Bought a new wood truck

Looks like a nice truck. I'm selling my 99 F150. It has 116,000 on it. 4WD extended cab. It passed inspection, but it has a leaky gas tank after half full and the core frame has rust. So I'm asking 1500 as is. Runs really smooth. I have a buyer, but am having a mechanic look at it just to make sure there isn't more wrong with it. I don't want to stick anyone with junk.

 

Gt40 heads, and a different intake/ throttle body on the trucks will wake then up. Big time.. But the trucks are speed density vs mass air so it's a bit different. The truck intake and tb was a bit of a downgrade from the other vehicles that fits made with the old 5.0.

 

Gas tanks are ready to fix, that's a nice truck for that $.

 

Only thing better is a 5.0 stick.


If you get a new compressor make sure younger a new condenser. The black death will kill the new compressor faster. They have a sludge that forms when old compressor goes out and it doesnt really flush out well.

 

Wow, that's a good deal. My '95 would probably still bring $2k in this neck of the woods. And that is with a small handful of minor problems and some rust. Oh, and 168k or so...

 

Id be all over that 96 far that. Tanks are cheap n easy.

 

Yeah, I think you're on the right path. I owned a built but still SD 87 5.0 lx mustang, and a 92 mass air lx 5.0 as well. You could program the ECU and not go to MA, and they made more power. Just a little more tuning needed as they wouldn't self tune like MA.

You are right about the latter like a 96 truck being MA. We had a couple 96 f150s, one was a 5.0. But never had to work on it. The older 5.0 on a friends f150 was SD.

They were all non roller blocks unless HO.

 

My '95 F150 5.0 is SS
(super sluggish)

 

If you get bored you can fix that.

The stock E7TE heads are the same as on the HO mustang 5.0s.

 

He he...yeah, I could build a 347 stroker motor for it too but the truck is really not worth it IMO. It probably doesn't see but 1-2K miles per year, mostly haulin crap (mainly firewood!) And I don't really have the time or the "want to" to put into it. I'll prolly just sell it here this next year or so, my buddy has a car lot in Tennessee and I'll likely just have him find me a rust free older F250 SD 4x4 w/ ext cab, short bed and a 5.4 V8

 

Hey going from a 5.0 to a 5.4 would be like going to a big block for me! My lil dumper trailer is only a 6 x 10 so...
I also have a 96 F250 with a 460 but I think I'm gonna send that one down the road too. That truck sure does sound cool! My nephew wants it just cause of the way it sounds
Also have a 99 F350 with a PSD...man, I really need to sell some crap!
Yeah, I could do a V10. Dad Has a '99 model that has over 350k on it...never been open!
Are we still on topic?!

 

Nice work truck there Butcher. A good find. I have owned several Fords over the years. Older models and fairly newer models. Been happy with them all.

 

Your hauler looks good butcher.
Over the last three months, I was beating myself up looking for a truck with less than 80K on it. For whatever reasons, I just can't get used to the idea of buying a vehicle with way over 125K on 'em.
But, just as others have said, this one would have been a little more difficult to walk away from.
I had a 78 with the same engine and it also was gutless for power. I would have thought that it would have been addressed by 96!

 

I enjoyed one of the ones I had that had the 5.4 Liter Triton V8. Seemed to be a good motor, but I only had it a few years.

 

The 5.4 is a good motor. Just depends on the model. They like to keep their plugs in , read stuck. Or eject plugs. Or timing chain issues, intake, cam phasers.

 

I have heard the new 5.0 is a good bit better than the old one.!

 

Look like she's a honey for the money! Good luck with it!