[SUPER60omni]

Owned my 2000 for 17yrs. Yup stuff around the engine will wear out, fail, break, rust……just like every other truck. If you can actually wrench and afford to fix some stuff you will be happy. If you buy a GOOD running 7.3 and you pay attention to it and fix stuff as needed and know what to look at it will serve you very well. I was still a mechanic when I bought mine in 2006 with 47k on it and I understood how reliable they were but also knew they are still ford f250’s that have all the same common issues. You suck it up and fix what goes wrong and move on. I have always kept up on everything on mine and it NEVER has let me down aside from a alternator goin out once out of state(5min fix) . Mine did show its age with rust so I had to eradicate ALL of it with down south rust free parts and now its back to 100%. My company still has a few 7.3’s with over 400k that are mostly run around trucks but still run great. I honestly plan to keep mine forever. It tows everi need, it goes decent with a custom tune and intake/exhaust and i know its not gonna hurt itself because they are just a anvil of a engine. I had the trans rebuilt with good parts and a new converter at 210k and its my go anywhere anytime and tow whatever truck. Im pretty much anti-new anything especially diesels. To much drama but yes they are impressive on power but literally thats it and they just dont hold up in my opinion. I say buy a nice 7.3 and enjoy it and just keep it alive and save $50k.