DMax Guy just bought 97 7.3!
 

I bought a 97 powerstroke, 5 speed manual in need of a clutch, with 101k on it for $300 bucks lol it had sat for 6-7 years and got it fired up. Gonna tow it a long ways home in a week. I know i need to change all the fluids and filters and all kinds of stuff, but being a DMax guy just lookin to see what else i should look at on it. Figured u powerstroke dudes could lend a hand. Always loved the old body style strokes!

You got one H E L L of a deal:tu:, those old POWERSTROKES don't have alot of HP & TQ compare to your D-MAX, but they are hard to kill:yeah:

Yeah thats what i have heard. They sure look and sound bad ass tho! even if its a p o s for 300 bucks, cant go wrong. I bought if for my dad so mine doesnt get used as much. Im gonna intake and exhaust it and just keep her running if it pans out.

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Here she is!

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Guess i shoulda put this on the ford section of this forum. Anybody know anything about these 7.3's? Any issues they have that i need to look at or anything like that?

I'm callin the fuzz, you stole that truck :popo:

Just the tires & toolbox is worth the $300:yeah:

lol i know. The rancher owns the place i was guiding antalope hunters on in douglas wyoming, and i saw it just parked out with other "junk" trucks and asked if it ran. We worked on it for a bit and fired her up. So i told him i would buy it if it was cheap. Gonna pull it home the 3rd after another hunt up there.

Hell just the windshield worth more:humm:

good GOD. when i read the first post I fully expected the body to be beat to heck, run down to primer and bare metal.... you see what im gettin at.

be glad I wasnt there with $300 before you :tu:

That is a great deal. It doesnt even have any of the typical OBS rust. At least not that I can tell in that pic. She looks good! id take it as a DD

Yeah its in pretty good shape. the sheet metal around the grill is broken from washboarded roads but so far pretty clean. Im headed up to pull her home tomorrow.

Let us know all the details:humm:

they have an HEUI injection system that's all i know

That was a steal of a deal:tu::jump:

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Got it home 420 miles later. Now just gotta fit it up :tu:

Let us know how the truck turns out:pca1:

Will do!!

WOW! would buy every one like it I could find. Just a good old work truck. good buy!
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Got her up and running! bout $2500 total invested in her as of now indluding the $300 to buy it. Runs good, straight piped with 4 in pieces for now and k&n air filter directly on the turbo tube.

Nice!:tu:

she runs good! suspension is rough and leaks diesel and 90 w out the rear end so still workin on the kinks wile at school. makes it hard.