research at thedieselstop.com and dieselgarage.com.
I'm more of a cummins guy myself but this is what i can recall off the top of my head: Things to ask if they have been replaced: glow plugs, injectors, high pressure oil pump and turbo (not sure if 95 was turbo fromt he factory or not). as far as how to check, you'd have to refer to those forums.
I have a 95 F350 5 speed 7.3 with 290,000 and absolutely love it.
Staight pipe, and air filter for sure. drive it easy and you will get 20 mpg. Mine smokes a little a start up until warm and the CMS sensor are bad for going out. The sensor can be changed with a 10mm wrench and they are $25.00 bucks. Go to powerstroke.org also and poke around for some good info.
I've always heard that 99-00 were the best years since they had forged internals. You can't go wrong with either a 5.9 cummins or a 7.3 power stroke. Both will last forever if you treat them right.
Jeff, /\ Aaron has a powerstroke and he loves it too, BUT its got a 12valve Cummins in it
Those trucks are okay but if you decide you want more power you're going to be hating yourself after talking to a Cummins guy. I can only think of a couple people with diesels I know that are still in stock form.
jeff my 97 is stock cept for having no cat and a washable air filter.
be sure to listen to and feel the clutch action. the fords use a dual mass flywheel
and are bad to chatter when they are about to give out. i got 120 thou out of mine
before i had it replaced.$$$$
if this truck has low miles (ie less than 250 thou) you should be good to go.
mine has never let me down. and gets the job done just fine without all them go fast goodys.
Thanks for the feed back. I'm going out to drive the truck in the morning. The truck is a 95 7.3 5speed 4x4 reg cab long bed. It's blue and white fold down gooseneck...The truck has 250k and the owner has had it since 60k all service records and it has a fresh transfercase and warn lockouts
Thanks for the feed back. I'm going out to drive the truck in the morning. The truck is a 95 7.3 5speed 4x4 reg cab long bed. It's blue and white fold down gooseneck...The truck has 250k and the owner has had it since 60k all service records and it has a fresh transfercase and warn lockouts