E150 or E250??
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E150 or E250??
Hellooo - I just bought a 96 hightop van, has 47,000 on it. The dealer told me its an E250, how can i know for sure its not an E150.....The van is big, and seems heavy duty. It has leaf springs in back, and heavy looking coils in front. Can you id it with the VIN?
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Mike
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Hellooo - I just bought a 96 hightop van, has 47,000 on it. The dealer told me its an E250, how can i know for sure its not an E150.....The van is big, and seems heavy duty. It has leaf springs in back, and heavy looking coils in front. Can you id it with the VIN?
Thanks,
Mike
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Mike
I can decode your VIN...but all that's really needed are the FIFTH, SIXTH and SEVENTH digits, as these are the series codes.
The first two of the three digits tell the tale: E1 = E150 / E2 = E250 / E3 = E350 / S2 = E250 / S3 = E350.
All Econolines 1969 and later have front coils, rear leafs.
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Hi ND - Thanks, its good to be here, Well, in my Vin #5 is E & #6 is 1 - So it looks like its an E150 which would make it a 1/2 ton right?....I was hoping it was a 3/4 ton, sure feels heavy enough.
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The E150 will have 5-lug wheels and P-rated car tires (235/75x15) whereas the 250 would have high pressure truck tires on 8 lug 16" wheels. The 150 will have a nicer ride.
The GVW (gross vehicle weight) of the 150 will be about 7000 lbs or so, meaning that if the base vehicle weighs 5400 lbs, you would have a max load capacity of 1600 lbs, which includes all passengers and cargo. This is not a lot of capacity if you want to carry lots of passengers or lots of heavy stuff. Check your door stickers and see if there is a payload listed--I believe that van converters have to put these on.
The 150 will be pretty hard on front brakes as well. I've had three similar vans over the years including my '02 E150 which I have now, and have always had problems with front brake rotors warping, short pad life (30k or so).
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The GVW (gross vehicle weight) of the 150 will be about 7000 lbs or so, meaning that if the base vehicle weighs 5400 lbs, you would have a max load capacity of 1600 lbs, which includes all passengers and cargo. This is not a lot of capacity if you want to carry lots of passengers or lots of heavy stuff. Check your door stickers and see if there is a payload listed--I believe that van converters have to put these on.
The 150 will be pretty hard on front brakes as well. I've had three similar vans over the years including my '02 E150 which I have now, and have always had problems with front brake rotors warping, short pad life (30k or so).
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E250/350's have 8 lug wheels on a 6.50" bolt circle.
I'm surprised that a (clueless) dealership employee would tell you it was an E250 when both the VIN and the wheels point to an E150.
What's the advantage? The E150 will get better gas mileage, but its towing capacity and what weight it can safely carry, will be much less.
The GVW will be found on the Certification Label, but GVW is a mis-nomer, as it's not the actual weight of the vehicle.
GVW actually refers to this: GVWR = Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.
The difference between the GVWR and the actual weight of the vehicle is what it can safely carry.
So...if the GVW is 7000 lbs, and the actual weight of the vehicle is 5500 lbs. The difference of 1500 lbs. is the safety limit.
This 1500 lb. difference includes the driver, passengers and etc.
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