Fiddlerky

Hi all, I have a 1996 Eddie Bauer 5.8 4WD Extended Cab F-150 that I bought a few years ago. I'm faced with needing a new transmission - it's no longer drive-able. I'm looking at around $2700 to fix it, a tune-up, fix an oil pan gasket leak, and a few other things. Looking online, I don't believe this is a bad price for everything, however I've already spent a lot of money on this thing (including $800 twice to fix fuel lines/rails that squirrels have eaten through) and I've put less than 1000 miles on it since I bought it (it's at 155,000). Obviously I don't use it much so I think I want to cut my losses, but wanted to get some others thoughts. The body has the normal fender and rocker panel rust and there are some other dings here/there, but overall not terrible. The interior is in good condition - original seats with no rips.

I believe the KBB value is higher than what I could sell it for since it is not drive-able. Is there a good site out there to know what I should be asking for it?

Thanks!

nocturnalsuicide

You don't say what part of the country you live in, but a truck that isn't derivable here in DFW Texas will get 500-1000. I have seen people post higher prices, but they never sell for a reason. The eddie bauer edition and 4x4 isn't enough here to drive up the price any more than that. The seventh generation and earlier big blocks can demand a little more if the body is good, but even then it might only be 1500 for something that you can't drive.

sdmartin65

You say it needs a new transmission but are you sure of that. Reason I ask is my truck recently would upshift to neutral, a valve body repair would have fixed this but I opted to replace.
Cost was around $350 and a pretty easy job. I'm sure a trans shop would have quoted me a new unit for a simple problem. If it does need a new trans shop for another truck, not worth putting that amount of money into an old truck.

Inside Man