45Ricochet wrote:
FishOnOne wrote:
Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
IMO at 170,000 it would not be going back to Ford to be repaired. Maybe ask if anyone near there knows of a good repair shop!
Don
I disagree with this advice. No one knows your truck better than a Ford trained tech.
You better hope that "Trained Technician" isn't just a part thrower. Huuuum isn't that the same year and mileage you sold yours? I'll give you credit for selling at just the right time.
Sorry OP, no knowledge about your area but I'd look at private shops any day before the dealerships. That would include Ram and GM also.
Yep... That's the same number of miles as my 05 had when I traded it. And at 170k miles that truck was in great shape. If I only knew our old farm/diesel truck was going to******out on us, I would had used it as the replacement instead of buying that 05 RAM that's been proven to be one PITA. We currently have two trucks doing the same jobs a 02 Super Duty 7.3 psd and a 05 RAM 5.9 Cummins w/manual tranny. The Super Duty is hands down a better overall truck, and cheaper $$$ to keep running.
The bulk of the techs that were throwing parts at these engines was in the early day's due to a lack of training (Fords fault) and is the major reason a lot of issues didn't get fixed. Some of the private shops have ex Ford techs that received proper training, but when choosing one of these shops how do you know what training did the mechanic received? This is why I only recommend Ford shops using Ford trained techs that only use Ford OEM specific parts. Repairing the 6.0 psd by a experienced Ford trained tech is no longer trivial.
