OT Ford truck question

[Maxgussam]

Hello-

I am considering purchasing a 1999 F-350 with the 7.3L and auto trans. Approx 145k miles.
Aside from the cylinder cavitation issues, which I will check for, are there any other issues to watch for? How durable are these automatics?

Thank you for any advice!

 

[BUDD]

(quoted from post at 15:09:47 09/01/07) Hello-

I am considering purchasing a 1999 F-350 with the 7.3L and auto trans. Approx 145k miles.
Aside from the cylinder cavitation issues, which I will check for, are there any other issues to watch for? How durable are these automatics?

Thank you for any advice!

The auto in this truck is prone to go out and it is not cheap to fix
Try this web page to get any and all the info you need for this truck!!!

http://forums.thedieselstop.com/forums/

BUDD

 

[city farmer]

i have this exact truck have 180 thousand on it had a new torque converter put in at 160 they went through the transmission it was not broken but this is the time to go through it had a water pump ,a oil leak on the quick conection on high preasure oil pump repaired rear axal seals most of this was minor exspence did have a bolt back out of the turbo and mess up the fan blades cost about 1000 to have that fixed i use this tk daily my wife used to drive this every day but now lease this to the company i work for pull a 36' gose neck hall tractors for work not every day about once a week get about 17 mpg empty and about 11 with trailer loader use a deablow chip always leave it on toe and haul have always used shell rotela and add fuel additive if i were to buy anouther would have a standard trans know outher people that have the newer tks not so good luck with them all and all i like this one good luck

 

[Maxgussam]

Thank you for the replies.

I went to the forum, and read of MANY problems with the auto trans.
I think I will pass on this one, and find a manual trans.

 

[Anonymous-0]

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Nothing there but a bunch of wannabee truck drivers, high schoolers dreaming of their first 'truck', and worthless a$$holes who have 'chipped' their truck, caused serious and expensive damage, and now are crying because Ford will not fix it under warranty.