Ford 6.7L Powerstroke V8 Diesel

It's posted on the internet, so it MUST be true......

As far as I know all front solid axles suspended by a coil spring is suspect to the death wobble. I don't believe the ones suspended by inverse leaf springs don't have this issue.

The "death wobble" has been around a long time. I had it in a 1984 K-30 SRW 4X4 Chevy. The Dodge pickups in the late 90's became famous for it, but it is not exclusively a Dodge problem.

600K is impressive I don't care what brand it is. Well done. These newer pickups seem to be more fragile, a perception brought on by social media I suppose. However when you put as much "stuff" on a pickup as they do now days, 600K is certainly a commendable milestone.

mtofell1 wrote:
Interesting the transmission has been flushed 6 times.... I don't know if that's good or bad? :)

I've always been in the camp of drain/fill as opposed to flushing but usually flush at manufacturer specs on a new truck to keep the warranty gods happy.

That's a pretty remarkable story.

Lol, it's a FB post prolly by a car salesman. Flushed/replaced, most don't know the diff and really who cares. Neat story that a Ford made it to 800kmi....lol.
What I want to know,is how many drivers seats it chewed up?
On my Dodge that would be about 8 seats to make it that long, lol.

Also not hard to rack up a big front end bill, especially at a dealer with 600kmi. At those miles prolly even the springs were replaced.....along with tre's, bjs, track bar bushings, Pittman, idler, steering box, u joints , unit bearings, control arm bushings, springs, and a few parts I missed.

45Ricochet wrote:

4x4ord wrote:
I believe when T&P said 5.7 diesel he meant he has a 5.7 diesel. The 5.7 diesel was a GM engines brought out in the 80's that proved to be, like Turtle said, a junk engine. But, even junk engines sometime last 30 years without giving any trouble.

I had the pleasure of owning a 5.7 diesel. What a POS engine.
Climbing the grapevine one year I had big rigs passing me, uphill!

Could have been worse...my uncle had a Cutlass with a 4.3 V8 diesel in it. 2.26 gears, 3800lbs, and about 90HP.

It ran much better with the Olds 403.

I guess I am amazed the Ford is doing all this for a truck/engine drive train still under a million miles, even Toyota waited for a million mile truck for a tear down.
That said it is still a great opportunity to get a good feel of what to expect, where there is room for improvement .
I think more of the story is about the transmission, if that truck spent much time towing that is really amazing!

FishOnOne wrote:

Me Again wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:


To add to that when Spud posted a link to fleetowner that showed the current 6.7PSD has ~75% of the diesel engine marketshare to the <25% cummins market

I do not know what fleetowner you are taking about. Every new Ambulance, Wrecker and Armored car I have seen in the last couple three years was on the a RAM chassis.

This was posted on TDR site today by cummins12v98.

"I just arrived yesterday in Elkhart, IN the RV Capitol of the world. I traveled from SoCal starting last Wednesday and traveled thru CA, AZ, NM, MO, IL and IN. I noted every RV hauler and hotshotter with a DOT sign on the side of their truck. I assumed it would be RAM, GM and then Ford way last but not so.

Results

RAM 59 Dually's, 5 SRW Total 64

Ford 10 Dually's, 5 SRW Total 15

GM 7 Dually's, 3 SRW Total 13

I stopped counting once I hit Elkhart. I have seen MANY RAM's here since yesterday with a couple fords and GM's.

My experience driving I-5 is different with the vast majority being RAM's and about 1/3 being GM's and near no Fords each trip North and south."

Real trucks doing real work!

Sounds like the blind leading the blind over at TDR. :R

I can say we did the same when driving from Texas to Florida we counted HD trucks pulling campers. What we found was a ratio of 10 Fords to every 1 ram. The ram count increased once we reached Texas but it's clear the southern states favor Ford and GM over ram. Perhaps the folks here prefer American built trucks than the northern states.

As for the Ambulances and the utility trucks are dominated by Ford F450/F550 and again the Ford Power Stroke has 75% of the market share compared to the cummins 25% so it's clear who dominates. The Houston area is growing like crazy and the utility trucks are all over and they are all Fords. I've yet to see a single ram in this sector, but I do see few ram's with a ambulance package but again this area is dominated by Ford.

Ford - We Own Work

Actually, many ambulance companies are switching to gas power...I have seen many gas ambulances lately. Last 2 modern diesels I saw were a GMC and a Ram 4500.

blofgren wrote:
I've gotta admit I'm curious what the $6k was spent on curing the death wobble.

Fish, I thought that was only a Ram issue??? :B

BTW I've never experienced it; both on my 2003 F-350 and current Ram and hope I never do.

619 K miles later you could. I am with you with not wanting it for your truck.

chevman

mtofell1 wrote:
Interesting the transmission has been flushed 6 times.... I don't know if that's good or bad? :)

I've always been in the camp of drain/fill as opposed to flushing but usually flush at manufacturer specs on a new truck to keep the warranty gods happy.

That's a pretty remarkable story.

I have to wonder if it was just an incorrect use of terminology. Some people say trans flush when they just mean drain and fill.

Either way, pretty impressive. I hope to never see anywhere near 800K on my vehicles. I will gladly pay for a new vehicle every 10 years to avoid costly repairs on the road.

blofgren wrote:
I've gotta admit I'm curious what the $6k was spent on curing the death wobble.

Fish, I thought that was only a Ram issue??? :B

BTW I've never experienced it; both on my 2003 F-350 and current Ram and hope I never do.

According to Fish almost all issues are isolated to RAM trucks. :R:R:R