ford 7.3

Okay.... it has some sort of delete kit on it. I thought he said egr....my bad.

 

Picked up my 96 4 years ago with 76k on it. South Carolina truck with zero rust. Paid $8200 for it

 

If you're doing this commercially, you need to abide by what the DOT likes to see. Check the specs for your truck. Max GVWR is the total amount your truck is allowed to weigh by itself, including payload, fuel, your big butt etc. Max GCWR is the total amount your truck is allowed to weigh in combination with a trailer. Your curb weight of the truck plus the curb weight of the trailer gives your total gross. Subtract that from the published GCWR and you'll get the amount of payload you can put on the truck/trailer.

My F450 has a GVWR of 15,000. Curb weight with the flatbed on it is 9900, so I can carry 5100lbs on the truck alone. My published GCWR is 26,000 lbs. This number is published by the manufacturer. My trailer weighs 4700. So the truck/trailer combo weighs 14,600 lbs. Subtract that from the 26000 and that leaves me with a payload of 11,400 lbs. I use 11000 just to account for fuel, my fat butt, and my stuff.

I could remove the flatbed from the truck to lighten it up a bit and increase my payload (if I had the money to buy a bigger trailer).

The 7.3 is a great platform, but get familiar with its quirks. There's a fuel return line that wears a hole at a little bracket (passenger side) and there are commonly problems with the wiring that goes through the valve covers to feed the injectors. The fuel line is a cheap fix, the wiring can be $900 at a dealership but can be done in the driveway with patience and a couple tools. You also have to watch out for the oil pan rusting through. For some reason they were installed unfinished, and they will rust through from the outside. Expensive fix since the engine has to come out to do it.

 

Is it an automatic and has it ever been replaced or rebuilt? Depending on where its from I would also look over the frame real good for heavily rusted areas

 

If he has a maintenance history with it than those motors run a good long while. Only real problem I had with mine when I first bought it was the original owner, an older guy who put a chip in it for towing his fifth wheel RV. Truck would be running down the road and shut off real quick and come back on. Sometimes it wouldn't fire back up or would spit and sputter. After a lot of chasing this and that and one ride on the back of a flatbed I finally yanked the chip out of the ecm as a shot in the dark and all was fine. There is a light coating of tinning on the prongs in the diagnostic port and if it is scraped off like the chip did problems will occur. Some say the injector harness can be problematic with them but never had any with mine nor have I known anyone with them. The transmission would be the weaker link in that truck if its an auto although they can be built up. If its a stick than you should be good. Being from Fl would be a huge plus

 

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