Transmission still doesn't shift right...It's fine on the highway...in stop and go traffic over about 185f tranny temp it acts like it's stuck between first and park....turbo and or wastegate are shot(won't hit 20psi while towing)...steering box, tie rod/drank link ends shot(lots of play)....I believe the front axle gears are stripped.....lots of other minor things.
After three transmissions, vp44 injection pump, lift pump twice, dana 70 rear gears replaced(stripped the teeth off the ring gear) several sets of front brake pads and rotors, dash disinterested, ... Got sick of dumping time and money in it.
The engine still runs great though
I had a 7.3 Excursion for a while it wasn't bad....sold it before it fell apart. Several neighbors had the 6.0 power stroke....easily the biggest POS diesel ever stuffed into a light duty truck.
My bosses Duramax was great when it ran right....but generally didn't.... usually computer/sensor related. It was about 50/50 in the shop/on the road.
The new ones gotta have piss(urea)injected in the exhaust.
Idk...I've come to the conclusion none of the big three diesels are worth owning unless a guy is consistently towing heavy loads. At least not for me.
HahaI better get back to work and stuffs
I pretty much replaced everything he listed, on my truck over the last several years. If a guys mechanically inclined, it’s not hard to do any of that. And that could easily be a reliable truck again with a little $$ and time.
Yup. They make steering box braces and hydraulic assist. Swap it to manual. Dana 80 rear. My only hang up would be I’d rather have a Ppump 12v. But that rear door is reeeeeaaal nice to have.
If my VP44 dies, I’m P-pumping it to make it even more reliable. I lose Cruise Control, but I don’t use it much anyway, except on cross country trips (which is rare for me).
Yes, my full manual valve body in the 727 Torqflite my CJ5 has, is rock solid. Full control and no slipping.
PPump is all mechanical. More reliable more power able.
Or like the "weak" planetary gear set in a C6 transmission that I've never seen busted?
This:
From what I’ve read, they need at minimum 10psi of fuel from the lift pump to survive, carrying away the heat produced by the injection pump itself. The FASS DRP that’s on my truck keeps the VP fed with 15-19 psi steady. I don’t plan on needing to replace it anytime soon.
IMO, mechanical pumped diesels seem to always start easier/faster than the electronically controlled injection pump versions.
Hey bro.
I'll pick you up at the airport.
There's something to he said for a simple gas truck. Yep, none of the diesels will ever be as affordable to work on as the gas engines. Yep, my 7.3 powerstroke, death by a million o-rings. I've literally torn apart the entire topside, replacing any 22 year old o-rings that could leak. Then the burnt up torque converter, whole tranmission was built with all the big stuff. $4700 later, the tranmission behaves.
