6.7 tow rig wrote:
I was a Ford guy through and through until I bought that POS 6.4. It was just too unreliable and the thought of driving it without warranty was too scary. I still love Ford gas engines and wouldnt ever hesitate to buy one, but they will never get my business with their diesel. In what planet was it ever a good design idea to require the removal of the cab for engine work. This is still the reason no matter how good the 6.7 Ford is, I will never buy it.
Even Ford stopped buying the POS INternational engines.
So what is the big problem with lifting the cab off the truck, takes only a hour or so to give wonderful access to the engine, saving more than an hour time while servicing the systems. Makes it really easy on the mechanic's back too.
Many new cars it is really easy to drop the whole engine and transmission from below.
There is even a 1950's delivery van that was designed around the engine, and it's ability to remove the the entire engine, front sub-frame, and transmission in about 15 minutes. So if the delivery van was loaded, it took less time to change out a power unit and get the van on the road than it would take to replace a defective battery.
It's to bad that Ford had such a un-reliable engine that it become necasary to find a quick and easy way to repair the engines. Now that has changed.
Fred.
