Should I do it?V10

[schefft]

Shop around for a PSD. If you have some patience you can get a good deal. I got mine last December with 113k on it for $9500!

[04'EarthDestroyer]

If I ever bought a gas truck it would definitely be a gm. Ford v10's eh, haven't really heard of them being as durable and longevity of the vortecs; just my 10 cents

[carnival owner mikey]

we use a 2000 v10 and i hate to say it but if you dont mind not havin a diesel.........

[GM Duraturd]

Get a diesel.

The V10 will be less reliable, HORRIBLE mileage, less power, sounds terrible, alot of miles for that v10.

If I were to get a gasser (never will) I would look for a 5.4 instead of a V10.

[Big Tone]

I had a 99 V10 and it was a good truck, got 14-15 empty would do 10-11 pulling 3 to 4k.
BUT put a big load on it 10k or better and it got 5mpg and I traded it at 160k miles so I cant say about what kind of trucks they are at higher mileage.
If you really like the truck check the rear ratio, mine was 3:73.
That model came with 3:73 or 4:30 ratio, contractor I worked for at the time had the 4:30 in a CC SB 4x4 F-250 and it got 9 mpgs empty and 6mpgs loaded.

[Hardline]

I have maintained and worked on quite a few V10 engines in natural gas generators. I have seen 18000 hour engines with no issues. Yes that is 18 THOUSAND hours that is not a misprint! With that said the most things I have seen is idler pulley issues, water pumps and such. Most major issue has been the blown out plug issue. But had two heads rebuilt, new cam chain tensioners, water pump and all gaskets, and the parts, machining bill was under 3K. JJ

[bmoney]

are you saying the threads pull out of the head? I know this truck just had the plugs changed not to long ago.

[Hardline]

Originally Posted by bmoney

are you saying the threads pull out of the head? I know this truck just had the plugs changed not to long ago.

Yes the threads get blown out of the heads. The heads are aluminum. They can be fixed with inserts if you do not want to change heads. I just happened to have a couple spare machines that have been picked over so I just pulled another set of heads and had them done and installed them. JJ

[bmoney]

Here is the truck

1999 F250 Ford Crewcab 4x4

[elibenson]

Originally Posted by Hardline

I have maintained and worked on quite a few V10 engines in natural gas generators. I have seen 18000 hour engines with no issues. Yes that is 18 THOUSAND hours that is not a misprint! With that said the most things I have seen is idler pulley issues, water pumps and such. Most major issue has been the blown out plug issue. But had two heads rebuilt, new cam chain tensioners, water pump and all gaskets, and the parts, machining bill was under 3K. JJ

The thing about generators thought is that they run at less than 100% of the engine horsepower. It keeps them more reliable. I had a 25KW natural gas generator with a Ford 2.3l SOHC gasoling engine on it. On my Bayliner, the same engine put out 120 HP, on this generator, the same type of engine was only producing enough to spin the generator (~50HP).

What I am getting at is that in a truck the V10 is rated at 300+HP and in a truck, you are likely to actually use that on a regular basis. With increased cylinder pressure of running at 300HP, it is a lot more likely to spit out a spark plug than on a generator. And yet, JJ has still seen it a few times.

Just my $0.02..