Thoughts? 1999 F-250 V10

[fatherdoug]

This showed up on the local(read as 35 miles away ) Ford dealer's lot.

Looks to be in really good shape considering the mileage (216,000). I am totally unfamiliar with V-10's, but I do know I don't want a diesel. Mileage is not a problem since my current F-250 460 gets 8 MPG on a good day. Any thoughts, words of wisdom, or smartass comments?

http://www.heberleford.com/used-inv...1XEC13746&index=20&count=36&offset=19&limit=1

 

[SuperCab]

Those were the age that blew out spark plugs... Aside from that they are pretty solid I think. Fuel mileage will be about the same as your 460, power will be better as long as you're not afraid to let it spin up - they like high rpms.

 

[fatherdoug]

Thank you, Frank. Was that a TSB or recall issue?

 

[SuperCab]

Not sure... but someone here will know. Though with that many miles on it it's probably been fixed if it was gonna be a problem.

 

[fatherdoug]

Thank you!

 

[john112deere]

Other than the spark plug issue, I never heard much bad about the V-10. Well, people say they like to wind way up high if you're pulling something heavy. Only a problem if it annoys you.

They're not a diesel...for better and worse.


I'm thinking a '99 was not a great automatic transmission, either. Not sure on details, but someone might know....or I could be off-base.


More generally, though- the thing is 17 years old and has 216k miles. No matter how great a truck it was (or wasn't) to begin with, how it's been treated over those years makes more difference than anything else.

 

[fatherdoug]

Thanks, Ian. I would put maybe 1000 miles per year on the truck, just for camping trips.