[GMTK]

New to the forum. Bought a 2008 F250 King Ranch with the 6.4L. Truck has 233k on the odometer but at 228k a new/used engine that had 125k on it was installed (I bought it after the new engine was installed). Truck is insanely clean on the inside. Everything on the truck works and no leaks.

For those of you asking why I bought it, knowing the 6.4 has issues - we had a family friend who was in a bad financial spot and instead of loaning him money that we might never get back, we paid off some of his debts and then bought the truck as part of the deal. Paid $14,500 total for it.

Since we bought it: new KR floors mats for the front, new weathertech for the rear, new driver's seat plastic molding, rear view camera, new headlights, fog lights and all new silverstar bulbs, new windshield, new tires, alignment, new rancho shocks front and read and new cab mounts (went with OEM). Truck came with an S&B cold air kit and we put a new S&B filter on it.

Plan buy a tuner, hoping this site will help. This will be used as a weekend driver and will occasionally pull my 21' boat.

I'm open to any suggestions and thoughts on what I need to do in order to keep this truck running smooth. I've heard all the horror stories, hoping my good deed goes unpunished.

GMTK

 

[jman37]

Where did the engine come from? Jasper/reman or pulled from another running truck that was hopefully good? I would have tried to get it a bit cheaper considering it's an 08 and has a good chunk of miles on it. Looks like it has an exhaust on it which means it's tuned so I'd want to know what tune it's running. I didn't see any maintenance items on your list. Oil change? Fuel filters changed? Hopefully you used Motorcraft if you did you.

 

[GMTK]

Engine came from a short bus from the local school district that had been won at an auction. It was in great shape with all it's record when my buddy bought it. (my buddy is also a mechanic) When I bought the truck (actually bought it last fall) we felt it was a good price in the current market, if it would have been more recent I would have gone way down in price. I don't know what tune it's running and that is one of my goals. Oil was just changed, oem parts, and the fuel filters were changed in the fall when I bought it, also OEM.

 

[SuperCrutyPS]

Welcome to the ORG!!!

Be sure to check out the 6.4L forum - Lots of good info in there.