towing problem
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towing problem
i bought a 2000 f 250 v10 cc 3.73 gears 4x4 and was towing today for first time. just bought truck a month ago anyways my problem is when going up a very small grade the truck will go from maybe 55 to if lucky 40 miles an hour no power what so ever trans does not shift rite away then when it does it revs really high not slipping high but high like 4000 rpms on this forum ever one talks about the v10 power and it didnot work overly well any help would be nice by the way i was only towing a four place snowmobile trailer enclosed with 4 snowmobiles in it. trailers a 21-24 footer tranny was just flushed when i bought it with a new air cleaner installed
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OK, you have this truck, fuel mileage sucks and it doesn't seem to tow like you expected it to tow. You hit the hill t 55 and the trans kicked down and slowed to 40.
Your catalytic converter is clogged. Unhook your exhaust at the Y pipe and see if your truck doesn't run better. (It'll be loud).
Your catalytic converter is clogged. Unhook your exhaust at the Y pipe and see if your truck doesn't run better. (It'll be loud).
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Cruise Control On , O/d Off And Let The Trucks Computer Run Trany.it Will Run High Rpm. If Nothing Else Works Try A 6.0 W/4.30 Rears.
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i just bought the truck still have not received the title yet so the selling or trading thing is not an option
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Originally Posted by 900rr
i bought a 2000 f 250 v10 cc 3.73 gears 4x4 and was towing today for first time. just bought truck a month ago anyways my problem is when going up a very small grade the truck will go from maybe 55 to if lucky 40 miles an hour no power what so ever trans does not shift rite away then when it does it revs really high not slipping high but high like 4000 rpms on this forum ever one talks about the v10 power and it didnot work overly well any help would be nice by the way i was only towing a four place snowmobile trailer enclosed with 4 snowmobiles in it. trailers a 21-24 footer tranny was just flushed when i bought it with a new air cleaner installed
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replaced the fuel filter and no help the exhaust doesn't seem to be the problem the tranny seems fine as well bacause even unloaded the truck going up a grade seems low on power .now looking on the posts what i am seeing is that these things like to rev my problem when loaded or unloaded is at the hill if i am doing 50- 40 the rpms are at about 1500-1700 on the tach. i know that the gears are 3.73 but what i need to know before i change these gears is how much of a diffenece will this change make any help at how well everbodys truck pulls with different gears and at what rpm and speed would be great thanks everyone for the help and advice so far
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If Your Thinking About Changing Gears The $$ Spent You Will Not Recover, With The Problems You Have W/mpg. Think About A Programer.i Run A F350 W/4.30 460 Dual Tanks ,you Can Watch The Fuel Gauge Go Down, Another REASON I Got A Diesel.look Into A Tuner.W/LARGER GEARS LESS MPG