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Thanks to several of you guys for the advice. I did buy the truck I was considering... and figured it was worth a thread in the 6.9/7.3 subforum 
I have kept my 4x4 diesel Chevy and will keep both trucks until spring. The Ford is 2WD... if I can live through winter with it, then great. So far no problems.
It's a 1994 F-250 XLT with the 7.3 IDI turbo (200,000 miles).
My mods so far:
brand new oil and filter
new stuff in the cooling system: distilled water + low silicate antifreeze + SCAs
"rust-busting" protective oil on the only rusty spot for now, waiting until I can fix it properly
(that rust spot is visible in the last pic... it's at the bottom of the back part of the cab, driver's side)
and that's about it...
A few pics:
I have kept my 4x4 diesel Chevy and will keep both trucks until spring. The Ford is 2WD... if I can live through winter with it, then great. So far no problems.
It's a 1994 F-250 XLT with the 7.3 IDI turbo (200,000 miles).
My mods so far:
brand new oil and filter
new stuff in the cooling system: distilled water + low silicate antifreeze + SCAs
"rust-busting" protective oil on the only rusty spot for now, waiting until I can fix it properly
(that rust spot is visible in the last pic... it's at the bottom of the back part of the cab, driver's side)
and that's about it...
A few pics:
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hey thats a nice looking rig.
keeping the 4x4 handy just in case uh.
throw some weight in the back and keep her on pavement,and she should go fine.
how did the sca levels read before the flush?
keeping the 4x4 handy just in case uh.
throw some weight in the back and keep her on pavement,and she should go fine.
how did the sca levels read before the flush?
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A big fat zero, but I asked you guys before buying and the prevailing opinion was that if it ran fine at the moment and I started treating it immediately after getting it, I should be fine.
So I followed forum advice and got it
So I followed forum advice and got it
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I like that stock bumper... sorry 
I said in that other thread it was the same color as yours, but now I'm not so sure (seems to me your color appears to be less pink and more orange in your pics). Was there another two-tone color combo that had grey paired with something close to cranberry but not exactly it?
I said in that other thread it was the same color as yours, but now I'm not so sure (seems to me your color appears to be less pink and more orange in your pics). Was there another two-tone color combo that had grey paired with something close to cranberry but not exactly it?
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I said in that other thread it was the same color as yours, but now I'm not so sure (seems to me your color appears to be less pink and more orange in your pics). Was there another two-tone color combo that had grey paired with something close to cranberry but not exactly it?
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure that the diesel bumpers started showing up in 93'. I considered switching to a diesel bumper but I have no reason to-it just looks nicer, that all.
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i have one of the bumpers with the cutouts in it that was of a 95 powerstroke if its a diesel bumper does it serve a purpose??? other than being a bumper this is the first ive herard about a diesel bumper
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i think all the 95+ trucks had those cutouts, supposed to increase airflow to the cooling system or something.
Congrats on the new truck, throw 1k of weight in the back and she'll go anywhere for the most part.....at least that was the case with my 2wd. Course i didnt try to go muddin or nothin lol, but i never got stuck anywhere either.
Congrats on the new truck, throw 1k of weight in the back and she'll go anywhere for the most part.....at least that was the case with my 2wd. Course i didnt try to go muddin or nothin lol, but i never got stuck anywhere either.
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FWIW, Chevies and GMCs of those years have a "gas bumper" and a "diesel bumper". The diesel bumper has two airflow holes in it. The gas bumper doesn't.
It's the best (and almost only) way to instantly tell whether a GMT400 pickup is gas- or diesel-powered when looking at it from the outside...
I'd tend to assume it's the same thing with those Fords...
It's the best (and almost only) way to instantly tell whether a GMT400 pickup is gas- or diesel-powered when looking at it from the outside...
I'd tend to assume it's the same thing with those Fords...