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Location: Texas | Would you pay $5000 for a '97 ford w/ 260k miles that runs "rough"?? ( the rough can b fixed). If you would not pay $5000 what would you offer the seller??
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | What size? Gas or diesel? I probably wouldn't even consider it unless I was needing a truck that bad and couldn't find anything else. |
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Location: NW MT | If it is a 1ton diesel, you couldn't PAY ME to take it! I had one of those - it was an automatic, but a friend had the same truck in stick - & we both had major transmission troubles. Mine was HORRID. I bought it new, maintained it perfectly, did not pull my horse trailer w/it until well over 5,000 miles - & first tranny went out at 20,000 miles. It had FIVE transmissions by 50,000 miles, with one of them being in only long enough for the technician to take it for a test drive, & went right back to the shop for ANOTHER one. It was the biggest POS I have ever owned. I called Ford many times on it - was finally told that they would would mark it a lemon, but NOT reimburse me anything - & every dealership I took it to to try to sell would see the lemon mark & I'd get lemon price for it. I will NEVER buy another Ford due to their horrible customer service on this truck. One of the dealerships where I had it in to be replaced (Glendale, AZ) & the Service Mgr told me he had 2 others in the shop then, same year, same issue - that it was a BIG problem but Ford would not fix it. |
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Location: north dakota | If it was a 6.0 ford I'd run far away |
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Location: Texas | Diesel and a stick shift. It would b used to haul a 2 horse strait load up to a 4 horse slant load. It has been maintained from what I can tell. I like the truck but I don't like the price. |
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Location: Texas | BarrelRacingChick - 2014-05-10 10:27 PM
Diesel and a stick shift. It would b used to haul a 2 horse strait load up to a 4 horse slant load. It has been maintained from what I can tell. I like the truck but I don't like the price.
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Location: Montana | That year would be a 7.3 diesel. I'm not sure what you mean by runs rough...here's my $.02:
If it was a 7.3 diesel and it ran good and I could afford that and had some money for "just in case" I probably would look pretty hard at possibly buying.
However, since it runs rough, diesels can be very expensive to fix. I don't know what the fix would be, but we had a friend who had a Duramax (yes I know, Chevy, not Ford) who had to put injectors in and that was close to $4000.
So, if it were me I'd pass it by. If you viewed it like a cat, and a cat has 9 lives, then a 1997 Ford with 260K is on one of its last lives. I would either try to save up to buy something good and dependable and lower miles outright, or take the $5000 and put it down on something that runs good and has lower miles.
I wish you good luck on your truck purchase though! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | BarrelRacingChick - 2014-05-10 10:27 PM Diesel and a stick shift. It would b used to haul a 2 horse strait load up to a 4 horse slant load. It has been maintained from what I can tell. I like the truck but I don't like the price.
Hummm,,,, if its been maintained and its running rough then I would past on it. |
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Location: Texas | Its a wire that needs to b replaced. The man said that he was going to have it fixed. |
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Location: Texas | No. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | BarrelRacingChick - 2014-05-10 11:21 PM Its a wire that needs to b replaced. The man said that he was going to have it fixed. If you are really serious about this truck take it to a good diesel mechanic and have them go over it really good for you to see if theres any other problems with it.
Edited by Southtxponygirl 2014-05-10 11:25 PM
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| Realistically ... that is a lot of truck for only 5k ... offer to buy the wire and get the rough fixed and do a quickie mechanic look over and buy the truck ...
As with all used vehicles ... have you $1500 in your boot to bring the maintenance up to par ... possibly new brakes, hoses, belts, oil/air filter changes and maybe even a new clutch <$700 ...
Around here .. 5k will buy you a half ton of nothing but problems ....
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Southtxponygirl - 2014-05-10 11:16 PM BarrelRacingChick - 2014-05-10 10:27 PM Diesel and a stick shift. It would b used to haul a 2 horse strait load up to a 4 horse slant load. It has been maintained from what I can tell. I like the truck but I don't like the price. Hummm,,,, if its been maintained and its running rough then I would past on it.
eta: PLUS the truck is 17 years old.....you could have a LOT of maintenance issues on other items (brakes, clutch, shocks, struts, etc, etc, etc)
Edited by NJJ 2014-05-11 9:16 AM
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | How bad do you need a truck? |
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| ndcowgirl - 2014-05-10 10:14 PM
If it was a 6.0 ford I'd run far away
The 6.0 wasn't offered until mid 2004.
I had a '96 with 7.33 rear ends that was the BEST truck I ever owned. It got 16mph hauling my 16' 3 horse stock combo and would scream down the road doing it and get 22-23 by itself. I traded it after putting 350K on it in 4 years. I SO wished that I would have kept that truck!
