Idk if I got a good deal or not I bought a 1994 f-250 ex-cab wrecked for 1200 it's got the 7.3l idi turbo diesel it's 4x4 e4od trans 203000 on the od it runs good tell me what y'all think

 

Not bad. Any 4x for around a grand is a good deal.

Lemme guess? Rusty as hell?

I'd have to assume an IDI that cheap will have some maintenance requirements. Probably has a tired IP and injectors. Go to R&D IDI Performance to order some.

Also, I bet the turbo might need a rebuild. Not too bad if you are handy.

The rest is just typical maintenance stuff. Might be good to change out the diesel (and other filters) to get a good baseline. Also, check to see if the PO used the proper SCA coolant. If not, then you might as well do a coolant flush and refill with good coolant.

Nice find. Got any pics?

 

No pics yet I bought it just for parts it's been wrecked no rust though the cab is tore up pretty bad it has a new radiator new starter new glow plugs 4 new injectors starts and runs great I'll try to get some pics up tonight when I get off work as soon as can get some money up I'm going to upgrade the turbo an r&d 90 cc pump stage 1 injectors head studs and a cam that should wake it up

 

ah. that explains the cheap price.

I'd be worried about a PO that replaced GP's (probably not motorcrafts), and only half the injectors. Who doesn't just replace them all at once?

 

That's the first thing I'm going to do is replace the gp with motorcraft plugs then all the injectors are coming out to be replaced then the pump then the turbo I just wanted the motor for my 1992 f-250 with a very tired 7.3 non turbo

 

Trans and front axle aren't worth anything but you can easily make your money back and then some on the rest. Maybe a bit high for a high mile running engine with turbo but not unreasonable. If you bought it for the engine, depending on what is trashed from the wreck you can probably make your money back on the rest of it. Save the frame mounts and crossmember, you may have them for a while but people surely want them for doing a diesel conversion.

 

I'll save a lot of stuff from it a lot of parts will work with my 92 f-250. question would it be possible to transfer the cruise control from the 94 to the 92 the 92 never had cruise

 

Should be able to transfer the cruise stuff over.

 

You'll probably need parts from the '94 steering column for the '92 for the cruise; buttons and the wiring.

The good news is that the cruise in the '94 should be just an electronic module(not the old vacuum-driven setup). It's not hard to wire up even if you have to rig up new wiring for it.
If you get to that point and can't figure it out, I can probably help - I actually put a '97 gasser cruise module in my '88... and your '94 should be basically the same as the '97 module, assuming it's the same as my '93.