Rebuilt CPU?

[MrStang123]

I am going to check out 92' GT this weekend. I called up and the woman didn't know much about it because she is selling it for her son thats away at college. She had a list of things that he had gotten replaced on it. And one of the things was a rebuilt cpu. I just wanted to know what would cause a cpu to need to be rebuilt? I asked if it had any accidents and she said no. But I am going to get the Vin# anyway and check it out.

 

[5.0Droptop]

Probably went to autozone and bought a Remanufactured puter

 

[HISSIN50]

Agreed.

They often have OEM decals removed or covered, and have reman'd stuff plastered all over them.

 

[MrStang123]

Now are there any severe reasons why the cpu may have had to been replaced or rebuilt? And are refurbed cpu's reliable?

 

[5.0Droptop]

One thing could be the car wasnt running right and they assumed it was the puter and bought a new one. The other thing could be they shorted something out and had to replace it.

Or maybe it just fried itself.

I dont see any problem with a remfg puter. No differnt than buying a use one off ebay. You take your chances either way.

 

[Mustang5L5]

I don't see a big deal with it. I've had friends fry their CPU's without really doing much.

I wouldn't pass up a clean car because of it.

 

[MrStang123]

I am going to take a look at it this weekend. Its clean, it could just use a good buffing. And all of the work that has been done to it has been done by the mechanic that I use. So he is trustworthy, I will just have him take a look at it. Its a black on black 5 speed with the louvered tail lights. Hopefully my tax return is enough to be able to afford it