[SEL] OT - truck question

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On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Tony Kimmell wrote:

> They all have their good and bad points.  I've had all three and have 
> loved and hated things about each.  Personally I don't think anything 
> made in the last decade has been worth a shit.  That's just my humble 
> opinion though...
>
> -Tony
>

The Ford 6.0 Diesel was trouble, we had two of them fail on one trip, 
the first one wouldn't start in Alabama, dealer said it would take a 
week to fix it, borrowed a second one from a friend, blew a head gasket 
on the way home. Picked up the first one at the dealer, wouldn't start 
the next morning, had to borrow a Dodge to go get the trailer. The year 
before the no start 6.0 blew a turbo hose off in the mountains, 
reinstalled it blew off again. Made it to a dealer in NY, said he 
couldn't repair it for 4 days, there wa a recall with new hoses and 
clamps. I wrapped the silicon hose with a piece of sand paper and placed 
the clamp over it, gave it enough bite to make the trip.  I looked up 
the recall when I got home, gave .6 of an hour to repair, 36 minutes.
J.B. Castagnos