have become so fancy that there is no hope of having a lighter
duty pickup with an engine as trouble free as my old MB.
IF only there was.
The 1996-1998 (early) Dodge diesel uses the P7100
inline injection pump. That's your 240D-style engine
right there. Not light-duty, though.
-- Jim
The duramax is a great engine
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On Aug 8, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think the new diesel engine is Ford designed and produced.
>>
>> Did they not have some dispute with IH and that resulted in departure from
>> use of the IH engines?
>>
I am thinking about making it 4wd
Haven't decided on stock Chevy or a Cummins and HP60.
Mike
On Aug 8, 2013 7:40 PM, "Fmiser" wrote:
> > > > > Fmiser wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Well, what's wrong with a late '80s GM with the Detroit
> > > > > 6.2L? Not as trouble free as an MB, but clos
> > > > Fmiser wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Well, what's wrong with a late '80s GM with the Detroit
> > > > 6.2L? Not as trouble free as an MB, but close.
> >
> > > Michael wrote:
> > >
> > > Comparing to the Benz.it is WAY easier to work on
> > Fmiser wrote:
> >
> > I disagree. My 123s are much le
IIRC when Ford first decided to test market diesel pickups, they bought
(1000?) engines from IH. Those pickups sold out rapidly. Then they
contractes with IH to supply engines. Then they leased the rights to
manufacture them. The IH engines were bullet proof. When Ford started
making them,
At 02:48 PM 8/8/2013, Curt wrote:
I was thinking about diesel pickups yesterday. If VW can make a 2.0l
4cyl diesel with 140hp and 250lb/ft of torque why can't somebody
make a 4.0l v6 with 200hp 400lb/ft and put it in a 1/2 ton pickup?
Dodge is supposed to have a V6 diesel option in their
The Amarok, I saw it too when I was there in 2011. They look awesome, same
engine as the Jetta/Passat
-Curt
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:22:15 -0400
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On 08/08/2013 4:48 PM, Michael Canfield wrote:
The wires are for the injectors. They are known to go bad and the hatness
needs to be replaced so the injectors get the power they need before
worrying about replacing any. Injector voltage is critical in a PSD.
My truck is a 1990.
Mike
On Aug 8,
See below
On Aug 8, 2013 3:24 PM, "Fmiser" wrote:
>
> > > Fmiser wrote:
> > >
> > > Well, what's wrong with a late '80s GM with the Detroit 6.2L?
> > > Not as trouble free as an MB, but close.
>
> > Michael wrote:
> >
> > Interesting comment. Along with my 83 300d, I also drive an
> > r35
The wires are for the injectors. They are known to go bad and the hatness
needs to be replaced so the injectors get the power they need before
worrying about replacing any. Injector voltage is critical in a PSD.
My truck is a 1990.
Mike
On Aug 8, 2013 4:40 PM, "Randy Bennell" wrote:
> My very
My very limited experience with diesel trucks is all fairly remote.
As I said, earlier, my son is a mechanic and does some work on diesel
pickups.
He tells me how messy, difficult and expensive they are to repair.
He was working on a late model GM Duramax recently. (an 08 if I recall
correctly
On 08/08/2013 1:48 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
I was thinking about diesel pickups yesterday. If VW can make a 2.0l 4cyl
diesel with 140hp and 250lb/ft of torque why can't somebody make a 4.0l v6 with
200hp 400lb/ft and put it in a 1/2 ton pickup?
The answer is that of course they can and a discus
I saw a really nice new VW diesel pickup in Argentina, it was sort of
the "mid-sized" size but was really nice.
--R
On 8/8/13 2:48 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
I was thinking about diesel pickups yesterday. If VW can make a 2.0l 4cyl
diesel with 140hp and 250lb/ft of torque why can't somebody mak
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> > Fmiser wrote:
Meanwhile, I'm on the lookout for a
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Didn't I say that a year ago? :-)
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
>
> The interesting thing about the TDI is that one
> > Fmiser wrote:
> >
> > Well, what's wrong with a late '80s GM with the Detroit 6.2L?
> > Not as trouble free as an MB, but close.
> Michael wrote:
>
> Interesting comment. Along with my 83 300d, I also drive an
> r3500 Chevy crewcab with 6.2 and sm465 4 speed tranny. The 6.2
> is efficient b
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If I was in the market for a new light duty pickup it would be a Chevy 1/2
ton 4x4 gasser. Nice ride,
Hahahaha. Mine is like driving a narrow school bus. Long, slow, crude
vinyl, plastic and steel interior and usually full of kids.
