[smokn03]

this is my first post been a member for about a month.but been to busy reading all the good info.i just found a 1986 chevy 4 door 1ton 4wheel drive.fully loaded except cruise doesn't work .but truck looks to be in good shape.it has a six in lift with 35s tranny is a four speed stick .90,000 original miles what is it worth?and any ideas on whats wrong with the cruise ?any common problems.sorry don't have any pics.and is this year of motor good. thanks for any comments and ideas about the cruise.

 

[Mattster]

I would say $3500 or so. I prefer stick so I would pay more for it than an Auto.

 

[smokn03]

k thanks.is it a dependable truck?this mite start a war but i had a 86 mililtary truck and it wasn't very dependable at all.every time i drove it i had to work on it.so are these trucks differant then the military ones?

 

[4DR4X4]

should be fairly bulletproof with the stickshift.
try this for the cruise
http://www.chevythunder.com/fuel injection electr. cruise cntrl..htm

 

[jdemaris]

this is my first post been a member for about a month.but been to busy reading all the good info.i just found a 1986 chevy 4 door 1ton 4wheel drive.fully loaded except cruise doesn't work .but truck looks to be in good shape.it has a six in lift with 35s tranny is a four speed stick .90,000 original miles what is it worth?and any ideas on whats wrong with the cruise ?any common problems.sorry don't have any pics.and is this year of motor good. thanks for any comments and ideas about the cruise.

Where I live (cetral New York State) - a 86 4 door - if 2WD would have trouble bringing $700 - $800 - unless it's absolutely rust free. The New York State Dept. of Transportation used a lot of trucks like that - 6.2 diesel, 2WD and four-door. I've scapped a few. 4WDs - if rust free - maybe $1500-$2000 tops around here.
Cruise control is usually not working in a 6.2 diesel trucks because the vacuum pump is dead. Also, sometimes the diaphram gets ruptured in the servo. If you wind up needing a cruise-control servo - the units out of little four-cylinder gas Chevys and Pontiacs are the same as for the 80s 6.2 diesel trucks, Blazers, Suburbans, etc. - e.g. 1985 Cavalier, Pontiac 6000, etc.

 

[okeydokey]

I would say if the paint, body and interior are in real nice shape than 3k is not bad at all. but remember its only worth as much as someone will pay. it sure sounds like a nice truck. the cruse is most likely a vacuume leak somewhere.

 

[High Sierra 2500]

Welcome to the forum! :welcome:

Sounds like a nice truck. I'm guessing it isn't in showroom condition, but pretty nice. I would say $2000-$2500 personally (without having seen the truck it is hard to say), but prices are on the rise lately... It could easily be in the $3000-$3500 range depending on the condition of the paint and the body and also where you live.

It should be quite reliable unless it wasn't very well cared for by the previous owners (if they didn't take care of it you may find a lot of stuff wrong with it as soon as you get it).

It's hard to say what is wrong with the cruise control... It's not a big deal though.

I love crewcab 4WDs with manual transmissions... That's what I want to have someday...

Welcome again!

 

[236ek]

When the cruise went out on mine, it was the switch on the column.

 

[D.Camilleri]

Price depends on condition of the body. If it is mostly rust free and the truck drives well, it could bring in excess of 5,000.00. That truck has all the best running gear in it. 14 bolt rear, dana 60 front, sm 465 and np 205 transfercase. The price on a truck like that can bring good money if it is in good condition. The price goes down fast if it is full of rust. Running gear alone is worth close to 3,000.00. This truck would be as reliable as any 20 year old vehicle, it will need repairs from time to time.

 

[farmer0_1]

i agree with the previous post whole heartedly.

 

[SmokeShow]

I'd sure like to find some of these that are $2000 or less. Hell I could travel 1000mi one way to get one and still save money over what one would bring here. In good-great shape that is.

Sure won't find them in KY for that price but rather more like the last couple of prices mentioned - $5K+. Again, that is for one in good shape with little to no rust on it and mechanically checks out ok.


C-ya

 

[jdemaris]

I'd sure like to find some of these that are $2000 or less. Hell I could travel 1000mi one way to get one and still save money over what one would bring here. In good-great shape that is.

Sure won't find them in KY for that price but rather more like the last couple of prices mentioned - $5K+. Again, that is for one in good shape with little to no rust on it and mechanically checks out ok.

