Tow Vehicle Acquired... finally

[macojoe]

Congrats!!

Fix Or Repair Daliy
Found On Road Dead
Factory Ordered Road Disaster
For Only Retarded Drivers


Backwards
Driver Returns On Foot
Dorks Ride On Fords
Don't Ride Over Fifty


Hard core Chevy man!! But good luck you will need it!!

[spareparts]

the main reason the 7.3 is such a good motor is Ford had nothing to do with the engine, they bought it from International, Ford put more input into the 6.0 and it didn't turn out so well

[Abe460]

I was told by one of our local school board reps. (whom we deal with everyday) that the 6.0's head bolts stretch and cause damage around 75k miles.
Unfortunately I have acquired the single truck contributing to the national deficit in gas consumption. A 2001 2500HD 4x4 extended cab sporting the 8.1, 496. 9mpg while empty or pulling every broke down ford I pass. Thank God for company vehicles.

[chumbucket]

Originally Posted by spareparts

the main reason the 7.3 is such a good motor is Ford had nothing to do with the engine, they bought it from International, Ford put more input into the 6.0 and it didn't turn out so well

And the cylinders can be resleeved on the 7.3 motor. Long lifespan.

[spareparts]

i may be wrong, but last time I had one of those(7.3) down( long time ago) I believe they were dry sleeve engines. We used to use them in street sweepers, used to use the old Detroit 8.2 till they stoped making them, we used teh 5.9 Cummins till we upped the hydraulic demands, we couldn't get the Cummins to make the torque we needed at 1000 rpm(had to be emmsion legal), so we stepped up to the 7.3 high torque 195 hp, worked great in those sweepers, about the time I left, they had just started to use the 24 valve 5.9, they seemed to work pretty good. Funny thing, they bought a whole bunch of GM 6.5 NAs with no warranty from GM, we used them in the twin engine trucks(Had to use an aux engine to spin the hydraulics), they would drive them to Rocky Mount from Wake Forest, NC to break them in, half of the engines didn't make it there, they would blow the crank right out the bottom

[cterrebonne]

what kind of fuel mileage ya;ll see with the diesels?

[THEFERMANATOR]

The early 6.9L/7.3L IDI's were a non replaceable sleeve block. These were the ones that experienced the cavitation issue due to FORD not putting the coolant additive in them from the factory and they would develop pin holes through the cylinder walls into the cooling passages. I'm not sure about the 7.3 PS, but I didn't think they had replaceable sleeves. Most any engine can have custom steel sleeves put in it though.

[chumbucket]

My friends son had the 7.3 PS which he had the sleeves replaced. I don't remember what year it was though. Could have been custom too for all I know, but I thought he told me otherwise.

[spareparts]

the ones we messed with had the coolant filter(looked like a small oil filter) that had some kind of additive inside the filter, they were real strict about replacing them, and only using oem filters. On a side note, they sent me to Detroit Diesel to learn how to work on the CNG conversion of these motors, they screwed the injectors out, and screwed spark plugs in, DD had all the conversion crap on the outside including the first mass produced, fly by wire throttle plate on the American Highways. The motors worked pretty good, the only problem was CNG is not regulated per mix of gasses, so where ever the trucks went, they had to send an engineer out, have the cng sampled, then reprogram the ecm to handle the mix

[msbhammer]

Yo Tuna, glad to see that you got a new set of wheels man.