That Blows pretty hard man! It completely wiped it out,that was a nice looking truck..
My wife had a 89 Thunderbird and I had problems with the alternator for several years, the dash lights would flicker and voltage would go up and down then be fine for a while until alt would go out.
One day she was at grocery store and she came out of store and it was in flames. Fire dept showed up pretty quickly but the engine compartment was done,crispy. IT was a dead short in the alternator that ignited the output cable and all the plastic,cable lining ect caught on fire and it was all over with.
Maybe your fuel filter cap or a line craced and must have hit the exhaust near the turbo??

Sorry you have to go through that, we had AAA and they paid us quite a bit over blue book, it was a prestine TBird SC in like new condition. Hope you come out as good as we did with your insurance.
Best of Luck in getting another nice one...........

 

It nust have had a fuel leak and the exhaust touched it off. I hope you have insurance.

 

Yeah had insurance on it. Thank god.

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Wow that is crazy. Glad you came out of it ok. Now for the questons.. was there any parts salvageable you are selling? Come on guys you know you were thinking the same thing.

 

And I doubt anything is. It got got enough to melt all the aluminum off the motor. And also melted the aluminum wheels.

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I personally once that thing catches fire let it burn.... id rather restart with insurance then fight fire damage forever

 

wow man thats terrible. I also have an 06 F250 that i just recently did some work on. most of the work i did was fuel related. can you keep us posted on what you or they think may have started the fire? again man, im sorry to ear about your truck.

 

I went back and figured just how much money I had in that truck and it was over 15000 2 weeks before it happened i put new 44" tires and a hydro assist steering. On top of all that my fiance had helped me do everything to it. We had spent roughly 2 years working on it. She was the one driving when it happened and I had to watch her cry. She keeps thinking it was her fault.

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That's ok. I like my parts like I like my women... used, dark and ready for round two.

 

Honestly though that does suck buddy. The truck burning is one thing, but to see all that hard work and quality time you two spent together on it is not replaceable. Good luck on the next one.

 

Well she got a smile back when I found the next one I'm getting. But definitely got lucky when I found a girl who like this stuff as much as I do. She helping me plan what to do on the new 6.4

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Damn that sucks!

 

When you put everything back together, did you install the bolt that holds the fuel return line from the passenger head up the the fuel filter housing? It's a pita to put back. It goes up near the bottom of the intake and is tough to put back because of the fan shroud. It goes through a tab on the fuel line and if it isnt installed, the fuel line will vibrate and eventually fatigue the metal enough to break. Fuel will start leaking out and the airflow pushes it back towards the manifold and downpipe. Truck will still run fine since its a return line so there wont be any others symptoms besides the smell when driving.

Ask me how I know:doh:

 

from what i've read and they've come up with it had to have been the rubber lines right above the manifold. still fighting with the insurance company at the moment been almost three weeks and they're still stalling!

 

well insurance related, my girls sister totalled our 2007 audi, we had state farm on it and in 4 days we got the car paid off and the rest of the money back to us. They actually gave us a couple thou over KBB.
and on another note...

They might be investigating you. Friend of mine had his car stolen, they pulled all his bank accounts and savings and interrogated him for about 2 days to see if it was insurance fraud. They gave him the round around for quite a while. hopefully they arent doing that to you.

 

I keep getting told "just a few more days." but after talking to my attorney and a few other people they say fire and theft claims usually take this long. but you would think 3 weeks would be long enough... last time u had a claim it was a wreck and geico had it settled in 3 days.. proggressive has just about made me loss the 08 i was looking at because my bank didn't wanna loan me the money until the other was done and the guy who has it is getting tired of waiting so i finally said forget it and payed cash. going to pick it up monday. but i would stay away from progressive.. this is was my first and LAST time to use them.
here are some pics of the new one

 

That sucks man. Sorry to hear. Time for an upgrade though. Still a shame, all that hard work you guys put into it.

 

That was Nice 6.0L but On a better note that is a Sweet 6.4. Youll like the 6.4, It will put a smile on your face when you tune it.

 

The guy I'm getting it from had it live tuned by innovative diesel. Already has the dpf and egr delete along with a few other mods.

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did you have full replacement on your truck, so they will pay for everything you had done? I think they call it agreed value insurance?