Took a road trip to Oregon yesterday and found this truck by dumb luck. 7.3L powerstroke, 5 speed, and only 122K miles. Should be driving it home on Tuesday after the paperwork is complete with the bank.
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Very nice 
bailey9r
1/2 ton status
Wow I like it, thanks for picking it up! Where are we meeting for the swap
Good lookin rig.
I dig that it's a 5-speed.
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I dig that it's a 5-speed.
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Wow I like it, thanks for picking it up! Where are we meeting for the swap
Since you are offering double what I paid for it, I will let you pick the location
79rustyk10
3/4 ton status
Is that a short box?
Either way awesome rig, those are great trucks.
Either way awesome rig, those are great trucks.
Yes, it is a short box. Would have been nice if it was a long bed though. Then, I could have used the canopy I put on the dually with this truck as well.
bailey9r
1/2 ton status
Since you are offering double what I paid for it, I will let you pick the location
Haha it looks good enough that it is still tempting
especially since the meet place is High Springs Fl
What year is that?
It looks like it has standard hubs on front. If its 2005 or later, watch out. Warn has come up with their latest version of "automatic" hubs and sold them to Ford in time for the 2005 version.
I just pulled out a friend with a 2005 F250 with auto hubs. Turns out that they are not all that reliable.
However, Warn did make them so that they have a manual option. But, if you don't use it from time to time, the knob freezes up and breaks when you force it.
My friend's left front did not engage and the knob was frozen. Fortunately he did not force it, so we will pull the hub and free the knob later.
This latest attempt uses vacuum to engage the hubs. There is a vacuum pulse solenoid, a fairly fragile vacuum line going into the back side of the spindle, plus a couple of seals that can go bad and stop it from engaging.
One of the seals, naturally the one to go bad the most often, requires you to remove the entire spindle to replace it.
Your truck looks like it has the old style hubs though.
It looks like it has standard hubs on front. If its 2005 or later, watch out. Warn has come up with their latest version of "automatic" hubs and sold them to Ford in time for the 2005 version.
I just pulled out a friend with a 2005 F250 with auto hubs. Turns out that they are not all that reliable.
However, Warn did make them so that they have a manual option. But, if you don't use it from time to time, the knob freezes up and breaks when you force it.
My friend's left front did not engage and the knob was frozen. Fortunately he did not force it, so we will pull the hub and free the knob later.
This latest attempt uses vacuum to engage the hubs. There is a vacuum pulse solenoid, a fairly fragile vacuum line going into the back side of the spindle, plus a couple of seals that can go bad and stop it from engaging.
One of the seals, naturally the one to go bad the most often, requires you to remove the entire spindle to replace it.
Your truck looks like it has the old style hubs though.
This one is a 1996. I did not mess with the hubs, but it sounds like a good thing to service this weekend as soon as I have it home.
79rustyk10
3/4 ton status
The f 250 should be the Dana 50 ttb front with normal lockouts from what I've seen on friends trucks. Not to say autos aren't around. Just can't remember seeing them.
Man that's a nice looking truck. My dad has the same exact one, color and all, except its a CC and automatic. Before I bought my Silverado I was looking for something like that.
magik235
Still Alive
Great find.
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You can't beat a OBS Ford with a stroke and a handshaker. The only weak link on those trucks was the stock e4doa automatic. not a problem with the zf5. Just don't float gears and it'll give good service.
What do i know. I've only owned like 12 of them.
this is my other rig.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=881785917125&l=09da0863bc
What do i know. I've only owned like 12 of them.
this is my other rig.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=881785917125&l=09da0863bc
itsacrazyasian
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you can.. but its a sure fire way to kill em
One of my favorite Fords! Nice! 
Drove it home Tuesday. Pulled 17 MPG going 70 mph down the highway at 2500 RPM.
my absolute favorite ford body style. my old company truck was a '96 F250 with a 7.3. besides the fact that it rode like **** (leaf sprung TTB) it was a good truck.
This one definitely needs a new set of shocks. But, I think it rides very nice for a truck.
