yowen
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So I went for a test drive in the F-350.
For those of you that didn't read my earlier thread it is here: http://www.oilburners.net/forums/showthread.php?59009-93-F350-Crewcab-with-ZF5/
The Good!:
It looks extremely good when you crawl under it, very rust free, as claimed.
It still had the bumper mounts so I can put a stock bumper on it
I getting it for a good price! He said he'd take $1100
It has a new starter
The Bad:
There is dents and dings all over the thing
The paint is in bad shape
needs new tires
missing a few interior parts here and there, handles, switches, etc.
needs vacuum pump for brakes
one of the batteries is only 640 cranking amps
Stuff I am not sure on:
- You turn the key and the truck says "wait to start" then it seems someone wired in a switch that you need to push to start the truck. Does start very nicely! Seems to idle pretty steadily too! A puff of white smoke came out (not very big), after that it was a much lighter clearer smoke.
- While we were on this drive we turned the headlight switch and the odometer came on! It read 313,000, how do you guys feel about that?
- The coolant reservoir had a Very slight film of oil on it, it seemed. It did look nice and green, also when we opened up the radiator cap.
- The power steering pump makes noise, I imagine it will need some attention...
- We tried to hit the fuel tank switch, but did not see the gauge move.
- The oil was low when the guy got the truck and he topped it off... Is this an indicator of anything?
- The motor compartment looked "well used" but I am not sure I could find anything glaringly wrong. Follow the link below for various pictures I took!
detail pictures of the ZF5 F350 crew cab
I am leaning towards pulling the trigger on this deal, the thing I am mostly uneasy about is the high mileage, even for a diesel it is getting up there!
Also can't compliment this message board enough! The wealth of information you've created here has made me dead-set on getting an IDI.
For those of you that didn't read my earlier thread it is here: http://www.oilburners.net/forums/showthread.php?59009-93-F350-Crewcab-with-ZF5/
The Good!:
It looks extremely good when you crawl under it, very rust free, as claimed.
It still had the bumper mounts so I can put a stock bumper on it
I getting it for a good price! He said he'd take $1100
It has a new starter
The Bad:
There is dents and dings all over the thing
The paint is in bad shape
needs new tires
missing a few interior parts here and there, handles, switches, etc.
needs vacuum pump for brakes
one of the batteries is only 640 cranking amps
Stuff I am not sure on:
- You turn the key and the truck says "wait to start" then it seems someone wired in a switch that you need to push to start the truck. Does start very nicely! Seems to idle pretty steadily too! A puff of white smoke came out (not very big), after that it was a much lighter clearer smoke.
- While we were on this drive we turned the headlight switch and the odometer came on! It read 313,000, how do you guys feel about that?
- The coolant reservoir had a Very slight film of oil on it, it seemed. It did look nice and green, also when we opened up the radiator cap.
- The power steering pump makes noise, I imagine it will need some attention...
- We tried to hit the fuel tank switch, but did not see the gauge move.
- The oil was low when the guy got the truck and he topped it off... Is this an indicator of anything?
- The motor compartment looked "well used" but I am not sure I could find anything glaringly wrong. Follow the link below for various pictures I took!
detail pictures of the ZF5 F350 crew cab
I am leaning towards pulling the trigger on this deal, the thing I am mostly uneasy about is the high mileage, even for a diesel it is getting up there!
Also can't compliment this message board enough! The wealth of information you've created here has made me dead-set on getting an IDI.
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