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Keep or replace my old POS?

  • Replace my old pos with a new pos?

    Votes: 22 33.8%

  • Fix and keep running my old pod?

    Votes: 43 66.2%
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Does it have the electric tailgate release? I lost a yeti cooler on account of that somewhere on 285 in ATL.
 
Co worker has the electric tailgate and hates it.

Don't get in a hurry to modify it. Jump in, enjoy it. There is some security knowing you can get any shop anywhere to work on it and you don't have to worry about it.

On the same note it is nice to have a tuner just in case. I bought the mini maxx just in case, you can delete while leaving factory emissions parts in place.
It would keep you from being derated to 5mph if something fails and at least allow you to drive home normal.

But in the end I removed everything and threw it in the barn.

Recently there was a guy on the 6.7 fb page that was stranded in Alaska on Vacation. Derated. Couldn't do anything. Middle of no where. Granted that could have been caused by any random part, but emissions are predictable.
 
Hadn’t noticed how faded the old one had gotten. I swear the 6.4 was darker when I bought it. Went over to grandpa’s last night to watch fireworks and look at the truck for the first time in a month. Still starts instantly, just that pesky dead hole.

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Alright. I’m sold. This thing pulls really nice and looks like I won’t have to put air bags in it just to haul a sack of groceries. Old vs new same load same spot. The first pic was when I was still thinking the ol six fur had some life left in it. I think I got 6000 more miles out of it after that pic and it was the test tow after fixing a bunch of crap.
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TrailTamer said:
The load looks to be far back on that trailer!



Where’s pics showing off cruising speed, egt and boost? :flipoff2:
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It is far back but so are the trailer axles. that’s the only spot the bronco will fit. Bronco is wider than the fenders, I drive the front tires over the fenders and tie down straddling them. It’s an old equipment trailer for hauling a back hoe

No monitor yet.
 
After 2 months and 8 pages of thread. I finally got the 6.💩 home. I’ll start tearing into it as I can get to it. It’s no picnic getting the valve covers off either side. Especially the driver side. No jump start, It started right up on its own, ran on 7 cylinders and drove on the trailer all by itself. No knock, no smoke, just “cyl 8 no contribution” still.
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JR4X said:
Alright. I’m sold. This thing pulls really nice and looks like I won’t have to put air bags in it just to haul a sack of groceries. Old vs new same load same spot. The first pic was when I was still thinking the ol six fur had some life left in it. I think I got 6000 more miles out of it after that pic and it was the test tow after fixing a bunch of crap.
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Hey, you spelled MILSTAR wrong. :flipoff2:










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Seen a overheated 6.4 yesterday
Poor guy, his wife was pissed sitting in hot truck while he was pouring expensive gas station coolant in
 
JR4X said:
Alright. I’m sold. This thing pulls really nice and looks like I won’t have to put air bags in it just to haul a sack of groceries. Old vs new same load same spot. The first pic was when I was still thinking the ol six fur had some life left in it. I think I got 6000 more miles out of it after that pic and it was the test tow after fixing a bunch of crap.
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How many miles on the new truck? I think you’ll really like it, and hopefully you’ll find that a lot of the “internet drama” about “omg new trucks are terrible and unreliable” is just echo chamber.

Money talks and the fact that the 6.7 is going on 12 years with only minor refinement speaks volumes to the stoutness of the platform in my opinion.
 
fl0w3n said:
How many miles on the new truck? I think you’ll really like it, and hopefully you’ll find that a lot of the “internet drama” about “omg new trucks are terrible and unreliable” is just echo chamber.

Money talks and the fact that the 6.7 is going on 12 years with only minor refinement speaks volumes to the stoutness of the platform in my opinion.
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If i towed as much as you do I would have done the same thing.
 
Ranchtruck said:
So last time the turbos were blown and the truck was ready for the scrap heap it turned out it was just a failed sensor.

This time it busted a valvecover so the engines blown to bits and it's ready for the scrappers again.... Maybe actually look into what failed instead of worst-casing it again? Could be something as dumb as a busted rocker.
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Here you go grouchy. It was worst case. #8 piston broken with a hole in it. I'm not so great with the bore scope by myself. I can view everything with two hands but when I let go of the monitor to go to take the snap shot I lose focus. I got one good shot. But I can see a crack across the piston that converges at this blow hole. At idle its sucking oil into the intake and filled the turbos charge air pipes and intercooler with oil. When it gets revved up and try's to make boost its blowing the boost out the valve cover gasket and makes a huge oil mist mess. This 6.4 engine is done for, for me.
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JR4X said:
Here you go grouchy. It was worst case. #8 piston broken with a hole in it. I'm not so great with the bore scope by myself. I can view everything with two hands but when I let go of the monitor to go to take the snap shot I lose focus. I got one good shot. But I can see a crack across the piston that converges at this blow hole. At idle its sucking oil into the intake and filled the turbos charge air pipes and intercooler with oil. When it gets revved up and try's to make boost its blowing the boost out the valve cover gasket and makes a huge oil mist mess. This 6.4 engine is done for, for me.
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Google "6.4 cracked piston" WOW.
 
Gassers seem nice at times but there is a huge difference when you are used to driving a diesel.

After my 6.0 experience I went and bought a brand new gasser ram 2500. It was a nice pickup. Had it a year or so and went to tow my 29 ft camper. It was such a nightmare to pull. Topping hills at 35mph, contstantly shifting and struggling.
I thought dang, I don't remember it pulling this hard before and I got it home and sold the camper.

Then I started plowing snow with that pickup. I had to add 750 pounds of weight in the back to get it to handle decent.

towed a couple cars long distance and wasn't such a big deal.

But then I got back into a 6.7 and holy crap, I forgot how spoiled I was with the diesel. Night and day. towing, plowing snow. Everything.

Unless it is just a grocery getter the diesel is a must have.
 
I’m unsure of the fate of this truck now. But since buying the 6.7 truck, the pressure is off. It can sit until I have a clear path. I’m getting a lot conflicting advice, and I’m still fielding conflicting advice.

I’d kind of like to 5.9 Cummins swap it and keep it around as a beater. It would probably make the most sense to just sell it as a project or a parts truck and forget about it.
 
JR4X said:
It would probably make the most sense to just sell it as a project or a parts truck and forget about it.
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This. You know you won't be comfortable taking the trips you have to with a swapped project truck, you need the reliability.

Any other local yokel, perfect swap candidate to beat around town with and haul a trailer semi-local.
 
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JR4X said:
It does have sport mode. Just like my 19 6.2 gasser work truck that’s just a feely good light on the dash that doesn’t make any real difference to the trucks output. If I turn off traction control. Then advance trac, then put it In sport mode. It still pulls power and blinks the traction control light if it remotely slips a tire. I’ll look into my options when I derete it.
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You can disable all the Nannie’s if you hold the traction control button down for 10 or 15 seconds.
 
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