Repair or Scrap..?

[benedmonds]

Our 2004 6 ton iveco has died, it needs a new engine.. Been quoted £3500 including new clutch...

 

We paid £8K for it 6 years ago and it has been a good vehicle.. It doesn't owe us anything and we were planning to upgrade a number of our trucks soon... It was not the first on the replacement list though which is a 3.5 tonner that needs a new clutch every 6 months..

 

I asked a similar question a year or so back with a new to us vehicle and we went with new engine...

 

This time I am thinking scrap... Opinions?

[aspenarb]

Our 2004 6 ton iveco has died, it needs a new engine.. Been quoted £3500 including new clutch...

 

We paid £8K for it 6 years ago and it has been a good vehicle.. It doesn't owe us anything and we were planning to upgrade a number of our trucks soon... It was not the first on the replacement list though which is a 3.5 tonner that needs a new clutch every 6 months..

 

I asked a similar question a year or so back with a new to us vehicle and we went with new engine...

 

This time I am thinking scrap... Opinions?

 

If its like the rest of your kit Ben its probably a useful tidy looking wagon. That said you cant throw 3.5K at a 2004 truck so I would go for a known good secondhand engine and hope for the best, there must be something out there for a fraction of the money that will get it back on the road with the view to sell or carry on using it.

 

Bob

[monkeybusiness]

I've got a 3l 2006 Iveco daily 3.5 tonner (same colour/shape as your 6 tonner) with a good engine that's due to find a new home. The rest of the truck is tatty but the engine is a peach. I'm not sure about the electronics on these with regards ease of swapping though.

[benedmonds]

If its like the rest of your kit Ben its probably a useful tidy looking wagon. That said you cant throw 3.5K at a 2004 truck so I would go for a known good secondhand engine and hope for the best, there must be something out there for a fraction of the money that will get it back on the road with the view to sell or carry on using it.

 

Bob

 

To be honest Bob our trucks are all starting to look a little tatty... But this has been a good motor and is a way better truck then the 3.5 ton Ivecos.. The plan was to keep it another year, demoting it to a second/back up truck and replace one of the 3.5 tonners.

 

We were looking at a Iveco 75 and have decided to buy that now. just not sure if its worth putting an engine in a vehicle that we know has been mechanically looked after but still had a hard life.....

[benedmonds]

I've got a 3l 2006 Iveco daily 3.5 tonner (same colour/shape as your 6 tonner) with a good engine that's due to find a new home. The rest of the truck is tatty but the engine is a peach. I'm not sure about the electronics on these with regards ease of swapping though.

 

I would not know where to start. Major works like this go to a mechanic.. I guess if we had a fitter who could do it it might be worth a go, but it is outside our skill-sett.