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“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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Good deal, nice truck. Mine is a 2006 with about 83,000 some miles on it. Its a brute, it does not have the HP and Torque of some of these newer ones but the Allision and drivetrain, puts the power to the ground better than some of the comparable powered trucks.
Horsepower and torque are great but you've got to put it to good use.
NEVER GIVE UP
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Horsepower and torque are great but you've got to put it to good use. My 6-speed manual does a pretty good job of that if the Nut at the end of the shifter does his part.
Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Good deal, nice truck. Mine is a 2006 with about 83,000 some miles on it. Its a brute, it does not have the HP and Torque of some of these newer ones but the Allision and drivetrain, puts the power to the ground better than some of the comparable powered trucks. Not really comparable, but I'm sure it'll put my tired old 7.3L to shame.
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My 2012 is in the shop as I write this. Injection pump, injectors and lines are going to be in the $10,800 range. It seems to be a common problem at around 80,000 miles and thats where I'm at. I really like the truck. Its a pleasure to drive, gets around 18 mpg calculated on actual fuel burn/miles and pulls my 32ft gooseneck and tractor weighing 16K with ease. It gets 10.5 mpg with the trailer. Except for a DEF level problem when it was 1 week old thats the only thing that its been in the shop for. A gas burner would probably struggle with that trailer and I would struggle with the 9 mpg that it gets without the trailer. The 7.3 that I had before this one was very trouble free but there was no comparison power wise. I never had a 6.0 or a 6.4 so can't comment on them personally. Friends with both Chevys and Dodges report having problems also. So, what do you do? Trade it before its out of warranty? Suffer with lousy gas mileage? I looked at trading but a broken truck has very little trade-in value.
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Lightman, if your issue can be blamed on bad fuel some folks have had good luck filing an insurance claim. I don't know the details but have read about guys having success with certain companies.
Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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My 2012 is in the shop as I write this. Injection pump, injectors and lines are going to be in the $10,800 range. It seems to be a common problem at around 80,000 miles and thats where I'm at. I really like the truck. Its a pleasure to drive, gets around 18 mpg calculated on actual fuel burn/miles and pulls my 32ft gooseneck and tractor weighing 16K with ease. It gets 10.5 mpg with the trailer. Except for a DEF level problem when it was 1 week old thats the only thing that its been in the shop for. A gas burner would probably struggle with that trailer and I would struggle with the 9 mpg that it gets without the trailer. The 7.3 that I had before this one was very trouble free but there was no comparison power wise. I never had a 6.0 or a 6.4 so can't comment on them personally. Friends with both Chevys and Dodges report having problems also. So, what do you do? Trade it before its out of warranty? Suffer with lousy gas mileage? I looked at trading but a broken truck has very little trade-in value. I hate to hear that but injection pump and injectors are not a common 80,000 mile problem.
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Lightman, if your issue can be blamed on bad fuel some folks have had good luck filing an insurance claim. I don't know the details but have read about guys having success with certain companies. Thanks! The shop foreman suggested that and I'm waiting on the adjuster to look at it. Heres to hoping!
lightman
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