Lots of Fords
Just got back week in Gettysburg PA. Mostly Fords at campground. People having more faith on the 6.7s after the bad experience from the 6.0.:B
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FishOnOne wrote:Flashman wrote:FishOnOne wrote:Flashman wrote:transamz9 wrote:SoCalDesertRider wrote:
The 727, TH350, TH400, C4 and C6 were all 3 speed autos with no overdrive, but very bulletproof transmissions with minimal cost in rebuilding, compared to the later electronic overdrives (E4OD, 4R100, 4L60, 4L80E, 47RE, 48RE), which are problematic behind too much engine and in front of too much load, unless alot of money is spent on them.
Well my problematic 48RE has 100,000 on it with over half of them running 150hp over stock and pulling 15-20,000 off and on its whole life. I guess I wouldn't know a good transmission then.
No - you do not.
Get a manual Tranny
I get to to pick the gears up and down steep grads.
And i am talking steep.
I guess there are not many of us old timers left that know how to shift a tranny.
If you ever had a great automatic transmission you would turn your noise up to an manual transmission.
Having said that it's obvious why ram still offers a manual. :W
Sorry Fish but I have owned and driven tow trucks with autos - I'll keep my manual thank you.
Too bad Ford doesn't offer a manual in their 250/350 class.
Sorry Flash Gordon I've also driven trucks with manuals and they're a pain and with Fords current 6 speed transmission a manual would be a major step backwards. Plus the derated HP/torque gets your arse handed to you ever time.
Too bad ram doesn't tune their transmissions/engines for optimum performance, but that's to be expected when a company doesn't engineer it's engines and automatic transmissions.
:R. I think you have a tough time remembering when FMC used Navistar for their diesels. They had pitiful reliability in the 6.0 and 6.4 and the first generation "in house" 6.7L was nothing to write home about, either. Also, we had one of those "bulletproof" Torqueshifts grenade in a 2006 E-450 6.0 van at my work at around 50k miles. This was the same truck that cost $32k in repairs in 2 years and was sent to auction with less than 60k miles because of its downtime and horrid repair costs.
I will take my manual transmission over an auto any day too. The staple of trucks used to be a Ford with a manual transmission and its a shame that is gone. I still prefer the ZF6 in my F-350 over my current G56 but the engines aren't even remotely in the same league.
