I picked up a 05 F-350 4x4 powerstroke for 250! 1 TONS BABY

[johnnybgood74]

well, i hounded my boss about our F-350 for 3 weeks now that we blew the motor on climbing a steep grade a few weeks ago. the company was going to auction the truck off because of the year and too pricey to fix. my friend that i work with and i wanted to buy it for different reasons. he wanted the new turbo, injector pump and injectors off of it. these items were installed no more than 2 mo. ago from ford. i of coarse wanted the dana 60 front end, the 10.5 rear and hydroboost setup. well........my boss said that the higher ups said that if i gave him a check for 500.00 he will sign the title over to me!! so we each gave 250!! my question is, should i pull the drivelines and save them too so i can use the yoke? also, what else can i use off of it? steering gear box? we are going to pull the tranny (5 speed manual) and the T case and sell them along with every other part we can to make extra cash for my bronco build. gonna sell stuf cheap!;D;D;D it is christmas in February!

 

[johnnybgood74]

does anybody know what kind of tranny this would have and T-case?? i am trying to figure out how much they go for used. oh, i will get pics of the truck on here when i get home from SLC this weekend. we are going to start tearing her apart for a great cause!

John

 

[HGM]

Should be a ZF6 and an NP271(manual) or 273(auto)... Lots of money to be made on that truck!!!

 

[johnnybgood74]

ya, i did some research on it and its a ZF6 and an NP271. im sure someone could make a alot of cash but im not that way, i got it for cheap so i sell the parts for cheap. period. i couldnt screw over anyone. i just cant wait to pull the axles! i want them lying on the floor next to my bronco!

 

[Steve83]

Selling the parts for reasonable prices isn't screwing anyone - if the truck cost you a million, no one would feel obligated to pay you back what you spent, and if you had been paid to remove the truck, no one would expect you to pay them when they take parts off it. So what the truck cost you has NO bearing on what you sell the parts for.

Look at it this way: if you sell the parts for too little, anyone might buy them quickly & resell them for a profit. But if you sell them at NORMAL prices, people who actually need them will have time to find you & buy the parts before any vultures snatch them up.

I got some (friendly) ass-chewing a few years ago for offering & then selling a pair of mirrors for $250 (and I felt guilty about it at first) that I had less than $40 in. There was a LINE of people begging me to take their $300-500 instead of honoring the deal with the first guy to e-mail me. In my case, the guy actually kept & used the mirrors, but that might not happen with all the parts you'll be getting rid of.

So if ANYONE turns a nice profit on those parts, it should be YOU. You're the one taking the risk of buying, storing, disassembling, & shipping it. Don't forget that the skill & labor of properly removing & packing the parts adds a LOT of value to them, and you deserve to be paid for that time & effort. Just go to any U-Pull-It junkyard to see what can happen to nice parts when the first guy there doesn't need them or doesn't know what he's doing.

One other minor point along that line: if you sell a part too cheap, the buyer might not realize what a deal he's getting, and not take care of it. That's not a big consideration for most of the parts on that truck, but it applies to original Bronco parts since they're hard to find. Especially FSB parts, which is what I deal with. Many FSB-specific parts aren't in production anywhere, so when they're gone, they're gone. Selling them at an appropriate price helps protect them from abuse or neglect.

If you make $5K parting it out, then that's what the parts were worth. You can feel guilty about it all the way to the trail in your eB! ;D

 

[broncoitis]

x2 couldn't agree more with previous post! Don't sell yourself short on the parts, sell them for fair prices. Your bronco will LOVE you for it! ;D

 

[HGM]

Somehing else. You and your buddy are taking the risk of whether or not you'llbe able to get rid of all the parts.. Thats worth something. My original coment was not based on you taking advantage of the boss. It was more along the lines of doing the work required, that he wasnt willing to do, in order to liquidate. I assume he knew that you only wanted "parts" of the truck. Does he expect you to keep the whole thing? With just about anything, the sum of all parts is worth much more than the total. Nothing wrong with parting out what you dont want and getting paid for your efforts.. A good price makes sense, but dont sell yourself short.. Depending on what's wrong with your truck, you have alot of expensive parts on it, beyond the axles and turbo.. Just perspective... You got a hell of a deal..

