I will be picking up a 01 f250 ext cab v10 on tuesday put money down on it last week and will be closing the deal on tues. I have looked over the truck and driven it twice each time spending about 30-45mins really giving it a good look and listen too. The only thing i found was that it needed new front brake rotors and there was a small exhaust leak coming from the manifold, which the dealer said was a broken stud which will be fixed before pick up. Now my question is with all the spark plug blow out controversy i am reading and hearing should i do anything with the plugs whether it be re-torque, replace, etc. The truck has 74,292 miles on it and it runs and drives well i just dont know if theres anything preventitive i should do at this mileage. Or should i just go with the motto "if it aint broke dont fix it" I am pretty excited and cant wait til tues, i have already learned tons from this site and i am sure i will learn alot more in the future. Heres some pics of the truck

 

if your buying it, i would spring for new OEM plugs n boots (or replace all 10 COPS if your really wanting to go all out)

be sure to torque teh plugs, its vital..

then going forward you know whats been done and thats its good to go..

ps truck looks good for a 01..

 

I have a truck exactly like the one your showing in the pictures. I bought it about 2 years ago. I replaced all the plugs myself with information I found on this forum and torqued them down. I did not replace any of the cops or boots. Truck has ran good since then with no problems. I also changed all of the fluids over to synthetic at the same time. Just a personal preverance. Mine had around 90,000 miles when I got it. It has been a great truck so far.

 

Thanks guys I will def follow your advice

 

Sweet, looks just like mine

 

Nice truck, looks like it was well taken care of. I bought a '99 F-250 with the V10 in June 2010. I would definately suggest new plugs - motorcraft. I have heard these motors are picky about that stuff. Make sure you torque the new plugs, I talked to two mechanics at local Ford dealers and they said torque the plugs to 20ft/lb or 240in/lb and you won't have a problem. They said any less and the plugs can back out causing them to move up and down in the head stressing the aluminum threads until failure. I also used anti-seize on the threads and cleaned out the threaded ports with throttle body cleaner. Have fun it's a tedious job, just don't get in a hurry. My truck had 123,000 miles on it with and the orignal plugs were in there pretty tight. I used a breaker bar with slow steady pressure to free them up and had no issues.

 

I would change the plugs-Nice lookin truck. Same body as mine. You will love this truck!

 

Nice truck! As others have said I would change plugs and boots and all the fluids. Also I believe it was the 2001 model that had some kind of issue with a diode in the transmission causing failure. Might check into that and see if it has been changed or needs to be changed. Other than that just grin and enjoy it!