Solid truck as long as it was taken care of, the indirect injected ones (like that) could have cavitation problems if the cooling system was neglected. It would not be a turbo unless someone added it. Five speed should be a ZF.
In 89, there was no such thing as an F-450, which begs the questions what you're looking at. If it's an F-350, you might actually get something resembling mileage out of it. If it's heavier duty, it'll be an F-Superduty, and will likely have something insane for gears in the back - 4.5x or 4.88 would be possibilities. With 4.10s in one with a five speed, you're not going much faster than 60-65 to keep the revs down, draw your own conclusions with the lower gears. On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 04:00:06PM -0500, Loren Faeth wrote: > Looking casually at a 89 F-450 with ford/International Diesel engine > and a 5 speed. It has a steel bed for gooseneck trailers. I was > wondering about this engine/trans/cab combination; fuel mileage on > the road, things to watch out for, etc. Truck only has 75k miles. > > What's it worth? They want $7000, but that is way high. I was > thinking in the range of $4500 might be close. Paint is ok, but not > great. no rust, southern truck. I think one this old is NA, and not > a turbo. Correct? > > What's the collective wisdom? > > yeah, I know, kleb can get a 07 Shovey duramax/allison for $500, but > he won't produce one for me. > > Nice things about a F450 is that it scares off all the townies who > only buy pickups to one up the neighbor, and it won't be overloaded > in most conditions. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
