Outer Limits 4x4 Board

im after some info on the 7.3L diesel V8 F250 round the 2000 model

im considering at upgrading my tow rig to one and am interested if there are things to look for or steer away from?

are there renowned engine/driveline faults?? stuff like that?

im not keen on investing coin into a time bomb.

most of the ones i have been looking at have around 200-250 thou kms on them.

cheers in advance

Evan

price fuelpump, and injectors... I heard from one diesel place in west melb when I was there, $2000ea... that was when I had my GQ.

I have a 2001 F250. It has 155,000 miles on it. I had to replace the transmission and turbo at 95,000 miles. That is the only problem I've had. I tow close to 10,000 pounds with it all the time and it still pulls great. I put at least 110 miles on it daily. I was going to buy a new truck this year but this one is still going strong.

Jason

I have one as well, and the only real ongoing problem that people have is the crank angle sensor gives up....easy fix, and if you tow really big loads the trany is prone to overheat and die.
That can be fixed though with a nice big cooler and some better than normal trany fluid.
The rest are just the normal run of the mill stuff that goes wrong with any truck.......
If you are really into flogging it, they also say the pivot boxes / balljoints are a bit weak, but like everything else on them, the yanks make all the right gear to make em sing

I love mine and its now part of the family and I would never get rid of it.........

Trannies are pretty weak.

Now the Chevy silverado with the Duramax/Allison combination is a different story. I hear the guy who sells them in Melbourne is a nice guy as well.

Very expensive glass. A bloke at work broke a rear side window yesterday on a near new F250 . Something in the vacinity of $700+ to replace it.

sierrajim wrote:I hear the guy who sells them in Melbourne is a nice guy as well.

Really? I heard he was a prick

My vate is on a RAM

Tiny wrote:

sierrajim wrote:I hear the guy who sells them in Melbourne is a nice guy as well.

Really? I heard he was a prick

My vate is on a RAM

Is it true that he's a hunch back??

BundyRumandCoke wrote:Very expensive glass. A bloke at work broke a rear side window yesterday on a near new F250 . Something in the vacinity of $700+ to replace it.

Im guessing it wasnt his?

Otherwise claim windscreen coverage through insurance.

Nope, a mate of his visiting, and rock thrown up by a mower got the window. I suggested he try his household insurance, or a piece of 5 ply.

Hey evan,can i make a suggestion,have a look at the silverado or suburbans,as you know i`ve got one,it will make it alot easier on spares if we both have similar trucks,only need to cary one set when we go to comps.Besides,the heads are prone to crack if pushed hard,so i`ve been told.

We had two in our family business. A 2004 and a 2005 I think. I might have posted about the problems on here before but I can't really remember them anymore.

They were the two most unreliable vehicles we have ever had. I always get shouted down when I say it but that was our experience. Buckets of shit.

I used to drive them for work, would be out of service once a week, generally electrical failures, blew transmissions, water pumps, alternator's etc. that said they have heaps of torque and a great boys toy, just constantly breaking down.

yeh mates f250 is in the shop for new pump,injectors etc......... has 80,000 km on it. Not cheap but under warranty.

Replaced an alternator on one, approx 2K for a newy..

a customer of mine spun the main bearings with less than 5000km on the clock.
it was fixed under warranty.

they are known to split bores,which is quite expensive to fix.

all parts are very expensive.
and at 200-250km you will be replacing plenty of things.

get used to this.......both leafy and coil spring.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EuQ6f8rgT4

just about anything you need can be brought online and shipped here from the US where you dont get ripped off.
There are many many more happy owners than there are sad ones.....
Once you drive one, you will be hooked.
Although mine has probably more mods done to it than most, I would still buy a new one and upgrade anything that gave a problem.
When I was buying it, I would have preferred the GM drive line, but to be honest the ford is so much better looking, and I was lucky Pete had already spent a motza on the drive line and other bits to make it bullet proof........
The only thing I have really changed is the wheels and some minor stuff.....

bigorangetruck wrote:Hey evan,can i make a suggestion,have a look at the silverado or suburbans,as you know i`ve got one,it will make it alot easier on spares if we both have similar trucks,only need to cary one set when we go to comps.Besides,the heads are prone to crack if pushed hard,so i`ve been told.

yea have been looking at all the chev utes, dodge rams and F trucks.

i want it to be 4wd as it will get lifted and taken on club trips such as stockton and camping trips.

the chev diesels are hard to find but i might end up going with petrol and maybe gas later on...

still shopping tho

Evan

joeblow wrote:get used to this.......both leafy and coil spring.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EuQ6f8rgT4

jeebers

Problems i have seen

wheel bearings/inner axel bearing failing on long side.
low power assist on steering when big tyres fitted.
ball joint/ steering arm problems.
water pumps.
cam sensor(very common).
auto's done lots of them they are tough just need mods.
wiring rubbing on chassis problems.
mauals running low oil oil due to oil cooler leak and killing them
hand brake shoes

Good things

Big
good for towing
lots of engine torque
cab is massive
tray can handle lots
good for 5th wheelers

just make sure your arm is both long and pocket is deep you will need it for maintenance usually business owners truck only and make sure you buy all parts from the usa not here.

BundyRumandCoke wrote:Very expensive glass. A bloke at work broke a rear side window yesterday on a near new F250 . Something in the vacinity of $700+ to replace it.

YEs and that's probably cheap as the repair places can only use new parts from the maker.

So they ring up Ford Aust.
they say nar don't keep that part in stock but can get it shipped here.
they get a price for the part it's probably $50 and then add shipping and it's $700+

It's a joke at what some parts cost but hey it's an import so that's what you paid into even if you didn't want to.

my mates missus is a service advisore for ford and reckons they have them in quite regularly considering how few of them they sold. Also told me its $1200 per injector.

But on the good side, one of our fitters at work has one, a dual cab with a bull body on the back and he reckons he has never had a problem, and he does around 400km per day. Also Boart Longyear have some aswell and they wouldn't be using them out the back of bumfuk nowhere if they werent reliable especially when a 4.5t canter or isuzu would do the same job, for less.

Cheers
Dave

has anyone had experience with the chev diesels??

have been looking at the silverados and have seen the 5.7 petrol V8 or the 6.5 diesels.

Cheers
Evan