Well, he communicates. That's a bonus. So, he says he has replaced; glow plugs relay, starter relay, starter, I'm, cps, valve cover gaskets and pigtails. He says "I’ve give up on it man come get it out my way. Will consider trades with cash also or trade for nice four wheeler"
WTF? His troubleshooting is all over the place. So, basically, I still don't know if it will turn over. It doesn't sound like he is much of a mechanic. Of course, I'm no expert.
I think I'm going to try to round up some money and go down there this weekend. It's about 1.5-2 hrs away. I can look it over good, look for rust, look over the steering, look for leaks at the wheels, pinion, transmission output, etc. Short the starter terminals and see if it does anything. Maybe I can talk him down some more in price.
Offhand, I don't recall what the initials idm and cps stand for. (Just looked those up - injector control module and cam position sensor) And I wonder what pigtails he changed with the valve cover gaskets.
@snoranger , what do you think?