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Always regretted selling my 1988 ford diesel. It was a stick shift 4x regs cab. Very fun to drive. But I was a kid so when it developed a tranny noise I panicked and sold it. So, I bought a pile of crap in the form of a 2004 super dooty. It's a long bed ex cab, but had a stick shift!
It's got 330k on the clock, spicer rear end, and the famed 6.0. It's 4x4
What have I gotten myself into?! The truck isn't running and has a laundry list of engine issues including coolant blowing out under acceleration, hpop failing, weak injectors, oil leaks.
Compression is claimed to be good, but I'm thinking it would be easier and cheaper to fix up a used engine and swap it in. I'm open to other engines too, so I'd love to hear about options for that.
My research indicates that the 6.0 can be made to work well. For the money I have into the truck there is some room to invest in the engine.
I have a line on a lo mile used 2006 6.0 engine. I've been told that the later years like 06 were less prone to some of the issues. Would this engine require head studs/gaskets and hpop fixes? I'd be doing an egr delete for sure. And a coolant filter setup which is a new concept to me. What else would need to be done to bolster this engine? Turbos okay in these? I saw my friends ford burn to the ground from a cracked turbo.
It was a kids who bought it from a shady dealer and it melted down soon thereafter. He had a diesel shop diagnose some of the issues but of course then he drove it for another couple months untill it wouldn't run at all lol. I'm treating it as a blown engine although it may still have life left in it. My hope is that I can score a decent engine for around 3k, bolster it up a bit and slap it in.
well if the oil filter standpipe is whole and not melted its usually salvageable
but if you have a newer engine then maybe that's something
may need wire harnesss changes and programming changes to swap difffrent year motor into it do you reasearch
Looks like a Cummins 12v swap is possible for around 5$K also
Then good luck finding a shop that will work on it without charging
you the price of a new truck and then some. Frankintrucks are also
hard to get rid of later down the road. You can never get the money
out of them.
Fix the 6 and your will have a good running truck. At worst a good drop
in engine. The big issue with different years is they moved the ICP sensor.
And a few other things but you can find/make a harness that should fix that.
If you want a cummins you should about expect to do all your own work and track down the tunes to run it
Or say you find a shop with a great record doing it you will be stuck going to them for repairs it could be high price repair too cause its a Hybrid and they know they have a cornered the market
my vote is keep it 6.0L follow the forum and get the deals
or sell it get a cummins
I always expect to do all my own work. Now, sometimes I have needed help. So I see your point. However seems like there's enough specialist shops that would muddle through a franken ford or at least point my greasy nose in the right direction.
Plan A is to stay with a ford engine.
You doing your own work is a major plus. Having minimum skill is really what is needed. In that case would be silly to do anything less then fix that engine properly imo and will be way cheaper
