High mileage '99 7.3 4x4 CC

[markwemple]

Looking at a '99 7.3 4x4 Crew. ~325k. Had a lot of work done on it including, glow plugs, injectors, wiring harness, tranny, transfer case solenoid, brakes, suspension, etc. No pump work and nothing done inside the engine.

He's asking $5.5k. Looks great for the year/mileage. What should I look out for?

[PSDBuilder]

Normal suspension wear ball joints etc also check the blow by other than that I love my high mileage early 99

[PSDBuilder]

One thing to also note I had to replace vc gaskets off the bat if there the org u will prob also but it's no biggie

[markwemple]

I believe the ball joints, etc. have been done. By blow by, do you mean the oil filler test? This guy seems pretty honest. The only leak is the w/p gasket. I'll just replace the w/p itself too.

[PSDBuilder]

Na just get idea by pulling the oil fill cap off and seeing how much gas is coming out or u can see if u can set the cap on it and if it blows off it just gives u a ruff idea of how maintained it was. When u do it you will see what I mean other than that just the usually drive it see how it shifts also if u have a code reader u can see if it has any stored codes. But if u think the guy is pretty straight forward u should be ok

[jermcd]

Price doesnt seem to far off from what ive seen in my recent search. Make an honest offer, most he'll say is no.

[PSDBuilder]

I payed 3900 for mine but it need some tlc and now a tranny but that's my fault

[markwemple]

Oh, 1 other comment. Looking at the badging, I believe this is an early 99. PS badge is on the fender, not the door.

[PSDBuilder]

Yes but u can't always just go by badging check the build date it's locatd inside drivers door frame

Mine does have it on the fender and mine is a early 99 I think it's 10 of 98

[markwemple]

Thanks for the help, so far!