Original owner, 150k miles, truck just over 12 years old
how many miles
Snowboard season cometh..
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Gulf Coast of Florida
I'm at 202k+ and the worst I've had has been 1 flat tire the o-rings in the hoses on my HPOP failed about 5 miles from home. Dumped a bunch of oil, but got home and under $100 to fix.
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Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Hampton, Maryland.
171,000 and change....let's see...Tranny replaced at 145,000 and gave absolutely no warning at all. Never ran it hot, had Schaeffers synthetic in it for 70,000 miles and it stopped working like I popped it in neutral. 150,000 miles and the injectors started going to the point that plugging it in, and using synthetic 5w-40 didn't help it by 163,000 miles so had to replace them.
And hey Brendan.
And hey Brendan.
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From: Hampton, Maryland.
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Joined: Jun 2010
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From: middlesex county, nj
99.5 dually, 2nd owner 53,125 miles. Zero repairs. unless we're counting the vacuum lines to the hubs. I love this truck more with every passing mile 
oops, forgot the water pump at nearly exactly 50,000.
oops, forgot the water pump at nearly exactly 50,000.
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Joined: Nov 2006
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From: North of Greenville
Yes, but I really don't get much credit for much of it. I've been extremely blessed, very fortunate, and remain very grateful. I guess I didn't realize how much differently your truck had behaved, and I expect that these types of differences are partially a result in manufacturing variances... sometimes they balance each other out, and sometimes they come together in a "perfect storm" as an anomaly.
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Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Bend Oregon
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Tranny at 220ish but other than that nothing. The motor has never had a valve cover off. Maintenance stuff like rebuilt the turbo at 370k a few water pumps and a few hp power steering lines. She romps pretty hard at 20 degrees or below with 15/40 Dino and not plugged in but always starts the first try. This winter I switched to Mobil 1 5/40 and this morning she started at 3*F as if she warm with out being plugged in. I know I am due for injectors because she gets pretty smoky with extended idle time but with the recent horror stories of injector swaps gone bad I am more inclined to let her go until it is absolutely necessary.
Tranny at 220ish but other than that nothing. The motor has never had a valve cover off. Maintenance stuff like rebuilt the turbo at 370k a few water pumps and a few hp power steering lines. She romps pretty hard at 20 degrees or below with 15/40 Dino and not plugged in but always starts the first try. This winter I switched to Mobil 1 5/40 and this morning she started at 3*F as if she warm with out being plugged in. I know I am due for injectors because she gets pretty smoky with extended idle time but with the recent horror stories of injector swaps gone bad I am more inclined to let her go until it is absolutely necessary.
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Joined: Dec 2005
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From: Chino Valley, Arizona
'97 4x4 5 speed 230,000 miles. water pump, glow plugs, front brakes 2 times. still on factory rear brakes.
'99 6 speed 2 wd, 330,000 miles, one cylinder takes about 5 minutes to start firing, after that runs like a champ. transmission changed around 300,000 miles due to a cooler line breaking and dumping all the fluid.
2000 excursion 180,000 miles, glow plug controller, water pump just started dripping.
'99 6 speed 2 wd, 330,000 miles, one cylinder takes about 5 minutes to start firing, after that runs like a champ. transmission changed around 300,000 miles due to a cooler line breaking and dumping all the fluid.
2000 excursion 180,000 miles, glow plug controller, water pump just started dripping.
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Joined: Sep 2003
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From: Mesa AZ
Most all diesel engine manufacturers define "major" as repairs where the head has to come off. If that is the case then none of our 7.3 trucks have had major engine work yet.
My personal pickup needed a transmission rebuild at 143,761 miles.
No under hood repair what-so-ever until 238,217 miles when one of the UVCH came loose. Shortly after that it went through a rash of items which I call the "quarter million mile stretch". I had two failed injectors, water pump, ICP sensor, serpentine belt tensioner fail all within 10k miles or so.
Been pretty good since. I had the power steering pump fail around 300k. At 322k now and things still look good. Still running the original starter, alternator, fuel pump etc.
My wife's truck has about 208k miles and I have only had to change the serpentine belt tensioner and alternator on that thing. Not sure what has been done by the previous owner though...It had 180k when we bought it.
My personal pickup needed a transmission rebuild at 143,761 miles.
No under hood repair what-so-ever until 238,217 miles when one of the UVCH came loose. Shortly after that it went through a rash of items which I call the "quarter million mile stretch". I had two failed injectors, water pump, ICP sensor, serpentine belt tensioner fail all within 10k miles or so.
Been pretty good since. I had the power steering pump fail around 300k. At 322k now and things still look good. Still running the original starter, alternator, fuel pump etc.
My wife's truck has about 208k miles and I have only had to change the serpentine belt tensioner and alternator on that thing. Not sure what has been done by the previous owner though...It had 180k when we bought it.