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BobsYourUncle
Nomad
Aug 13, 2018

Blew my engine day one of holidays. Truck kaput...

I posted some info about this in another thread I had going but rather than derail that one, I thought I'd post a new thread. We were scheduled to leave Thursday Aug 9 for 3 weeks but didn't get ou...
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phillyg
Explorer II
Aug 15, 2018
DustyR wrote:
SidecarFlip wrote:
Put a crate motor in in.


X-2

Probably not much more expensive than R & R the cylinder heads.
Advantage long term warranty on the engine.


I researched both crate and a used motor for my 6.0 and determined the cost would be about the same. Plus, the repairs included bullet-proofing my 6.0 to eliminate problems that could exist in an unknown used motor and even the crate motor.

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