Me too!

Awesome let me know I'd love to buy it I'm sure it's been taken care of 😂. All jokes aside I hope you live a long prosperous life 😊

My uncle bought a 2003 new he loves it ! He had to do some work to the fuel system from having his sit alot but otherwise great truck! I love my 1999 also got it with 240 it's got 290 now still runs great 17 mpg !

Can I have it when you're gone?

@@javiergarza8626I hope you go before him

My 7.3 ex is always doing Better than my 7.3 f350. I believe that’s normal m.

All about the final gear ratio..... excursion is most likely geared more for highway..just spitballing here ...could be completely wrong.

I used to have a coworker big tall volunteer fire fighter with a powerful mustache like Tom Selleck that drove one of those from here in Minnesota too Alaska every year. Did an excursion in his excursion

My parents had a 2000 diesel Excursion too, love, and miss that thing. It’s what I learned to drive in. Could see everything with the big tow mirrors. She was getting pretty tired though. Going over railroad tracks made it feel like it was gonna rattle apart, glow plugs where also going bad. Sucks that the economy killed it off, would be awesome if they brought it back modernized with all the goodies from the newer expeditions, along with the 6.7, and coils in the front just for shits n’ giggles lol.

Still have a 2000 ex with 473k on it

what about 24v?

I have a 1st gen 2nd gen and third gen cummins . For reliability the first gen was under powered over built great engine For performance all around 6.7 3rd gen common rail. My opinion. They are all great engines . I even like the vp44

12v is trash compared to the 7.3 stock vs stock. Garbage interior and transmissions, front axle issues, electrical issues, KDP problems that can fracture the block and ruin your engine at literally any moment, tiny turbocharger that needs to flow an extreme amount of psi to make comparable power leading to high EGT and potential to melt a piston. The Cummins is a great engine, but it's unfortunate it's stuck inside a lack luster truck and plagued with problems from the factory, where the 7.3 is a proven million mile engine in stock form.

Daughter has a 99 F350 7.3 with 294,000 miles currently, her first vehicle!!!

There are many with over one million miles plus on them. The older they get the more you realize how good or bad an engine is. This one was great.

I’ve had 3, a f550 7.3 with 900k miles, a f350 dually with 400k and a f250 with 378k most solid engines ever

Not very many 6.4 wonder why 💁

Out of million of truck’s hundreds of thousands that would mean trucks survive very little percentage. There’s nothing more on the street than a gmt800 in the parts of the country people aren’t screwing other people over.

Thank the government and emissions regulations for that but also ford in the end dont want to build reliable vehicles. Just like gm they had a superbly reliable 5.3 that far outlived 250k miles but had to ruin it because it was too reliable

Well, even if the government wasn’t involved the 7.3 would’ve died long ago, it didn’t make power, it also didn’t have the potential to make power without risk of complete failure. That’s where the now 6.7 reigns king in that department, 500hp-1200ft lbs NOT deleted, but once deleted likely to see 600 or more hp stock tune only, and very reliable

​@@KDlGG the 7.3 powerstroke needed more valves, it has the fuel and the reliability but 2 valves per cylinder are too restrictive. I wish they had made it like with 4 valves

Its because people started buying more cummins because it made more horsepower... which is the same reason they went away with the idi 7.3... horsepower to try to combat the loss of sales from people wanting a truck with more horsepower... why? Because people dont understand that 7.3 has a boatload of torque, almost 500ftlbs, whereas the cummins even woth more hp has around 400... its akin to the difference between a honda engine and a chevy v8, one has immediate torque not reliant on boost (high static compression) the other is reliant on the boost thus lower torque but higher horsepower. Anyone who ever drove a ford 300 straight six knows that torque is what you want in a ol farmtruck... not horsepower. In reality they really arnt that much different powerwise but having a higher hp number on the sticker is what drove ford to partake in the hp wars.

@@KDlGG first all they can make power the fastest power strokes ever was a 7.3 second the big white sleeper 7.3 claimes to be reliable making 1000hp and 1800 lb-ft of torque

I agree. All you have to do is put it performance tuning chip & exhaust temp probe, & add some high quality diesel fuel ,and you can get 400 horsepower easily, and cheaply( even Without an intercooler). Remember , the 7.3l Is a bigger cubic inch engine than Cummins and duramax as well other modern diesels that produced more horses. Torque is a real thing. So when towing, the larger engine w/ more natural (before boost kicks in) LOW END torque shines, putting less wear on the turbo! 😉😃

@@wannabeetiger exactly. People think that your need 500hp to tow. My dad's old truck pulled everything. I guess people want to feel like they are driveing a car when they are towing. I see people doing 80mph with campers all of the time. It's dumb.

