Hello Ford men and women.

i recently just purchased my first Ford, recently had nothing but GMC trucks.
(please be gentle..lol)

anyways its a 2001 f250 reg cab 5.4 with 139,000 km.
$3900.

i am happy with it so far, runs great and drives smooth.

having been driving ford work trucks for many years now.
both gas and turbo diesels, i realized ford f series is the *****......

happy to have made the jump to ford.

i look forward to viewing this web site for tips and stuff.

also if anyone here could tell me what to watch out for, in regards to my vehicle and its problems, if any, that i might look forward to being aware of.


thanks in advance
Clint.

 

hmmm friendly forum

kidding...lol

in all seriousness though its been a pleasure going over some of the threads and great info, not mention all the BEASTLY - F SERIES ford trucks.

 

Work truck special?

That's low km for an 01!!!!!

Before I bought my F250 I was going to look at a 1999 F350 crew 8 foot 2wd 5.4 with 5-speed, they wanted $3900 and it had 200k on it.

I'd say you did good.

 

thanks

it was a former city of Toronto truck, a sander i believe,and or a road side truck. the front end is like it just came off the lot and no signs of plowing, the bed has rust in it in patches, the outside of the box is great.
the rust is not even all that bad either.

but the truck has been retired, and the rest of her life will be more comfortable ....lol

it will be baby'd now.

 

Do you have any pictures?

 

i will take some later when i can, going to take my boy to his mothers house soon.

the truck is my avatar, but i will take some better ones.

 

here are some pics

the cropping was done because i could not find a program to black out my plates..lol

other that the truck missing 2 black wheel hub covers on the rear and some minor rust that i sprayed over with, and the cover facing of the cup holder in the interior, and some dirt/grime that needs attending too, the truck is in excellent shape, being a work truck and 10 years old.

my guess is that the municipal employee driver of the truck was a very easy going driver, and clean. by the looks of things and feel of the truck.

i am very happy so far

once you go Ford, you never go back !

 

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thanks a lot for viewing.

i am open to comments and suggestions.

thanks
Clint

 

That is in nice shape. Hope the A/C works!

Other than cosmetics, don't worry about the cup holder, they suck anyways and are unusable except for huge soft side soft drink cups.

 

Nice score on the F250. Very nice truck to I love white trucks. I don't know much about the 5.4L but I have heard they are good engines. I think I have heard of exhaust manifold bolts breaking off buy I may be wrong I don't know much about 5.4Ls I am more of a 6.8L V10 guy. I wouldn't go against GMCs they have nice trucks too (like the 95 body style sucker right here for those years espically white.) Your up in Canda right you met Gigger yet he is a good guy is also another white truck guy. And I wouldn't say you never go back but maybe you will never like another truck like a Ford.
Trav

 

AFAIK, the 5.4 V8 is just a 6.8 V10 minus two cylinders.

 

The head unit was the first thing I replaced in mine. I see you have am/fm. Mine came with a cassette deck (2004 model). I picked up a pioneer with Bluetooth for my phone from crutchfield.com. They have a complete install kits included which are pretty handing. Nice score on the truck. I'd say you got a damn good buy!

 

I do know that BigpidDaddy the only thing though 2 more cylinders is a big deal. it is hard to keep up with all these engines I know look at all the trucks I have in my sig I have to know almost everything about each and every one of them and yet I still want to learn about more engines.
Trav

 

ya i figured out those cup holders years ago at work...lol



yep the AC blow very cold.
but i have it on lock, until those gasoline prices drop........LAMO, LMAO.

 

Thanks !

ya i hear you about gmc, there will always be a soft spot for certain models,but I think i have made up my mind.

Clint.