Hey guys, considering a diesel. Been looking for a few months. Reading a lot of posts on this website. Specifics in this one: 3 owners from cali, tranny rebuilt at 250k. Having baby this week so she wants to sell. No knowledge of Engine work. Just maintained regularly. Got her down to $9k. Would love to hear feedback..

2004 F250 Turbo Diesel LARIAT FULLY LOADED 4x4 Price Reduced 10,999

 

It is a nice looking truck for sure. No pics of the engine bay to see some of the obvious stuff. Airbags tells me that it was more than just a MallQueen, so chances are there some serious working miles on that baby. That would not deter me though.

Did you read through the Tech folder at all?

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...used-6-0l.html

Do you have any experience with the 6.0? Do you have a way to read live data? Scanner of some sort? People on here really like the ScanguageII for a cheap data reader.

After buying my first 6.0 last year there are a couple of things that I would want verified that are specific to the 6.0 motor, in addition to the normal used ford 4x4 stuff.
*FICM voltage 48v
*battery age and voltage
*oil filter, does it have the stock cap still
*upper fuel filter, is it clean looking, or nasty brown? Does it say Motorcraft on it?(You could also check the lower filter, but that might be a bit extreme)
*pull the EGR valve. Is it all blocked up, deleted, or showing coolant?
*degas bottle, what coolant is in there? Is it red, green, "gold", or (god forbid) just water?
*is the truck tuned, if so, does the tuner come with it?
*is there a maintenance history with some receipts for the big stuff?

The list goes on, but this post is getting too long winded already.

 

Not a bad looking truck. I personally think it might be a tad high in the price. Imo

 

Don't have any experience with the diesel engine. The ad says new batteries and it has a banks programmer. sounds like there's a ton of stuff to look into before purchasing. Not sure If I"m ready for that. I'll keep checking craigslist and looking for something thats maybe bulletproofed already... this black sounds pretty decent from the description....
2004 F-250 FX4 Diesel 6.0 4X4 XLT

 

I like this one.

 

Me too....

Keep looking just in case, but me too.

 

I would remove the K&N filter and put it back to stock. Just my opinion...

 

I agree. This one would be worth the money if done correctly. Which I assume it was. At least he knows some about the 6.0. Makes a big difference in decision making.

 

I like this one too.

 

I just texted the owner and asked if she has the previous owners phone number. Bobcat, you're thinking the owner before this lady make some good mods, and hopefully made some engine mods also?

 

If your talking about the 04 with all the engine work done, arp's so on and so forth, then yes. Only thing I would change would be the air filter, change back to stock. With all the engine work and front end work sounds like it should be ready to roll. Never heard of the company that did the work. Maybe give them a call and see what they are about but sounds to be a good deal to me.

 

It has ARP head studs and hopefully OEM head gaskets as well as a Bulletproof EGR cooler which are some nice bulletproofing items. It would be nice to know how the previous owner ran the Banks programmer ('hot' setting all the time, tow, or for fuel economy etc).

 

I was referring to the white truck with 260k

 

Yea the white one seems a little over priced to me.