found a 1st gen, is it worth it?
 

My dad has a buddy that recently has had a 1st gen come into his possession and wants to sell it. It's a '91 250 2wd auto with a cummins. The odo shows just shy of 135000 miles. The guy says that the IP is dead, but at 135k the shutoff solenoid seems more likely to me. The body is freakishly straight with the typical worn out paint. The seat hasn't begun to wear yet and doesn't show any signs of age. We can't test any of the other systems in the truck like the electrical system either because the batteries are missing. He's asking $1200 for the truck as is, reckon its worth it?

sounds like a good deal to me, especially if it only has 135k on it, mines a 94 with 300k :U:

shoot for 1200, if it dont work out you can part the truck out and probably make more then that

i bought mine for 1000 its a 90 with 400,000 it ran for 10,000 then 6 grand later i got a bad ass rig

it sounds like a great buy go for it!:U:

What is it doing that he thinks the IP is dead?

not firing..

shoot the motor is worth that the truck is just a plus

could be alot of things. Could be as simple as the hot wire off the shut down solinoid is missing. If its in good shape I would say snag it.

x2 a little bit of help from the guys here on DB and you doing the wrenching we could probably get it up and hoppin in no time

That's definitely worth it for $1,200, what's the worst case scenario? Get a rebuilt IP for about a grand and you're into it $2,200 for a good truck with a fresh pump and almost new engine!!

That really is nothing for miles, I just tore down a 350k mile cummins, too hot of EGT cooked the #5 piston and took out the bearings, the other five pistons looked absolutely perfect.

mine looked new too for 400,000 the STOCK bearings were .130 worn cylenders were still cross hatched rings good i was so happy

my 89 only has 135,000 on it... you guys are making me think twice about boosting it lol gonna have to start driving it around like its a "fresh" engine lol

seriously the only thing bad is the 20 y/o headgasket and a few seals

good call, forgot about the head gasket. That's a pretty reasonable fix, too, especially if the head doesn't need to be planed. I did my head gasket and got studs ($300 for studs is cheap assurance!!) at about 290-300k miles but I waited until the gasket blew :argh:

300 what are they used?

lol... hmmm headgasket i should probably look into doing one of the old girl too... i KNOW its been overheated once or twice. cousins dont knwo when to let out of the skinny pedal or what gauges are for... women should be well instructed repeatedly until they do know how to haul :argh:

I was just saying 300 for the studs, nothing for the head gasket or anything else; I just checked the invoice, it was actually 350 for the ARP's I just bought last week for the '00 I'm working on, they're brand new. my bad.

i just bought them for my 90 and $457.99

Dang, I guess we got a good hookup at the local shop, then! :choochoo:

ya no kiddin

So are you gonna go through with it?