@@nb7466 yep

Ya behind a rollback with a Cummins under the hood.

​@@nb7466 you are right, it's one of my pet peeves!

If you had to pick an IDIT or PS for a daily driver which would you pick?

@@jeb6361powerstroke, mainly for the gearing as its setup for current day highway speeds vs the idi which is setup for when the average highway speed was 55. I like mine but it doesn’t cruise as well as a ps

I'm in the same boat, I have both and love them both eqaully, but I drive my 7.3 PSD everyday. ​@@jeb6361

I was cruising my 7.3 idi yesterday 70 mph at 2300 rpm (zf5), i am getting taller tires so drop rpm slightly

@@jacobnorth8642 that’s the only way around it, I’m on 40’s with full breather mods tow gears and a balanced turbo wheel and I can get around on the highway pretty easily minus the size of the truck. But a stock truck does not have the same ability

Drives like New because it’s not close to being Broken in. My 02 has 160K and like yours.. runs like new.

😳🤪😂!!! Here i was, just last night, doing a fresh search within Ol’ YT for info pertaining specifically too the tutorials by both shade-tree &, well-savvied mechanics/technicians alike, of the “how to” to do a proper compression check on a 2000 7.3 DIT… this morning, i see this short in my feed, per YT algorithms. Great little short of Powerstroke’s predecessor histories. I read your comment & yeah, got a good chuckle from your sarcasm per how freakin’ DISGUSTING some of these diesel engines have become over time/use; as is mine, @ 380K miles now! Kind of looks like LeBrea Tar Pits on a hot day. I’ve had &/or worked on a massive variety of different vehicles & engines in general, from nearly every decade from the early 1900’s thru fairly recently made. Of the various car engines i’ve owned &/or worked on, of antique or classic cars/trucks/buses/cranes/forklifts/etc., over my lifetime thus far, having dealt with many caked on layers of leaded-gasoline blow-by oily crud, these diesels still typically exceed these older engines’ filth, hands-down! It’s one thing to attempt cleaning all of it off but, a totally different thing of expecting these to STAY CLEAN! Impossible! Causes me to think of an old quote pertaining to Buick’s of the 40’s thru… the 60’s? Of, “If there are no signs of any liquid leaks on the ground under your Buick, this indicates your car is OUT OF FLUID!” I own TWO ‘55 Buick Super 56R 2dr coupe Rivera’s, both w/factory A/C option… no dust or dirt ever blows out from under those cars, as they’re now basically parked on “paved” lots, that was just dirt when parked! 😂

I agree them engines love that stuff

Hot shot secret stiction eliminator problem solved I drive the semi’s for a living that stuff works.

Or you could just put one quart of atf in the fuel at every refill and save a ton of money by not running overpriced crap with petroleum distillates (aka gasoline) in it.

@Jack Russelle Lewis I've saved over $100k worth of unneeded injector replacements on my customers' vehicles with ATF. Balk all you want. It works. On Common rail it keeps the injectors clean and adds lubricity to the fuel for the CP3(4) pump. The HUEI engines love ATF in the fuel as well, but also adding a quart of ATF to the crankcase and idling the engine for 20 minutes before changing the oil Keeps the HPO system o-rings soft and the oil side of the injector clean. Nothing works better on stichon.

@@matthubbard9330 7.3 and 6.0 have oil side sticking which is why archoil is add. Atf or any oil is for fuel side and definitely works

I loved my 1999 1/2 also but the fuel injector control module. Did you send everyone else replace these?

@@davekleiboeker4614 I never had trouble with mine

Same mines running up to 600k miles. Still pulls like an absolute beast

Except the early ones had a casting flaw and the block cracks between the freeze plugs above the starter

They were pre cup engines....I switched mine to 12vdc glow plugs ( gm olds) and a button w relay like a Perkins or cat....never anymore cold start issues. Too bad we can't do same to 7.3s

Mine has zero leaks and its 21 years old.

440000 on my 3.7 ltr. Runs like new

Early 03, almost 300k. Only repair was a dipstick pan leak. Simple, easy fix, oil cooler will be next likely!

My LS LM7 5.3l v8 silverado has 384,467 I'm telling you chevys and Fords had good engines 2004 and lower besides the 5.4l v8

My 7.3 903k 😂😂

7.3 idi turbo

If you know what trucks came with those if you could let me know I’m looking to get a truck just pull the part down to the frame and redo I love simplicity. Also I want to make it EMP proof.

