RE: RollingRock's new TV
Does it use DEF? :B
it might...just trying to have some fum
We actually are thinking of going with a 70 and putting over our fireplace now. LOL
RE: Ford F250 Diesel Advice
To the OP regardless of which one you choose (6.0-6.4) just doing an Oasis report isn't enough. Have a reputable diesel shop, whether the brand dealer or independent run a test on it. You could have codes or other issue that don't show up in an Oasis report.
Well I am looking at a friends 2004 6.0 with a no start issue, the engine was just rebuilt a little over a year ago. I gave them issues on the road, Start die, wait 20 minutes, start run OK. No power on hills no codes, no CEL. Going to test the FICM that would be the cheap fix about $400.
Find another person to repair the FICM....I took mine off, drove it across town, waited 45 min and mine was fixed. Didn't have a No start but was showing low voltage. (I posted a thread about it here) Cost me 100 bucks and 3.5 hours of my time.
Showing 48 volts...easiest 100 bucks I have spent in a long time.
RE: Ford F250 Diesel Advice
I love how dodge and GM guys act like they have never even heard of a EGR, turbo, or headstuds being done on any cummins or duramax.
Fact is bullet proofed or bullet proofings mods are terms associated with the 6.0 PSD. You do not hear that phrase being used with any other diesel engine.
yeah those duramax injectors are pretty reliable pre 06 too right?
neighbor just dropped 2500 on his 5th set of new ones.
RE: sway bar bushings
I was just wondering if anybody knew of a heavy duty version, and if I need them?
yes they make HD versions but they are prob as good as what you have.
Do you need them? Doubt it unless you feel you are getting pushed around when towing.
RE: sway bar bushings
I was under my 2006 F150 with about 70,000 miles this weekend, and notices my sway bar bushings are cracked, and one is split. Does anybody have a good place to get them, and do I need something heavy duty for towing a 21', or just OEM?
Pretty easy to replace yourself, Moog makes them...
RR
RE: buying a Ford 6.0???
Nothing new here. Rock has been feeding the trolls. Kind of funny.
Kinda funny, and sad that so many have to take it so personal.
I filled out the Hurt feelings report and submitted it to Marty.
Haven't heard back yet.
RE: buying a Ford 6.0???
RollingRockTX -- I'm glad you like the modifications to your truck, and I'm glad it has worked very well for you.
But your deletion of the EGR is almost certainly illegal under federal law.
yeah so what......
Well, for starters, your statement from earlier was untruthful:
"I have some news for ya....we don't emissions test diesels in Texas and it's not on the agenda for anytime soon...therefor it is not illegal."
Secondly, you can modify your truck to your heart's content for all I care. You can disregard Federal emissions laws as well. But someone may be relying on what you say here. They might even buy a 6.0 on that advice, believing it can be "bulletproofed," and come to find out that the modification is illegal. So don't say that what you've done is legal, especially if you know darn well that it is not.
That's what ... ;)
Ok, how about this, We don't have emissions diesels requirements in Texas so if you want to remove it, go for it. My risk to make the engine more reliable. Disagree with it all you want, nunyabidness.
And furthermore, with the amount of 6.0s in Texas, do you really honestly think that the lobbyists would sit quietly? No way this would pass in Texas. To put a start date on older engines maybe but not back to 2004. EVEN if they did, it wouldn't take 10 min for the custom tuners to create a tune that would pass.
You done yet? I have work to do.
**EDIT** BTW, I do have an EGR valve physically on my motor. Plugged in and everything.
RE: buying a Ford 6.0???
RollingRockTX -- I'm glad you like the modifications to your truck, and I'm glad it has worked very well for you.
But your deletion of the EGR is almost certainly illegal under federal law.
yeah so what......
If I may butt in, I think he is like me....... It is your business, just be aware it could come back around to give you fits, especially if the area where you live would start emissions testing, or if you sell your truck and the next owner has to deal with it.
I hear ya guys, but my truck has already been spoken for by a local PowerStrock organization. They want the truck when i am done with it. So I got that covered.
RE: buying a Ford 6.0???
RollingRockTX -- I'm glad you like the modifications to your truck, and I'm glad it has worked very well for you.
But your deletion of the EGR is almost certainly illegal under federal law.
yeah so what......
RE: buying a Ford 6.0???
Looking at your signature, RollingRockTx:
ARP Headstuds
ERG Delete
Diesel Site Coolant Filter System
Gearhead Performance Tuned, via XCALII, Edge Insight CTS
MBRP 4" Turbo Back, cat delete
I would have to say no, you can't really call it a 6.0L.
In a few states, and increasingly in more states over the next few years, it would be called an illegally modifed air polluter which could not be registered to operate on (or even off) road. While this relatively recent reality check may not effect everyone, it has and does effect many people, and as such should always be considered when the question of "buying a Ford 6.0??" comes up.
If a motor has to be illegaly modifed in order to work right, then something is wrong. I wouldn't choose that motor.
Long time netizens on truck and towing forums have read and seen the cycle of pump and dump 6.0L praise and haze cycles. A new owner gets a 6.0, praises it because when it works, it seems to work well. Hazes it when, unbelievably, the woes that only happen to other people eventually happen to him to.
