camerd18

ive been looking for a 24v to do a conversion in my superduty i found one at a local junck yard a 2002 that some one burnt its burnt pretty bad injection pump and turbo melted its only 300 bucks it also has a nv4500 and a disc braek rear im interested in building one would this one be worth messing with?

Stamey

The hard part should still be good, but you may need to replace gaskest in areas that got real hot. Is the valve cover melted? Magnesium, what that valve cover likely is, melts at 1202F. Aluminum melts at 1220F. That sucker was exceeding those temps for a while.
We calls them crispy critters. You'll have to worry about the timing case, which is aluminum, and valve seals, which are rubber or teflon, alternator,m vacuum and PS pump, the pushrod cover gasket. The ECM, on the block behind the fuel filter, is surely cooked.
It sounds pretty hot and worrys me that the integrity of the cast iron may have bene affected (probably why you can get it for 300 bucks), but I don't know much about what heat like that would do to cast iron.
It might be a good engine, it's just hard to say. If it were me, I'd see what else I could find out about how heat affects cast iron first, then if I bought it I'd get it running and see how it runs before I started my conversion.

Chris

camerd18

thanks for the info suerly it would at least be good for a core it looks pretty good i think the person doused it with gas i think thats why the cover melted

HOHN

Sounds like bargain to me.

Even replacing big parts would still put you dollars ahead.

Rebuild it with RV pistons, a Marine head, and other goodies and you'll have a GREAT engine!

The 2002 blocks are the best 24V block.