I'm starting to get excited about this little project.
I bought this truck a while back in the PNW w a bad motor and left it at my friend's place out in the desert, almost forgot about it for a while. It's a PIA to pull that engine out of that body and of course the lump weighs ~1k lbs. once it's out. A bit expensive to rebuild as well, it's no SBC or Toyota 4-banger.
Like anything else, though, once you get past the inertia and dig in, it's kind of fun. I enjoy rebuilding engines as a hobby and am pretty good at it. I couldn't rebuild a transmission to save my life but have skilz w engines.
It's a manual transmission F-250 4x4 w 4:10 ltd slip in an extended cab long bed XLT, 1995 so first (non-intercooled) Powerstroke 7.3. These so-called OBS trucks have quite a following and they're pretty nice. I can't wait to see how I like it w a fresh motor and 5-speed trans, might be a keeper. Should tow great and get super MPGs. The auto trans is the weak link in those rigs although I've had good luck w my autos.
A few pics, pretty clean:
The auto trans in the truck bed is from an old Mercedes, not the truck.