7.3L Power Stroke Engine and DrivetrainDiscussion of the 7.3L Power Stroke diesel engine and drivetrain in the 1999-Up Super Duty trucks and Excursions. No gas engine discussion allowed except on transmissions and drivetrain that pertain to all models. Please confine discussion of topics in this forum to those items that are specific to the 7.3L Power Stroke engine.
270,000, water pump, ball joints, one injector (need all ) tranny ,fuel line
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99 f-250 7.3 edge programmer, afe intake , mbrp exhaust, custom red paint w/ black and blue air brush graphics, 315 BFG At on AR wheels, cervinis fiber.ram air hood,custom grill,carbon fiber tail lights 270,000 on original motor BTS auto tranny at 260,000 diprocal gauges
2000 Ex 4x4 Police Special (USSS reject) 70k (born 9/99)
5K 20x9 inch wheels (8/170s rare as hens teeth back then)
10K CPS Warranty, carbon fiber interior package/steering wheel
40K put on OEM 20" GY tires as sooon as the came out in 05
50K Shocks, put in extra front leafs and updated front end to 2006
55K Turbo back ss big tube, air intake and tranny flush.
60K batteries and Alternator and put 2007 grill on it
65K Brake brain under pedal caused excellent rotors and pads to wear out in a week. Replaced all and two calipers.
70K Serviced Pumpkins & 15th oil/filter change (1st at 1K)
71K Serpentine belt and coolant flush
15/20 mpg new, 17/23 mpg @ current 72K (custom fuel blender)
115K Shifter Pump on Tranny shifting hard (by pulling 13k fifther up highest mountain in Colorado in overdrive, just had hard shifts, quick fix, changed ATF and filter)
183K cracked water pump (pulling 40ft 29000LB load in late July)
194k speedometer sensor
215K cam senser
225K cam sensor
237K cam sensor
241K New front end ball joints
247K cam sensor (found out they were all being defective, came out with new design)
251K Tranny lock up and Slip (haven't fixed yet)
great truck that has been threw hell, been borrowed by everybody, been used by mostly oilfield work, pulling trailers, backhoes, fifthers, pipe trailers, and hauling ass like a bat out of hell to the rigs.
early 99 F350 4x4, 4 door, long bed, 7.3L Auto Tranny, XLT, straight exhaust (no cat or muffler), superchip tunner put on at 123K and amsoil bypass at 186K, now has 251K.
57,000. 19MPG, front rotors, pedal assembly recall, CPS recall.....thatsssssssit.....thatsitttt.
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02 F350 4x4 Super Cab, long bed TRUE BLUE all over, pre and tank mods,ZooDad mod (thanks Ben), NC Hornets CCV mmod, Fumoto, pillar gauges, Timbrens, PowerSlots, Arma Coat, acetoned badges...a boat haulin' dream. Smiles when it pulls the Bayliner, doesn't even know the drift boat is there.
161k Miles and average 17.6-19.1 mpg
3 heater cores
front brake rotors and pads
rear pads
waterpump on condition not failure
new batteries on 10/06
torque converter 10/04 because this is an early 99 and it was rattling
CPS recall by Ford
The most reliable vehicle I have ever owned, nothing has broken, uses no oil between changes, reasonable fuel mileage, 90K miles out of Firestone 275/65/16 tires.
Awesome vehicle...
Last edited by fun2drive : 06-26-2008 at 10:50 PM.
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Western Diesel Chip at 15K
Run Amsoil bypass with 5W-30 Series 3000 oil
New Shocks at 65K
new injectors at 80K (water in fuel I think... I was gone...)
Run Amsoil bypass with 5W-30 Series 3000 oil
maintenance in accordance with Ford guide
Current mileage, 99K
avg ~16 mpg over life of truck
Recently I have slowed down and get 21 mpg consistently at 65mph on the highway.
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1999.5 Reg Cab F-250SD 7.3L
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1999.5 F250 manual trans. Powerstroke w/chip and pillar guages.
Under Warranty (extended):
43K Left front hub/bearing assembly
56K Alternator
58K Right front hub/bearing assembly; Left hub seal
75K Clutch master/slave cylinders
89K HPOP leak (not sure if it was o-rings or something else), 2 of 4 ball joints (warranty only covered the 2)
After Warranty:
105K 2nd Alternator and batteries
117K Parking brake cable
119K Clutch - due to failed pilot bearing, not clutch but decided to do it all after pulling transmission
124K CPS
139K Cracked injector cup - While in there, decided to replaced glow plugs and UVC harness. Also required all new coolant/heater hoses, thermostat/gasket, and injector o-rings. HPOP leaking again - new hose adapters.
After 3 sets of front rotors, decided to try Powerslots. Hoping they last longer, but only have 2k on them so far.
All other routine maintenance (oil, filters, lube, brakes, coolant, other required fluid changes)
Bad airbox, bad CCV, bad oil pump, bad trans, see sig for all the bad items.
Seriously, I have replaced all the fluids and trans and CPS and turbo pedestal. The rest of the parts just went "bad" on their own. In fact, when I get a little more cash, my injectors will coincidently go bad too and probably need AC single shots.
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01 Excursion 7.3L Powerstroke. Gauges with AIH Delete, AIS, CCV Mod, 4' MBRP, BTS Trans, 6.0L Trans Cooler and Intercooler, DP-Tuner F5 chip, ITP In Tank Mod and Boost Annihilator, Diesel Innovation's Regulated Fuel kit, BTS Big Oil system, Van Turbo and BPD Stage II AC injectors. Bilstein Shocks with U code front and A code Rear.
210,000 miles: manual trans because of bad pilot bearing wearing input shaft, did clutch while it was apart, ball joints ,one set of brakes, water pump, one CPS, two sets batteries, IDM Module, carries 11.5 ft camper with total weight around 12,000 lbs and just under 26,000 lbs combined with my enclosed trailer.
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99 (8/98) F350 XLT CC LWB SRW 4X4 6spd ZF, Hide-a-ball Gooseneck Hitch, Line-X Bed Liner, Custom Running Boards & Camper Tiedowns, 11.5 ft Caribou by Fleetwood Camper, 24 ft Haulmark Elite 10,000 lb Car Hauler, Superchips Tuner, Toyo 305/70R16 Tires on Weld Typhoon's, Bushwacker Fender Flares
2002 F350 SRW 7.3PSD Crewcab LB 4x4, 6 speed manual, 3.73LS, BFG All-Terrain T/A KO 295/75 R16 Tires, DiPricol gauges, Superchips 1705, AIS intake, MagnaFlow 4" exhaust, 144K miles 
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