Hey y'all,
My buddy is selling a 95 f250 (7.3). The truck has around 300k on it with a lot of new(er) parts, only performance upgrades are bigger turbo and exhaust. Now I know the truck has been very well taken care of but my question is what should I know/look into getting to keep the truck running as it should. I have owned a 6.0 but have always wanted a 7.3 so when the opportunity arose I jumped at it. I figured that gauges where a given but aside from that what else is there? Thanks for your time.

 

If it runs good and not much rust go for it. You need a better intake if it doesn't already have one, like a 6637. Welcome to the forum.

 

One thing to note is there are differences between the 94.5-95 powerstrokes and the 96-97 powerstrokes. The biggest I can think of is the HPOP. So if you start doing upgrades to it, make sure you get the right parts for your year.

As far as longevity goes, if it was maintained well, there should be no cause for concern. Many people have run these engines on bad compression for a few years with no issues and there are plenty of cases of people getting 400K+ miles on the stock engine.

Injectors seem to be about every 150k-200k miles, although people have gone much further than that and people have also had issues before that. It is a hot time of year, so chances are cold start issues won't show themselves for a few months yet.

If you change the glowplugs ever, it is vital that you only use motorcraft glowplugs. Lots of people will beat this horse to death on here about this topic, but that is because many have used autolite glowplugs, and they expand in the cylinder head, and then they can't get them out.

I would invest in a spare camshaft position sensor and keep it in the glovebox. I don't know how many people I have come across that have bought one of these trucks, and within a few months, it goes out on them. I had that happen to me. Only get one from the dealer or IH.

What intake setup is on the truck? If it has a K&N, I would take it off immediately, and inspect your turbo wheel. I would probably do that regardless with 300k on the odometer, but especially if it has a K&N filter. A lot of people recommend using the 6637 Napa air filter, and making an intake tube setup to fit. They are cheaper on amazon. It is also a unanimous recommendation I have seen to not use the K&N filters on these trucks. A friend of mine actually had a K&N on the donor engine he used for his bronco and it had bad compression and was leaking fuel into the crankcase. The turbo wheel was also kind of dusted.

I have read a lot of things about the fuel tanks on these trucks giving people issues when the level drops below 1/4 tank. I can't remember off the top of my head which part it is, but something inside the tank breaks, and then the fuel cannot be pulled below 1/4 of the tank.

People on this forum are very knowledgeable, and a lot of the stuff I just posted about, I learned from people on here.

 

Its a plastic piece on the end of the pickup tube that with age breaks apart.