Ansomecarriages
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Hello all,
This is my first post on this forum, although I have followed as a guest for the past few years since I have owned a P38. I have caught the bug. My 2.5 DSE RR blew its head gasket a week or so ago, after doing 204,000 miles. I have access to an engine locally and cheap but it has done 190,000 and don’t want to waste time changing motors for the same problem soon down the line. I came across a P38 fairly local to me, it has done 80,000 genuine miles with service and MOT history, one owner for the past 10 years but hasn’t been driven for 2.5 years as it will not start. The old chap which is selling says he was jump starting the truck regularly as was too tight to buy a new battery as it wasn’t his only vehicle, one day he went to start and somehow the ECU has locked him out. He said that he hasn’t had the inclination to load onto a trailer and get it fixed and that now he is sick of the sight and wants rid. I am going on the proviso that if I cannot get the truck running again, I can put the engine into my truck (very clean for age) which still has lots of MOT left. I know that buying a truck as a non runner is a gamble but I tend to like the story and the chap seems believable. Long story short is that I have negotiated £850 on the truck, do you experts think that to be a good deal? I will be doing the work myself with any electrical stuff to be done by a friend which is very knowledgeable on P38s. I just don’t want to pester him as it is Christmas so I thought I would pester you lot instead!
Thanks in advance
Will
This is my first post on this forum, although I have followed as a guest for the past few years since I have owned a P38. I have caught the bug. My 2.5 DSE RR blew its head gasket a week or so ago, after doing 204,000 miles. I have access to an engine locally and cheap but it has done 190,000 and don’t want to waste time changing motors for the same problem soon down the line. I came across a P38 fairly local to me, it has done 80,000 genuine miles with service and MOT history, one owner for the past 10 years but hasn’t been driven for 2.5 years as it will not start. The old chap which is selling says he was jump starting the truck regularly as was too tight to buy a new battery as it wasn’t his only vehicle, one day he went to start and somehow the ECU has locked him out. He said that he hasn’t had the inclination to load onto a trailer and get it fixed and that now he is sick of the sight and wants rid. I am going on the proviso that if I cannot get the truck running again, I can put the engine into my truck (very clean for age) which still has lots of MOT left. I know that buying a truck as a non runner is a gamble but I tend to like the story and the chap seems believable. Long story short is that I have negotiated £850 on the truck, do you experts think that to be a good deal? I will be doing the work myself with any electrical stuff to be done by a friend which is very knowledgeable on P38s. I just don’t want to pester him as it is Christmas so I thought I would pester you lot instead!
Thanks in advance
Will