C-ya

I don't see many in my area of New York State with no rust. When they do show up, they are usually brought here from Pennsylvania. Last one I saw at auction - was a mid-80s 1 ton, four-door 4WD with a 6.2 and TH400 trans. It was a "plain Jane" truck with roll up windows and such - but had no rust and ran fine. Had a 5 digit odometer - so nobody knew the true mileage. Said 20K on it - could have been 120K, 220K, who nows? That's often the case with older 6.2 Chevys. That truck sold for $800. I bought the 89 GMC 6.2 diesel 3/4 4WD Suburban next to it. It has no rust, and 70K verified miles - it was a fire-department truck. I paid $700 for it. It has an awful paint-job since they quickly put a coat of white over the fire-department red. Runs and drives like a new truck, though.

Town near me had a sale a while back of beat-up CUCV military diesel trucks. K5 blazers and several two door and four-door trucks. The four-door trucks were 1 ton, 4WD with 6.2 diesel and TH400 trans. Most sold in the $400 price range - a few ran, and many did not. I heard later that our government gives away such trucks to qualifying agencies that are registered as "non profit."

In regard to the drive-train being worth $3000 in those 1 ton 4WDs? Maybe somewhere, not here though. I often see them down the metal scrapyard. Trucks rusted out - but all the drivetrain intact. Go to the salvage yard and buy a Dana 60 front-axle and it'll cost you around $150.

Now - the four-door, 6.2 diesel, 1 ton 2WD trucks are common - since that's what the NYS road department used for years to cart around workers. I've seen many for sale in the $500 price range. Often they get bought, stripped for the engine and trans. and rest sold for scrapmetal at $50 per ton.

 

[SmokeShow]

well, hmmm. I think I'll contact you wen time comes to actually make a purchase and take a little trip. I have a friend up there anyways.


C-ya

 

[jdemaris]

well, hmmm. I think I'll contact you wen time comes to actually make a purchase and take a little trip. I have a friend up there anyways.
C-ya

Funny how the grass is always seems to be "greener on the other side of the fence." My wife and I both drive Subaru 4WD wagons in the winter for basic transportation. They rust out something awful - and the last 4WD Subaru made was around 1994 - when they switched to full-time AWD. I've got over a dozen of them up in my field - all still run fine - but all literally broken in half from rust. So, I'm always searching for rust-free Subaru 4WD wagons 1985 - 1994. I don't think they exist in New York anymore. Just recently, there have been several, for sale - in Kentucky and North Carolina - and cheap. Problem is - it would cost me twice the price of the car to get it here.

Back to the four-door Chevy trucks - what do you use them for? I can't stand them myself - the wheelbase is too long. I live on a very narrow dirt road - and from one my driveways - you can't even make the turn onto the road without backing up once and making it more of a "three point turn." Same goes with pulling a trailer. On one of my winding and narrow farm roads - I can pull an equipment trailer no problem with a K5 Blazer or a full size standard-cab pickup - but cannot even make it with a ex-cab long-bed truck. I know, I've got two F250 ex-cab, long-bed Fords. The long-wheel base makes it impossible. A four-door truck with an 8' bed is even worse.

 

[D.Camilleri]

If you can find me a bunch of dana 60 front axles with single wheel set up for 150.00, I will buy all I can get. They bring a minimum of 900.00 from the off road sector. Now if they are all nasty from rust, that could be a different story, but they are still highly sought after.

 

[SmokeShow]

I want an old crew to build a pulling truck.

You are right, they are a night mare to drive in anything but open road or big wide open fields.


C-ya

 

[87burb]

Funny how the grass is always seems to be "greener on the other side of the fence." My wife and I both drive Subaru 4WD wagons in the winter for basic transportation. They rust out something awful - and the last 4WD Subaru made was around 1994 - when they switched to full-time AWD. I've got over a dozen of them up in my field - all still run fine - but all literally broken in half from rust. So, I'm always searching for rust-free Subaru 4WD wagons 1985 - 1994. I don't think they exist in New York anymore. Just recently, there have been several, for sale - in Kentucky and North Carolina - and cheap. Problem is - it would cost me twice the price of the car to get it here.

Back to the four-door Chevy trucks - what do you use them for? I can't stand them myself - the wheelbase is too long. I live on a very narrow dirt road - and from one my driveways - you can't even make the turn onto the road without backing up once and making it more of a "three point turn." Same goes with pulling a trailer. On one of my winding and narrow farm roads - I can pull an equipment trailer no problem with a K5 Blazer or a full size standard-cab pickup - but cannot even make it with a ex-cab long-bed truck. I know, I've got two F250 ex-cab, long-bed Fords. The long-wheel base makes it impossible. A four-door truck with an 8' bed is even worse.

one of these days you buy a car down here i'll buy a 6.2 up there and I'll drive up there with your car and bring my truck back.... to bad it don't work like that huh... or I'd jump on a deal where you live at...