RE: OJ found guilty
Man the guy is an Idiot...... Had everything..... I think he was guilty as heck the first time, but I think anywhere in this country he wouldnt get a trial where the jury isnt going to remember the past..
RE: Being a considerate RV owner
:B
Not just Rvers, I drive 8 miles to work..2 lane road...work 12-8am, I got to get home so the wife can get to work and the kids to school.... ALWAYS, EVERYDAY someone has to pull on from a side road in front of you and then go 45 mph in the 55mph..first im mad becasue they pulled out in front of me then I get mad, because they go 45... there is only 2 small areas to pass and usually you cant.
not much you can do...
Fell better now.
RE: Lap-Band Procedure - Decide To Do It
GOOD....Keep it up...... I need to go back in a couple weeks too, see if he wants to put more in, the last appoinment I was there 5 minutes..He just said your doing good ,keep doing what your doing.. I lost 60 pounds to date But its not easy. I would like to have more"fill" in my band, I feel I can eat too much if I let myself..
I wish I would have discovered the muscle milk earlier, but the atkins shakes I have been taking are pretty good as well..
Chuck, found a new shake..... Muscle Milk... the best I have tried yet... I had the choc malt....going to try to get some more different flavors...
Hi Rob,
Yep, Muscle Milk is great. I've been using it in my protein shakes for several weeks now. How goes it? I am doing really well. In a couple of weeks I'm headed in for another "fill."
Chuck
RE: Chevy Vortec 6.0L opinions
another thing my 04 Chevy got about 10 mpg in town and 13-14 tops on hwy and 7-8 towing.. as far as the power I just pulled a 5400 pound trailer and it did fine..Like they say these motors will really wind up and thats ok... another thing is that I mostly seen in the earlier 6.0 and 8.1 was PISTON SLAP, you can google it, but I guess it is not suppose to hurt anything...
If you come across the 8.1 in the GM dont be afraid of it, the MPG are similiar to the 6.0 and its a beast of a motor... I also have some friends with the super duty with the V-10 and the MPG they are claiming is what my 6.o GM got. Plus I think a better deal can be had on the V-10, it tends to scare people.....
RE: Chevy Vortec 6.0L opinions
My first chevy had cranked t-bars and 285 tires.... rode rough, my current one has the new front "porkchops" as they call them and the shock extentions, and 285 by 18 tires and it rides better than when I got it..... You change the key ways and new Blistein shocks and it rides great..
AS far as the Z-71, its the sticker, I think the Blisteins and skid plates, which many trucks have anyways....
I DONT THINK the older 3/4 tons, Older meaning the 2007 back design have a Z-71 option.
There are many of these trucks out there and finding a good used one with a good price should be no problem.... I think if you could swing it, look for a used 2006 LBZ duramax.... the 06/07 lbz was the best d-max to date and it dont have the emissions the new ones do..
I'm leaning more toward a Chevy with the 6.0L or maybe the Duramax if I can find one I can afford. Even though the diesel Ford I'm considering is nice and looks good mechanically, all the 6.0L Powerstroke horror stories are getting to me.
One thing that concerns me with regards to the Chevy 2500HDs is the offroad capability. No, I don't plan on ever "wheeling" it like I used to do in my jeeps, but I'll take it hunting and where we go there's a pretty good offroad drive through fields with 5 ft weeds and a few hidden muddy spots and some good sized ruts. There's one short steep part and one off-camber spot. Even though the ground clearance on the GM's is as good or better than the Fords, just looking at them and you can't help but notice how much closer the frame rails are to the ground than the Ford's. I'd probably get a Z71. Anyone able to speak to the GM's offroad capabilities from experience? All that being said, I'm a very experienced offroader who rarely if ever got stuck wheeling my XJ or CJ8 at offroad parks back in my pre-kid days.
Also, the stock tire size on the specific truck I'm looking at is 265/70/R17. Anyone know if I can get 285's in a more aggressive A/T tire without any rubbing or issues for this truck?
