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Old Feb 21, 2013 | 11:25 AM
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Nothing wrong with my truck

Just thought I would put that out there. 281,000 miles and I hardly ever have to do anything more than routine upkeep.

Every time I come to this site I see a dozen or more owners of these wonderful trucks with some sort of problem. Nope not mine it always works great.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2013 | 11:44 AM
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I thought about posting a similar thread "complaining" on how well my truck runs, but I didn't want to tempt the diesel demons.

On the other hand, I've thrown almost $15k at mine in the last 9 months - it darn well better run like new.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2013 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe_914
Just thought I would put that out there. 281,000 miles and I hardly ever have to do anything more than routine upkeep.

Every time I come to this site I see a dozen or more owners of these wonderful trucks with some sort of problem. Nope not mine it always works great.
The reason you see mostly folks with problems here is that very few folks look up FTE to say "My truck runs great!" Look on almost any forum for any equipment, and the bulk of the posts are from folks who need help. It is the nature of the beast...
 
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Old Feb 21, 2013 | 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe_914
Just thought I would put that out there. 281,000 miles and I hardly ever have to do anything more than routine upkeep.

Every time I come to this site I see a dozen or more owners of these wonderful trucks with some sort of problem. Nope not mine it always works great.
I too am pushing 266,000 miles an nothing more than service and maintenance including the trans!

Jeff
 
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Old Feb 21, 2013 | 03:07 PM
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I have a 100,000 miles to go before I reach that mark. I just need to work out the bug and lack of maintenance the the previous owner didn't do..I will say, I'll take this truck any day over the 6.0 I had previously.
 
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