Yeah I see what you’re saying, Jack. After I did the bubble test, I felt much more comfortable shelling out the cash for the injector. I’ve had bad injectors in gas engines before but just never experienced anything that ran as bad as this did. The diesel sure is s learning curve for me. I’m just glad it worked out in the long run. I was worried sick the entire time that I’d get it all back together and discover the problem was still there. I had a happy end result.
After all I had read about the first start after doing this repair, I was really surprised that the truck only cranked for maybe 20 seconds and fired right up. I was expecting a very difficult first start while it was trying to building pressure.

It didn’t help matters that my oldest son had been working on his truck for the past week with his buddies out in my shop swapping out a tranny and transfer case on his truck... My shop was completely trashed and my tools were strung from one end to the other. It was a nightmare trying to find the tools I needed and cussing about the ones that had disappeared, and two broken swivels. I had two dewalt cordless impacts laying in a puddle of tranny fluid with tranny fluid dripping out of the inside of them. I wanted to ring his neck! He doesn’t know it yet but, that was his LAST opportunity of using my shop and my tools. He’ll never learn.

I have the same issue with my son and friends. Good at taking tools and sprays and towels but not good about putting things away and cleaning up. BUT I do like that he and his friends are here learning being constructive overcoming all that stuff that goes into fixing things. So I bite my tongue a bit but still get frustrated.

yeessss, unfortunately.... I’ve said this many times!! I never stick to my guns because I feel bad and respect that he does his own work. And that he and I both enjoy being in the shop. He just makes me so dang angry! He’ll promise me he’ll straighten things up and not have other than “approved friends” in there, and then as soon as my back is turned, he does exactly whatever he wants. And when he breaks something, it’s something “he didn’t even use” so it really just broke itself.
I just want him to be a man and look me in the eyes and say I broke it, or I was too tired to clean up after laying under the truck for 4 straight days. If he’d just understand that, things would be different.
But you’re exactly right, That shop and my tools will be loaned to him.
He’s a hard worker when he benefits directly from his effort but still hasn’t learned yet that he can benefit from indirect effort as well. He works for me in my business and I couldn’t ask for a better employee. Don’t have to tell him anything, he knows what to do and does it.

Oh and i was kooking for my battery chsrger today, too, and guess who had taken it to his buddy’s house lmao!
sounds like your boy is on the right track for sure. I guess it just takes time for them to grow up.

oh man, I absolutely can’t hang into a can of paint, penetrating oil, shop towels, or spare wiring!!! And I agree, i do enjoy that he has my passion for 4x4’s and mechanicing. His buddies all bug him to do their repairs...on my electric, tools, cokes, towels ect lol. And he pockets the extra cash. He’s got a good gig going on there now that I think about it haha

I swear if it’s not one thing with this truck, it’s another! Woke up today with a pinhole in the degas bottle squirting all over the engine. This 6.0 has sure lived up to it’s reputation...

It’s old.

You should try a Lincoln LS, a Jag in Ford clothing. At 100k miles replace all cooling system plastic parts. Degas bottle, thermostat housing, hoes with glued on plastic piping, dual heater valve, and radiator. And do it all Lincoln parts or do it again sooner.

that sounds expensive!

Around $800 8 years ago, more now. It’s redoing the suspension that really gets expensive, about $5k. It's why you find Lincoln LS in salvage yards without damage, repairs cost more then the car is worth.