Looking at another 250 diesel are all 7.3 liters power strokes this truck is a 1994.

 

1994 can be either a PSD or a Turbo IDI engine. They changed 1994 1/2.

The 8th digit in the VIN will tell.

vin F is the powerstroke
vin K is turbo IDI
vin M is non-turbo IDI

 

Its an m. Thanks but i want the stroke what do you think?

 

Welcome to FTE...forgot so say that

I wouldn't want another IDI...not even a turbo IDI
PSD or nutin ....but that's just me. The wallet always prevails

 

what do you think about the high mileage on the power strokes i see a lot with over 200k real nice trucks? i am looking at 2 now about 5k ea what do you think?

 

200K isn't a lot of miles for the engine. They can go well past 400K with proper maintenance.
It's all the other things that can nickel and dime you to death on the stuff you expect to find on a 15+ year old truck...Auto trannies are a weak link in an otherwise bullet proof drive line, even with proper maint.
If you have a choice get a stick shift.
5K seems like a fair price but I would crawl all over it before you decide. Here's a link to used truck buying guide one of our FTE brothers came up with, it's for a newer body style but most of it pertains to our trucks too.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/5...questions.html

 

my 250 has just passed 200k engine ok evrything else falls apart,need help in finding ball joints for over 85000lbs everything is light duty

 

opps too many zero's

 

Thanks guys for all the feed back I just started looking for a 1994-1997 f250 diesel 4wd in no rush looking for a good deal any thoughts been scouring craigslist and ebay also looking local.

 

Where is Local for you ebbtide?

 

Long Island New York but not fearful of travel.

 

found a real clean 96 extended cab 4wd powerstroke but the milage is 244k said they took proper care of it what do you think?

 

Get pictures. How much are they asking? Is is close to you? If not perhaps another member can take a look at it for you. With proper maintanence it should be fine at 244K.
Somebody else is also looking at trucks. Try this link, it has a lot of good questions for the seller.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...ne-please.html

 

5k. its about an hour away. tried the picture thing didn't work for me. im going to ck it out tommorow it looks real clean in the pics. thanks for all the info

 

5k sounds like a real fair price. Let us know.