still shopping, and the options have changed a bit for me... now I'm looking at this truck:
Bed Extras: Bedliner, Cylinders: 8, Drivetrain: 4-Wheel drive, Engine Type: V8 7.3L Turbo Diesel, Fuel Type: Diesel, Seating Material: Cloth, Sound System: AM/FM Cassette/Cd, Transmission Type: 4 spd.automatic/od, Vehicle Status: Previously Owned, Wheels: Alloy, 4WD, ABS (4-Wheel), Air Conditioning, AM/FM Stereo, Bed Liner, Cruise Control, Custom Bumper, Ovrsize Off-Rd Tires, Power Door Locks, Power Steering, Power Windows, Premium Sound, Premium Wheels, Single Compact Disc, Sliding Rear Window, Tilt Wheel, Towing Pkg, XLT,This F350(1 ton) non-dually Xcab 4x4 diesel longbed runs and looks great. It has a recent remanufactured transmission.


Auto transmission is still under a 3yr warantee, mileage is 164K and cost is 13K
Main differences are that this one is a F350 4x4 and autotranny. Pluses in my book.
As for checking the resistance of the glowplugs. I'm interested in doing this check, could anyone post the proper resistance range, and a picture of the connector I need to hook my ohmmeter to?
also should be known that I'm seriously wanting to switch from bio-D to WVO with a proper conversion kit.
thanks all!