Theres gotta be something wrong with it right?

"Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero" (sampsonite24) 01/26/2018 at 12:05 • Filed to: None

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sure its 13 years old but its a crew cab, 4x4 with the full 8 foot bed with less then 90k miles on it for only 17k. with a little negotiation you can probably get it down to around 15. so theres gotta be something wrong right? like this price just seems too good to be true.

http://terrysfordofpeotone.com/Chicago/For-Sale/Used/Ford/F-250/2005-XLT-Truck/53992674/

HammerheadFistpunch > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 01/26/2018 at 12:11

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it has the 6.0, thats why. and in 2005 it probably still has the old cylinder heads that had a tendency to, um explode.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 01/26/2018 at 12:13

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That’s about right. The 2005 has less of a tendency to explode, but realistically you’d want to put about $3k into immediately to assure that doesn’t happen. The 2006-07 trucks are the ones to get. That said, most 6.0's have been fixed by now, and the 6.0 isn’t nearly as bad as the 6.4 which replaced it.

Spaceball-Two > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 01/26/2018 at 12:15

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The 6.0 had some issues. HP oil pump, head bolts and EGR issues can be expensive fixes.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > HammerheadFistpunch 01/26/2018 at 12:15

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then whats all the bulletproofing things that most truck bros talk about doing to the 6.0s? i guess i thought these could be made reliable

E90M3 > HammerheadFistpunch 01/26/2018 at 12:15

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Reliability is boring and overrated.

HammerheadFistpunch > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 01/26/2018 at 12:16

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yes, you can fix most of the flaws and have a reliable engine.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 01/26/2018 at 12:24

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It’s costly to bulletproof the engine. The 6.0s aren’t bad if they are stock, but as soon as you start putting a tune on them you almost need to bullet proof them. For whatever reason Ford didn’t overbuild the engine so they have a pretty terrible reputation. So, if the truck is completely stock and doesn’t look like a tuner was ever put on it I’d say NP. If it has a tuner the only way I’d touch it is if there are receipts with it showing it was bulletproofed.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 01/26/2018 at 12:25

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I think it has issues. It seems suspiciously low. Salvage title?

Pickup_man > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 01/26/2018 at 13:01

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Like others have said, it’s a 6.0. Due to some extremely common catastrophic problems resale on these tends to be pretty low. It can still be a good deal, but make sure that they have lots of documentation for all of fixes that these engines need.  

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 01/26/2018 at 14:15

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From the diesel shop next door back when I was turning wrenches in 2000's, I remember them taking the position that the 6.0's were not as terrible their reputation suggests on the caveat that they’ve been maintained (including the EGR cleaning from time to time), not modded and not worked to death. They seemed to only encounter the head lifting issues on tunned trucks, or early ones that towed heavy their entire lives.

If that truck is stock and maintained, it might be a good deal. It doesn’t look like it had a gooseneck in the bed, which would bode well for it have not been worked hard. It seems like a good deal, but maybe not quite as great as it seems on the surface. Between the 6.0 reputation and the long bed, it is a truck that appeals to fewer folks. Unless they’re being used as pure work trucks, a lot more folks tend to want a short bed. I owned two 4x4, crew cab, long bed, one-ton trucks. They won’t be fun to park, which is easier to deal with so long as you just resign to parking at the end of every parking lot and walking further.

Besides investing in a good ppi for that 6.0, I’d especially pay attention to the condition of the ball joints on the front end. Ford didn’t use greasable ball joints until later and those trucks are notorious for eating ball joints. That truck is right around the mileage that noticeable play in them should be starting to appear. They’re either expensive to pay a front-end shop to do, or no fun to do yourself. Once you get to 3/4 ton and 1-ton trucks, the running gear gets to being a lot bigger, heavier and less to fun to work on.