advice from the V-10 croud

[IDIoit]

found a 00 excursion for 5k. 185k on the dial
in pretty good shape!
its a buddys ride, and he needs to move it.

half of me wants to scoop it up.
the other half tells me....

its not a diesel.....

how reliable are these things?

 

[towcat]

how religious was he on his oil changes?
the balance shaft on the drivers side cylinder head would get oil starved from gummed up oil passages and put a motor on a self-destruct path.

 

[snicklas]

Go find a 6.0...........

 

[IDIoit]

Go find a 6.0...........

if i did it would damn near have to be in the 1k-1500.
and i would do an engine swap first off.
i prefer to stick to my 7.3's
i would poke fun at the 6.0's but i dont feel like making you cry.
ive have enough of that going on here at the house

 

[whitehorse]

Heck no....buy it if you can afford the fuel. Every v10 that came thru the shop at FORD had 300k and plus. The guy that hauled our cars to the auction had a 2000 model 4x4 srw 350 with 429k on the clock...they are great if you can feed them....

 

[whitehorse]

What happened here? Got scared and didn't buy it? I'm looking at a V10 4x4 excursion now....4500 and 126k on the clock....

 

[Clb]

Run
Ask me how I know about a half a tank to sac from my pad.

 

[IDIoit]

decided to spend the money on a guest house.

i prefer diesel, ill just wait till the right one comes along.

or build one out of my 01 F250, since the body is beat to hell anyways, a wrecked excursion without drivetrain
will be cheaper

 

[whitehorse]

I'm looking at a V10 4x4 and a 7.3 diesel 2wd so....we shall see

 

[IDIoit]

Gotta have 4wd, don't want to be stuck in the snow going to my parents