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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 04:04 PM
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Lemon's, worth the risk?

There is a dealer here in WA that has a bunch of '03 -'05 6.0 that were all buy backs or lemons or whatever you want to call them. They have all the records for the work that has been done. The asking prices look good, as long as they are willing to come down a little more. I'm wondering how big of a risk is it to buy one of these rigs. I've heard from people on both sides of the fence, but thought I'd ask you all.

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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 04:14 PM
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I would avoid anything with a build date before April 03, when the injectors were changed to an improved type.
 
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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 04:15 PM
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NO ...03's
 
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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 04:23 PM
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I already told the dealer I didn't want anything with an '03 build date, what about the others?
 
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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 04:50 PM
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05's IMO...all OK..
 
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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 05:17 PM
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i love the 03s. but i work on 'em
 
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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 05:19 PM
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Any warrenty offered on the trucks?
 
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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 05:23 PM
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Any warrenty offered on the trucks?
12 mo/12,000 mile bumper to bumper, 100,000 mile on engine.
 
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I have a buddy that bought a lemon truck and it still had trouble for a couple weeks then they replaced the engine and he loves that truck now. Got it pretty cheap too,
 
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