On Sat, 2012-08-04 at 11:57 -0400, Dave wrote: > Hey.. lets not go bashing the 6.0.. I have one in an 03 Excurison and it > has 219K miles and burns zero oil. :-) Still gets a combined 17 mpg > in a 9000 lb truck with no trailer.. I pulled a big 10 ft tall x 8.5 ft > wide 7000 lb cargo trailer, 1000 miles through the mountains recently > and got 10 mpg (that is actually good) The key to 6.0 diesel > durability is to remove the EGR cooler as it is the source of all > troubles on the 6.0 (seriously). With that gone the engine is 10x more > reliable. If the coolant goes a little low, the EGR cooler fails, the > head gaskets fail, the fuel injectors fail, the main bearings are > destroyed.. the engine is junk. I pulled mine off at 192K and should > have done it years before. > I replaced the HP oil pump at 192K - they last about 175K miles > apparently. Still have the original injectors and the heads have never > been off. > IMO, the 7.3 DI engine is a better engine.. but gets worse MPG. I'd > like to get a truck with the 6.7 but it has an awful lot of smog stuff > on it that is bound to go horribly bad ($) down the road. > > Speaking of diesels.. I thought that Ford was going to start importing > those nice Ford Euro diesels into the US so we could buy a domestic car > with a fuel sipping clean air diesel?? > So far they are a no-show! What happened Andy?? > > Dave Ah! war stories. ;-) In 1976 I installed a Hercules DD198 in an F150. It was underpowered but I'm persistent, added a double under behind the main transmission. That helps but the next step was a turbo; which gained me about a gear on the hills. Worst load I've ever pulled was a TD9 on and equipment trailer. Best guess at GVW was about 28,000. Only had to pull it a couple of miles but it was a real grunt. With no trailer I got about 22 mpg. With a 4000 lb travel trailer over the cascades and back about 16 mpg. With a wood hauling trailer ( 11x22.5 tires and type 40 cans) behind the rig I grossed about 9000. Loaded with wood more like 17,000. Roundtrip ... empty going west and loaded with wood coming back I got about 17. Passed a Texaco tanker at the top of Snoqualmie pass; he was going 20 and I was going 21. ;-) With the current demand for diesel fuel ( with matching price ) a lot of the advantages of diesel disappear. The older ones were dead simple. If you could get them to pop once or twice they would come up. Mine started in 5 degree weather a few times. Maintenance was absolutely minimal. Feed it dry fuel, change the oil every 100 or so hrs, do the injectors at 125K to 150K mi and things were good. The newer diesels are far more complicated. Lots of stuff to go wrong.
Fuel injection and electronic ignitions made gas rigs a lot more competitive. Dave > > > > On 8/3/2012 11:30 PM, jeremy youngs wrote: > > https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T220N7Tiw8E/TwTD78fzoQI/AAAAAAAABRM/rJ_xLsUUfC4/w269-h204-n-k/IMG_0272.JPG > > this one > > > > Im speculating in england you are programming implements if not Im > > very familiar with th 7.3 D.I.T and the 6.0 the 7.3 ran very well and > > the 6.0 im not in love with in 04 when it was introduced i swapped > > badges and went to work for a crappy american company that has had > > financial touble for 30 yrs or more :) > > > > Im pretty into yahoo groups also, they dont have a tremendous amount > > of file space but several groups i belong to just make more groups for > > files with consecutive names its just a thought. But think if you > > spend all the time drawing and programming if we did dump that would > > be of benefit to share. Which encoder did you like the best? > > > > 3phase ive got several (6?) 3phase motors and controllers with sla > > 7082? bldc chips attached and when i finish the mill i want to convert > > my rivettt lathe with them and need encoder for it. > > > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 11:16 PM, andy pugh<bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 4 August 2012 04:02, jeremy youngs<jcyoung...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> it occurred to me > >>> that the group may benefit from a gcode file sharing ability > >>> > >> I don't think that we have a suitable area for that, so you might have > >> a point. You can post files to the Wiki (but that might not be > >> appropriate) or to the forum (but they will get buried). A dedicated, > >> open, Gcode file dump might be worth having. > >> > >> > >>> I was really impressed with the encoder was the wheel made > >>> from circuit board? > >>> > >> Which one? I have so-far made 6 encoders using 5 different techniques > >> (laser print, machining, etching, paying money, using existing machine > >> gears). > >> > >> > >>> also the motor that you built is it a servo? > >>> > >> Yes, it's a slightly special 3-phase brushless servo. > >> > >> > >>> making engines work ? > >>> > >> My day-job is programming diesel-engine control modules for a motor > >> manufacturer with a blue, oval, badge. > >> > >> -- > >> atp > >> If you can't fix it, you don't own it. > >> http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Live Security Virtual Conference > >> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > >> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > >> will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > >> threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emc-users mailing list > >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >> > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
