Advice Needed: What to do with my '96 B3500?
Thanks for the replies. I was thinking to keep this a philosophic discussion about the calculus of fix vs. sell vs. scrap vs. life, rather than a tech article or a for sale ad, but since you ask...
Van was a Chrysler program vehicle I bought 1 year old with 30k miles. It was hit in the rear or backed into something & repainted before I got it. I bought it as a motorcycle hauler when I was racing, so all seats are out but the 1st back seat.
46R trans blew out the OD piston seal, so I pulled the trans & my father & I rebuilt it. He's built 727s for 30 years, so it all went together like clockwork. Now is reluctant to shift up & hunt back & forth between 3rd & 4th.
While trans was out - 5.9 was burning lots of oil, so new top end & front end (heads rebuilt by Dover in Chattanooga $600, timing chain, intake gasket, etc.). Motor now has misfire & a tick/knock that wasn't there before. When heads were off, cylinders look horrible with water lines & pitting.
Fr brakes/hubs are new/rebuilt. Rest of front end is pretty shot. Hood stripped & phosphated. Roof stripped & ready for phosphate. Windshield cracked (thanks Arkansas!). A/C stopped working just recently. Been off the road about 6 years now.
Thanks for the replies. I was thinking to keep this a philosophic discussion about the calculus of fix vs. sell vs. scrap vs. life, rather than a tech article or a for sale ad, but since you ask...
Van was a Chrysler program vehicle I bought 1 year old with 30k miles. It was hit in the rear or backed into something & repainted before I got it. I bought it as a motorcycle hauler when I was racing, so all seats are out but the 1st back seat.
46R trans blew out the OD piston seal, so I pulled the trans & my father & I rebuilt it. He's built 727s for 30 years, so it all went together like clockwork. Now is reluctant to shift up & hunt back & forth between 3rd & 4th.
While trans was out - 5.9 was burning lots of oil, so new top end & front end (heads rebuilt by Dover in Chattanooga $600, timing chain, intake gasket, etc.). Motor now has misfire & a tick/knock that wasn't there before. When heads were off, cylinders look horrible with water lines & pitting.
Fr brakes/hubs are new/rebuilt. Rest of front end is pretty shot. Hood stripped & phosphated. Roof stripped & ready for phosphate. Windshield cracked (thanks Arkansas!). A/C stopped working just recently. Been off the road about 6 years now.
