f250 diesel 1986 low mileage

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f250 diesel 1986 low mileage

Ray Cecil
I know nothing about ford diesels....but this one looks pretty nice.

https://huntington.craigslist.org/cto/d/1986-f250-diesel/6699445262.html

1988 F250 Supercab Longbed 7.3 IDI, C6, 1356, GEARVENDORS, 4.10 Sterling with autolocker

1986 F150 302, C6, 9" 2.75, Wood Flatbed


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Re: f250 diesel 1986 low mileage

Gary Lewis
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It certainly is a nice looking truck.  But, again, the question is what you want to do with the truck.  This one is 2wd, diesel, auto.  The heavy engine and the lack of 4wd mean it isn't going anywhere in the snow and probably not even just offroad.  A 2wd 460 is said to get stuck on wet grass, and that diesel must weigh about the same.

The diesel, being non-turbo'd, will pull LOTS - but slowly.  And I've read that the low RPM of the diesel doesn't couple very well with a C6 since the torque converter is always slipping, and especially so at low RPM.  So, while a diesel can be very frugal, I don't know that one with a C6 behind it would be.  But, perhaps someone who has one will chime in?
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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

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Re: f250 diesel 1986 low mileage

Ray Cecil
Good points.....


Solution...drop a big block chebby in it!! Lol....I gotta quit saying that!
1988 F250 Supercab Longbed 7.3 IDI, C6, 1356, GEARVENDORS, 4.10 Sterling with autolocker

1986 F150 302, C6, 9" 2.75, Wood Flatbed


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Ford F834
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Very nice clean truck, but 5K for a 2wd C6 is not something I’d buy. Gary is right. The C6 really hurts the diesel mpg. On my friend’s truck going from a C6 to a ZF5 bumped the efficiency from 14-16 (empty) with the C6 to 19-21mpg (loaded) with the ZF. That was with 3.55’s so a 4.10 geared C6 truck suffers even worse.
SHORT BED 4-DOOR DIESEL: 1986 F350 4x4 under construction-- 7.3 IDIT ZF5+GVOD

STRAIGHT SIX 4X4: 1981 F150 2wd to 4x4-- 300 I6 close ratio diesel T19, hydroboost brakes, Saginaw steering

BIG F: 1995 F-Superduty under construction— converting to 6.9L IDI diesel ZF5+DNE2