F450 woes

brain55 · Oct 31, 2012

Soundguy said:
once you get it back and roll it down the road, give us a report

It oughta feel like a new truck

brain55 · Nov 1, 2012

Yay! I finally got my truck back, 3 weeks and a 4 page repair order that cost me $0. I'll know how it runs tomorrow when it gets hooked to my trailer.

Diamondpilot · Nov 2, 2012

Glad you got it back up and running. Its unbelievable there was so much wrong and it was still running.

Chris

94BULLITT · Nov 2, 2012

Hopefully it will do good for you.

brain55 · Nov 2, 2012

I've been trying to figure in my head what this repair would have cost if it wasn't under warranty.

A set of rocker arms plus the labor.

Take the cab off the first time plus R&R the camshaft which involves removing the cylinder heads.

Take the cab off the second time to remove and disassemble the engine, R&R the short block, then replace the faulty oil pump housing, replace radiator and coolant tank. May have removed the cab again to do that.

Then remove the cab again to R&R the turbos.

I'm guessing $20k

94BULLITT · Nov 2, 2012

brain55 said:
I've been trying to figure in my head what this repair would have cost if it wasn't under warranty.

A set of rocker arms plus the labor.

Take the cab off the first time plus R&R the camshaft which involves removing the cylinder heads.

Take the cab off the second time to remove and disassemble the engine, R&R the short block, then replace the faulty oil pump housing, replace radiator and coolant tank. May have removed the cab again to do that.

Then remove the cab again to R&R the turbos.

I'm guessing $20k

Here is flat rate
Rocker arms (both sides) 9.4 hrs.
Cam 36.1 hrs.
R&R shortblock 30.7
Radiator 3.5
Recovery tank 1

RDrancher · Nov 2, 2012

Looking forward to the report on your "new" truck!

Diamondpilot · Nov 3, 2012

I would guess $6000 in labor for the 70 or so hours of work. The parts, who knows? Maybe $7500.

Chris

brain55 · Nov 3, 2012

Diamondpilot said:
I would guess $6000 in labor for the 70 or so hours of work. The parts, who knows? Maybe $7500.

Chris

I was thinking retail the short block was in the $7000 range and I'm betting the turbos are $5000 for the pair. At some point I guess I could do some searches on that internet thing, lol.