Factory guys like those better than 6.4s ... the redneck hotrods want the 7.3s
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Factory guys like those better than 6.4s ... the redneck hotrods want the 7.3s
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
Go price a ten year old truck Dave, you're a little off on your price assessment.
Everything I read said the 6.0 was best left stock unless you wanted to replace the headbolts with studs. That and changing the oil and filter with the genuine Ford stuff was the way to go.
barnfind
Old Man with a Hat
You got a good one then, I had a 04 250 with the 6.0 and 60k on it. Bad EGR (delete kit) bad injectors (not cheap) bad head bolts and head gaskets. Pull the cab to do any real work on it. Had to have dual fuel filter set up. When it did run it ran great with gobs of power until it lost compression in one hole. I sold it off with 69k on it. Diesels are made for pulling, for me a 7.3 or 12 valve dodge is a better choice.
Everyone says don't play with it just use it... the oil filter... stay ford... bad things from all I hear with aftermarket filters... I don't get to work on any of them to say first hand.
Lots of stuff I cant confirm with the 6.0 engines... talked to a service manager not long ago who was having issues with some 6.7s but the consensus likes them a lot. Unfortunately they wont be getting very cheap too soon. I hear fans from the gm camp too... but IDK anything about them...
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
No my pricing is for a 98 MY.
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
I have looked for one of these lot of yahoos have gotten ahold of them and f..ed them upDiesel
Yea, I was over at the Ford dealership the other day and the GM came out and told me he had people calling him every week for a diesel Excursion.
Are diesels expensive? You bet your ***....In 2012, when I bought mine, the Cummins was a 9K option but if you got the Cummins you had to upgrade to the 68RE Trans which was another 1K so the diesel was a 10K option....ouch..... Having said that, if reasonable care is taken, it should easily run over 300K miles and most likely more. I sold my 98 1500 with a 5.9L gas because the bottom of the drivers door and the bed sides were starting to rot. I couldn't justify replacing body panels on a gas engine with 200K miles on it. It still ran perfect, had plenty of power and never burned oil but it just didn't seem to make sense to risk it. I had the truck 14 years. With the Cummins, I wouldn't blink an eye about changing body panels at 200K so unless I total this one and survive, I don't believe I will ever buy another truck. Again, I use my trucks as trucks. This includes hauling and towing rather regularly but I also take very good care of my vehicles including all maintenance and fixing anything that is broke as soon as it breaks and washing once a week with undercarriage spray. That will start another debate I'm sure about weather frequent washing is necessary but it works for me.
65Fury440
Senior Member
My current 8.1 gas 3500 HD has over 300k on it, original trans and motor.I use synthetic oil, the engine has used a qt if oil every 3k miles since new.It's up to a qt every 2k miles now as it has a slight wet area around the rear main. I get 10-13 mpg driving normally.
The price of diesel, along with the additional cost upfront, makes me happy with the gasser.
If you were working a truck pulling really heavy loads, then yea, the diesel shines.
I run loaded maybe 20% of the time, and then, maybe towing 3-6k lbs. 450lbs of torque is plenty.
Here is my odometer today.
65sporty
Old Man with a Hat
You will be happy with the hein-warner jack, we have 3 of the 3ton jacks at work and love them but they are not cheap. As for the diesel topic they hold between 10 to 15 qts of oil, the oil filters are usually twice the price of the gas engine, the duramax wants a fuel filter about every 10,000, if they break the parts are more money, but if you tow a lot they are worth it. I just don't tow enough or drive my truck far enough to make it worth it. But I would love the power of one. A friend has a 6.4 ford that he uses for work and did some upgrades and it makes some insane power
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
We did get a bit off course with this thread.
65Fury440
Senior Member
Yea we jacked it up pretty badly.
Groan....
The best part was everybody stayed happy where ever the discussion went.
Seems we always do at some point.
It's all good because as Cantflip said, the topic that it turned to was good also.
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
65Fury440
Senior Member
Derailing is the norm here, I enjoy the conversation.
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