2000 Born Free 26 RB Front End
Hi Everyone,
Today I looked at a 2000 Born Free 26RB with a 7.3 Power Stroke. I noticed a few issues and wanted to ask for feed back from the membership here.
1. Front window in the overhead compartment has a very slight water stain in the lower left hand corner. It also looks like the seal between the glass and rubber strip is coming loose and laying on the glass. How big of a deal is this repair?
2. The rear bumper has been dinged and is cracked underneath the far left hand mounting bolt.
3. The generator has 261 hours on it. How much of the overall life of a propane powered generator is this?
4. The harmonic balancer seal on the 7.3 is just starting to show some moisture from oil seepage. Would the be normal on a 7.3 with 107,000 on the clock. Does anyone know if they all do this and how tough of a job is the repair?
5. I found some sort of spring mechanism that was added to the steering axle of which I attached some pics. Does anyone know if this is a factory piece, if it was added later on and why? Is it masking a problem with the front end?
6. There seems to be a bracket that used to contain a shock for a steering dampener that now is empty (pic also attached). Would this have been removed to add the spring gizmo or did it fall off?
Finally, they guy is asking 25,000 for the unit. Overall, it seems to be in pretty good shape, the interior is nice and everything seems to work. What do you all think about the value of this unit?
Thank you for your input.
Today I looked at a 2000 Born Free 26RB with a 7.3 Power Stroke. I noticed a few issues and wanted to ask for feed back from the membership here.
1. Front window in the overhead compartment has a very slight water stain in the lower left hand corner. It also looks like the seal between the glass and rubber strip is coming loose and laying on the glass. How big of a deal is this repair?
2. The rear bumper has been dinged and is cracked underneath the far left hand mounting bolt.
3. The generator has 261 hours on it. How much of the overall life of a propane powered generator is this?
4. The harmonic balancer seal on the 7.3 is just starting to show some moisture from oil seepage. Would the be normal on a 7.3 with 107,000 on the clock. Does anyone know if they all do this and how tough of a job is the repair?
5. I found some sort of spring mechanism that was added to the steering axle of which I attached some pics. Does anyone know if this is a factory piece, if it was added later on and why? Is it masking a problem with the front end?
6. There seems to be a bracket that used to contain a shock for a steering dampener that now is empty (pic also attached). Would this have been removed to add the spring gizmo or did it fall off?
Finally, they guy is asking 25,000 for the unit. Overall, it seems to be in pretty good shape, the interior is nice and everything seems to work. What do you all think about the value of this unit?
Thank you for your input.