Ben
I had an '01 2500HD with the 8.1 liter big block. For a full sized truck it was a pretty good off-roader. GMs G80 locking differential works well and I never had a shortage of traction. My 2500HD was a better off-road rig than my Dodge is. The Dodge has more ground clearance,but Dodges limited slip is light years behind GMs G80.
You won't be able to fit 285s without cranking the torsion bars at the very least. I'm not a fan of cranking the T-bars because it makes the ride harsh and puts extra strain on the CV joints.
RE: Chevy Vortec 6.0L opinions
I have had all the big three trucks and a nissan.. as far as offroad capabilities?? well, They will all do for LIGHT offroad use, they are all pretty CLOSE to each other... where you get the difference is the kind of tires and room under the truck... To me the GMS have the least stock clearance of the big three underneath.. But put a front level kit and some good 285 tires and it sits pretty nice...Just because these trucks are 4 by they are not made for serious off roading... they will get stuck almost as fast as a 2 wheel drive.
I'm leaning more toward a Chevy with the 6.0L or maybe the Duramax if I can find one I can afford. Even though the diesel Ford I'm considering is nice and looks good mechanically, all the 6.0L Powerstroke horror stories are getting to me.
One thing that concerns me with regards to the Chevy 2500HDs is the offroad capability. No, I don't plan on ever "wheeling" it like I used to do in my jeeps, but I'll take it hunting and where we go there's a pretty good offroad drive through fields with 5 ft weeds and a few hidden muddy spots and some good sized ruts. There's one short steep part and one off-camber spot. Even though the ground clearance on the GM's is as good or better than the Fords, just looking at them and you can't help but notice how much closer the frame rails are to the ground than the Ford's. I'd probably get a Z71. Anyone able to speak to the GM's offroad capabilities from experience? All that being said, I'm a very experienced offroader who rarely if ever got stuck wheeling my XJ or CJ8 at offroad parks back in my pre-kid days.
Also, the stock tire size on the specific truck I'm looking at is 265/70/R17. Anyone know if I can get 285's in a more aggressive A/T tire without any rubbing or issues for this truck?
Ben
RE: Lap-Band Procedure - Decide To Do It
Chuck, found a new shake..... Muscle Milk... the best I have tried yet... I had the choc malt....going to try to get some more different flavors...
RE: 6.0L Ford Powerstroke Help
YEP..I had more problems with my 6.0psd than I did my early 80's GM caprice classic diesel.....SOme just dont get it, or want to...FORD, international ,and the Experts in the diesel community know it, BUT???hum.... :h
In other words, if you read long enough at the time that the engines are out, you are going to find horror stories in all of them, including the "rock solid" Duramax.
You are absolutely correct! The 7.3 isn't as rock solid as people would have you believe. With both in stock form I would say the 7.3 and 6.0 are very close as far as reliability. Bump the 7.3 up to the stock hp level of the 6.0 and the tables start to turn.
Even at stock hp levels the 4R100 transmission behind the 7.3 is prone to failure. The 5R110 behind the 6.0 has been known to handle well over 500 rear wheel hp before it becomes unreliable. The beloved Allison behind the Duramax will puke it's guts out at anything above 400 hp.
I've said it before and I'll say it over and over, many of the horror stories that you hear about the 6.0 come from people who tuned or "chipped" them to more than 400 hp and abused them severely. The 03 and early 04 models had more issues stock but not so much for the 05-07s.
Basically it's a pick your poison sort of thing. You can spend $2,000 for a head gasket job on the 6.0 or you can spend $3,000+ for a trans rebuild on the 7.3, Duramax or Cummins. The 6.0 has a 100,000 miles/5 year warranty so basically you have more than 60,000 miles and 2+ years left on that truck. Most likely if it is to become a problem child it will do so before 100K. With your clean OASIS report, I wouldn't sweat it.
