Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days!

[JESSE1]

I currently have a '22 Ford F-450 King Ranch pickup with the 6.7 diesel engine. I'll probably keep it until the extended warranty runs out, so far it's been a great truck. I'm not sure I want to keep it past the warranty period. I'm really thinking about an F-350 regular cab dually in XLT trim with the 7.3 gas engine. I don't drive my pickup much and a diesel doesn't like sitting and not working. The 7.3 gas engine has half the torque of the 6.7 diesel but it still has more power than any of the earlier diesels I used to own.

 

[88bradb]

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Bruce

I would be happy with one like the 60s and 70s with a standard cab, 4×4,long bed with a V8 and 4 speed manual.

 

[Hay Dude]

I currently have a '22 Ford F-450 King Ranch pickup with the 6.7 diesel engine. I'll probably keep it until the extended warranty runs out, so far it's been a great truck. I'm not sure I want to keep it past the warranty period.

Do you have the CP-4 pump?

I'm really thinking about an F-350 regular cab dually in XLT trim with the 7.3 gas engine. I don't drive my pickup much and a diesel doesn't like sitting and not working. The 7.3 gas engine has half the torque of the 6.7 diesel but it still has more power than any of the earlier diesels I used to own.

You must have owned some really early diesels, because every diesel I have owned since 2000 had more torque than the 7.3L gas.
Heck my early 2000’s Duramax had 660 ftlbs of torque.
With a $500 tune, it could have 1,000 ftlbs.

 

[kabong57]

I want a Truck ! Not a family sedan with the Trunk Lid Delete Option.

2017 Ram 3500 Tradesman . 6.4L V-8, Auto Trans, 4WD w/ 4.11 axles, 8 ft box, Rubber floor mat, Heavy Vinyl seat, Snow Plow Prep Package.

 

[Rick Sladewski]

I got a recall for the windshield wipers on my 2020 F150 in January, and to this day Ford says they still have no parts or resolution to the problem. And mine just failed today.
And a friends 2021 also failed.

So, you cannot go and just buy replacement blades, the problem is with the system, not the blades. Is that right?

 

[neilpaku]

Toyota are apparently making a small pickup (not sold in the US) whose only ECM is for the a/c and ignition but only for timing and detonation control. I believe it has a carb. It has wind-up windows, manual transmission (I think), a radio and a USB port. Dirt cheap apparently and the reliability numbers way off the charts relative to "normal" cars.

 

[Shenandoah MF1760]

...I'm really thinking about an F-350 regular cab dually in XLT trim with the 7.3 gas engine.

I have an '08 F-450 XL with a bomb under the hood, but with just over 100K for mileage I'll run it 'til it craters. There's supposed to be a diesel shop in Houston that can replace the 6.4L with a 5.9L Cummings keeping the Allison transmission. Which if the body etc. are still sound at the point is what I'll probably do.

 

[walnutman]

On some of my favorite u toob car repair channels, I've seen instances of 5-6yr old domestic trucks with module failures, where replacement modules are no longer available. This situation is only getting worse as time goes on.

Nor available because so many have failed they are out of stock. I believe federal law requires 10 year part supply.

 

[walnutman]

I have an '08 F-450 XL with a bomb under the hood, but with just over 100K for mileage I'll run it 'til it craters. There's supposed to be a diesel shop in Houston that can replace the 6.4L with a 5.9L Cummings keeping the Allison transmission. Which if the body etc. are still sound at the point is what I'll probably do.

Bought my 04 Dodge Cummins brand new. Have had it now 21 years. In 04 there were no emissions equipment except for some egr in the cam profile. I lost that cam.

 

[walnutman]

I got a recall for the windshield wipers on my 2020 F150 in January, and to this day Ford says they still have no parts or resolution to the problem. And mine just failed today.
And a friends 2021 also failed.

That is a safety recall and needs to be resolved.