I am looking to buy a f350 diesel or 250 I just cam across this one and was wondering what y'all thought!
**2001 Ford F350 7.3 diesel, 4x4, crew cab, lifted, 100% rust free AZ

 

Not a bad looking truck.
Seems fair enough on price but check around what they are going for (and actually selling for) in your area...

With the foil still on the hot side cac tube...
I bet thats a virgin motor.

Already lifted so the tank will slide out nice and easy for the hutch mod...

 

Check the build date. 1//2001 to 3/2001 had the trans issue (if original trans is in it).

 

Sorry, not aware of this, what trans issue? (As I start sweating and run outside and check my build date...)

 

somewhere in 01, there was a diode issue..The truck is in Indiana??

 

Price seems a bit high for an XLT with over 230 on it. I bought a 2001 Lariat with 222k on it for 12.5k, and I suck at negotiating (give me my truck now!). As a general rule, you shouldn't pay much for alterations like lifts since preferences vary so widely.

So, there's probably room to come down. New injectors are a big plus though. If you have documentation of the work done that'd be even better.

 

Price is a little steep. Maybe worth it for someone wanting a decent forged rod engine to build high horses (if its forged rod and not pmrs) I'm thinking more like 12-12,500 max. I have 13300 for a stock crewcab lariat 2002 4x4 in December with 219000 miles. It was Houston, which has slightly better market though.

 

That's a good looking truck. Rust-free 2001's are hard to find unless you live out here in Arizona. The price is fair in my view if the mechanical end of it checks out.

See if the owner will let you get the truck evaluated at a good diesel shop. If not you may want to do a search for threads on what to look for when buying a 7.3L.

Also I think forged rods were replaced with Powdered Medal Rods (PMR's) sometime in 2001. You may want to check into that.

Start of production thru 1425746 are Forged Rods
1425747 thru 1440712 are Powdered Rods
1440713 thru 1498318 are Forged Rods
1498319 thru final production run are all powdered

The reason for the break in serial numbers is a "test" run to be sure there were not any issues with the powdered rods. Once the process was production tested the powered rod process was used until the end of production.

It always pays to do your homework.

 

Check transmission build date on drivers side of tranny, as opposed to the truck build date on the door jamb. Here's some saved info on it with the dates:

Mechanical Diode Tranny Build Dates2001 vehicles equipped with 4R100 transmission, having a transmission build date between
7/27/2000 and 3/23/2001.
Roland (mueckster) 04-15-2008
The trans does have its own build date located on the tag on the trans case (left side ,rear).
4th line down should show BD- #Letter##. This is the build date year/ month/ day.
Example : BD-1D28 1=2001 D=April (A=Jan, B=Feb...12=Dec) 28=Day of Month.
Using his example tranny Build Date is Jan 28, 2001
　
Mark Kovalsky 01-03-2009
The mechanical diode was in the diesels from the start of 2001 model year (July, 2000) and left production in March, 2001.

Cody (cleatus12r) 01-03-2009
If anyone is still interested, the "mechanical diode" was the replacement for the one way roller clutch previously (Intermediate one way clutch) used in the E4OD and 4R100s. After Ford found out that the diode wouldn't work in the gasser trucks (they exploded when shifted at 5300 RPM), they decided that they should stick with the proven and slightly more robust design. It is a mechanical device that allows rotation in one direction but not the other. It is used for the 1-2 shift when in drive range. When the "diode" was used, it replaced the roller clutch with a sprag that is inherently weaker. High power/high RPM 1-2 shifts are what kills the intermediate one way in the diesels.

Mark Kovalsky 01-03-2009
The gas engine trucks blew up the diode at 4600 RPM if the driver lifted his right foot just as the WOT 1-2 shift started, then put it right back on the floor. The person that discovered this was able to do it on 100% of the trucks he tried it on. That's why they left it in the diesels, they couldn't run 4600 RPM.

 

Where are these numbers at on the truck?

 

Stamped into the rear oil cooler mounting surface.

 

Thank you.