Hello members,
Well Im a newby and just found this forum, I find it very infomative and helpful. I currently drive a 7.3 idi turbo and want to go back to gas. If you were buying a 99 sd drw 4x4 v10 would you be afraid of 130,000 miles that has had regular service?. I know alot of things play into this but I drive about a max of 20,000 a year. The truck seems to be well cared for. Thanks for your time I,m looking forward to learning about this beast.

 

dont let the high miles scare you, especially if it has been serviced regulary. One thing ford does right is built these trucks to last

 

I would find one with fewer miles and newer than 99. 2000 and up had 310hp vs 99 with 275hp. V10s can be had real cheap these days. I picked up an X in Feb. with V10 and only 65,000 miles for 13,900. Keep lookin you will find some low mileage deals out there.

 

Welcome to fte . pass that one up man it's not so much the miles as one of our guys found a tow truck powered by a v10 with 400k on the clock. its the newer heads and horse power of a 01 up.

the 99,00 and about half of the 01 years had the weak spark plug threads. they could pop a plug out of not installed properly useing a inch pound torque wrench. if one did blow out it's time for a thread repair kit from timesert and updateing all 10 to the new plugs and full depth theads.

 

i agree, might as well try and find the newer 310 horse motor with lower miles, it wont cost much more

 

yes ,thats too much money for that yr and mileage.
I agree with others on their points.

Rich

 

Thanks for the replys. I could buy the truck for 11,500 but maybe I will reconcider. I don't want any regrets

 

not to shabby.

i just called a woman (single mom getting something smaller) that has a X listed in the paper. 2001 X, 4x4,V10, 87K, BONE stock! she has all the recipts from ford when they did , oil, maint, ect.....
sit down for this one........$7600.....that's her pay-off!!

bad thing is, 1) i don't NEED it, 2) i'm about the 15th guy that's called she said, and 3) she "thinks" it's already sold (whitch is good for me, keeps the old lady off my azs, hahaha). she had a guy ask if he could bring her 1/2 this week, and the rest in anouther 2 weeks, and she will know if he's serious buy tomorow night!

there are PLENTY of gasers out there that people are "afraid of"! i bet you can run across one with a few less miles, and a few less $'s!!

 

josey321,

Just out of curiosity, why do you want to switch from diesel to gas? From all I've read
the 7.3's are great engines with good fuel economy. The V10's are great but with gas on the rise again, seems like a good time to have a diesel.

Jack

 

While it's true that gas is on the rise, "diesel" is going up as well. Where I live, diesel is about $.40 to $.60 more than Unleaded Regular. This wipes out all or most of the fuel economy advantages of the 7.3.

Just my $.02 worth.

Larry

 

Madjak

I will be real presumptuous and answer for josey321 and he can climb in and let me know if I am wrong...

As powerful as the old 7.3L PSD is, it has some draw backs...

1. Fuel mileage is not that great and fuel is more expensive
2. Oil changes are a pain and much more expensive
3. Air filter is MUCH more expensive
4. Coolant additives to stop cavitation are a pain to keep up with, and expensive
5. The danged things are noisy and stinky
6. Glow plugs and injectors are big ticket cost and on the older motors are a expense lurking around to bite you when you don't have the spare $1200~$2800 to deal with it
7. All these things are additive... and as the older truck ages you worry more and more about when you have to deal with maintaining the torque monster and this alone causes many owners to loose a lot of sleep

8. Many of us prior PSD owners found (many by accident) that the V10 powered Superduty was cheaper, easier to maintain, quieter, and had enough HP and Torque to generate a BSEG.

9. We banded together and post the praises of our exceptional $510 option 99Y motor. Some of the PSD owners lurk down here and secretly wish they had not paid $3700 for their cackle prone, stinky, noisy, expensive to maintain power option 99P

10. These lurkers have noticed that most of us sleep well every night, and in the winter have cabin heat in less then 2 minutes (they all secretly want a V10 simple as all that!)

 

Fred ,your on solid ground and we got your back ! In case them renegades show up!

Rich

 

amen, fred! how so true

 

Fredvon4,

You made some very good points and maybe I will quit my dreaded diesel envy.
My V10 really is a great truck.......just always wondering if I would like a diesel
better, but after reading your post and realizing I've put 30,000 miles on my truck
will just oil changes every 3000 miles, it is not expensive to maintain and very dependable.
Thanks for your post,

Jack

 

My friend with the 7.3 LOVED it, but the tranny was a weak link I guess. He went with the 6.0 and better tranny and is not nearly as happy as he thought he would be about mileage. I kept telling me he was going to get 20mpg. We bought trucks within a couple weeks of each other, 2005 CC Lariats, his diesel, mine gas. He gets about 20% better mileage and my fuel costs 20% less, so it's "close" to a wash. He paid more up front, pays more for maintenance, etc, etc. He does have more torque though and on paper I guess that means a lot (although both trucks will pull the same load, and the V10 actually has a higher payload).

I think though, I'd look for newer, lower miles, and lower price. Seems the V10 doesn't hold the value like the diesel and that's a win for those looking to buy used. I think you can do better than $11.5k