Like some have advised. Get a GOOD Ford diesel guy to go over it. Have him also check out the high wear items like brakes, hoses, belts etc.
Something just about everybody misses in the truck buying issue is the rear end ratio. If you get a truck with 4.10 you are going to have power but no economy. You will get 10, maybe 12 mpg hauling, no matter what you do. Unless you are hauling a massive trailer with hugh LQ, mid tack and a bunch of horses, 3.73s will be good enough and still get you some economy.
I do imagine that I will ever buy a new PU again. With all the EPA crap they hang on them, coupled with the fact that Ford (with the rest probably following suit) no more stick shifts and the mortgage you need to buy one these days, I will run my '06 with it's "evil" 6.0 engine in it until it can no longer be fixed (I am looking at having to replace the box on it already, it has a hole rusted through the floor and the wheel wells are starting to go). When it can't be fixed, I will look for a good used one, if they exist or buy a used.\ semi for a lot less money.
Good luck with your decision! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | NJJ - 2014-05-11 9:02 AM Southtxponygirl - 2014-05-10 11:16 PM BarrelRacingChick - 2014-05-10 10:27 PM Diesel and a stick shift. It would b used to haul a 2 horse strait load up to a 4 horse slant load. It has been maintained from what I can tell. I like the truck but I don't like the price. Hummm,,,, if its been maintained and its running rough then I would past on it.
eta: PLUS the truck is 17 years old.....you could have a LOT of maintenance issues on other items (brakes, clutch, shocks, struts, etc, etc, etc)
If it was such a simple fix he should had the truck fixed befor putting it up for sale, My husband is a mechanic and he see's this all the time where someone will take adavange of someone that dont know much about what they are looking at. Its always a simple fix they say, RED Flag warning, be carefull. |
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Location: Texas | missroselee - 2014-05-11 9:20 AM
How bad do you need a truck?
I don't "need" this truck. I am just wanting to get a bigger than the truck I have now. |
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Location: Texas | Southtxponygirl - 2014-05-11 10:55 AM
NJJ - 2014-05-11 9:02 AM Southtxponygirl - 2014-05-10 11:16 PM BarrelRacingChick - 2014-05-10 10:27 PM Diesel and a stick shift. It would b used to haul a 2 horse strait load up to a 4 horse slant load. It has been maintained from what I can tell. I like the truck but I don't like the price. Hummm,,,, if its been maintained and its running rough then I would past on it.
eta: PLUS the truck is 17 years old.....you could have a LOT of maintenance issues on other items (brakes, clutch, shocks, struts, etc, etc, etc)
He is getting it fixed. I wont look at a truck w/o somebody thats knows a LOT about trucks |
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Location: Kentucky | We bought a 97 F250 7.3 last January for $6500. It had 200k on it. The truck is almost mint. It did run rough because it had a bad injector. We replaced the injector and runs perfect now. Injectors were $1200 and my husband installed them.
If the truck is in good shape (no rust, dents, clean interior) and you or you know of someone that can work on 7.3s then I would do it. 7.3s are EASY to work on, so finding a good mechanic shouldn't be hard. These early 7.3s are easy to pinpoint what's wrong. Of course, I would at least try to get it a bit cheaper ;)
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Location: somewhere in the bluegrass... | Southtxponygirl - 2014-05-11 12:24 AM BarrelRacingChick - 2014-05-10 11:21 PM Its a wire that needs to b replaced. The man said that he was going to have it fixed. If you are really serious about this truck take it to a good diesel mechanic and have them go over it really good for you to see if theres any other problems with it.
Agreed. All I have ever had is 7.3's and they are the best. We sold a 95 five speed about 2 years ago with over 500K miles on it (yes thats right!) and I just saw it derby weekend hauling a full load of cattle! We bought it new and took care of it, so that could be the diff. If you take care of them they will last forever! Mine has almost 300K on it now and I dont know how I am going to replace it!
We sold the 95 for 3500 and have been told since we sold to cheap (which is crazy to me!!) I have been told those 7.3 engines in good condition are worth 2500-5000 just for the engine.
To each their own, but I would pay a good penny for a well maintaned 7.3 engine than a newer truck!
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Location: Kansas | NJJ - 2014-05-11 9:02 AM Southtxponygirl - 2014-05-10 11:16 PM BarrelRacingChick - 2014-05-10 10:27 PM Diesel and a stick shift. It would b used to haul a 2 horse strait load up to a 4 horse slant load. It has been maintained from what I can tell. I like the truck but I don't like the price. Hummm,,,, if its been maintained and its running rough then I would past on it.
eta: PLUS the truck is 17 years old.....you could have a LOT of maintenance issues on other items (brakes, clutch, shocks, struts, etc, etc, etc)
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