I don't see any prob getting 1/2 million out of a 7.3. I got a little over that with a 6.9 in a '86 250 reg cab lb. I believe it only had something like 175hp but it gave em all to me for a long ride...lol The worst part about that joker was the doggone GP controller that threaded onto a water jacket on the back of the block.

 

I'm pretty sure the motor will do it and with little special care. The rest of the truck is expensive to fix and it seems to happen in batches. I know I have been getting "significant pressure" to get rid of the truck for the last two years and it can be hard to explain why I want to keep it to someone who isn't interested.

 

My rusting 1990 7.3 has 337K on it. You are right about things coming in batches. It's hard to know when you're at the beginning of the batch that really is too much. Then you have a good spell... and start thinking about the record books and what a great engine you have.

 

I'm getting close...



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that is bad boy, thumbs up to you and the truck.

 

thanks, but the last few days I've had a gremlin kicking my van's ***. Dealer was unable to find and fix the problem...
Monday I have an appt with a local powerstroke shop, hopefully the guy can get it running right again.

 

WOW!!!! What do you use your van for?? courier work? expeditor work?

 

Tell us whats going on, may be we can help......

 

The previous owner/ first owner did expedited deliveries till he got to 750,000. Then the Co he was working for said there is too much risk with those miles... ha!
so I bought it for less then $2k
no accidents, no dings, not a single thing wrong other then needing some tires.

As for my gremlins. I'll start a thread and post the link here soon.
thanks for the help offers.

 

Buddy's 20001 250 has 400K on the odometer but it was never recalibrated for his larger tires, so call it maybe closer to 440K miles. But that seems like child's play compared to 785K.

I guess my 90K miles is ***** in comparison.....

 

I knew a guy that flipped an odometer on a 2000... Same guy had another one go 880,000 beofre anything "major."

 

No idea what mileage translates to, but we have an International dump bed truck at work with the T444E at 6200hrs, runs great.

 

Its only on the OBS, 97 and down. We have a thread going in the OBS forum on it and were waiting from an email from Ford on the issue.

 

Yes, but only 90K on a 2001 is an accomplishment, too. I have a 2001 with 55K on her. She was a lucky find. It also took me 8 months to find a 7.3L of any kind that wasn't "old."

You should start a new thread about these well-preserved 7.3Ls. They are becoming scarce.

 

Apologies for bringing back on old the thread, but I just needed to agree with the sentiments about how longevity is not just a function of the motor but the the truck in its entirety. Just purchased a 2000 F250 on Friday. Traded in 1994 Dodge 2500 Cummins with guess............170k miles on it. Why? Because it was falling apart. Paint faded, interior literally falling to pieces, two trannies, one injection pump, throttle position sensor failing every thousand miles, ball joints had broken and the perches re-welded so many times it was impossible to get it aligned properly, virtually all ancillaires failed at one point or another (windows, gas gauge, AC), differential skipped around slow tight turns, two set of batteries, brake rotors, exhaust, and probably so many more things that I can even image and was not even aware of. And all this was in just 5 years of ownership.

Had all the confidence in the world in the Cummins and knew of several local trucks that had well over 400k miles on them, but they had to have had stripped down and rebuilt the enitre truck about four or five times to get there if my experience was the norm.

Here's to hoping that the Ford (188k at the moment) treats myself and my wallet better.