6:09 am |
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jackass
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Location: Burien Joined: Sun Sep 22, 2013 Posts: 5878
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The US Army would teach us on decision matrices with weighted criteria to make choices of this sort. https://templatelab.com/decision-matrix/Screening Criteria: location: must be withing nearby towing distance Criteria: Initial cost, reliability, longevity I omitted warranty coverage. Courses of action: 1. new 2. used 3. rebuilt 4. sell
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Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:16 am |
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Old Growth
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Location: Nisqually Valley Joined: Wed Oct 5, 2016 Posts: 4834
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RocketScott wrote: So, what years are those Fords?
1978 with carb 351 and auto 1989 with EFI 351 and auto
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Wed Aug 26, 2020 11:11 am |
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movingviolation
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Location: Bonney Lake Joined: Fri Oct 21, 2011 Posts: 3294
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went ahead and pulled the trigger on a new motor $14,247 OTD
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Thu Sep 03, 2020 12:19 pm |
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movingviolation
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Location: Bonney Lake Joined: Fri Oct 21, 2011 Posts: 3294
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just got a call from the dealer: we're sorry, the price of the engine has gone up by $3000 since we quoted you 2 weeks ago GM upped their cost ... due to... Wu-Flu.... GTFO!!!
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Thu Sep 03, 2020 12:46 pm |
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stevemcgee
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Joined: Wed Jul 8, 2020 Posts: 567
Real Name: Steve McGee
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Dude that sucks...
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Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:47 pm |
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mcyclonegt
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Location: West Olympia Joined: Mon May 28, 2012 Posts: 6817
Real Name: Matt
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Finding a good used Duramax is doable. Let me check with a buddy that deals with them for a living. It is a way better idea to keep it going. There is no way it can be replaced for 13k.
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Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:18 pm |
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Jeffro
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Location: Camano Island, WA Joined: Fri Mar 18, 2011 Posts: 740
Real Name: Jeff
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Find a insurance salvage auction, you could buy a low mileage complete truck ( totaled of course) for less. Newer or older motor with everything attached, I’d look for an ‘06 personally You might even get some cool new add ons to use Power retracting steps, power mirrors, upgraded seats, custom wheels/ tires, exhaust, stereo,etc, canopy rack, to name a few items When I had my ‘04 totaled by the the insurance company, I bought it back plus a parts truck to have mine rebuilt, Turned out better than the original buy far, for less than the settlement
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Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:13 pm |
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mustangfreek
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Location: Lk stevens area Joined: Sun Aug 19, 2012 Posts: 1919
Real Name: Jason
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Lol 17K for a motor , for something u hardly use.
Junkyard motor and motor on and ammo buckets in your pocket...
But to each their own I guess..
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Fri Sep 18, 2020 1:59 am |
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movingviolation
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Location: Bonney Lake Joined: Fri Oct 21, 2011 Posts: 3294
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had it towed back from the dealer. just going to put it in the back yard for now and be on the lookout for a used motor buying from insurance auction is not as easy as it was back in the day, there is a tonn of people out there that are hunting for these LMM motors to do swaps and stuff, so bidding is crazy on them, and, by the time you get done paying all the auction fees it's almost not worth it
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Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:20 am |
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