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Originally Posted by Countrygirl43
Got ours 6 months ago and it is falling apart left and right. Our mistake.
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That's the risk with buying used. We all know that the 7.3L will run for a LONG time if taken care of, but the rest of the truck around that 7.3L will need lots of care as well. I had my truck checked out with full scan and bumper to bumper before I bought it. It easily passed our emissions testing. I have had the truck for almost 9 months now. And the test results from the first oil sample I sent to Blackstone with 5000 miles came back with flying colors. However, being used and having over 120k miles on it, I still always wonder what might or could go wrong with it. I changed all the fluids (except the coolant......will do the flush and changeover to ELC here soon with all new hoses, 203 degree thermostat, and housing), filters, and serpentine belt, put in new batteries, fixed the drain valve leak with new O-rings, put on the AIS Heavy Duty air filter system, and still have to do the bellowed up-pipes replacement. Then there's tires eventually, alternator, power steering pump, water pump, ball joints, U-joints, clutch, transmission, etc, etc...........just lots of stuff to maintain and replace when broken even if you get a good truck. That's why you have to price all this stuff into the buying equation as well.
