To the tune of the ford song---- HAVE YOU DRIVEN A TURD....... LATELY?

 

hahah let's put ur bro in laws truck in a commercial with mike rowe and see what he has to say about it. "well this isn't the first time a giant pile of **** has been staring me in the face"

 

i've driven every generation of powerchokes there is- 7.3L, 6.0L, and 6.4L and i'd have to say that the old 7.3s were my favorite (@ least out of the ford junk)..... i had a 6.4L F-550 the beginning of the year, needless to say i gave that POS back and got back into my old 6.0L F-450... ford is a f*ckin joke!!

the only thing i'll give ford is that their frames hold up a lot better than my old dodge did... we run 4000-6000lb cranes on these trucks and the dodges just couldn't handle them- payload wise... hopefully the oilfield will open back up to dodge since the release of their 4500 and 5500 series trucks!!

 

Another powerchoke sob story. My B-inlaws 2001 F-250 has been through a turbo, tranny numerous other expensive mechanical problems. His latest expense was 2 grand having the oil pan replaced because it rotted out!!! And he claims it was his wife's idea to get the Ford. Gotta get a truck with REAL diesel engine.

 

I had very few problems with the 3 Ford diesels that I had. First one was a 93 250 with a turbo. Next was a 99 with a stroker and then an Excursion with a stroker. 93 threw the belt one time (at 100,000 miles)and it was a bad bracket for the idler and a/c. 99 had no issues, and the Excursion had the washer line for the rear window come undone. Why did I Not buy a new Ford? All three of those rigs would not start without being plugged in if the temp got to 0 or below. All of the guys that I talked to at work only had problems starting a Dodge at -10 if they had battery issues. The 3 Fords that I had did over 300,000 miles with only 1 breakdown that kept a rig in the shop overnight. Not a bad record in my book. And I'm sure that all of the people that have problems with their Fords are "talking" a lot louder then the ones that have had no problems.

 

1500k miles till crapped out?!?! I have to say, at least Fords don't go down without a fight. Granted they are all either fighting or down, no in between...
And what kind of quality control do they have there? Leaving a BOLT in the cylinder! Now that is even dumber then a rookie mistake...

 

I know the 6.0 and 6.4's nock. . .but having a bolt head or what ever it was in there should have made a hell of a racket.

heck Ive seen what happens to a 8.3L when you drop 2 valves. sound wise there was just a bit more tapping, but a heck of alot od smoke frrom the exhaust. the 6.2's make more noise with a glow plug broken off inton the cylinder.

 

it doesn't happen. thats complete BS. something like that would have never run right in the first place and would have immediately broken a piston or valve. each engine goes through a dyno test at engine factory. so the stealer is a liar (surprise). now, it may be his BS story back to mfg in an effort to buy back the truck as a lemon, which would make the lie ok. but probably not. stealer probably will make more money by replacing the engine and collecting the warranty income from ford rather than handling the buyback.

what do y'all think ?

 

the 6.4's still run glow plugs. . .might have had one break off and that is what he's thinking is a bolt.

 

that's a good point. I'd bet on the glow plug not a bolt. 3" sounds kind of long though for a g-plug.I bet it's hard to recognize either one since being hot pressed into the piston. Your on the right track to press them for the lemon replacement. Brutal.