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98 Burb Hrs vs Miles and what's it worth ??

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Acesneights1

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I know where a Burb is going up for sale soon. It's a 98 with 94k miles but has 11,000+ hrs on it. Ex FD truck. Plain jane. Interior is ratty, has holes in the front fenders from lights. What do you guys think it is worth ? What would 11k hrs workout to in additional miles fron the Odometer and lastly is a 98 with 94k on the Odo still eligible for the GM IP warranty ? I have a nice dead Stanadyne PMD I can stick on it and get a new IP if I buy it. Truck has no rust(A miracle in NE). I happen to have a set of Leather Burb seats...
 
Hey Kenny
Did they use the high idle feature that would make some difference? Cursory check for blowby, exhaust color see if it has any oil consumption issues I guess. I have sometimes pondered if one can consider an ex services vehicle well maintained, in the end depends on the locale I suppose. Does she have a service history, hour meters usually imply that. No rust is a score on that one.

You gotta figure around 5,000 or so like bk95td said I would guess.

Cheers
Nobby
 
Just an idea, forget the odometer for a minute..
11,000hours at an avg. of 50mph = 550,000 miles
at 40mph ,= 440,000 miles.
see the pattern.
the elusive million mile engine? can it make it? I'd ask for the service records.
 
I think the implication here as I viewed it is that as a service vehicle she has spent a lot of time idling, that or she has been driven mainly at 10mph or less.

Sure if odo is bad/corrupt then yes it is more than likely a multiple 100 thousand mile engine.

As per my prior post I see her possibly that as a service vehicle she is accurate on odo and hrs and has idled a doodooload. Truth is whatever the case high miles or high amount of idling, either does bring engine condition into question.

Cheers
Nobby
 
Engine is only one rotating component.
Everything attached to the fan belt will be suspect. So is the input shaft seal on the transmission and all trans bearings that spin at idle.

This vehicle will not nickel and dime you to death, it WILL fifty and hundred you to death.

Worst vehicle I ever bought was a ex Shell oil pickup with 86K on it. High idle time with AC on in the oil fields. Engine, trans failed in the first two weeks. The every rotating component on the fan belt drive. The fan was even out of balance and ate clutches like crazy till I replaced the fan.
 
WarWagon said:
Engine is only one rotating component.
Everything attached to the fan belt will be suspect. So is the input shaft seal on the transmission and all trans bearings that spin at idle.

This vehicle will not nickel and dime you to death, it WILL fifty and hundred you to death.

Worst vehicle I ever bought was a ex Shell oil pickup with 86K on it. High idle time with AC on in the oil fields. Engine, trans failed in the first two weeks. The every rotating component on the fan belt drive. The fan was even out of balance and ate clutches like crazy till I replaced the fan.
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Having worked in the oil patch here and seeing how company trucks are leased and abused there is no way i would buy one unless I knew who drove it. The grid roads around here are washboarded, most employee's don't care if it gets' shaken apart.


I work out of the same shop as our Fire Dept. and the only reason they get rid of vehicles is because they're unreliable, and/or the mechanic (like ours) doesn't know enough about the engine and doesn't want to even bother with it because the warranty is up.
 
The Municipality that owns the truck maitains there stuff very well. It is being sold due to age and time for replacement but the hours defintelty concern me.
 
Oh what the hell. Just swap the power train with all accessories out with one of your rust buckets. Idle in park with the lights on for traffic control while a building burns down would be about it's use. Or highway full of people to and from a campfire that is a couple hundred acres in size. Then it gets washed often by bored firefighters checking each item to make sure it is ready when the alarm goes off.

Oil patches break axles in the muddy season.
 
WarWagon said:
Oh what the hell. Just swap the power train with all accessories out with one of your rust buckets. Idle in park with the lights on for traffic control while a building burns down would be about it's use. Or highway full of people to and from a campfire that is a couple hundred acres in size. Then it gets washed often by bored firefighters checking each item to make sure it is ready when the alarm goes off.

Oil patches break axles in the muddy season.
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I considered that. The 6.2 in my Burb has 111k and it has the straight short injs so the turbo would bolt right on. Truck is clean rust wise. I'm sure it has ALOT of idling time but it did have the high idle switch(don't know if it is still functional.). The CUCV I bought from them speaks for itself. it's the best truck I have ever owned.
 
I wouldn't be as concerned with extended idle as much as cold starts. That's where the wear really occurs.
 
being that it's a fire dept vehicle it probably has one of those auto-eject plugs on the body somewheres for the block heater and probably a battery maintainer. A real nice feature to have, and the auto-eject activates when you turn the key to "start" so you can never drive off with it plugged in.

If it's been plugged in 24/7 then i'd say cold starts are less of an issue, but the oil still isn't flowing on a cold start, no matter what temperature the coolant/block/heads are.
 
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