@@PC_CERTIFIED 93 94 but you could easily put one of the aftermarket turbo kits on any of the idi’s. The 6.9 was arguably the better engine than the 7.3 because it didn’t have issues with thin cylinder wall cavitation so better make sure your coolant is using an additive and up to snuff or the engine will die an early life.

@@PC_CERTIFIED You'd want newer than 88, I got an 88 and the glow plug controllers on the older one's suck (including mine).

@@brytonmassie thanks boss to make my own modifications as in everything electromechanical no computers whatsoever

Yep

Automatic?

I loved mine also but the fuel injector control module. Did you send everyone else replace these?

@@davekleiboeker4614 Nope, but I kept all the modules for some reason.. I still have some in my basement. Was gonna sell them at one point.

Wrong 🤣🤣

​@@williamuskoski1385it's not.

This is definitely about as wrong as you could get. - certified Ford diesel tech

@@georgesrisomsak9650dude. I bet I have worked on more idis than you at this point

@@AwesomeMau5Heads doubt it. Videos or gtfoh. Certified Ford tech of 13+ years says so.

I've got 3. 7.3 power strokes ranging from 250-350 k on them. I have to say they are the best cold starting engines ( diesel) I've owned. 5w-40 oil, gear reduction starter with good batts. And a properly functioning glow plug system starts mine down to -20. I've never had them in anything colder. My 7.3 idi was pretty good with the same oil/ starter and such. The 5.9 Cummins the great engine it is for sure, was challenged in sub zero weather without a block heater.

I heard that too. Semi’s are heavy duty. Pick ups were traditionally light duty.

Id like to argue 250s and higher up to 750s are medium duty. Light duty are 150s and smaller.

​@@roscoejones374 It's a designation based on GVWR. The DOT and FHWA both publish documentation saying that class 3-6 (minimum of 10,001 lb GVWR) are considered medium duty, although the DOT only seems to consider class 3 trucks as medium duty if they're cab & chassis models (no regular pickups allowed). There are other, non-official sources claiming that classes 4-6 are the only "true" medium duty trucks, which would exclude regular 1-tons from the designation. So there's definitely some grey area, but colloquially most people who are talking about "medium duty" aren't referring to pickups of any sort.

@@DeusTex-Mex i dont know what industry you are in but as a diesel mechanic with a wide range of customers I know personally that gray area is massive.

Work at ford dealers for years as tech. Now own a 2003 6.0 and 2008 6.4. Love them both these albatrosses….

Just replace the injector cups every time you do injectors. Every 100k-150k miles or so

Good tune and she’ll hold her own with the new trucks

I pulled double that with my 96 super duty, 30ft gooseneck and a backhoe on it. 220k miles on it pulled the trailer and tractor it's whole life just about

Hurts their profit margins, gotta keep their yachts and jets full of fuel

Maybe best for light trucks, but not best diesel ever made. Any Cat owner will win that argument. And even the cummins ISX would win that argument, and probably the cummins 5.9 12 valve would too. International makes a decent engine , other than their maxxforce failure after buying patent rights from caterpillar, and the powerstrokes they made were very good

⁠​⁠​⁠@@ridge69Caterpillar made good Class 8 engines for sure, although they’re thirsty and the parts are expensive. The Detroit Series 60 should be on the list of great work Diesels… The International Navistar that made the MaxxForce is not the same International that built the 7.3 and before. It was a different company by then.

@SillyPuddy2012 my point was, the powerstroke, any powerstroke, was and is far from the greatest diesel engine of all time. I have been driving trucks professionally for over 30 years. Even drove an old Ford cabover than had a gasoline engine. No V8 diesel will ever be the best.

@@ridge69V8 is less reliable but more power. I love my 6.4. id rather work on an i6. I will leave most i6 in the dust. Depends on the definition of "greatest"

SHIT HOLE FOR US TRUCKERS.

mine is not powered buy a 7.3 tho

Yes the 6.9 7.3 6.0 6.4 built all by international

Maybe it was a plane

If you don't have reliability what do you have nothing except for an expense and down time

@@tonydiesel3444 fuck reliability, I want loads of power and angry clanky sounds.

This engine has a cult following don't forget! So that plus reliability I think in my book makes it one of the best diesel engines ever!

@@wannabeetiger 1000lbs and 200hp... enough said. The fact that a 350 chevy makes more power and similar torque athalf the weight while being just as reliable should tell you everything you need to know

@@konnerkramer329 yeah like the Ford 460 made the same power as the 7.3 when both were offered in trucks. Both are awesome engines and I love the 7.3 but I'll be honest, I love newer diesels for a lot of reasons, mainly power and capabilities

I have a deleted 12 6.7 ps close to 300k on it, I would never go back to a 7.3 ps