From what I've read the 2000 years pretty much all have forged internals. It's the 01's that are spotty and 02 7.3 for sure. There is an inspection plug on the side of the block you can pull and tell for sure what rods you have. The serial number isn't necessarily going to tell you for sure either. It seems Ford did a test run of PMR's and then finished out the run of forged and then switched completely to PMR's.
The inspection plug is very hard to see through without a scope or something... There was a on again off again thing for sure. What I meant was if you have serial # xxxx or earlier you have forged rods for sure.....
One more thing. Balljoints go out right around that mileage. Ask the owner if they have been replaced. Cuz if they havent been, they arent cheap to fix
