1bad95tsi
15+ Year Contributor
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- Oct 27, 2005
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steubenville,
Ohio
Coming from a superduty owner - there good trucks to a point , well maintained they will run 500,000 miles ive seen several of them with miles like that at auctions - Fords do have issues tho, like the plastic bleeder valve on the backside of the fuel filter bowl - wiring harness problems with the valve cover harnesses - i had to replace both of mine - fords genius engineering having unprotected wires under the valve covers so the oil can mess them up, other than small quirks like those and some others fords are good as long as their maintained well like our dsms - if you get one thats been abused you'll find out about it eventually -
Just take your time , do some research and check whatever truck you look at over extremely well -ask if they have maintenance records and if its from a private owner ask him tons of questions - as any vehicle you would buy
Oh and one last thing if you do go with a ford get the 7.3 i did 3 years of research and waiting to find the right truck - the 6.0s are notorious for bad heads and headgaskets i have 2 frinds with them and 1 buddy is on his 2nd set of heads and the other on his 3rd - fords had a bad problem with them and the factory warranty wont cover them - i have a friend with a machine shop that always has 2 or 3 sets of the 6.0 heads there because their so common for problems-
Just take your time , do some research and check whatever truck you look at over extremely well -ask if they have maintenance records and if its from a private owner ask him tons of questions - as any vehicle you would buy
Oh and one last thing if you do go with a ford get the 7.3 i did 3 years of research and waiting to find the right truck - the 6.0s are notorious for bad heads and headgaskets i have 2 frinds with them and 1 buddy is on his 2nd set of heads and the other on his 3rd - fords had a bad problem with them and the factory warranty wont cover them - i have a friend with a machine shop that always has 2 or 3 sets of the 6.0 heads there because their so common for problems-