A "shoot the breeze" thread
Elder User
Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Los Angeles
Good to see that u are still kicking and able to post that could have had a bad ending!!!
well for me in here at work for the 18th straight day. but smashing the 250 daily to work and the scooping up the kids after work. I LOVE IT AND SO DO MY KIDS. they want it higher though hahahaha and so does daddy hahahaha
Junior User
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: The real NY UPSTATE
Maintenance Weekend
Had a good weekend working on the truck. I am at 100K miles so I changed all the shocks (OEM's), put in Rancho 5000's, I also replaced the steering damper with a Rancho product. Had a hard time with the passenger side front shock, can't get at the top nut from on top do to the AC box. Had to wrench it off with a box wrench. I like the new ride so far!
Also drained and flushed the cooling system new Preston Long Life antifreeze.
All in all a good guys' weekend!
Also drained and flushed the cooling system new Preston Long Life antifreeze.
All in all a good guys' weekend!
Posting Guru
Joined: Apr 2007
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Got the new steering box installed today. Wow what a difference. I guess the box had been bad for a while, because it just had that loose disconnected feeling. I thought it was the track bar or track bar bushings, never thinking that a steering box would be bad after 78,000 miles. Bottom line, all is good but the track bar is still on the to do list.
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Joined: Mar 2012
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well I'm an occasional poster on here and a believer of the v10 as a viable high performance powerplant lol I drive my truck probably 10-20 miles per week max. I commute in a little civic to work and more or less just build my truck up lol if y'all are on Facebook you can see my build. Nothing to crazy right now just getting it ready for the blower. I'm glad there's a forum with other v10 owners. There's too much of the "if it's not a diesel it's trash" everywhere
Cargo Master
Joined: Mar 2008
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It's hard to argue the power a diesel can produce and the mpgs they can attain. Easy to argue what a pain they've become with the new emissions standards. The 6.7 is a wicked animal but with needing DEF (not hard but just another thing to do), tricky and sensitive injectors, water separators, more expensive fuel, gas was an easy choice for me. I cannot say I'd never buy a diesel but until things become more stable for the diesel engines, especially Ford, I'll stick to my V10. I too commute with a beater Taurus and my truck sees duty as a dump trailer hauler and family cruiser. It also will rest in the garage for the winter so the salt doesn't eat it!!
Moderator
Joined: May 2004
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From: Home Base Nebraska
The only way I will a diesel is in a MDT Freightliner not a problematic diesel in a PU. Right now I planning on replacing my 2000 2V V10 next year and I'm having a hard time between a new F350 DRW 6.2 Lariat or a F450 XLT V10 cab chassis. We spend most of the year traveling and living in our trail so it will be our only transportation most of the time but when we are at our home base we have a 01 Alero that we use and the truck sets most of the time.
Denny
Denny
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Cargo Master
Joined: Mar 2008
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That's a tough one. The 3V V10 will have more guts than the current rig and you know the V10 well. Plus the 450 C&C is a good HD truck. Gotta test drive I guess. V10 is proven but the 6.2 has been out now for a couple of years and no major flops yet. I'd be taking the 450 but I just like things to be heavier duty than I need. I'd have an F-750 if I could.
Moderator
Joined: May 2004
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From: Home Base Nebraska
I've looked at a lot of beds for the F450 and the one I like the best so far is this one Bradford Built, Inc., I think the black bed with a white truck and black wheel trims in the front would look nice but I also like the added features the Lariat has over the XLT. I'm going to look around this winter when we are in Arizona (more 2X4s down there) this winter.
Denny
Denny
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My next a build will be a 6.4 but the v10 has proven itself a true performer. As mine stands, a mere downshift puts any retard in my town struggle to keep up. People seem to forget the muscle car era wasn't a bunch of diesel powered vehicles. I can't wait for the blower to go on but that's a 2013 project as I'll be running out of good weather here in a bit
TreadLightly
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: SE Missouri
My next a build will be a 6.4 but the v10 has proven itself a true performer. As mine stands, a mere downshift puts any retard in my town struggle to keep up. People seem to forget the muscle car era wasn't a bunch of diesel powered vehicles. I can't wait for the blower to go on but that's a 2013 project as I'll be running out of good weather here in a bit
