I'm new to the site with a couple questions about a 2000 F250 Super Duty I am considering buying. First off it has the 5.4L V8 with an automatic transmission. Is this engine big enough for this truck? I don't do too much towing, mainly a 18' boat a couple times a month. What kind of milage can I expect? I drive probably 80% of the time on the highway without a load. Finally I am a little worried about the wear on the engine. It has almost 200,000 miles on it already. Should that be cause for concern? I normally would stear clear of something with that many miles but a friend is selling it for pretty cheap.

 

200,000 miles!!! :-staun WoW. I wouldn't buy it. Too many miles, It's going to have alot of problems in the near future.


2000 F350SD,SRW,RC,5spd man,V10, Front Leveling Kit,4.30 gears, 285/75/16 Wild Country

 

Stay away from it is right !
way too many miles to be reliable ride. It will nickle and dime ya

Just my $.02

unless he's giving it away !

Rich

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 04-Sep-02 AT 01:34 PM (EST)]Buy it.

1- If the price is right.
2- Knowing that it will require some work and expense.

If you don't have the expertise or equipment to work on the vehicle yourself, you would be better off buying a lower mileage vehicle.

My '89 F250HD 351 5spd. had almost 400,000kms (244,000miles) on it when I sold it. I put a rebuilt engine and trans in it at about 200,000 miles, but it probably would have gone another 20,000 or so before I had to do it. This truck came from the oil fields and was not babied. You should get more miles out of this one if it was well maintained.

My '89 was in excellent shape mechanically when I sold it, and I probably could have put another 100,000 on it before needed any more major work. The drivetrain was rock solid. I did have to repair u-joints, bushings, bearings, etc... periodically, but you have to do that stuff with any truck, and I certainly didn't baby it. In addition, there was usually some little thing, usually electric that was more of a PITA than anything. The truck was in a fire though, so I blame most of that stuff on the truck getting a little too hot. Those little nickel and dime things are a fact of life with older/high mileage trucks, so you have to decide whether you're willing to live with/repair these things. You're other option is to spend another $30k and buy new.

Long story short, if you can get the truck for a price, that if you something major does go wrong, you can repair it for what a similar lower mileage truck is worth, I'd say go for it. Especially if you can do the work yourself. Mileage is pretty much irrelevent as long as the truck is in good shape mechanically.

I sold my '89 because I was sick of the 5 spd, I wanted the Crew Cab, and because I got a job that let me afford it.

Waxy

 

Thanks for the good advice. The price he is asking is $2500.

 

HOLY MOLY!:-staun

If you don't buy it I will!

A 2000 F250 4X4 in good shape goes for $20-25,000 here. You can rebuild every major part in the truck, some twice, and spend a lot of nickles and dimes before you get to $20,000.

If you plan on keeping the truck for a long period of time, and you don't drive too much, the age will eventually catch up to the mileage, and your resale will actually improve. If the truck is in reasonable mechanical shape and the body/interior are good, it sounds like a deal to me.

Waxy

 

>Thanks for the good advice. The price he is asking is
>$2500.

Dude--I just spit tea all over my monitor and keyboard!

Jon
1989 F-150 XL- 4x4, 302, M50D
1995 Bronco Eddie Bauer- 351W, E40D

 

You better buy that truck!!!!!!!! You can replace the engine and trans with new and have a close to new ride for less than half of a new one.... Go for it and run that 5.4 until it dies, then replace it and do it all over again!

 

How can you really go wrong
You could part it out if the motor ever goes out
and still be way ahead
Down in the 5.4/4.6 form there's a guy that posted
He had a van with over 400,000 with no major problems
he sold that one still running strong
now he has one with almost 200,000 no problems yet
If your not going to buy it
Please let me in on it