What's a 6.4 motor with a rod knock worth?

thatguy69

thatguy69

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Picked up a 08 6.4 with 189k on it. Has a rod knock over 1k rpms once it warms up. Passed compression test and injector balance test with flying colors. Motor is also studded and deleted. Trying to get a ballpark on what i can get out of this thing so I can start on the fummins build:Cheer:
 
The shop that diagnosed it offered me 1500 for the motor and they would pull it. Sounds pretty low. Who buys the cores? I'd pull it myself if I had a place to take it
 
A buddy of mine did a Fummins swap. Sold 6.4 with cracked heads and pistons, pressurizing cooling system. Said he got $5k for it. I was impressed.
 
Local guy in Florida picked it up if I'm remembering right. I will try to contact him over the weekend and get some details.

I know it was running. It was completely F'd, but it did run. That might have been the caveat. Sootie is right about the core pricing. Quick search turns up $2600.
 
This one runs great, just has a rod knock over 1000 rpms. Yeah ask around and let me know if you would. Appreciate it
 
Show me a buyer for above $1500, because I personally have never found ANY of the fabled "over $1500" buyers for the 6.4 PowerStroke and I have heard of a LOT of them.
Typical core price these days for the 6.4s is ~ $1250, which is as good as I have found.
They were up around $1500 over a year ago.
Even back then, the only thing making them valuable was the shortblock, because they have a real POS bottom end.
The rest, other than the turbos, is nickle and dime stuff, as far as core value.

The diesel core market, in general, has taken a HUGE drop in the last year or so.

Mark.
 
If you have a running 6.4, the only thing worth much is the short block, and even that is a risk because the cylinders can be so worn that 0.030” won’t clean them up, and if the “oil” level is high on the dip stick there’s a decent chance that the block/crank will be junk.
The heads are always crack on them (my experience anyway), used injectors are cheap, blah, blah.
If they’re offering you $1,500 on a knocking 6.4, and they’ll take it out, I’d take it and not look back.
 
bracker8040 said:
If you have a running 6.4, the only thing worth much is the short block, and even that is a risk because the cylinders can be so worn that 0.030” won’t clean them up, and if the “oil” level is high on the dip stick there’s a decent chance that the block/crank will be junk.
The heads are always crack on them (my experience anyway), used injectors are cheap, blah, blah.
If they’re offering you $1,500 on a knocking 6.4, and they’ll take it out, I’d take it and not look back.
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Ford has guaranteed core, don't forget.
 
The shop seems awfully interested to buy it, which makes me think they can get a good chunk out of it somewhere, I just need to find out where there taking it too and then pull it myself!
 
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