"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 06:35:09 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

When I was actually in the market for a diesel truck, I almost bought a
Ford with the six liter engine, but I kept encountering tales of minor
and serious horror stories about the motor

That 6 liter has had a series of problems that the 7.3 never had.
Personally, I think it's way too small for the kind of torque it
produces and that's the major reason why it's having these kind of
problems.

I would have purchased a new diesel a couple of years ago, but I
wanted to stick with the 7.3 because I didn't think the 6 liter was
going to hold up - call it intuition I guess.

I'm glad I didn't.

The turbo is the problem. The high pressure pump on Eisboch, is not the
major source of the problem. Same Turbo as GM, but I understand GM uses
hydraulics to control the turbo (variable vane) and Ford uses electronics,
and the programming suxs.