E350 Ford 15 Passenger Van ClubWagon 7.3 Powerstroke

2000 Ford E-Series Van Description

Wife hates my van so much she bought a new Mercedes Sprinter to replace it--two years ago. I bought this van as a fleet trade-in and the dealer told me it had been an oil field engineer shuttle between Chicago and Houston. Even though it has a bunch of miles, it really doesn't seem like it. It gets over 20mpg on the interstate and uses no oil between changes. It starts right up, runs strong and shifts firmly. We used it for our yearly trip to Florida and it loves barreling down the highway full of people and gear, kayaks on the roof and motorcycle and 5 or so bicycles sticking way off of the back. I daily drove if for a couple of years, even in the winter, and it always starts up. It has a pair of yellow-top Optimas. Over the past few years I have done a bunch of maintenance as age has been setting in on this thing, even if the miles haven't bothered the main mechanical parts. New battery/charging harness, replaced some expensive part of the rear air conditioning (which works great). Did a power steering hose, serpentine and tensioner, rear spindle seals, brakes all around, radiator hoses, alternator.
This van has a real full-float axle unlike a lot of newer E350s. That means you can't hurt it. A semi-float axle has the weight supported by the actual axle shaft and a single bearing. The weight on a full-floater is supported by the axle housing and a big spindle with two larger bearings. You can pull the axle shaft out with the wheel still on the truck. The dealer I bought it from said the transmission had been rebuilt before they sold it. It's perfect in function and feel. I think it had been in an accident at some point as the driver's door interferes with the fender. There are dings and scrapes but no rust that I can see. A little rough but it doesn't look too bad. The seats are all there. The rear 2 are pretty much perfect but the front two rows have an issue or two, which I photographed. The driver's seat definitely shows it's use. I've tried to show as many dings as I could. The pictures are representative of its condition. The tires all have years left on them, no issues. Big 10,000# Ultra Frame hitch. This van tows well despite the overhang. When I sold my 3-axle gooseneck trailer, I used this van to deliver it down to Tennessee. That trailer had enough tongue weight that my ASV RC30 trackloader could not pick it up--and it has 1,600# tip rating. My pickup didn't have air conditioning and I decided to try the van, not thinking it would be a good plan. The van hardly sagged at all under that tongue weight and could have cared less going down the road with it. I've pulled tag trailers with cars pretty often. It's a good tow vehicle.
We put in a video screen to entertain the kids on long trips. A laptop goes on the mount and the video screen plugs into the laptop. There are infared headphones, not sure if they still work, but it will also plug into the stereo. The head unit is a nice Sony and there are 4 fairly new speakers--Polk in the back and Rockford Fosgates in the front. Almost feel like puting the paper-cone factory ones back in, but I don't want to work on this van, I want to sell it.
The only issue it has is a very slight surge at light loads. Getting helpful (and expensive) internet advice to combat it, I have replaced the HPOP sensor, crank position sensor and the HPOP control valve and dropped the tank and replaced the pickup. I had a Powerstroke-programmed Scangauge on it until I moved it to another truck, and all of the fuel readings were perfect--about 2,500psi at power and 500psi at idle. Boost is smooth and steady--about 12psi at full power and the hp reading runs about 260hp at full beans--no smoke. Everything is solid and there are no error codes. Someone finally came up with what I feel will be the solution, if you want to bother. The throttle is drive-by-wire and apparently they get worn and fluxuate in a way that when the engine is lightly loaded it causes a tiny surge. On the interstate I never noticed it and really it is only noticeable to passengers if you point it out to them. We haven't used this truck much since getting the Sprinter so there could be other small issues that I can't think of at the moment. My son drove it as his first car from September to around Christmas when we got him a Focus and he can't think of anything either.
There are no plates or insurance on the truck. Once you pay for it I will send you the title so you can get a temp tag. Or you can have it shipped. I've done that and it is pretty easy and convenient.