I'm sure you guys get a ton of these threads, so I apologize in advance.
I'm in the market for a pickup to do some camper hauling, fishing, and general running around. Nothing major, and I don't put a lot of miles on my vehicles. My hunt for a new rig brought me to a dealer web site, and they have a '93 F230 7.3 that really has my interest piqued. The problem is, I know nothing about these pickups or diesels in general. First, the details (that I know as of now):
1993 F250 XL, supercab
7.3L
4x4, automatic trans.
Body, interior, tires are all immaculate (from pictures)
Equipped with a shell and snow-plow
mileage: 62,000, one owner.
asking price: $12,081
About all I know about these pickups is that the 7.3IDI is known to run a long time, and 62k miles is barely broken in. Cavitation shouldn't be a problem at this point, but I'll check it out. With that low of mileage I'm assuming this truck was probably primarily used as a snow pusher, so I'm figuring that it had plenty of parked time which always makes me leery of dried up fuel lines, etc.. I have to travel to check the pickup out in person, so I'm trying to figure out what I should look at when I get there, or if this is even worth the look at the price.
What are your thoughts on this situation? Any general concerns, or points of emphasis that I should really look out for when I see it in person? Any help you guys would have would be greatly appreciated.
I'm in the market for a pickup to do some camper hauling, fishing, and general running around. Nothing major, and I don't put a lot of miles on my vehicles. My hunt for a new rig brought me to a dealer web site, and they have a '93 F230 7.3 that really has my interest piqued. The problem is, I know nothing about these pickups or diesels in general. First, the details (that I know as of now):
1993 F250 XL, supercab
7.3L
4x4, automatic trans.
Body, interior, tires are all immaculate (from pictures)
Equipped with a shell and snow-plow
mileage: 62,000, one owner.
asking price: $12,081
About all I know about these pickups is that the 7.3IDI is known to run a long time, and 62k miles is barely broken in. Cavitation shouldn't be a problem at this point, but I'll check it out. With that low of mileage I'm assuming this truck was probably primarily used as a snow pusher, so I'm figuring that it had plenty of parked time which always makes me leery of dried up fuel lines, etc.. I have to travel to check the pickup out in person, so I'm trying to figure out what I should look at when I get there, or if this is even worth the look at the price.
What are your thoughts on this situation? Any general concerns, or points of emphasis that I should really look out for when I see it in person? Any help you guys would have would be greatly appreciated.