Should I buy it?
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Laughing Gas
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Should I buy it?
Hi guys,
I am usually on the bullnose and bronco forums, I am thinking about buying this truck. I've never owned a diesel before, and don't know much about them. Is there anything in particular that I should look for? Is it a good price? Keep in mind that rust free body's are impossible to find in Minnesota.
clean 1985 f250 6.9l diesel 4x4
Thanks!
I am usually on the bullnose and bronco forums, I am thinking about buying this truck. I've never owned a diesel before, and don't know much about them. Is there anything in particular that I should look for? Is it a good price? Keep in mind that rust free body's are impossible to find in Minnesota.
clean 1985 f250 6.9l diesel 4x4
Thanks!
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Take a magnet with you, I'd be suspect of it really being rust free (use the magnet to see if theres any bondo, paint looks pretty new)
If it is rust free, starts up from cold (cold cold, not he had it running an hour before you show up too look at it), drives fine, and rows the gears well, I'd say its not a bad price, I'd try to get a couple bucks off but I always do lol
Ask him what glow plugs he put in it (correct answer is motorcraft)
The 6.9's are less likely to cavitate than the 7.3's from what everyone says, but the 7.3's don't cavitate often from what everyone says
Looks like a decent truck
If it is rust free, starts up from cold (cold cold, not he had it running an hour before you show up too look at it), drives fine, and rows the gears well, I'd say its not a bad price, I'd try to get a couple bucks off but I always do lol
Ask him what glow plugs he put in it (correct answer is motorcraft)
The 6.9's are less likely to cavitate than the 7.3's from what everyone says, but the 7.3's don't cavitate often from what everyone says
Looks like a decent truck
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I would for sure take a magnet. All looks repainted but the hood. Also the passenger fender has a dent in it as does the trim around the head light yet the paint doesn't appear to be messed up. I could be wrong on all this too. It's just how it appears in the pics. Also the passenger cab corner looks odd. Could be ice on it. A good inspection will tell you lots. If you hangout in the bullnose area a lot you'll know where to look for rust.
As for price, if the truck is as good as it appears and starts good cold it isn't to bad. I would try to get him to come down a little.
Plan for future fixings like glow plugs if he didn't put in motorcraft. Also did he get it aligned after he put on the lift?? If not there's another $70 or so. What are the ball joints like? Do you know how to check them? If so I would do that. Nothing worse than putting on some new tires just to tear them up.
Good luck on it and keep us posted.
As for price, if the truck is as good as it appears and starts good cold it isn't to bad. I would try to get him to come down a little.
Plan for future fixings like glow plugs if he didn't put in motorcraft. Also did he get it aligned after he put on the lift?? If not there's another $70 or so. What are the ball joints like? Do you know how to check them? If so I would do that. Nothing worse than putting on some new tires just to tear them up.
Good luck on it and keep us posted.
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Laughing Gas
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He looked at it. It ran fine, needs an alignment and tires. I was gonna put my 35s on it. The body was all original and wasn't as nice as the pictures showed, light surface rust on the bed, and one rocker corner was rusty. We are still considering buying it.
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that is going to get only around 13-15 mpg with the 4 speed and large tires, and will not win any races. it looks like the passenger side rear cab corner is rotted out. no tailgate, and repaint to hide problems. as suggested, i would go over it real good with a refregerator magnet looking for places it does not stick. those will be the places where repairs were made. look closely at the fenders, windshield frame, roof seams, and rear wheel arches, these are the rot out areas.
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Does it have only one tank door? Then the bed is not original. The price is not that great, here you have steal even if you had to transport it to Minesota. http://mohave.craigslist.org/cto/4773176978.html Get the engine and it will rock, seem to me way better deal. Of course u would need more pictures to estimate the shape, but it looks fair to me at the price of scrap metal.
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