'93 f250, 7.3
 

What would you give for one? What problems would you look for?

kbb value for your area and work from there. Look for rust under the bed, especially where the welds are. Brake lines, check for rust. I'm not familiar with diesel engines but Ford has gotten slack about under carriage and brake lines rusting out. We've replaced the brake lines on 3 Fords now and both my vans have rusted out floors right around the welds around the wheel wells.

..............I'd wait and look for a 94 through 98 ! Ford added turbo charging at the end of the 94 model year , tremendous increase in performance ! And , starting in 1999 , they added disc brakes to the rear axle and several other improvements , including a 6 speed manual trany with OD . , fordy:coffee:

Exhaust manifolds. They are tough to change, and when they leak it will choke the engine. Best to go with a turbo model a couple years newer.

Tramsmission. My dh just rebuilt his. But his i believe is 350. Top to bottom rebuilt. Loaned it to the pastor to move and he snapped the transmission in half. Seriously. A stick at that. Just wow! Like they say no good dead goes in punished.
Wanna buy a truck?

Jasper transmissions are worthy replacements. I just sold my 20-year old pickup, and Hubby's has 425,000 on his. We do old. And make them last.

A Jasper, installed, with a 3-year warranty is only $2500! In the scheme of the F-Series, it is not an issue. If you can get a solid body and solid engine.

Too hard to offer a price guesstimate w/out photos or more information. Like... crew cab, super cab, mileage, condition, was it wrecked/salvage, etc.

In decent shape, with some rust around the fenders, door panels, I'd probably offer 2500-3000.

If its got an automatic you might want to look for something else. The E4OD transmission, in my experience, stinks.

There is an 8-12 mth wait for the transmission! A national back order! Gah! I feel like a 4 yo throwing a fit. We just rebuilt everything! Now this. I swear I'm going to throw myself on the floor. We have between the purchase if the truck and repairs close to 9000.

We have not been told that... I am not sure who told you that. Perhaps call another dealer?

We saw online that ours would be $2300 or something like that. The local dealer told us his price is cheaper and includes installation...

We had gotten an Aamco rebuild at 402,000 miles for $1800 and it lasted long enough to pass its 12month/12,000 mile warranty and not much more. So we will go with the new Jasper for $2500 this time to get it installed and warranted.

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I picked up a 92 F350 4x4 crew cab for 500 to use as a farm truck. Have had it almost 2 years, so far new tires and new batteries. Less than 200k miles and starts and runs great.

Ive had no issues w/ a E40D tranny... pullin trailers, hauling manure etc. Maintain it and they last a long time.

our 95 f350and 96 f250crewcabs are great but we don't put many miles on them. the seats are awful as the air bladder won't hold air anymore. both trucks will shell out the bearings on the vacuum pump often. no major problems and we have an awesome mechanic. max speed is 85 and they don't turn like modern trucks. we will never have to buy another truck. I expect to have our kids fight for them after our death.

I don't see lots of Fords for sale. Gasoline is the reason I'm considering a diesel and want an older one. The newer ones seem to be more reliant on the system.

Here's our girl sitting at the mechanic! Dh just said part of our higher cost is she needs a new clutch. That's 1400.

I like the older ones. Not as much power, but better fuel mileage. Unless your pulling a 40' stock trailer you will have all you need. The 3/4 ton will be dragging on the ground before you run out of power. If you can see how it starts when cold. Glow plugs on those went bad fast.

It is best to have manual tranny as the engine makes to much torque for the automatic. That's why everyone is talking about. If its auto either the tranny is bad or it will be.

This truck could be worth $2000-10000 depending on condition miles and so on.

I would be happy to help but need more info

If it were used in my area, I would look on one side and see if I could see through to the other. It would be rusted away. LOL

Thanks, I am very aware that options make a difference in price/value. I am not really looking for a quote.

I would count myself extremely lucky to find a manual.

An auto can be converted over for about $4000 by a shop, or about $1000 by yourself.

There's a reason GM picked the Allison for the Duramax. Allison has been the go to trans for vocational trucks like dumps and garbage trucks for a long time. The C6 auto behind the 6.9 and 7.3 had problems surviving past 100K. International used the same in 6.9 and 7.3 engine in medium duty (up to 26kGVW) trucks and didn't have transmission issues.

SCAAMCO is known for that. Find an ATRA member transmission shop and get the trans rebuilt. I wouldn't go anywhere else for transmission repair. I've used three of their member shops in three states to rebuild four autos in as many vehicles and never had a problem afterwards.

We have a friend for manual transmissions, and the employee who performed the rebuild is a personal acquaintance, who was supposed to do a better-than-AAMCO job on it... Live & Learn. :-/

I had the good fortune to talk to the transmission shop owners. The ATRA member shop owners are death on returns. They do not want to see a vehicle return. They've learned over the years parts are not parts. There are only certain brands they will use and it isn't necessarily the cheapest.

Sadly there isn't a chance for our tranny to be fixed. The pastor seriously busted it in half and almost ripped it from the motor! The whole housing tore in two! I never knew that was even possible. We can't even get a core fee from it.

I no longer loan out any power tools. Matter of fact I will no longer loan out hand tools either. They don't seem to come back.

Iv never heard of anybody having problems with a C6.


Seems odd that a tranny would have problems in 3/4 ton trucks and not in 5 tons.
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We have a 93', 7.3, diesel, 5 speed extended cab 12000# winch on the front.. Have had it for about 14 years, it started out being a tow vehicle for a 20' 5th wheel towed that poor trailer into some crazy places.. Now it is my husbands wood truck.. He put 10 ply tires on it for the woods, heavy duty springs and skid plates.. He has had zero problems with this truck and it gets great gas mileage. He has drug trucks out of ravines that the tow truck couldn't get to.. Great power, starts on the first try.. looks like heck, filthy and full of power saws, gas cans, and logging equipment.. We will keep it for as long as it will go down the road.....

I think that is what I have behind a 300. I have drug more weight than I can emergency stop for. Sure makes for a different kind of driving. Started doing smaller loads. Water laden material adds lots of weight.

International never used the C6 in their medium duty trucks. The info on the C6 came directly from transmission shops based on repairing C6 transmissions Ford used with 6.9 and 7.3L International diesels. Sorry to mislead you. While Navistar put the same engines (6.9 & 7.3 engine in their trucks, they didn't use Ford transmissions. Ford had to agree not to put the 6.9 and 7.3 liter in their medium duty truck as part of the agreement to but the engines from Navistar.