I have to disagree with a lot of this post. You will be far more likely to have issues with a 6.0L PSD than either a Dodge 48RE transmission or an Allison transmission. You can "pick your poison" if you want to, but the 6.0L PSD will very likely get you before the rest.
Also, I simply can't believe that even in stock form a 6.0L PSD is as reliable as the 7.3L PSD.
Sure there are some 6.0L PSD trucks out there with no problems to this point. They aren't ALL bad, but if you look at the percentages of problems per trucks sold, the chances are greater a 6.0L PSD will give you trouble. There simply would not be so much turmoil between Navistar and Ford if the 6.0L PSD was a good engine like the Cummins and Duramax.
RE: I forgot my camera!!
Big deal....... boat, tops 2500-2700 pounds... 22 foot camper, my 24.5 footer weighs 5400 lbs..
Pulled into Woodhead Park down on the Snake River last week. Sitting at the dump station exiting the park was a new Tundra. It wasn't the big cab but still some sort of quad cab with the longer box.
Attached to it was about a 22' Komfort 5'er and behind that about an 18' speed boat with a 90 HP outboard!!!
I did stop and talk to him because of all the discussion on here about Tundras and 5'ers.
OK, he was probably over his GVCWR but I didn't ask him about that. Just how it handled. He grinned and said "just fine". " A little slow on the hills (we have STEEP hills :B).
I can't beleive I forgot my camera. Now no ne will belive me!!!
RE: 6.0L Ford Powerstroke Help
You are somewhat right in your post.... the 7.3 psd IS FAR more reliable than a 6.0psd though..... the tranny is not as solid as a torqshift though....AS far as the allison puking its guts??? your Nuts!! Sounds like an angry person thats mad Gm has the allison....You see very little about an allison tranny going out..
AS far as the the only 6.o's with problems are the modified ones?? thats Just hogwash that those who try to justify this motor come up with.....If that was the case FORD WOULDNT have LOST thier A$$ on the 6.0psd, becasue its no secret they deny warranty for mods....YES the 6.o psd IS AT ITS LIMITS as far as HP, so mods just puts that much more strain on it.....
Like I said before, I think the 6.0 psd Fiasco could have been alot worse for Ford.... the many diehards that have stuck it out with ford and the 6.0, Gee, Ford should reward you all...AS far as my current truck, I like the super duty better, but the D-max will run circles around the 6.0psd.....Couldnt imagine going to a 6.o after driving the d-max.. If I was in the market today though, I must say I would try the new super duty........
In other words, if you read long enough at the time that the engines are out, you are going to find horror stories in all of them, including the "rock solid" Duramax.
You are absolutely correct! The 7.3 isn't as rock solid as people would have you believe. With both in stock form I would say the 7.3 and 6.0 are very close as far as reliability. Bump the 7.3 up to the stock hp level of the 6.0 and the tables start to turn.
Even at stock hp levels the 4R100 transmission behind the 7.3 is prone to failure. The 5R110 behind the 6.0 has been known to handle well over 500 rear wheel hp before it becomes unreliable. The beloved Allison behind the Duramax will puke it's guts out at anything above 400 hp.
I've said it before and I'll say it over and over, many of the horror stories that you hear about the 6.0 come from people who tuned or "chipped" them to more than 400 hp and abused them severely. The 03 and early 04 models had more issues stock but not so much for the 05-07s.
Basically it's a pick your poison sort of thing. You can spend $2,000 for a head gasket job on the 6.0 or you can spend $3,000+ for a trans rebuild on the 7.3, Duramax or Cummins. The 6.0 has a 100,000 miles/5 year warranty so basically you have more than 60,000 miles and 2+ years left on that truck. Most likely if it is to become a problem child it will do so before 100K. With your clean OASIS report, I wouldn't sweat it.