 

[johnnybgood74]

i definately see the point that you are all getting across. after thinking about it over night, im going to ask just under what the used price is on that part. i just dont want to get stuck with having to store a bunch of parts as i dont have the room. thats why i wanted to move the parts for cheap. Greg, yes, my boss knew exactly why i was wanting it. he knew we had no intention of patching it up and selling it.

 

[HGM]

I think that would be more than fair of you. The main thing is you'll have a little more cash to direct to the Bronco;D

Good luck with it!!

 

[Steve83]

If you have no storage space, then you may have no choice but to let them go cheap. And if that's your situation, then that's how it is. I just wouldn't start off with the goal of selling cheap.

 

[rjrobin2002]

I would find a used motor and put it in the truck. Then sell the truck for $10,000 running. Then go buy a Dana 60 front and rear for $1500 already built. To nice of a truck to part out.

 

[sprdv1]

I would find a used motor and put it in the truck. Then sell the truck for $10,000 running. Then go buy a Dana 60 front and rear for $1500 already built. To nice of a truck to part out.

Ahhhhh, I like that idea!


Congrats on your purchase, great score!

 

[ITOWU2]

I'd be interested in the front seat if it was in good condition....and if shipping it was so expensive.
Wes

 

[johnnybgood74]

well Wes, the seat is being pulled for another work truck. it has the console in it. unless your interested in a bench seat? does anyone know what other parts i can use on my bronco from the F-350?

 

[Schreiber]

I would find a used motor and put it in the truck. Then sell the truck for $10,000 running. Then go buy a Dana 60 front and rear for $1500 already built. To nice of a truck to part out.

I'd really weigh this option. There's a good chance you'll make a better return-on-investment selling the truck if it's running.

 

[johnnybgood74]

i understand what ur saying Schreiber but i dont have the funds to go buy a 4000 dollar reman. powerstroke long block. also, the body is beat up pretty good. i think the only good panels are the 2 front doors (its a 4 door), the hood, and tailgate. the fenders have dents, the bed has a little damage, the grill and front bumper have dents too. only good thing is that i have receipts for 15,000 of work that was done in the past 10 mo. has a new heavy duty clutch, new injectors, new injector pump, new turbo, the dana 60 has new seals and parts, new intercooler, and radiator.

 

[Schreiber]

i understand what ur saying Schreiber but i dont have the funds to go buy a 4000 dollar reman. powerstroke long block. also, the body is beat up pretty good. i think the only good panels are the 2 front doors (its a 4 door), the hood, and tailgate. the fenders have dents, the bed has a little damage, the grill and front bumper have dents too. only good thing is that i have receipts for 15,000 of work that was done in the past 10 mo. has a new heavy duty clutch, new injectors, new injector pump, new turbo, the dana 60 has new seals and parts, new intercooler, and radiator.

ok, i gotcha. if that's the case, it sounds like it would be better parting it out... especially with receipts in hand.

 

[HGM]

So, gotta ask... What's wrong with the engine.. I'm well aware of the 6.0L reputation, but I'm actually a fan of it... One thing that typically does not fail is the bottom end. Head gaskets yes, but not the bottom end.. Unless of course, it has been severly overheated the coolant has turned to mud.. Just curious...

 

[johnnybgood74]

HGM, the head gaskets are blown, it has been overheated and when it quit running for good, the mechanic said the high pressure oil pump went out????? im not very diesel literate.

 

[patrickmitton]

When I get a deal on things..I pay it forward and pass the deal on ..that way the blessings keep comming again and again...when you stiff someone on a part,on a car..do You really feel (cool) that you made a killing,or do you feel like a greedy jerk sitting on a fat wallett ? I personally feel better knowing the deals are still comming. CASE IN POINT...I almost bought a bar for 85 K...In the end I got the bar for nothing but doing -Do Diligence.