$10,000: fix or sell?

[Curt Sprenger]

Greg,
Sorry about your trouble, not good. I know nothing about Britt's. Looked it up, found one - and one +. FWIW.

Pedco in Santa Fe Springs, CA is very good. The name might have changed of late.
Mondo is the man. 

9911 Norwalk Boulevard
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670-3321
(562) 944-3199.

Other 'Brid owners have used their service and were pleased. My buddy, a mobile mechanic, recommends Pedco. They saved one 'Bird owner about $10,000.00 vs what Valley Detroit wanted.


Hope this helps some.

Good luck. 
.
Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, CA

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Greg Young <"gregy1@yahoo.com"> wrote:

 

On the road to Burning Man two weeks ago our '86 PT-40, Bluefire, overheated. Background and story later, but it is now at Britt's Diesel & Automotive in Bishop CA. It's a family run shop with some mechanics old enough to know the 8V92.



Thus far I have a verbal estimate of around $10,000 to fix it, including cracked heads, cracked liner, cooling system and turbo damage. My fundamental questions are:

Does anyone have any experience with Britt?

What are the economics of selling (broken) it if we chose not to fix it?



I think we will fix it but want to understand the options. If we end up selling it I imagine we'd need to tow it to L.A. to find a customer. But what might it be worth and how long to sell for pats?



Background:

On our trip last year the hydraulic fan started to not come on. I assumed it was the high temp switch and just hit the override when needed. I replaced the switch before this trip expecting it to fix it but there was something else wrong - relay? - and I had to continue to rely on the override. So I foolishly thought to save a few pennies on fuel by switching the fan off on downhill runs. Of course there was the moment of distraction when I forgot to turn the fan on and we overheated about 17 miles west Of Tonopah NV. Our Good Sam ERS would only pay to

Towto Bishop even though the nearest DD authorized service center was in Reno. The surcharge to tow to Reno would have been $1400. So it's in Bishop.



Thanks

Greg