RE: 6.0L Ford Powerstroke Help
yea you will find horror stories on all trucks... But you sir are really clueless.. YOU WILL NOT find as many horror stories on the others as you will a 6.0psd...... the next worst diesel engine to the 6.0 is the old GM's!!!
First, thanks for all who have been offering advise in my search for a new truck/TV. The current truck I'm considering is a 2005(build date 4/23/05) Ford F250 4x4 Crew Cab King Ranch with the 6.0L diesel and 33K miles on it. VIN# 1FTSW21P75ED19825. I have read some horror stories(head gasket, turbo, VGT Soleniod, and fuel injectors) here and on various diesel forums. I have read some good stuff as well. I have lots of experience driving Fords with this motor(ambulances and F250's) but no hands on experience with breakdowns or problems because the fire dept I work for has mechanics that take care of all of that.
I test drove this truck and liked it. The Carfax records showed only the truck's change of hands, dealer maintenance and the replacing of the the truck's computer a couple years ago. I got the guy at the used car lot that it's on(nice stuff, mostly VG condition late model US cars and trucks) to get me an OASIS report and the only "Outstanding Field Service Action" is has is "05B32 DE-Gas Bottle Fill Level Label And Fluid Level Adjustment." I also spoke with one of our FD's mechanics and he said he'd still buy a 6.0L Ford in a nice used truck. But he'd get an extended warranty, but he'd get that on any used truck he'd buy. He's the guy who fixes everything we break and we drive our vehicles VERY balls out most of the time.
Given all this data, would you still strongly recommend me NOT considering this truck? And is there any additional "homework" I can or should do before pulling the trigger(sometime next week probably? I can get this truck for $23850, down from $27000.
Ben
2004 F350 6.0L with almost 68,000 miles and no issues. Mine was a late build '04. On dieselstop.com, I found the date that was when Ford made some changes to the 6.0 that fixed some of the issues in the earlier 6.0L. You are going to be told about how rock solid the 7.3L was and how bad the 6.0L is. Well my first PSD was a 1999 7.3L but it didn't have the infamous "cackle", injector issues. Nor did it have the turbo bolt problems. In other words, if you read long enough at the time that the engines are out, you are going to find horror stories in all of them, including the "rock solid" Duramax.
RE: 6.0L Ford Powerstroke Help
Very nice truck....especially the king ranch... ashame the motor is nowhere near as good as a cummins or duramax... yes there are a few on here that claim they havent had problems. My experience with the motor, I just cant trust it..Especially when they start racking up miles, I just dont think it will be as dependable as the other diesels.... I even know diehard ford guys who wouldnt own it...I have nothing against ford, I own a Expedition now and wouold own a new 6.4 psd... Spend some time on the dieselstop.com , and look into this subject..
I guess for the price and with a good warranty you could always dump it if it began to develop problems..
AS far as your FD mechanics, I guess they will know if they have problems, but I doubt they do much more than regualar maint on them.. The 6.0psd really has to be taken to the dealer.... and ask one of the fords mecahnics about them....when I had my 6.0 in the shop, one ford mechanic said the 6.0 psd was a ford mechanics NIGHTMARE!! they can never really seem to fix them, the problems re-occur..
Reminds me of an article in dieselpower mag, they had the top 10 diesel engines, and the 6.0 didnt make the list. Google it and read publication after publication and info on this subject for days, you listen to a handful on here and take thier word, would be not very wise..
You are going to get the group on here that are Ford diehards and swear by it, but facts are facts and they are out there.....Of the big three diesels, there is no other subject that is argued about as much as the 6.0psd......Ford had the 7.3 psd and the D-max came on strong, and then the cummins started getting better, so Ford threw the 6.0psd out there to compete without much testing at all..
your money, good luck.....
RE: Chrysler to overtake GM Canada as production leader
probably because more dodges are made to replace them that rusted out:B
Looks like GM continues to downslide. In Canada, Chrysler is currently a mere thousand vehicles behind for number of vehicles produced in Canada (not sales as this said before edit), and is expected to surpass GM by January by 10,000 units.
