Makes me wanna go out and give my e99 a kiss!
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Happy Friday morning!
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Holy crap! Nearly $100,000 for a general use pickup truck. I love my 7.3 more and more every time I see it.
Don't get me wrong, it sure would be nice to have a 2018 F-450, but I would not be willing to have that payment, ever! |
Just imagine what the payments could be.
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Heck, if you're planning on dropping that much on a pickup you may as well get yourself a good ol' Peterbilt 379 or 389. I'm sure the repairs would be roughly the same cost once you're out of warranty. I'll take the $400 or so I am about to drop in my front axle over that monthly $1k+ payment for the next eight years or so.
(Speaking of, last week finished putting the third engine in my buddy's 389. I hope we never get as proficient at replacing the 7.3 in my truck). |
Happy Friday morning Sous and all fellow gents. I am on vacation for a couple weeks, so some truck work will begin after cattle checks today. I guess I should start a thread, but I have new hubs, slotted/drilled rotors, high grade metallic pads, Beru GPs, and some re-routing of lines and general cleaning. I am also going to address cleaning my hubs and trying to not have to replace them. I also ordered a set of factory fog lights, but those won't be here until Monday. I am actually excited to do the work. The shop is open, sun is out, and it'll be 70 degrees today.
It's the weekend! |
Happy Fri-yay everyone! Heart scan today. Praying for a good one. BBSlider, you should definitely start a build when you get back. Have a good vacation!
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Starting to look for a second crew cab 7.3 for a spare. Needs to be an auto so the future wife can drive it. Seen some reasonable prices lately for the 99-03 trucks. Comfortable seating for 6 is a priority and in my opinion my 99 F450 wins over her 11 town and country van.
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Originally Posted by Glowplugger
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Happy Fri-yay everyone! Heart scan today. Praying for a good one. BBSlider, you should definitely start a build when you get back. Have a good vacation!
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Removing and cleaning the hubs is fairly easy and worthwhile in the preventive maintenance area. That is one of the things I did when I first bought my truck.
Putting them back in, well that is a next level task in my opinion. I fought for 15 minutes trying to get them re-installed and lined up correctly. |
Originally Posted by Sous
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Holy crap! Nearly $100,000 for a general use pickup truck. I love my 7.3 more and more every time I see it.
Don't get me wrong, it sure would be nice to have a 2018 F-450, but I would not be willing to have that payment, ever! |
Originally Posted by Sous
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Removing and cleaning the hubs is fairly easy...Putting them back in, well that is a next level task in my opinion. I fought for 15 minutes trying to get them re-installed and lined up correctly.
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That's cheap. My Mustang was more than that new. :eek:
Luckily I bought it pre-depreciated with low miles. :-drink |
Oh great, really? Definitely not what I wanted to hear. Hopefully it won't be a big deal.
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Not a big deal, just time consuming. Sometimes I've popped them right on and other times I played hub roulette for 20 minutes until pops in.
The hardest part is that popping the auto-locking hub into place and putting the snap ring on are pretty much the last things to do before putting your tools away. That's what makes it frustrating. |
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