I believe that '84 was the first year for the Ford diesels. The 6.9 was an IHC engine, and I think they were alright if you knew how to take care of a diesel engine. As someone else said, way to many people didn't need the diesel to begin with, didn't know how to use them or take care of them, and had problems with them. And the same still holds true today. I don't think that diesel pickups would be nearly as pricey as they are, if only folks who truly need and utilize them were driving them. But everybody and their brother just has to have a Powerstroke or Cummins, just because. Weaknesses I know of with the '84's were the front end wasn't built heavy enough to stand the extra weight of the diesel engine, versus a gas. And some people I know had clutch problems with a manual transmission, but they may have been self inflicted problems through over torquing the clutch. I did that once with my Cummins, and learned my lesson the hard way. I had a close neighbor, deceased now, that went through two pickups just like you're describing, and got along with them pretty well. And he had a reputation for testing things to their limits. The first was a '84, purchased new, and they probably got five or six years out of it, which was good for them. The second was a '86, the replacement for the first, and was one of those rare find, immaculate, low mile, several year old pickups when they bought it. And I believe the guys boy is still using it as a pasture/fencing pickup. As for the price, $5000.00+ sounds high to me. But I guess it's worth whatever the local market will bear. Kind of like giving $5-$10K for a seventy year old tractor, that cost less than $1K when it was new. And prices are driven so much by what new replacement cost is as well. If a new one to match it is $35-40 K, then maybe $5 K for the twenty five year old one is not to much, if it's really nice, and well cared for. Replacing vehicles is something I've come to despise, and I always look for nice, lower mileage stuff, five to ten years old, when we need something. They're out there, if you take the time to look. My current heavy duty highway truck is a '98 Dodge 3500 w/ a 24 valve Cummins engine. We've had it for 5 1/2 years, and it's got 90K miles on it now. I hope it lasts the rest of my life, and I think thats a reasonable expectation. At any rate, my 2 cents, and good luck with your deal!! :wink:
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