When a Ford and A Chevy could still last 10 years...

Nicholas...

I've been more worried about the Allison then the 8.1... was
relieved when I had it serviced (routine) and no metal shavings
were on the magnets. Even dropping a grand or two (while painful)
is small taters compared to current market replacement. No signs
to date of fuel pump problems... knock on cast iron.

Charles

Love my 8.1 too, no replacement for it in the Burb/Yukon XL so I hope to keep her going for a while.
2004 150k km's/90k miles. Hasn't been trouble free, but almost all of that has been electronic/electric. Finally got shot in its achilles heel though and waiting for the new fuel pump, plus almost $2k of other things to fix her up fully. My wife was shocked, but it should last a while and sure beats depreciation on a new one.

Here is my big block,
It is in my 1996 GMC 7.4 454

Can't resist---04 8.1/3:73 2500 38k.

catfishmontana wrote:

45Ricochet wrote:
I' m embarrassed you guy's with the nice clean bays. She has lived on a gravel road most of her life so I gave up making her look nice.



On edit
OPPS wrong photo of my 5.9 Cummins, let me look for it. Dusty for sure.

Can we see the rest of the boat?

Mostly on the London Bridge area this time of year in Lake Havasu :W

LimogesMan wrote:

bmanning wrote:
Ah, the 8.1L/4.10/Allison combo...the gasser to which even the diesel guys tip their hat!...

Indeed but... Don't forget it's nemesis the mighty Triton V10/4.30/TorqShift. Respect.

Agreed! No question the V10/4.30/5R110 is the "other" gasser that even guys who bleed diesel respect (even if they sometimes are reluctant to admit as much LOL)

My 5.4L does all I ask of it but after a couple beers I readily confess that I wish I'd held out for the V10!

Wow... how great is it to hear / see the word
"bulletproof" associated with any make of a tow
vehicle. These are the "good ol' days".

Charles

bmanning wrote:
Ah, the 8.1L/4.10/Allison combo...the gasser to which even the diesel guys tip their hat!...

Indeed but... Don't forget it's nemesis the mighty Triton V10/4.30/TorqShift. Respect.

Congrats.
My F-150 is a 2002 and has been bulletproof as well. 14 years old! Hard to believe. Those new trucks sure are tempting but...

Drove a new brand x '76 for 12 years and 140+K, an '86 brand y for 10 years and 150k, and a new brand z '97 for 11 years and 133k. The last two were owned by the company I worked for. These three covered the three major brands.