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This is weird as H E double hockey sticks...

GM Guy said:
the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. got a buddy with a 7.3L powerstroke powered super duty, and while he doesnt hate it, it isnt his favorite, nor is it as reliable as some make it out to be, it has left him dead a few times.

The early common rail cummins' I would rank higher, and only if they have been cared for, and the fuel filter changed every other oil change, and only with the 6 speed manual. then you have the fun of death wobble.

I would stick with the 6.5L, its the devil you know, and you are nearing the point of having everything replaced! :)
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No, I'm going to burn the f'er to the ground when I'm able to (financially) and enjoy watching it die by my own hands.

:)
 
great white said:
No, I'm going to burn the f'er to the ground when I'm able to (financially) and enjoy watching it die by my own hands.

:)
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Then I'll probably have it crushed into a little cube.

Or maybe feed it into one of those car shredders.

The only slim chance it has for survival now is if not a damned thing goes wrong with it for the next 5 years and it gets 20 mpg doing it.

Yeah, like that's ever going to happen.........car shredder here we come!
 
Cmon, BJ ... you love that truck, and you know it. Without a little drama in your life, you would get bored and start taking stuff apart just for kicks.

:D
 
Sure, the 6.5's are easy to hate . . . Until comparing costs of replacing simple things like injectors in one of the DI diesels :eek: After that pain, the IDI with all of its warts suddenly gets a lot more love :hihi:
 
JiFaire said:
Cmon, BJ ... you love that truck, and you know it. Without a little drama in your life, you would get bored and start taking stuff apart just for kicks.

:D
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JayTheCPA said:
Sure, the 6.5's are easy to hate . . . Until comparing costs of replacing simple things like injectors in one of the DI diesels :eek: After that pain, the IDI with all of its warts suddenly gets a lot more love :hihi:
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Nope, it's gonna be sold or burnt. I HATE the damned thing now.

Too many negatives for too few positives.

The only "drama" it puts in my life is precisely when I don't need it. Its like Satan lives in the damned body panels and picks the exact wrong moments to pop out and kick me square in the nuts.

Should've listened to the wife when she said she didn't want to buy it.

At least when I'm taking things apart "for kicks" its on my time when I want to do it, not at the worst possible times in my life.

Cost of parts? Yeah, 10 grand would buy a lot of injectors.

Not to mention the amount of time and money I've put in this thing and still only a measly 300 HP 500 tq flywheel. That's crap for the investment I have in it.

No, its gone past the point of no return for me. I'm done with the bloody thing. Especially in since it's bloody from me bleeding on it.

That's the last I'll say of it.
 
In general we've had good economical use out of our 6.5's

We've had our times where we had issues and other times where we dumped a lot of money in them in maintenance. But overall for the 2 million miles we have put on them they have been as economical as I could expect anything to be.

Just before I started having health problems we did quite a bit of maintenance on all of them. We went 4 years without having to hardly touch anything. Now we are back to having to go through each vehicle, do injectors on all and other basic maintenance.
 
great white said:
No, its gone past the point of no return for me. I'm done with the bloody thing. Especially in since it's bloody from me bleeding on it.

That's the last I'll say of it.
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Too bad you're on the other end of the earth these days - I'd buy a truck that you had worked on. At least I'd know that all the stuff YOU had fixed was done right.
 
Nah keep it around to dog on it occasionally and haul stinky stuff. Leave it outside and dirty and wash your new truck in front of it. An extra truck you don't really care for is a valuable thing!
 
Well, seeing as we are focusing on a demise scenario . . . Why not just work out the details and charge admission? :hihi:
 
Just try and save yourself some further agony - make sure that the rear bracket is attached to the starter - I just got mine running last weekend for a short while (didn't run when I bought it) but someone left the bracket out on my truck and the ring gear is toast (sounded like it needed to be shimmed until she kicked from timing a bit too advanced and cracked the 2 starter bolt holes in the block). Good thing I was planning on a rebuild (a little too much blow-by for my liking) because that ring gear now MUST come out. :eek:

I was hoping to burn 'er for a little while as is while I got my spare engine built...but oh well...so much for that. Just hope I saved someone else from the same fate, even if it's not the OP.
 
GM Guy said:
the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. got a buddy with a 7.3L powerstroke powered super duty, and while he doesnt hate it, it isnt his favorite, nor is it as reliable as some make it out to be, it has left him dead a few times.

The early common rail cummins' I would rank higher, and only if they have been cared for, and the fuel filter changed every other oil change, and only with the 6 speed manual. then you have the fun of death wobble.

I would stick with the 6.5L, its the devil you know, and you are nearing the point of having everything replaced! :)
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And the 6 speed is slow to use all that power so a 6.5 smokes it anyway. Hub bearings are 'Dodge candy' unless you drill grease zerks into the hubs... I have to start a Dodge carnage thread now. :nonod:

A mechanical IP where you dump the DS4 electronics on the 6.5 would save you a lot of frustration. They run till the filter plugs or you run out of fuel. (Or the occasional engine grenade.) It's the only reason I keep the 93 around. Once it (finally) starts it will stay running.

Yeah that is a weird starter failure. Weird enough I wouldn't be comfortable that it was a total fix for awhile with it till it proves 'trust' back to me.
 
reddtekk said:
Good thing I was planning on a rebuild (a little too much blow-by for my liking) because that ring gear now MUST come out. :eek:

I was hoping to burn 'er for a little while as is while I got my spare engine built...but oh well...so much for that. Just hope I saved someone else from the same fate, even if it's not the OP.
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Welcome to the Forum! :welcome2:
 
No vehicle is perfect, they all have issues. I think about dumping my 6.5s when the demons act up and they piss me off. But then anger is tempered with reason I realize I do not like Fords for many reasons. A Dodge is ok but they have Auto trans issues and suspension problems with a Cummins. A Dmax is an option but they have there own demons. Then there are the new vehicles... ka ching ka ching goes the cash register. Urea in the fuel, injectors made of gold, house payments for truck payments... Honestly nothing seems to fit the bill for cost and just doing the job I need like a 6.5. I just need to make sure I have a spare 6.5 and a cold adult beverage when the demons act up to temper my anger with reason. A love hate relationship indeed but it does work most of the time.

Glad you got her fixed and that was a weird failure of the starter!
 
btw, I have seen that starter failure on gassers, and diesels. It's just a big electrical draw on the system and can happen to any vehicle that needs electricity to keep running. I feel the pain with older rigs breaking down at the worst times. I lost a water pump on a group run with the family in toe where? Death Valley.

I have a theory: When I am having a nice easy day-that's how I know God loves me. When everything is going wrong-that's how I know He has a cense of humor.
 
Will L. said:
I have a theory: When I am having a nice easy day-that's how I know God loves me. When everything is going wrong-that's how I know He has a cense of humor.
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Amen. I have always felt like he was reminding us who the real boss is. Keeps us humble.
 
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