Buliwyf
Viking with a Hammer
Even without all the lame emmisions controls, I'd still avoid the 6.0L. IH put out a rubbish engine. There are no excuses for the amount of failures with that engine. If you're after an Econoline, stick to the 4.6, 5.4, 7.3L engines.
My love for Ford diesels started with the 1998 F350. And ended with the 7.3L. The 2005 diesel should have been the greatest truck ever, what a disappointment. The 6.0's in my area sell for less than the 5.4's. The 6.8's have premium prices in the used market. Just like it's hard to find used Dodge diesels, it's hard to find 6.8L Fords.
Even now in 2011, Ford still hasn't realized that a messy complex engine is not the way to go. I've allways believed that a good engine looks like a good engine. As if engineers that designed that engine cared so much that they decided to make a nice clean simple good looking engine, not a mess that looks like a prop from the movie Aliens. Even the simplest repairs require removing the cab, and even with the cab off it's still a hard engine to repair. I know, I know, diesels shouldn't need that much TLC past filters and fluids that are easy to reach. But Murphys law still applies. If you bury a component in a hard to reach place, and think it's ok because that component should never need replaced.......guess who's going to fail first.
If you opened the hood and dumped a gallon of water on the top of the engine, with all that clutter, would the ground under the truck even get wet at all? Sorry, but I can't pay a premium for an engine that appears to be designed as messy as the cables behind my homes component stereo.
Look at the Cummins QSX, CSX, and what ever theyt call the dodge engine now. Nice clean installs. I can actually reach the manifold and have plenty of room to drill and tap for a pre-turbo EGT sensor.
My love for Ford diesels started with the 1998 F350. And ended with the 7.3L. The 2005 diesel should have been the greatest truck ever, what a disappointment. The 6.0's in my area sell for less than the 5.4's. The 6.8's have premium prices in the used market. Just like it's hard to find used Dodge diesels, it's hard to find 6.8L Fords.
Even now in 2011, Ford still hasn't realized that a messy complex engine is not the way to go. I've allways believed that a good engine looks like a good engine. As if engineers that designed that engine cared so much that they decided to make a nice clean simple good looking engine, not a mess that looks like a prop from the movie Aliens. Even the simplest repairs require removing the cab, and even with the cab off it's still a hard engine to repair. I know, I know, diesels shouldn't need that much TLC past filters and fluids that are easy to reach. But Murphys law still applies. If you bury a component in a hard to reach place, and think it's ok because that component should never need replaced.......guess who's going to fail first.
If you opened the hood and dumped a gallon of water on the top of the engine, with all that clutter, would the ground under the truck even get wet at all? Sorry, but I can't pay a premium for an engine that appears to be designed as messy as the cables behind my homes component stereo.
Look at the Cummins QSX, CSX, and what ever theyt call the dodge engine now. Nice clean installs. I can actually reach the manifold and have plenty of room to drill and tap for a pre-turbo EGT sensor.
