What diesel?
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What diesel?
I looked at a F250 (1988) flat bed dually 4wd with a diesel. The vin code has the letter M at the 8th place so that makes it a 7.3l.
After talking to the owner for a while he said the motor was a Detroit Diesel -- when hes says its a Detroit Diesel does that mean its not a 7.3L??
The truck ran good no smoking under any conditions (moderate acceleration no load) or hesistation. The truck was low on fuel so we drove it over to get fuel --after filling up the water in fuel light was on. ??
What is normal engine oil pressure at idle and under acceleration for this motor ? (It has an additional manual gauge).
The fella is asking $3000.00 for the truck which he claims has 116,000 miles on it. I have Fords of the same era (no diesels) the body on this truck is mint compared to what mine (road salt issues) look like --leading me to believe the 116k to be correct. $3000.00 a fair price? (Has a plow as well.)
If all goes well I'll be a Ford Diesel owner at sundown.
After talking to the owner for a while he said the motor was a Detroit Diesel -- when hes says its a Detroit Diesel does that mean its not a 7.3L??
The truck ran good no smoking under any conditions (moderate acceleration no load) or hesistation. The truck was low on fuel so we drove it over to get fuel --after filling up the water in fuel light was on. ??
What is normal engine oil pressure at idle and under acceleration for this motor ? (It has an additional manual gauge).
The fella is asking $3000.00 for the truck which he claims has 116,000 miles on it. I have Fords of the same era (no diesels) the body on this truck is mint compared to what mine (road salt issues) look like --leading me to believe the 116k to be correct. $3000.00 a fair price? (Has a plow as well.)
If all goes well I'll be a Ford Diesel owner at sundown.
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Is there a FORD logo or something on the 7.3l diesel block in an acessible area so that I can postively identify it. The owner says its a detroit diesel...did Ford even offer it -- I doubt on his own he went out and had this done.
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should have a Navistar spec sticker on the drivers side valve cover. get some fleet gaurd test strips and check the coolant or just see if you can take it to a diesel mechanic and have them check over everything before you buy it.
