Need an opinion, please re: '03, 6.0L
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Need an opinion, please re: '03, 6.0L
Have found a '03 F250, 6.0L, 6-spd manual, 3:73 R/E, regular cab, 4x4, less than 50K miles, one owner, clean Carfax, asking price of $17,000.
Just trying to determine if this would be a good investment for me. Some questions, and I'd really appreciate your opinions:
1. With the 6-spd tranny and the 3:73 R/E would I be ok with the 6.0L, or is that engine a problem child regardless of transmission/rearend? (My driving habits are mostly highway speed, about 50mi/day. Very little towing or hauling. No plowing or "stump jumping".)
2. What kind of mileage could I expect on a long trip (~ 7,500 miles, mostly Interstate)?
3. I've driven the truck, and the tranny gives a LOW gear that responds like what grandma-first gear used to be, but the truck seems to lug down if I start out in 2nd. Is this the nature of the beast, or the result of me just being a newbie?
4. What kind of trans/rearend fluids should I use, auto or 90W?
5. You think it would be worth the $17K?
Thanks very much in advance for your opinion.
v/r,
LarryW
Just trying to determine if this would be a good investment for me. Some questions, and I'd really appreciate your opinions:
1. With the 6-spd tranny and the 3:73 R/E would I be ok with the 6.0L, or is that engine a problem child regardless of transmission/rearend? (My driving habits are mostly highway speed, about 50mi/day. Very little towing or hauling. No plowing or "stump jumping".)
2. What kind of mileage could I expect on a long trip (~ 7,500 miles, mostly Interstate)?
3. I've driven the truck, and the tranny gives a LOW gear that responds like what grandma-first gear used to be, but the truck seems to lug down if I start out in 2nd. Is this the nature of the beast, or the result of me just being a newbie?
4. What kind of trans/rearend fluids should I use, auto or 90W?
5. You think it would be worth the $17K?
Thanks very much in advance for your opinion.
v/r,
LarryW
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