Posted by rla on July 23, 2015 at 06:59:09 from (162.39.22.109):
In Reply to: It's Official posted by Allan In NE on July 22, 2015 at 19:53:46:
My theory on all this name calling on trucks, if the horse is running stay in the saddle. Since I've been a Ford Parts manager for 41 years I've seen good & not so good in all of them. I've had people tell me it's their last Ford & the worst one they ever had & the people that buy claim its the best used truck they had & cannot understand why the original owner parted ways. The 6.0 has kept the lights on at this Ford store. So many of the issue we have is people think they need more power & add programmers & this will end up to needing something else somewhere else on the engine or trans. I've had one Amish customer that has worked a 7.3, 6.0's 6.4 & now 6.7 like NO ONE other with really over all little problems. Pulls a 5th wheel loaded full of lumber, & hauls 450 dozers 540 skidders everywhere. I will say his 6.4 with radiator issue was the worst one he's owned... Then we have some that can't leave the store for over a month. We have many that we only see for just normal service. Most of our customers who own a diesel pickup really don't need one, they pull a camper 2 weeks out of the year 100 miles & that's IT!!!! Pay the price for the rest of the year to keep oil's & Higher fuel price's & fuel filters. The Motor homes that sit idle for 8 months & then get run for a 5000 miles trip have their issue with stuck V/Vain turbo's . I know of many that were Just POS since day one. It's the vehicles that were good & some guys just can't leave them alone are the real problem. When the government changed the fuels it created another whole batch of issues. We all know they truly do run better with all the delete's, if the GOVERMENT that created the Emissions & it's the emissions that have created most of the problems all diesels have, LACK of maintainence is another. We've had Used Chevy's & Dodge Diesels that have been good & bad I see more New & Used Fords since we are Ford & I've seen my share of Bad ones & Some self inflicted bad ones. I have a whole batch of customers with even the 6.0 Approaching 500,000 miles still going strong. My best advice with a Ford INT Diesel is run them like you stole them. So far the 6.7 has been better, but I've seen some issues with them as well, again some of those issues are self inflicted & some ARE NOT. As for me I don't need a diesel, nore would I own one at this time. I like the fact I sell parts for them though. I have some good friends that are techs at Dodge & GM stores, all of them will tell me being a diesel tech makes a young man old quick, all tell me if people would just leave the SOB alone they would have better luck. All will tell me I wish one of these car company's would build a truck with a one piece fender & hood removal with just two pins. And all will tell me they seen some good & some real bad ones.
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