Originally Posted by NDServices
Okay, so... CarMax said 12K, and put it in writing. Tempting. I've got a line on a 7.3 under 100k miles that is about a grand over that (13.5 K). Turbo blades are nice and clean... no sand ingestion, etc. So, either they saw the deleted DPF and didn't care which is odd... Or they think they can turn a profit at auction buying it for that. About 3k loss when I crunch the numbers after selling it and buying a new truck plus sales tax, etc...
Or, I follow the directives on here to clean it up. The thing is, I doubt I'd ever do a private sale on it so investing further money in it won't increase what I can sell it to a dealership for and may simply prove wasteful. This part will sound super stupid, but I hate giving up on something I've put effort into. I actually feel bad for the truck. Ridiculous.
The guys that worked on it in Ocala pretty much live and breathe powerstrokes. The lot was all F-250's and 350's of various generations. The shop is in North East Ocala.
Why are you still talking about this? LOL....do it and do it now. I don't love a low mileage 7.3 either, but that is WAY better than a 6.4 of any kind, any day.
But I digress. I see you went with a 7.3 and that is a great choice. I wouldn't lose too much sleep over selling the 6.4 to Carmax. It's pretty well known now what the 6.4 is all about, so "most" will know what they are getting themselves into. That engine is a crapshoot with bad odds no matter how well it was maintained.
I have owned 5 7.3s myself, worked on literally hundreds, and was a mechanic for a drilling company that ran nothing but OBS and Superduty 7.3s for their field trucks. It's probably THE best diesel engine out there in light duty trucks. I have owned Cummins 5.9s and Duramaxes. The 7.3 may not be as fast, but wow is it reliable and pretty easy to diagnose and fix when you really know them. Let us know how it goes!