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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 11:17 PM
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I am looking at an 84 F600 service truck, it has an allison detroit diesel with a 5 speed
was wondering if anyone has any experiance with the detroit diesel?
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I hear lots of horror stories about the 8.2 Detroit. The most common saying around that engine is, "boat anchor". When properly maintained they do run for a long time, and are really good on fuel economy. Very common to have head gaskets go out, or even heads cracking.
 
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That's it. The natural versions are pretty reliable and do give great economy, but are only good for 160-180 h.p.. The turbocharged versions like to blow head gaskets.
 
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yup. the 8.2 fuel pincher is a good economy engine, but it will never win any race.
 
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perhaps I will look more at the '97 F450 PSD with 6 speed
anyone know which 6 speed the F450 had in '97?
 
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