[SEL] OT - truck question

[Tony Kimmell]

Anytime they try to improve on something that has worked fine for years,i am automatically leery.

If I were buying a diesel pickup truck, I would not consider ANYTHING other than a Cummins.  Medium duty engine vs light duty.  Simple logic.

-Tony

jbcast at charter.net wrote:

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