✅ Questions about Ford E-450 w/ 6.8 Gas Triton V10…

[Gr8ful]

Not too late. This sells today. 6000 orig miles.
https://bids.cisauctions.com/auctions/29583-missaukee-county-mi

 

[Gr8ful]

Here's a like hew Chev 5500, 6268 miles, 4wd coming up for auction in a week. It will have much better mileage being diesel.

Just sold for $16,500 What a smoking deal.

 

[Happy Camper]

Just sold for $16,500 What a smoking deal.

Sure is. A very clean vehicle. I wonder what is wrong with it.

 

[Gr8ful]

Not a thing, not much use & time to spend more Tax $$

 

[Happy Camper]

Not a thing, not much use & time to spend more Tax $$

They didn't disclose any mechanical disposition for the auction. You only find out if you go in person and have an experienced diesel mechanic examine it for you. Unless you can do it yourself. If you can't do that, it's an expensive bet.

But outside of that, even just the bed and add ons could be sold at a great return if you just wanted the platform.

 

[Gr8ful]

Once Again Sorry, No. I have a pastor friend of 30+ yrs, ex gun shop customer, ex employee that was the chaplain for the Lake City Emergency Services. The same people that sold the truck.
Read the top story & meet Happy
https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a19548571/why-some-people-need-to-be-right/

 

[tx2sturgis]

Helluva deal on that incident response vehicle. They typically don't see a lot of miles, and usually sit indoors for years, maybe do a few parades, respond to incidents a few times a year, usually within a short drive from wherever it is based out of.

They can cost way past $100,000, and often past $200,000 depending on equipment and options. I haven't been involved in those activities for years so I'm sure the costs are much higher now.

Actual incident command vehicles can easily exceed a half million. Nowadays, the sky is the limit for some of those.

 

[Gr8ful]

My ambo replacement is $550k

 

[tx2sturgis]

Yeah ambulances aint cheap either. But the incident response vehicle that went for 16.5k is the type that responds to serious incidents for support of personnel on scene. Truck crashes, structure fires, oil spills, hazmat cleanup, airplane crashes, wildfires, railroad derailments, building collapses, etc etc.

They come in all shapes and sizes:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=incident+reponse+vehicle&t=brave&iax=images&ia=images

They typically cost less than an ambulance but yeah, way north of 100k, depending on equipment. That one looks very well equipped for the intended mission so I'm fairly certain that in 2009 it was probably way above 200 grand, based on some of the activities and rigs I was involved with back around that time.

We used the term IRV for those, and ICV for the incident command vehicles: Incident command vehicles are the ones with interior space for personnel, sort of like a situation room on wheels. They are usually equipped with a variety of electronic communication equipment and generally include remotely operated optical and IR cameras, usually on articulating booms or telescoping pneumatic monopoles.

I have no idea what the actual cost of the rig (that was auctioned) was in 2009, but the point is that 16.5k is a helluva deal!

 

[Gr8ful]

If I wasn't so crippled up I'd have been all over that.

 

[magentawave]

Here is a pretty solid video showing how to replace spark plugs and a few other items in a 2004 e450 platform. Really steps though what needs to be removed in order to do it easily.

Thank you!

 

[magentawave]

How on earth did this thread drift from questions about a box truck with a gas 6.8 V10 to a diesel ambulance for sale at an auction?

 

[tx2sturgis]

It's not an ambulance but I think the intent was to make you (and any other readers) aware that there might be other options to consider.

But your point is valid. Occasionally we detour. Stuff happens.

I can certainly remove the offending posts and place them in another thread if you'd like to keep the narrow focus here and remain on topic.

 

[magentawave]

It's not an ambulance but I think the intent was to make you (and any other readers) aware that there might be other options to consider.

But your point is valid. Occasionally we detour. Stuff happens.

I can certainly remove the offending posts and place them in another thread if you'd like to keep the narrow focus here and remain on topic.

Nah, it’s okay! Leave it up.

 

[Gr8ful]

My fault as the OP was looking to buy so I posted this last as I thought he might be interested.

 

[magentawave]

Ok, back to the topic…. Is it normal for a 6.8 V10 with 172,000 miles and oil changes every 5000 miles to need a quart of oil every 1000 miles?

 

[Gr8ful]

We tried a V10 Dodge Gas we worked very hard to 250,000 miles with no oil usage. We went back to diesel as the V10 gas only got 6 mpg.

 

[Gr8ful]

Here's some info that should help. Looks like a Qt per 1k miles is excessive. You chose the right years as pre 2005s seem problematic. When you do your compression test I always took a look with a bore scope also. https://www.sportsmobileforum.com/forums/f33/does-your-ford-6-8l-v10-use-oil-31879-2.html

 

[magentawave]

Here's some info that should help. Looks like a Qt per 1k miles is excessive. You chose the right years as pre 2005s seem problematic. When you do your compression test I always took a look with a bore scope also. https://www.sportsmobileforum.com/forums/f33/does-your-ford-6-8l-v10-use-oil-31879-2.html

Thanks. Yeah, I took a pass on that one and bought a 2008 with 177,000 miles with a rebuilt engine with only 22,000 miles on it and new exhaust manifold, etc.

 

[Gr8ful]

Sounds like you got a winner, Congrats!