I'm glad the Other Builds forum exists, because I love to show this thing off. Earlier today I posted a thread on my 96 2-door Tahoe, the smallest "full-size" SUV of this era. Now it's time to throw one up for the largest and heaviest full-size SUV of the era.
This is my 2000 Ford Excursion with a 7.3L PowerStroke, 4x4. Previous owner kept it garaged most of its life and only used it to haul is family and camper around, until it blew two injector cups and his wife had him trade it in for a minivan. Picked it up in 2021 for $13k with 160,000mi on it. Completely rust free with a nearly pristine interior.
The list of things I've fixed & improved is too long to remember, but the bigs ones are: new injector cups & an injector rebuild, fuel tank pick-up and fuel lines replacement, 4" turbo-back exhaust system, gauge pillar w/ Pyrometer/Trans Temp/Boost gauges, Ford bullet-hole wheels and a set of KO2s.
Discovered a pretty severe boost leak on the passenger side up-pipe to the turbo 9 months ago, and have all of the parts to replace the pipes with bellowed ones from RiffRaff diesel and delete the EBPV from the turbo pedestal in the process. I plan to get around to that once it's not as hot as the surface of the sun outside, and after I order a nice topside creeper. No way am I removing this turbo while standing in the engine bay. It was awful doing the injector cups without one, not doing a turbo job without one, hard stop. Will post up on this thread when I get around to doing the work.
This is my 2000 Ford Excursion with a 7.3L PowerStroke, 4x4. Previous owner kept it garaged most of its life and only used it to haul is family and camper around, until it blew two injector cups and his wife had him trade it in for a minivan. Picked it up in 2021 for $13k with 160,000mi on it. Completely rust free with a nearly pristine interior.
The list of things I've fixed & improved is too long to remember, but the bigs ones are: new injector cups & an injector rebuild, fuel tank pick-up and fuel lines replacement, 4" turbo-back exhaust system, gauge pillar w/ Pyrometer/Trans Temp/Boost gauges, Ford bullet-hole wheels and a set of KO2s.
Discovered a pretty severe boost leak on the passenger side up-pipe to the turbo 9 months ago, and have all of the parts to replace the pipes with bellowed ones from RiffRaff diesel and delete the EBPV from the turbo pedestal in the process. I plan to get around to that once it's not as hot as the surface of the sun outside, and after I order a nice topside creeper. No way am I removing this turbo while standing in the engine bay. It was awful doing the injector cups without one, not doing a turbo job without one, hard stop. Will post up on this thread when I get around to doing the work.