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Originally Posted by JB3
they are indestructible.
The ford you should have bought. 
never heard anything about the 4 speed being a problem, what transmission are you describing? |
Hah!
The 4R100 is weaksauce, at least compared to the 5R110W that replaced it or the manual that was offered along side of it.
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Originally Posted by SwampYankee
Our 7.3PS Econoline-350 has been a beast. Almost 300K miles now of little more than routine maintenance and it's been worked hard (as a seasonal business, it does sit for 3.5 months a year). It's a 96 so sadly it's starting to get more ratty looking than I'd like it to be, although I had some rust repair done last winter and re-logo'd it.
(knocking frantically on wood)
Can't speak to the newer ones but my customers' experience with them has been similar. Those with 6.0's and 6.4's have been similar to your experiences.
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The 7.3 I'm after only has 130k miles. Barely broken in!
I'd love to keep the 6.4, but just see it turning into a money pit.
I can break even if I cut my losses and sell the truck now, which is very appealing.
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Originally Posted by KarTek
Are you speaking of OBS trucks or Super Duties?
OBS Powerstrokes are single shot injectors, noisy, smaller trucks overall, weak auto transmission. Good manuals. Good overall truck.
Early Super Duty's have an inferior turbo, resolved some time in 1999 I believe. Same weak auto trans.
1999-2000 are the best. Engines still have forged rods (went to powdered metal in 2001) but same old weak auto tranny. These trucks also suffer from what's called "cackle" due to the dead ended fuel rail. You can buy kits to resolve this. I never installed one on my truck and the engine sounds a little weird but works fine.
7.3 is not an easy engine to get a lot of performance out of. You have to hang a lot of stuff on there just to get it ready for serious numbers - new HPOP, injectors, turbo, chip.
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Truck is a '99 Super Duty. It's currently 100% stock, and is going to stay 100% stock (well, it's going to get an EGT probe and new exhaust). I need something to tow a 9k lb travel trailer, which is outside of what the G500 can do.