What will happen sooner... a Ford Gas vs Diesel dilema

[plumber mike]

The ten speed has already been done right. 5 on a stick and two in the rear would do it.

Can anyone tell me why my underhood sticker shows a 6.2 with a 5MT?
Where can I get one of those?

 

[phsycle]

The ten speed has already been done right. 5 on a stick and two in the rear would do it.

Can anyone tell me why my underhood sticker shows a 6.2 with a 5MT?
Where can I get one of those?
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Don’t know about current but old 6.2 SD came with a 5-sp manual in MX and South America.

 

[twodollars]

I'd dig a manual behind my 6.2, but I cant complain about the 6 speed automatic it's got. Always seems to be in the right gear to me, the 6.2 / 6 speed is a good combo in my experience.

 

[Explorerinil]

Other than eat brakes, change shift points and line pressure, what else can it do?
Any use of braking modulation is going to accelerate pad wear beyond what I find reasonable.

The XL package is the only package that avoids computer controlled braking, making it the top of the line for me.

The 48 gallon tank is seriously long. I don't see it fitting a shorter chassis at all. The 7.3 is a thirsty one.

The 2017 xl f150 in my driveway has drive modes and abs braking, sounds computer controlled to me. Btw the brakes and drive modes work awesome!

 

[Explorerinil]

I'd dig a manual behind my 6.2, but I cant complain about the 6 speed automatic it's got. Always seems to be in the right gear to me, the 6.2 / 6 speed is a good combo in my experience.

The place I work has a fleet of 6.2 trucks with the 6 speed, they haven’t had an engine, trans or axle problem and have been super reliable.

 

[IdaSHO]

Id never consider a manual trans over the 6-speed or 10-speed in the superduty.

EVER. They really are that good.

 

[plumber mike]

The 2017 xl f150 in my driveway has drive modes and abs braking, sounds computer controlled to me. Btw the brakes and drive modes work awesome!

True. ABS is easy enough to be rid of should it be too intrusive.

Have you experienced "automatic emergency braking" yet ? I have on a Ram. It's next level. Too bad it can't differentiate a person from a tall piece of grass. For 2021 super duty, the XL package was the only one to not have that "feature". I assume it can be disabled as easily as ABS, but really didn't want to mess with it. We've had enough issues with parking sensors fooled by snow and ice that I just can't see it working properly long term for us.

I also don't understand the blind spot warning system when you have enough mirrors to eliminate the blind spot.

Technology is lost on this Luddite. Too bad it's not able to remember to go back to tow/haul mode every time. That WOULD be helpful.

 

[Deleted member 9101]

Too bad it's not able to remember to go back to tow/haul mode every time. That WOULD be helpful.

For about 30.00 you can wire in a module that does just that. Most guys do it so the truck defults to Sport mode.