Easy DIY:
The maintenance items, like filters, oil changes, power steering fluid change, t-case fluid, rear end and front axle differential fluid change, etc, should be a walk in the park. Batttery terminals are easy to remove, clean w/toothbrush and baking soda solution, spray with battery terminal protectant from Auto Parts store. Wiper blades, most people change them in the parking lot of the auto parts store.
Intermediate:
Radiator and heater hoses: With a good understanding of hose replacement, youtube videos, patience, even a novice can tackle this job, it’s just time consuming, the factory hose clamps can be a little tricky to remove if you’ve never done it before. There are a ton of hot water hoses on a 7.3 van, if they are in fact the originals from 2002, I’d change them. At least every hose from the radiator, coolant degas bottle. Might be a good time to change the degas bottle cap and thermostat, with high quality ones from Ford. From my experience, they’re not easy to get at, and most are special order for the 7.3 van. Use gates or goodyear, Dayton isn’t bad, stay away from the budget hoses as you won’t want to do that job very often.
Transmission fluid change. Brake fluid change is not difficult.
Tie rod assembly remove and replace. Pretty straightforward, purchase the entire tie rod. Yours looks to be a 4x4 conversion, so you’ll need to know what truck the axle came out of, to buy the parts. Buy or borrow heavy work gloves, a 3lb sledge and tie rod separator ‘pickle fork’ for Ford F350 4x4 truck before attempting.
Parking brake: Not an emergency, but the next time the rear brakes are being inspected, or getting a brake job, the p-brake should be looked at. Or do a rear brake job yourself, clean and inspect everything, find a youtube video on ford E or F 350 series (same basic parts)
Door hinge pins replacement is pretty easy on most trucks, but I’ve never done them on a Ford van.
More difficult:
Diagnosing airbag light and seat belt light.
Alignment: have a shop do it. Maybe even have them replace the tie rod and do the alignment at the same time. Have them inspect the ball joints at the same time.
A/C take it to a shop.
Diagnosing cruise control, shop.
Oil leaks on a 7.3 can be small and livable, or bigger, very time consuming (I’m in the middle of tracking down and fixing fuel and oil leaks on my 7.3 right now)
Axle u-joints. If your front axle is a Dana 60, the stub axle bearings are often loose feeling, it may not be the right and left axle ujoints at all. A shop that specializes in 4x4 work would be a good place to take it.
Driveshaft missing? Hmmmm… that’s a big deal, the 4x4 can’t work without it. I’d check with the seller and ask about that. Hopefully you knew this before exchanging money, because that’s could be $1000 item to have parts sourced and made to custom length for your van.
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1995 E350 7.3 Diesel, 4x4 high roof camper, UJOR 4" lift
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