Mike
On Aug 8, 2013 2:29 PM, "Randy Bennell" wrote:
> On 08/08/2013 1:16 PM, Fmiser wrote:
>
>> Randy wrote:
>>>
>>> However, I also have to admit that I really do
Didn't I say that a year ago? :-)
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
>
> The interesting thing about the TDI is that one ride makes you a believer,
> low down torque is awesome.
> -Curt
>
--
OK Don
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety
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If I had really deep pockets, I would consi
When I was looking at trucksa few months ago, I ruled out the GMs due to NO
room behind the seat (single cab, basic truck). The Dodge had the lowest
payload capacity of the three in a bottom of the line truck, so it got
ruled out. The discount, no haggle, fixed price via the EAA membership
sealed t
Interesting comment. Along with my 83 300d, I also drive an r3500 Chevy
crewcab with 6.2 and sm465 4 speed tranny. The 6.2 is efficient but not
powerful like a Cummins or Powerstroke. If you drive it completely the
opposite of the Benz it is cheap to run and reliable. If you run it hard
it will
On 08/08/2013 1:16 PM, Fmiser wrote:
Randy wrote:
However, I also have to admit that I really do not need a 3/4 ton
and a 1/2 ton with a gas engine probably makes a whole lot more
sense. I just like the diesel. Unfortunately, the new diesels
have become so fancy that there is no hope of having
> Randy wrote:
>
> However, I also have to admit that I really do not need a 3/4 ton
> and a 1/2 ton with a gas engine probably makes a whole lot more
> sense. I just like the diesel. Unfortunately, the new diesels
> have become so fancy that there is no hope of having a lighter
> duty pickup wit
If I was in the market for a new light duty pickup it would be a Chevy 1/2
ton 4x4 gasser. Nice ride, best prices I have seen, efficient, powerful,
reliable.
Mike
On Aug 8, 2013 1:02 PM, "Randy Bennell" wrote:
> On 08/08/2013 11:08 AM, Dieselhead wrote:
>
>>
I think the new diesel engine
G Mann wrote:
It's my information. based on Ford diesel truck discussion board at the
time, the issue with IH / Ford was actually with EPA. Story I've
repeatedly heard is that Ford was found to have fudged the EPA emission
numbers in order to make the ever tighter EPA restrictions, without
incur
On 08/08/2013 11:08 AM, Dieselhead wrote:
I think the new diesel engine is Ford designed and produced.
Did they not have some dispute with IH and that resulted in departure
from use of the IH engines?
My mechanic son has done a fair amount of work on diesel pickups in
the last year or two.
The Ford 6.0 is an IH engine. It is a good, solid design that Ford screwed
up by not listening to IH.
The 6.0 should not have been released in the US market before clean enough
fuel was available here. IIRC the original design is German and works just
fine with European fuel. Ford was stupid.
It's my information. based on Ford diesel truck discussion board at the
time, the issue with IH / Ford was actually with EPA. Story I've
repeatedly heard is that Ford was found to have fudged the EPA emission
numbers in order to make the ever tighter EPA restrictions, without
incurring the extreme
I think the new diesel engine is Ford designed and produced.
Did they not have some dispute with IH and that resulted in
departure from use of the IH engines?
My mechanic son has done a fair amount of work on diesel pickups in
the last year or two. Ford head gaskets etc.
GM injectors etc.
On 07/08/2013 6:14 PM, Craig wrote:
On Wed, 7 Aug 2013 16:12:22 -0500 Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
oh? Back to IH again? Or is someone else building v-8s?
Sorry, I cannot answer that question.
Craig
I think the new diesel engine is Ford designed and produced.
Did they not h
On Wed, 7 Aug 2013 16:12:22 -0500 Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
> oh? Back to IH again? Or is someone else building v-8s?
Sorry, I cannot answer that question.
Craig
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The bad Ford diesels are 2004 - 2006 Ford F250 with the 6 liter diesel
engine. A friend of mine and a friend of his had these and both had MANY
problems. Apparently, before that time Ford bought their engines. For
2004, they decided to make their own engines -- which had many problems.
In 2007, t
On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:03:32 -0500 Randy Bennell
wrote:
> I have not heard great things about some of the Ford trucks in the
> later years. They tend to have some engine issues that mine has not.
> The brand new Fords have a different bunch of engines that may be
> better but again, I don't usual
Used truck prices are very high right now, actually used vehicle prices in
general are very high right now. I've been kind of keeping an eye out and
anything in the $10-$15k range is pretty well beat.
I think it makes a lot of sense to buy new, especially since the manufacturers
are giving HUGE
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