Another owner pumps his 6.0L because he wants to boost the searchable online reputation of this much maligned motor, so that he can dump it on a new buyer who hopefully is influenced more by the praise he finds in his research, rather than the hazing.
Whether the agenda is to maintain Ford 6.0L motor's perceived value, or to maintain an owner's perceived shrewdness and ego, or, as in the case quoted below, to maintain pride of ownership in having conquered the endemic problems of the 6.0L with major modifications, long time forum netizens have learned to regard 6.0L posts with some circumspection... even from the owners of this motor.
Personally, I can't think of another tow vehicle motor made in the last 30 years that has caused its owners as well as its manufacturers, resellers, and servicers as much grief as the Ford 6.0L engine. The closest travesty I can think of (besides the improved 6.4L of similarly problem fraught DNA) is the diesel GM converted from a small block in the late 70's and early 80's.
This may be only anecdotal, but in one small fleet of construction trucks I have worked with, every 6.0L that has come through the yard is either dead, dying, or disastrously expensive to drive. The ones remaining in the fleet are now parked, awaiting an increase of business revenue as the economy kicks up to pull the equipment beds off in order to remount them to actively sought for older chassis cabs with a 7.3L. The trucks that are not parked, and are indeed working every day, have the 7.3L.
About 12 or so years ago, I visited the International engine plant while the 7.3L engines were in peak production. I asked an insider about the 6.0L testing progress, and was told back then, some 2 years prior to the motor's (delayed) release, that they were having trouble with the EGR. That comment was followed up with the remark "Better hang on to that 7.3L." This came from someone with 30 years in the company (now long ago retired).
These are just some observations I have made over the 10 year history of the Ford 6.OL motor. In the interest of full disclosure, I do not, and have not ever personally owned a Ford 6.0L. And for good reason.
I sure love my 06 6.0
But can we really call mine a 6.0? LOL
114K miles and not even a single hiccup or cough.
Know what to do with a 6.0 and its a good truck.
Wow, that is a lot of bitterness...sounds almost like the Sequester doom and gloom.
I have some news for ya....we don't emissions test diesels in Texas and it's not on the agenda for anytime soon...therefor it is not illegal. Even if we did, it wouldn't matter. I am keeping the old girl.
As as a fact of the matter, with very little work, I can have a working ERG system back on the motor in 3 hours or less. Still have the Cat too.
So what is the point of your post other than just wanting type up a bunch of dribble?
RE: buying a Ford 6.0???
I sure love my 06 6.0
But can we really call mine a 6.0? LOL
114K miles and not even a single hiccup or cough.
Know what to do with a 6.0 and its a good truck.
Rock, calling your engine a 6.0 is like calling a Cosworth engine a Vega engine! :W
Nice.
RE: buying a Ford 6.0???
I sure love my 06 6.0
But can we really call mine a 6.0? LOL
114K miles and not even a single hiccup or cough.
Know what to do with a 6.0 and its a good truck.
RE: Litigation regarding Ford 6.0 diesel
This thread has reached the surreal.........
The usual Ford loyalists are no where to be found. :h
I can't believe I'd defend Ford on anything but this is what it is.....an attack on capitalism, nothing more. Maybe my being a Chevy guy I have learned to recognize when capitalism is being attacked. ;)
.........Or maybe the underlying agenda of this lawsuit isn't anti-capitalist, but instead it is intended to give GM the monopoly that it once had. :B
glad you didn't call me a loyalist.
RE: Litigation regarding Ford 6.0 diesel
I got the letter, I love how the attorney gets 12.5 million and the customers get to share 150K. Yeah that will go far.
RR
RE: Funny word on stat
Here ya go
http://www.earthboundrv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Comfort-Control-Center-1.pdf
Thank you thank you thank you!
Perfect
hold down the up and down temp at the same time! Back on "Furn"
Thanks folks. !!!
“FURN” / “AQUA” - Furnace or Aqua Mode (Factory setting is “FURN”)
To change the setting from “FURN” to “AQUA” or visa versa, simultaneously press
the up and down buttons. The LED will display the selected option.
In the FURN/AQUA mode the system will cycle the RV’s furnace/aqua ON and OFF
based on the room air temperature and the temperature set-point on the CCC 2
thermostat. The system can be configured to operate using an ON/OFF differential
of either 1 degree F. or 2 degree F. This feature is programmed during the system
initialization. See “System Configuration & Initialization” on page 2. To set the
1 degree differential, simultaneously press PROGRAM button and up button
(“dIF1” will appear in the display while the buttons are pressed). To set the 2 degree
differential, simultaneously press the PROGRAM button and the down button
(dIF2” will appear in the display while the buttons are pressed). In this mode there
are 4 fan speed selections:
LOW: The fan operates continuously at low speed.
MED: The fan operates continuously at medium speed.
HIGH: The fan operates
Funny word on stat
Hey folks
This is odd. Our stat used to say FURN for furnace. Now this is what it says.
Anyone know the trick to fix?
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/01/19/bahe4y2y.jpg width=650
