God knows I would love a new F350, I however cant see that happening anytime soon. How many transmissions and motors on a used truck would you have to replace for a years worth of payments on a new truck?

I do love that I can change anything I want on my Excursion. I am not limited by a smart screen or any of that other crap.

If the heated seat goes pretty easy to figure what went bad. My car on the other hand, that's a big issue.

I like my Mercedes but I love my Excursion.

These trucks are not going to be around forever, parts are harder to get every year.

 

My heated seat quit... whats the issue lol

 

My 99 has 202k on it. I just bought it a couple months ago seems to be a good runner. I like the v10 I have had a couple other ones and they have all been great engines. I would buy it especially since it has a manual trans.

 

Get the truck and put it in your garage for a thorough maintenance check.
Make sure your brakes are in good shape and you don't have any frozen guide pins.
I bought my F-250 V-10 new and just went through my brakes at 122,000 miles.
I went with new EBC slotted/drilled rotors and Hawk brake pads; I had frozen guide pins on the Rt/Front and one slightly seized brake caliper. Those brushless car washes and humid hot summers here in North Carolina are hard on brakes.
Don't be afraid of the truck in spite of what has happened to trucks that have been abused or not maintained correctly.
Don't over tighten those spark plugs, torque them with a torque wrench if you are in doubt. I have Honda and Yamaha street bikes and am very cautious when servicing spark plugs on them.

 

I have a 2000 F250 Crewcab with the V10 that just turned over 248,000 miles. I bought it from the original owner with 100K miles on it in 2003. About 50,000 of the miles I put on it were pulling a 24 foot trailer.
Since I have owned it the engine/transmission has never had a wrench on it except to be serviced every 4,000 miles, change plugs (once) and replace one injector.
I have replaced one universal joint, done the ball joints and tie rod ends and a fan motor.
I can't say enough good things about the reliability of these modular engines. We put 235K on a 2001 F150 with the 5.4 with similar results.
Fuel burn is 8 mpg with the trailer on, 14 mpg empty. Figuring diesel @$4.00 today getting 20 mpg and gasoline @ $3.50 getting 14 mpg, it costs a nickel more per mile to drive the v10 and several thousand less to buy one.
If the V10 is stout enough for the job, I highly recommend it. If you are pulling 20,000 lb loads long distances...Powerstroke it.
My 2 cents worth.
Cheers!

 

Well, this is a really late response, but I did buy this F350 in Jan. 2014, and after 2 years of ownership, I`m still loving the "new" rig. As mentioned before, I bought this truck to haul my Ford drag cars to and from dragstrips around the Pacific Northwest, and it does that just fine. On a recent trip to a race in Woodburn Oregon, I stopped at a truck scale on I-5, and the truck and loaded trailer weighed in at 15,400 pounds, the V10 hauls that rather well, although on steeper grades it is working some. My truck has 3.73 gears, so unless its flat freeway, I usually tow in 4th gear, in O/D 5th, any kind of hill means dropping down to 4th. I have considered swapping to either 4.10s or 4.30s, but for the amount I use the truck, I doubt that I would ever recover the expense of the gear change in gas mileage, so unless something in the diff fails, I think it will stay as is. I gotta say, these V10s are sure smooth! On more than 1 occasion, I have looked at the speedo, and found myself cruising along at 80 MPH, with a 24 foot car trailer behind me! I understand that my 99 version is the lowest HP producer, but it seems to do the job quite well. Think shes a keeper.

 

Good luck with your 1999 vintage V10. I forgot that I had been punished on this forum but its good to be back. Ive since sold my 2000 F250 . It had 160,000 klms on it (about 70,000 miles) and it fetched 5gs.

 

Yup, my favorite tow engine by far!! I don't need the hassle of a diesel, which in my case includes getting an education on everything about them. I just drove diesel tractors on the farm during summers while in high school, and didn't drive them every day,or maintain them. I think the V10 fits best to a 4.3 ratio overall, but the 3.73 does 6000 lbs fine.

 

Go for it! The 4r100 auto trans is the weakest link with the gas engines, with the manual trans you should just need normal maintenance!

In July, we bought a 1999 F350 4x4 v10 auto trans, manual transfer case, super cab with 225k miles as my plow truck. We have discovered it is great to use to haul stuff vs our Jeep TJ pulling a 10ft utility trailer. So I sure love our F350.

 

I found that the only weak link with my F250 V10 (2000) was the engines ability to retain the spark plugs. Once you learn how to cope with threads that arent long enough the rest of the truck was a pleasure to drive.
Fuel economy was always a bit of a concern because in BC they have the highest taxes on gas in Canada. Not unusual to pay $1.30 to $1.50 for a liter of gas. Close to $6.00 per gallon