Well the thing is, I hear that a head gasket replacement was $4,000 due to the fact it took so many man hours because they had to take the cab off to get to it. Therefore I was hoping that head studs would be a cheap type of insurance from running into this problem but if i had to get the cab taken off to have them installed wouldnt that be kinda pointless. Maybe i heard wrong on the price or why that was the price. I was also told that most Head Gaskets blow on stock trucks before 100,000 or something like that and im at 140,000m currently and no ford dealership replaced it while it was under warranty. As far as I know the stock one is still on and good to go. She was a fleet truck and I felt I got her pretty cheap, not to mention its a diesel so the miles didnt bother me. Plus I dont know many people who at the age of 19 have a truck like mine. What can I say I'm in love! Haha