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Hey guys.
I'm seriously considering buying this truck. It's a '97 F350 with 330k on the body and 180k km on a 2002 7.3L engine swap (112k mi). Has 180cc injectors with hydra tune (less than 2000 km on them). 4 inch suspension lift, 3 inch body lift. Lots of work done on it including water pump, glow plugs and glow plug relay, head gasket. Body looks pretty good.
Had it inspected at a diesel mechanic that has experience with these trucks. He found quite a bit and we initially walked away. The owner is fixing a misfire/cylinder imbalance which may have to do with the new injectors, as well as rerouting/cleaning up the engine wiring harness. If we buy it we'd have to get the rad support done (and install a 6L tranny cooler he's throwing in), fix some play in the front left hub (shim or something missing, could be the hub itself), AC recharge.. Also needs new rear leaf springs, which I'd see if I can upgrade to the 4in lift height and take out the rear blocks maybe so it's all solid back there. I'd also get the undercarriage treated (sand blasted?) and undercoated, a new winch bumper and get some nice 37in tires and wheels. He'll let it go for 8500 CAD (6350 US) which I think is pretty decent given what people are asking for these things around here and what's been done to it that we wouldn't have to. We'd probably put another $5000 into it in the work it needs and upgrades to make it look mint.
Any advice here?
I've looked at 3 other 7.3's. One was bone stock, needed $5K in work plus another 5-7K's in upgrades to look how we wanted it. Guy wouldn't budge on his asking price of $8900. Another guy with a basically bone stock one (mint body) wants $12K so we couldn't afford to get it lifted and painted and wheels... Other one was rusted to hell and I didn't bother driving it. People just want so much money for these things and they still need so much work.
The boyfriend is getting sick of waiting on the 7.3 I'm smitten over, and is considering a 6.0L with all the bells and whistles for around 13K. We had a 6.0L a few years ago (got stolen) that we had to drop a new engine into so I'm pretty wary of that option.
I'm seriously considering buying this truck. It's a '97 F350 with 330k on the body and 180k km on a 2002 7.3L engine swap (112k mi). Has 180cc injectors with hydra tune (less than 2000 km on them). 4 inch suspension lift, 3 inch body lift. Lots of work done on it including water pump, glow plugs and glow plug relay, head gasket. Body looks pretty good.
Had it inspected at a diesel mechanic that has experience with these trucks. He found quite a bit and we initially walked away. The owner is fixing a misfire/cylinder imbalance which may have to do with the new injectors, as well as rerouting/cleaning up the engine wiring harness. If we buy it we'd have to get the rad support done (and install a 6L tranny cooler he's throwing in), fix some play in the front left hub (shim or something missing, could be the hub itself), AC recharge.. Also needs new rear leaf springs, which I'd see if I can upgrade to the 4in lift height and take out the rear blocks maybe so it's all solid back there. I'd also get the undercarriage treated (sand blasted?) and undercoated, a new winch bumper and get some nice 37in tires and wheels. He'll let it go for 8500 CAD (6350 US) which I think is pretty decent given what people are asking for these things around here and what's been done to it that we wouldn't have to. We'd probably put another $5000 into it in the work it needs and upgrades to make it look mint.
Any advice here?
I've looked at 3 other 7.3's. One was bone stock, needed $5K in work plus another 5-7K's in upgrades to look how we wanted it. Guy wouldn't budge on his asking price of $8900. Another guy with a basically bone stock one (mint body) wants $12K so we couldn't afford to get it lifted and painted and wheels... Other one was rusted to hell and I didn't bother driving it. People just want so much money for these things and they still need so much work.
The boyfriend is getting sick of waiting on the 7.3 I'm smitten over, and is considering a 6.0L with all the bells and whistles for around 13K. We had a 6.0L a few years ago (got stolen) that we had to drop a new engine into so I'm pretty wary of that option.
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