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Feb 24, 2024 | 04:53 PM

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Used 2006 Need help

Hi all first time here
Im looking to buy my first real truck and there is a guy not too far from me selling a
2006 F250 crew cab short bed 4x4
Its from Texas and doesn't have any rust on it at all.
Really clean inside as well with leather interior
However it does have 269,000 miles on it.
All of the following has been done in the past 100 miles
- Rust free Texas cab
- valve cover gaskets
- breaks/ lines
- master cylinder
- titan stage 2 with 9 blade wheel turbo
- egr delete
- trans pan/ gasket/ filter/ fluid
- all motor and transmission sensors
- ac recharged
- serpentine belt
- sct mild tune
- steering column and shift tube
- frame wire wheeled and painted
- oil changed
- just added led headlights and switch back turn signal - updated mirrors

I did ask him if its been "Bullet Proofed Diesel" engine?
In other words has four of the five pattern failures been addressed with genuine Bullet Proof Diesel parts. This includes the problematic OEM oil cooler as well as the FICM module, EGR cooler and water pump?
(I read on the internet somewhere to ask these questions so I did, even though I don't know anything about it all lol)
He said that "It has everything but being studded and its gets 22mpg"

Long story short Im looking to you all to help me to know if $5500 a good price for this truck or is it too much because of the miles?

Thanks so much for your time.

Feb 24, 2024 | 05:16 PM

BLADE35

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From: Saratoga Springs,UT

red flags for me

all engine and trans sensor replaced

No studs

aftermarket turbo

tunes

Lots of work recently

price don’t seem bad but be prepared to dump 5k more into cleaning up a mess

They have $5500 in parts and labor alone seems like with all that work

they want it gone price

Do you know anybody into 6.0 “gear head” that could test drive it with you

There’s a buying used info in tech folder

Feb 24, 2024 | 05:45 PM

bismic

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You need a scan tool to check out the potential purchase.

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

Feb 24, 2024 | 06:53 PM

kbeefy

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From: Eastern Washington

'no rust' and 'frame wire wheeled and painted' and 'Rust free Texas cab' seem to be contradictory.
Why would anyone doo all the listed items in '100 miles' and then sell?

$5k might be a good deal for a 6.0 hobbyist, but it sounds like a patched up problem for a newbie.

Remember, theres nothing more expensive than a cheap 'xxxxx'

Feb 25, 2024 | 08:36 AM

IHateCommieCars

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From: Houston, Texas

Hmm, it's been a few years since I've bought an Fseries, so IDK current values, but this was a great price during the pandemic and can't imagine it being a bad value now. The miles are fine at that price and it should be good for another 100-150k miles anyway with proper care..

My red flag is the tunes. I like my Fseries stock, like Woody Hayes said - "only three things can happen when you pass (the football) and two of them are bad." Granted, our trucks are too old to not have been worked on, but I don't want all the aftermarket upgrades. Those are usually installed by "aftermarket" techs and gung-ho DIYers. Nothing wrong with that necessarily. This forum has hundreds of DIYers who are very competent and there are good independent shops. My point is that it just increases the risk. I'd rather pay less for a truck that needs all that work, then do it myself, rather than pay more because some DIYer already did it with aftermarket upgrades.

But, it looks like you got a discount to account for that. Yeah, just figure to do some work on it to get it up to snuff, then maintain it going forward. If the body/cab is as you say, those prolly sell for a good price up north. Having bought a few cars from up north, our Texas vehicles are worth more. So, you might have a potential profit maker.

Definitely go through the Tech Folder's check list.

Feb 25, 2024 | 04:10 PM

F350 1990

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From: Mooresville, NC

I sold an 06 F250 crew six months ago for $15,000 but did quite a bit of mechanical work too it -- $3000 in parts and cosmetics alone. $5000 seems very fair, but: Carry IDS, Launch, Autel whatever to look at cylinder contribution and other parameters............check for blowby too.

I steer clear of any / all trucks with "tunes" --- they tear the crap out of these and other engines over time.