Link to newspaper story
RE: Might buy a diesel...HELP
niether,I have had too much experience with them motors.... but the lower mile one I would get......Run the oasis report on either, if they have been worked on go away...the 06 wont be any better, or more reliable than the 05..I know the Gm website of dieselplace.com there are some on there that can run the vin for you to see what has been done.....Try dieselstop.com and see if someone can do it for the fords......been some time since i have been on there.....
RE: Ford F-250 V10
People I know with the V-10's do better than that.... around 13hwy...
I found the truck of my dreams. A 2008 Ford F 250 Super Duty with all of the bells and whistles. But the scary part is that it has a V10 engine with 4:10 gears. I can get away with the 5.4 but with all of the rebates most of the Super Duties are gone and I can't find one equipt the way that I want. A few people are telling me that the V10 has trouble getting 10 mpg highway even when not hooked to a trailer. If any of you have this truck, could you let me know what you get on the road.
RE: 2004 Ford F-350
You had an oasis report pulled on the truck??? If not do so to see what has been done in the past. Many of these problems re-occur.... I had an 03 that I thought was a good one, until about 37k miles, when EGr went, turbo went, then began to leak oil.. I would be real paranoid about a used 6.0 psd for sale... I traded mine off and heard the new owner of the truck in less than 6 months, put another turbo and egr valve on and then had some injector problems.... Bottom line is no matter what the diehards say, the facts are plain and simple, the 6.0psd is not the best motor... The worst duramax and cummins is better... Too bad, because other than that the Ford super duty is the best truck...Check out dieselstop.com, you see some more honest opinions of the motor... You know how it is, I was the same way when I had my ford, even though it had problems, you still had to chest up and defend your truck..but to other ford owners the truth came out... Im glad ford seems to be back on track with the new 6.4 psd..
I would NOT do any mods to the truck, and DONT let it idle for long periods.. Look in the manual, somewhere around 3-5 minutes after a long pull or hard run...Idling is gums up the turbo and egr...
Just keep the truck and see how it goes......
I think we are going to start seeing alot of people on here buying, or bought them trucks, especialy when they are coming out of warranty.. they are really nice looking trucks....
Just returned from two weeks vacation. At beginning of trip (from eastern Oklahoma to Raton, New Mexico), we experienced power failure in engine. After changing fuel filters, etc. we limped into Raton, NM (Cimino Ford) who after diagnositics, etc. found bad EGR valve and oil cooler. Both replaced under Ford's ESP that we purchased in 2007. After purchase of truck last year, we heard horror stories about this particular engine, etc. Question: do we have much more to be concerned with? Engine, transmission, turbo? This problem caused us to be without a tow vehicle for over a week. Good friends came to our rescue and towed us from Raton, NM to South Fork Colorado, our destination. We're trying to avoid another repeat of major problems. Just need to know what other problems are "popular" with this truck. All comments or advice are appreciated. Thanks.
RE: Might buy a diesel...HELP
03/04 worst.. Seen many problems with the newer also...... I would be very wary of a a used 6.0 especially on a GM/Dodge lot..
The ford truck is the best truck other than that motor...Loved mine...I would definetaly run the oasis report.... There was a guy looking at a newer 6.0 few weeks back, he come to find out it was a lemmon....I would also get a GOOD warranty!!!!
So, even though there's a overall bad reputation on the Ford 6.0L diesel, IF I still wanted to buy one, which years were/are the least problematic? Here's the thing; I LOVE the chassis and the bed length(6.75ft) is perfect for my needs. I see TONS of them on the road everyday, so they can't all suck. If the 2003-2004.5 6.0L powerstrokes are the worst, are the 2005-6 ones "better" or are they still not good? I probably won't be able to afford a brand new truck, so the 6.4L is out and I don't want one old enough to still have the 7.3L.
