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Scott
His: 01 F-250 Lariat, 7.3, ZF-6, NV271. A few mods
Hers: 06 Freestar SEL 4.2l
79 Bronco Ranger XLT.. used be the driver, now waiting to become the project.
96 Grand Marquis LS... 25 mpg commuter
Another month down...guessing everyone survived Halloween? Had some cute kids show up on the doorstep. Then the teenagers started coming in. Several of them proving yet again...teenagers are God's way of "getting you back" for enjoying procreation. Yeah, I used one of those fancy words I learned on Sesame Street
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Originally Posted by cookie88
Yeah. Can't wait for it to be dark at 5.
I leave the house in the morning, it's dark. In a couple of weeks when I get home it will be dark too. Look at the bright side (pun intended) at least it isn't 110F when you get to the house and still to mow the yard.
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FTE Arkansas chapter member
1972 Ranchero GT (351C CobraJet intake)
2001 Explorer XLT 2WD
2004 F250 6.0L 2WD CC "Pavement Princess"
2007 Monaco Starwood SL 31BHD
2012 Focus SEL (Wife's ride)
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Scott
His: 01 F-250 Lariat, 7.3, ZF-6, NV271. A few mods
Hers: 06 Freestar SEL 4.2l
79 Bronco Ranger XLT.. used be the driver, now waiting to become the project.
96 Grand Marquis LS... 25 mpg commuter
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Scott
His: 01 F-250 Lariat, 7.3, ZF-6, NV271. A few mods
Hers: 06 Freestar SEL 4.2l
79 Bronco Ranger XLT.. used be the driver, now waiting to become the project.
96 Grand Marquis LS... 25 mpg commuter
Luckily, I live in the country (macon) so I didn't have any visitors at all on Halloween. When I lived in Jacksonville, there were definitely a few pranksters running around the neighborhood.
Skinny pocket-book season is right.... so much to do before next summer to make my f250 safe to drive. Fix the speedo, swap the suspension for 1/4 ton suspension and axles, lower, try to paint (or at the very least get it primed/sealed), then tear the thing apart to start the audio portion of the build. So much to do...
I'm going to write a grant letter to Uncle Sam to see if they'll pay me to prove just how special Okies are. This afternoon coming back from "one more weekend before storage" with the camper; some clown jumps out in front of me in a Pathfinder. Now I was able to shut 'em down before doing some "middle of the road body work". But I don't like making panic stops like that. I let the 6.0L do a little talking when we got to a passing zone. To (use your own adjective) with the fuel mileage...time to show him this ain't your grandfather's Ford.
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Originally Posted by jgoodman6891
Good looking truck Short of running them out of oil/coolant...can you ever really kill a 6.9L? The crazy things just seem to go for ever and they don't care. I'm not saying you'll blaze a trail...but they'll get there.
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FTE Arkansas chapter member
1972 Ranchero GT (351C CobraJet intake)
2001 Explorer XLT 2WD
2004 F250 6.0L 2WD CC "Pavement Princess"
2007 Monaco Starwood SL 31BHD
2012 Focus SEL (Wife's ride)
Probably not. The injection pump & injectors will give out before the long block will (from what Ive read).
Youre right, sure wont blaze a trail but I will get there. My '85 has been over weight several times but handled just fine. The tires are all I really worry about (when hauling & being used).
Probably not. The injection pump & injectors will give out before the long block will (from what Ive read).
Youre right, sure wont blaze a trail but I will get there. My '85 has been over weight several times but handled just fine. The tires are all I really worry about (when hauling & being used).
When I was working for Cat, we had a '88-ish F350...not sure if it was 6.9L or 7.3L; been told it's the same block, just different crank/rods. At any rate that thing had over 300k on the odometer, but it was a lube truck (heavy equipment service truck)...so it did allot of idling on job sites over the years. I can only guess how many hours that thing had. And it was still going in '03 when they retired/sold it to one of the guys in the shop. Like I said, it wouldn't blaze a trail like the PSD trucks we had would do...but it did exactly what they intended for it to do, for a long time.
I do have to confess, I'm a fan of the '92-'97 body style over these recessed headlight box trucks...don't care for the interior of any of them though.
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FTE Arkansas chapter member
1972 Ranchero GT (351C CobraJet intake)
2001 Explorer XLT 2WD
2004 F250 6.0L 2WD CC "Pavement Princess"
2007 Monaco Starwood SL 31BHD
2012 Focus SEL (Wife's ride)
I do have to confess, I'm a fan of the '92-'97 body style over these recessed headlight box trucks...don't care for the interior of any of them though.
My favorite generation too.
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Alan 2000 F-350 CC SRW 4WD, DIY FRx, DIY CCK, Tyrant Tuning, BTS Trans, SpringerPop's Disabler, 6637 Filter, ZooDad, OCR, DIY Hutch Mod, Gutted EBPV, Foil Delete, 50Cent Mod, Muffler delete, other stuff...277,000 Miles and counting.Towing 2005 32' Sandpiper 5'er
2007 F-250 CCSB 4WD-Stock 73,000 miles. Member Arkansas Chapter
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Short of running them out of oil/coolant...can you ever really kill a 6.9L? The crazy things just seem to go for ever and they don't care. I'm not saying you'll blaze a trail...but they'll get there.
