Half a MILLION miles, WOW. Congrats!

 

That's just GREAT, Chris!

Nice, too, to see the years of wisdom hitting the ground with real-world reality -- the cardboard sheet under the truck for the oil change activities (and/or mishaps).

 

Very impressive! Doubt we'll ever see that on the dash of a 6.4 or 6.7.
LONG LIVE THE 7.3!!!

 

Chris you are my Hero !!! Your truck is a Rock Star !!!

 

Awesome. Finally broken in....

 

I was getting nervous as I am pushing 300,000. But now I can relax, just the rust has to be taken care of. This is the rust belt after all.

 

Rebuilt injectors? New glow plugs? GPR? What major items have had to be done in your 500k miles?

 

Very nice! Congrats. I'm barely over half way there...

 

Got tired of listening to Tony give me a hard time so I do have one of his chips in it. 3 of the 4 wheels are stock. One got oblong on a bump and was out of round enough the tire guy couldn't balance it. I use centramatics so I never noticed a vibration, just funny tire wear. Tires are 265/75/16.

Added a heated seat element long ago. Replaced the seat cover and factory foam once. Had the metal springs in the bottom replaced when they broke. Had some foam added at a seat shop the last time and that was 100 times better than getting new factory foam. A lot less expensive too.

Can't stand leather. I ordered this truck with cloth seats and carpet delete because that's the way I like it. The wife has some nice leather seats in hers (custom). Those are comfy, but I'd have them torn up in no time. Plus, I don't like leather.

Just finished an oil change in that picture. The cardboard under the engine was to catch drips. The cardboard under the back tire was just something I didn't pick up yet.

I replaced the injectors at 300k because I thought that was a lot of miles for injectors. Saw no improvement in power or fuel economy, but I did it when the weather was nice and I had the time, which was better than the alternative I figured. Changed the glow plugs at the same time since I was there. GPR is still factory, but remember, I'm in Texas.

Other than that, nothing too major. Springs, bushings, a wheel, some o-rings, 2 clutches, and a whole, whole bunch of fluids and filters.

 

Wow, nice Chris. Congratulations. That is a testament to a great platform that Ford built, combined with mindful ownership by you. Plenty of these trucks will never see that kind of mileage because their owners won't/can't do what is needed to coax them that far.

 

Did you use any fuel additive on any kind of regular basis?


Thanks

 

Chris what tune of Tony's do you find you use the most for city/ highway (daily driving)?
And when you replaced injectors did you do new or reman?
If reman who did them?
AD's or did you do AC's or variation of what injector?
Because if you have 200k on reman's I am impressed.

 

Great to see this Chris. I have a little over 140,000 miles on my truck.


Good to see you have a nice shop.

 

That is awesome Chris especially with the original motor - Got a ways to go with 108k on the clock. Do you tow regular with her?

 

wow...very nice. got me beat! I got a 6.4L that has 40,000 on it and on the 3rd engine!!!! (some of that may have been self inflicted) lol