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Flashman wrote:
FishOnOne wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
blofgren wrote:
FishOnOne wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
FishOnOne wrote:
"The Best Never Rests" :B
Made a quick run to the deer camp this morning and saw several new F350 DRW trucks. Man are they a jewel.
Dually in deer camp? You must be a flat lander hunter.
Yep... Pretty much flat land full of Live Oaks, Post Oaks, and Pin Oaks.
No wonder that F-350 has been trouble free. You need to come out West to the mountain passes where they have to work hard no matter which direction is chosen! ;) :B
Nice! I was thinking the same.
I'll pass... While you guys freeze your balz off I'm enjoying 85F temps fpr the last few days. BTW...those Dodge dashboards don't stand a chance in this Texas heat. Crack... Crack... Crack... Next thing you know it the whole top of the dash is gone. :W
Oh Fishy
My 11 year old Dodge lives in a harsher heat than your Texas - try Tucson - parked outside all year - Dash is in great shape - no cracks, and no flat land cruising either
fyi... :B
LinkyFishOnOne wrote:
patriotgrunt wrote:
Wild Card wrote:
At least you dont have to yank the cab on a Ram for major work...if needed
I like being able to change my oil filter without having to remove my front right tire or the air box housing and tube. Come to think of it, changing the fuel filters is pretty easy too on the Fords and I don't have to worry about the transmission until 150K miles.
Funny! I don't have to pull a tire or remove my airbox to replace the oil filter. Don't believe every thing you read on the www.Cummins12V98 wrote:
"What about those who bought the gold standard Cummins and got burned? My uncle hasn't had a single ram mafia member offer to reimburse the bill for his new engine at 130K miles on his 2006. I'm pretty sure he's not holding his breath. So much for those who said "buy the cummins, it will never let you down."
Maybe you should explain why the engine failed. My Dad smoked #6 in his 94 RAM because he kept pulling on the Syskious pass in northern Ca, his fan clutch was not working. NOT the Cummins fault!
There is always more to the story, please do tell.
I suppose the injectors are not cummins fault either when they melt a piston. :Wpatriotgrunt wrote:
Wild Card wrote:
At least you dont have to yank the cab on a Ram for major work...if needed
I like being able to change my oil filter without having to remove my front right tire or the air box housing and tube. Come to think of it, changing the fuel filters is pretty easy too on the Fords and I don't have to worry about the transmission until 150K miles.Wild Card wrote:
At least you dont have to yank the cab on a Ram for major work...if needed
I like being able to change my oil filter without having to remove my front right tire or the air box housing and tube. Come to think of it, changing the fuel filters is pretty easy too on the Fords and I don't have to worry about the transmission until 150K miles.- You don't have to yank on the cab on the Ford either, but you will spend more time pulling components off to reach things behind them and then reinstalling those components.
- At least you dont have to yank the cab on a Ram for major work...if needed
- Love the way these trucks threads end up!
Caution! Thread closing ahead! - Is this really going to devolve once again into a pissing match. Google FORD cracked dash and see how many images you get. Or Chevy. Or Toyota.
You can find anything if you look. Time to grow up. Fordlover wrote:
blofgren wrote:
Fordlover wrote:
blofgren wrote:
FishOnOne wrote:
patriotgrunt wrote:
CKNSLS wrote:
You could virtually copy this whole thread when someone links pickup sales for any given month.
Same for trailer tires thread. That's why we are down to ten pages of topics.
Same old garbage.
But how else do we justify our life choices and criticize others for not buying what we bought? :h
Patriot... Perhaps you can post that article again that shows the percent of market by diesel engine brand. :B
There's no doubt it's stunning how so many people were burned in the 6.0L, 6.4L and to some degree the 6.7L Ford fiascos and still come back for more. When reading the Dieselstop yesterday I was amazed how many were trading off 2011-2014 6.7L trucks for new models to avoid the disasters that they have been known to cause. One has to give it to Ford, they have incredible marketing. I got burnt on my 6.0L in repairs and resale and wasn't going in for Round 2! And this is coming from what was a die hard Ford man! :B
What about those who bought the gold standard Cummins and got burned? My uncle hasn't had a single ram mafia member offer to reimburse the bill for his new engine at 130K miles on his 2006. I'm pretty sure he's not holding his breath. So much for those who said "buy the cummins, it will never let you down."
Do you really want to compare the 2006 Cummins reliability record to a 2006 Ford 6.0L?
Deflecting isn't the same as answering the question. The Cummins reliability record doesn't mean squat when you are the one holding the 12,000 dollar bill for a new engine just out of warranty period. Would you really want to lecture my Uncle on the reliability record of his engine? That is ice cold man.
I also never said he was considering the 6.0 back in 2006. He traded in a Land Cruiser and went for the Cummins over the Duramax, and paid dearly.
I'm certainly not saying that there isn't failures of the Cummins but it isn't common, and definitely not to the extent you're referring to. What was the failure and what caused it?
I know all about large repair bills because I owned a 6.0L and spent plenty on it. It was also needing several thousand $ in repairs when I decided I had enough and dumped it.
