Time to say goodbye!!!!!

[Dlp250]

Well as much as I hate to say goodbye it is bittersweet.

I was talking to my wife and we were deciding whether to stick with the truck or sell it and get something new. Well I decided to get it fixed since I love the truck and would have loved to keep it for years to come, however that didn’t quite work out.

I knew it had head gasket issues when I bought it but it wasn’t causing any issues other than puking out the degas bottle and not much at that. I was planning on towing a 5er with it and would definitely have fixed it before then, but life happened and we moved and bought a house and never got the 5er.

So I finally took it into the shop to have everything done after the turbo vanes froze on me. They tore into it and found that the heads were cracked pretty bad in several areas and the turbo was iffy, along with the piston walls being scorned. So after a hefty bill to just have it put back together with new gaskets and it still had pressure in the cooling system (due to the cracked heads).........I decided to trade it in. I know I could have had it fixed for around $8,000 I would still be left with a 9yr old truck with 120k on it. After looking around and really wanting the diesel, I decided to go back with my tried and true Chevy half ton 4dr 4x4.

Luckily they are offering one heck of a deal after rebates and got a better equipped truck for less than 16k under what they wanted for a pretty basic diesel (ford or chevy). Plus I had GM points that gave me an extra 2k off for a credit card I had a long time ago.........Ford should think about doing something similar.

I will miss this truck; I am a GM guy, but would not bash the ford after owning this one, even after the issues. The reason is, I think the previous guy overheated the truck and I was left with the issues. I don’t believe it was the trucks fault, just a lack of luck on my part. I will be looking to get back into a ford anytime in the future and I wish you guys the best of luck.

Farewell and enjoy the compression ignition brotherhood. I will be back

[05 smoker]

a chevy truck really.... just kiding. just noticed your from spfld also. who did you take the truck to to get fixed
mike

[g2shuck]

ford for diesel chevy for gas is my moto

[Dlp250]

Took it to Morroy Brothers in Greenfield.....they were recomended.

[RRF985]

Knowing the heads were bad, why would you even have it put back together that way thinking it'd be fine? Good luck with the Chevy.

[Dlp250]

Because I didn't want to dump money in something that I would still have issues with.

[Dlp250]

[jacksun]

8k for a truck that will last 800k

[PGreenSVT]

Lesson learned, don't run with bad head gaskets and think everything will wait till you get good and ready to fix it. If it had bad head gaskets you should have fixed it immediately. Not to be insulting but I think you will be better served by staying with a gasser. They are much more forgiving of less than stellar maintenance.

[Dirty_Stroke]

I hate to hear you went with a vehicle from Obama Motor Company, but that sounds like you had crappy luck with the 6.0. Maybe a good deal will come along in the future and get you back in a Ford diesel!