Looking at 2000 Excursion 7.3L

Many of the post on the diesel only powerstroke forums are for no starts, repair questions or big mods. I like this forum because there tend to be more that use their trucks daily or leisurely and mild mods like I plan. It won't be a work horse, race/show truck just my main loud DD lol

I am asking FIRST to see IF I am prepared for it. I have owned a few money pits and trying not to get another one. I am still recovering from my Ram 2500 (another story)

Hank85713 wrote:
The 7.3 is a fairly reliable engine but it does have weak spots. I have driven 1 or 2 but never owned one. I have a 6.0 F350 as does my BIL who said he would never go back to the 7.3! You will most likely need to consider investing some $$ to get the thing reliable such as new exhaust bellows and a better intake from what I have read. Some tuners can help quite a bit. Go view some of the ford diesel sites and read up is the best advice to get. BUT you said you were familiar so you should already be prepared for whatever comes about.