Just rolled over 100K care free miles today. This truck has been a joy to own so far. I have done nothing but basic maintenance and getting ready to do all new Body Bushings.


Obviously Ford cheeped out on these, and they have all dry rotted and fell out already. As a previous Diesel owner, and I have had them all, I can truly say that this has been the best truck I have owned...Hands Down !!

 

V10's sure rock.

 

I as well went over 100k last week. LOVE this truck!! Nothing but regular maintenance too.


I wish Ford would offer the V10 back in the SD lineup. I would go buy a new one. So what it sucks fuel, they all do! It would be phenomenal with the newer transmissions.

 

Love my 2008 also. I get a kick out of these new diesel owners with all that power, but a load of problems with the new emission crap. Not to mention their maintenance costs. I used to do my own oil changes, but at my age and some of the oil change places only charging $16-19, I let them do it. Our fuel filter costs $15, while the diesel is around $100 and they have 2!! I love my 3v V-10 and the TorqueShift tranny really rocks. 170,000 miles and still truckin'.

 

I bought mine (07 E350 V10) 2years and 5months ago with 113,000 miles.

Now I'm at 230,000 nearly trouble free miles.
-catalytic converters plugged ($120 for straight pipes)
-one radius arm bushing ($30?)
-cruise control master cylinder switch. ($15?)
-factory radio died ($220 aftermarket, installed)
-a set of brakes and a set of tires. (About $1,350 total)

And I've probably averaged 10,000mile oil/filter changes and greased the fittings every 50,000.

Impressive.

 

Bought my 99,2 years ago, with 131k.
Today I have 177,777.7 miles of mostly trouble free use.
I drive daily on average 100 miles one way.
Don't care about fuel mileage, as this is a large truck, not an economy car.

I have replaced front brakes, a/c compressor, parking brake forward cable twice, and the front drive shaft.

The 99 had a double card on front joint, that I could not get parts for, changed it out with an 02 model.
I have the manual transmission, that I looked for 3 years hard to get .

I know the leaf spring front , rides stiffer than the coil spring models, and I am used to it, as all of my past ford F250's have been this way.

I looked for 3 years , to find a.super cab short box ,4x4 , V10.
Didn't want a black truck, but that is the color I finally found everything I wanted in.

If and when I get a different truck, it will be another V10, manual trans., SCSB, in the coil spring version.


The only changes from stock , are a dual exhaust, Magnaflow single in , dual out , exiting behind the rear tires.
Leveling lift, I believe it is a Rancho, with the dual shock feature, 315/75/16 Cooper Mud Claw tires, which I have been running since I had my 94 Ranger , which was an awesome truck as well .
Has tube nerd bars , and a pioneer double din head unit with amp, and speaker upgrades.

I love this truck, with the XLT package, I Like to be in comfort when driving the 3 hours a day to and from work sites.

I am fairly certain this truck will serve me well, as did my ranger, which when I sold it, had 569.000 miles on the original engine.

 

Have you changed or re-toqued your plugs?
We got our 2002 Excur this year with 103k and it was running great, all original including plugs.
At 108k it blew the #3 spark plug and is has the PI heads.
When I checked the torque on the passenger side all the plugs turned just a bit at 14 ft/lbs on the wrench.
I think my #3 just worked loose with all the miles.

 

Why not just change the plugs if they are original at 103k? It is recommended at 100k, I personally will do mine closer to 50k intervals though.

 

We bought our 2002 Excur 6 months ago to tow our trailer as our 2003 Exped was not quite enough.
Changing plugs was next on my list after replacing the shocks, rear springs with F250s, trans cooler with 6.0, trans fluid, battery cables, oil, air filter, radiator cap, adding Helwig sway bars, Tekonsha P3, trans temp gauge and tow mirrors.
I was making a few upgrades on the trailer at the same time.
I checked the torque on the plugs because I was curious if any others were loose before I changed them all.
I will be changing the plugs at 50k along with the boots.
I rerouted hoses on the passenger side to get better access.
Backup cameras and Y-pipe are next.

 

Very nice. What all did you do to re-route?

 

On our Exped there are two vacuum lines, a PCV hose, PCV heater hoses and cabin heater hoses to reroute.
Everything was purchased off eBay.
The two 1/8" OD vacuum lines come off a tri splitter fitting behind the throttle body. I cut the lines at both ends leaving stubs and used 1/8" ID silicone vacuum hose. The lines are much longer looped towards the firewall.
The PCV hose is also looped toward the firewall. I used some leftover 3/8" trans cooler hose. The original PVC elbow on the throttle body was a 90 deg. I couldn't find a Dorman replacement, but they have a 45 deg elbow 46036 17mm x 9mm that works fine. Used a brass 3/8" barb splicer to connect the elbow with the hose.
The PCV heater hoses were next. The rear one was lengthened with a splicer and looped toward the firewall. Couldn't figure out how to easily get to the end on the back of the intake. The front one was replaced with a piece of 5/16" reinforced silicone coolant hose/splicer/90 deg elbow. The elbow is a 5/16" silicone 4 ply turbo intercooler hose.
The heater bypass valve supply hose is 5/8" reinforced silicone coolant hose. The 5/8" elbow is from the same seller as the 5/16" elbows.
While the coolant lines were open the 5/8" hose behind the PCV valve was shortened because it curved right over the #4 COP.
Also replaced all the hose spring clamps I could get to with SS clamps from McMaster.