Anybody here have any experience w/ Ford SD 6.0 PSD?

[Diamondpilot]

Better watch those flying spark plugs. Someone could get an eye put out with one of those! For some reason my trusty old Excursion seemed to perform the best in the snow and ice we've had lately. It was like the last 2 Suburbans I had, but without all of the squeaks and rattles. I hadn't mentioned it before, but it was my '01 and subsequent '04 'burban that moved me to Ford's SUV. For totally loaded over 50k $ vehicles, I was extremely disappointed with the interiors and lack of power. With a family of 7, my 'family car' options are limited; especially when I only buy 4X4 units.

Both the 'burban and X are beasts in bad road conditions. With either I can go through places in 2wd than many 4X4 units couldn't handle in 4wd. I don't know if it's their weight, wheelbase, weight distribution or all of the above. I just know they go and go. Without power for 7 days kept me running a lot. Boy do I ever regret not buying the 'big' generator I have been shopping the last 6 months! Running two Honda 8k gas powered generators was better than nothing, but fetching gas and running all of the extension cords got old really fast! Now that I have power back I'm discovering that I have major damage to many electrical things from a huge power surge I got right when my power went out. I'm in homeowners insurance purgatory this week and eating antibiotics for pneumonia. It would have been oh so nice to have had my 40 to 50k automatic generator to have just kicked in after I lost power. I'll post about it in a different area, but I need to look into getting a 'whole house' line conditioner and surge protector. State Farm is really dragging their feet on the 50k or so in damage I have.

Oh, BTW, I averaged 8.1 MPG in the X running around on the bad roads in the city. I haven't had my F350 4X4 DRW out in the snow yet, but my old Dodge 3500 4X4 DRW didn't do all that well in the snow even with the locking rear axle and all. I don't think my '04 Suburban with the anemic 5.3 got much better MPG. At least the V10 X has power and is quiet while drinking gas like it's going out of style. While towing the 15 to 20k I normally tow with my F350, I think I've been getting around 12 MPG. The truck is a crew cab 4X4 DRW with 4:30 gears. I think I'm running too many RPMs on the highway to get much economy when I'm moving along at 75 to 80 MPH.

I should have figured the ice storm is why we have not seen you in a while. Up here in Northern Indiana, we have 20+ inches of snow on the ground and boy is it cold, -13 this morning. Been plowing 2-3 hours a day with my tractor just keeping my drive, road, and neighbors opened up with the 25mph winds. Getting old but it sure is beautiful.

Chris

 

[Builder]

"Sucker born every minute" is the old saying that comes to mind. Thats how I felt when I fell for the hype of the Hemi 2500 4x4 I bought and then followed up by my Dmax that did not run and sold a whopping 9 months after buying it new. I really took a hit on that one. Got the horrible 6.0L for F-350 and its been in the shop for 5 minutes getting a new dash cluster for a faulty fuel gauge.

Chris

Same way I felt when I went past the $10,000 mark in repairs & upgrades to Ford transmissions, cheap ball joints & plastic locking hubs. All cash out of my pocket, none covered by warranty like on your trucks.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Well that is why they make them different. Never had a single problem with a tranny or hub on any truck I have owned by any manufacture except my Dodge.

I guess we can agree to disagree. They make GM's for guys like you, make Ford's for guys like me, and make Dodges for guys like them.

Chris

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Same way I felt when I went past the $10,000 mark in repairs & upgrades to Ford transmissions, cheap ball joints & plastic locking hubs. All cash out of my pocket, none covered by warranty like on your trucks.

The hubs on our 2002 F-250 are junk and have been giving us problems the last couple years. Each garage we take the truck to tells us they fixed the problem but every time we need to use the 4wd they don't work after the initial time. Two private garages and the Ford garage have all taken money from us to fix the 4wd and it is getting old. So far our 2006 F-250 has not given us any problems yet.

We have just about rebuilt the entire front end on the 02 which has the 5.4L gasser. The dip stick tube rusted off and is gone, Ford wants over $1k to replace it as they have to disassemble a lot of the truck to replace that tube. The electronic doors locks don't work as the computer that controls them died and it is going to cost us at least another $1k for Ford to tear it apart again and fix it. That gets old because everytime you take off it automatically locks the doors so to unlock the passenger door to pick someone up or to get tools from that side you have to either remember to unlock it from inside (leaning over and trying to grab that stupid little tab gets old) or keep the key handy in your pocket. The button will lock the doors but won't unlock them.

We are not real impressed with the front end on our 2002 but for the most part the truck did what we needed. It hasn't left us stranded and the problems are problems we could schedule a garage visit when it met our schedule. The 06 is doing well so far but it only has 21k miles so far.

 

[L-ENTERPRISES]

Pay attention .

YouTube - Extreme Truck Repair

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

So, all that to replace an injector?

 

[L-ENTERPRISES]

check the dog out .

YouTube - Cummins Powered Ford F-450

 

[L-ENTERPRISES]

So, all that to replace an injector?

Freshened up the Sparkplugs

 

[Builder]

check the dog out .

YouTube - Cummins Powered Ford F-450

Nice of the owner to give his dog lung cancer & emphyma.

Why are so many Fords repowered with Cummins diesels?

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Nice of the owner to give his dog lung cancer & emphyma.

Why are so many Fords repowered with Cummins diesels?

I wonder if there is a company that specializes in repowering them. A lot of people have said all along they would love a Ford super duty with a Cummins diesel and maybe a company decided to do that. Of course they also wanted the Allison tranny in that setup to make the "perfect" truck.