2002 Ford F-450 Super Duty Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2002 Ford F-450 Super Duty adds a third body to the chassis line, the four-door extended cab-and-chassis, alongside the four-door crew cab-and-chassis and the two-door conventional cab-and-chassis. Engine coverage is unchanged, taking in the naturally aspirated 6.8L V10 gasoline unit and the turbocharged 7.3L V8 diesel, and Lariat, XL and XLT remain the trims. Everything the book holds, from torque values and specifications through wiring diagrams and diagnostics, is organized by system rather than by cab length.

Engines covered

• 6.8L V10 (415 cu in) — SOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline
• 7.3L V8 (445 cu in) — OHV, turbocharged, diesel

Body styles covered

• 4-door cab & chassis, crew cab
• 2-door cab & chassis, conventional
• 4-door cab & chassis, extended cab

Trims covered

• Lariat
• XL
• XLT

Known issues on the 2002 F-450 Super Duty. Six recalls are on federal record. Two of them concern the speed control deactivation switch, which may leak or overheat and lead to smoke or an underhood fire; another covers tail lamp service parts distributed to dealers, where lights that do not work raise the risk of a crash; a fourth involves heavy duty trucks with 7.3L diesel engines whose camshaft position sensor can operate intermittently and stall the engine. Owners have filed 14 complaints with NHTSA, half of them against the fuel system, with engine cooling and the wiring behind it. Fuel, cooling and lighting circuits are all documented in these pages.