1999 Ford F-250

Pickup Truck

5.4L CNG (dedicated CNG)

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CNG

1999 F250 Natural Gas Ford Pickup Truck This truck is solid. It is 100% rust free. Its first owner was the Houston Transit Authority. It was then sold to some guy in Grand Rapids, MI and I bought it from him in October 2008. The truck was rust-proofed and Rhino-lined when new. The Rhino lining (in the box) is in great shape. That stuff is bullet proof. The truck has 163,000 miles on it and the sheet metal will last far beyond the truck's 250,000 mile design life. Ford made genuine Ford Natural Gas vehicles from 1997 to 2004. This is one of those genuine Ford NGVs. It is dedicated CNG. The thing I like about the dedicated CNG Ford of this vintage is that it has about 20 GGE of natural gas capacity. The tanks are rated for 3600 psi. Two tanks are in the box and one tank is in the gasoline tank location. If you keep it under 70 mph on the highway, you can get 300 miles of range out of it. If you were really stingy on the gas and were willing to run it to empty, you could go perhaps 350 miles on a tank. For city driving, you can roughly figure on 200 miles. The truck is white as are 90% of all the CNG Ford vehicles of this era. It has zero options. The AC works really well an in a couple of blocks the regular cab is ice cold. The truck starts every time even in the coldest Michigan winter. This is important because some NGV trucks get their injectors gummed up with compressor oil and refuse to start injecting reliably until they warm up. What is wrong with the truck: Bench seat is ripped. (100% of vinyl seats are ripped on this vintage truck.) Windshield has a long crack in it. I replaced a windshield in an identical truck and it cost me $200. The truck has an assortment of dents and dings. I included photos of the worst ones. The exhaust is loud. The tires are near end of life and make a lot of tire noise. The "check engine" light is on. The corresponding diagnostic trouble code is "bank 1 is lean". I suspect that the front seal is leaking oil based on the black goo in that region and its oil consumption. However, it is not dripping on my driveway. Ford made both an F150, and F250 Light Duty, and a F250 Heavy Duty in this era. The F150 and F250 LD share the same sheet metal. Thus, in outward appearance, the F150 and F250 LD are the same. This truck is built to a 7700 pound GVW. I am selling the truck because I am committed to using natural gas and have upgraded to a 2004 F150 NGV. Besides this truck, I currently own two 2004 bi-fuel F150s and one 2011 bi-fuel Fusion. I fill at home for a $1.58 a gallon. ($1.08 for the natural gas, $0.25 for the electricity to compress it, and $0.25 for scheduled maintenance.) At present, there are 6 different companies with EPA approved bi-fuel conversions for the Ford F250: Altech-Eco, Westport LD, PowerFuel CNG, LandiRenzo, BAF, and IMPCO. To the best of my knowledge, Westport LD is the only one that publishes an MSRP. Its price is $9750. Four of those companies use the Badillo control system are thus have top notch product. Make sure you ask for the Badillo control system if you are buying one of those. These high conversion prices drive up the value of the existing CNG trucks. (Hopefully, competition will drive the conversion price down.) You can pick up my truck for a third of the price of the conversion itself!Whatever you do, make sure to buy a Ford if you buy new. While GM and Dodge now offer 3/4 ton trucks that are factory-backed; however, the Ford truck with its gaseous fuel prep package and Badillo CNG engine control system is far superior to either of these "factory" offerings. Shop around, look under the hood, and drive the Ford ($9750), GM ($11,000), and Dodge ($16,000). It will become quickly evident that Ford has the superior CNG system even though it is aftermarket. Happy bidding and welcome to the world of natural gas vehicles. Enjoy the nation's lowest cost truck fuel. Picture #2 Shows the two of the three 3600 psi rated CNG tanks with the cover removed.Picture #3 Shows the straight, rust-free tailgate seam. Awesome.Picture #7 Shows rustproofing access holes in driver's door. Hint of rust in lower seam but that is not going anywhere due to the rustproofing in the door.Picture #12 Shows the best tire. The tires are not down to the wear bars, but they make a lot of tire noise.Picture #16 The plastic grille has a break in it near the driver's headlight.Picture #23 Front seal possibly leaking.Picture #24 Long crack in windshield. On Jul-08-12 at 16:27:45 PDT, seller added the following information: You can talk to me on the phone at 313-562-4797 from 5 pm to 9 pm Eastern Daylight Time.