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Originally Posted by bismic
dikkstarr -
From past posts:
You ran a tuner without head studs. You didn't install a coolant filter until after the oil cooler plugged. You run a 12" lift and you blew out a tranny hose and then the tranny failed - most likely problems were mod induced. You had a bad alternator and ran the truck while noticing starting issues - then the FICM failed. Not to even mention the unnecessary aftermarket intake.
So many things are self inflicted - many problems are avoidable.
Maybe we shouldn't have to watch these things so closely, but we do. Folks that know this up front can get a good reliable truck for reasonable dollars. This is proven. I can post links to almost ALL of the major forums where people talk about 300-400k miles as being achievable.
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My oil cooler never plugged it was changed with head gasket job per ford, then studs were installed, timing on a coolant filter install doesnt matter and we shouldnt have to put one on anyway, the tranny hose was a recall with the in line filter and the hose clamp got too loose and fell off, had nothing to do with my lift, bad alts happen no matter what, intake was stupid I know now, but when I got it, in '04, no one knew about how good the stocker was. Nobody really knows why the FICM was going bad on my truck, the dealer said it was weak.
You can speculate about my history if you want, but besides head gaskets, I had no problems until the tranny line drained my tranny. So to make the tranny last as long as it could, which was another 6 mo, I removed the tuner and havent used it since. I like it better without the tuner anyway.
All my big problems happend after all this, one after another. Some 6.0 related, others superduty related. Maybe just bad luck who knows.
This guy wants opinions, you dont like mine. Doesnt make me wrong just gives him info to make his choice.
Why havent you put studs in yours anyway?
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2004 F-250 Lariat late build 4X4 CC/LB auto,fully loaded with sunroof, power slider and backup sensors  , White with 12" ICON lift, 6 superduty valved bilsteins, flip steering, 38" MTZs on 20x12 chrome Fuel Hostage wheels  , stock gears, superlift truspeed, fumoto, high idle mod, large case high amp alternator, floating traction bars, airraid intake with elbow, 4" turbo back, studded, powerslots with hawk pads, billet grill, 55 watt HIDs 6000k heads and fogs, clear corners, 7" Eclipse AVN6620BT NAV w/ back up camera, massive JL stereo 300/4 and 500/1, 2 12s behind back seat  , amp research steps, sirius, '08 diff cover, redhead steering box,  , coolant filter kit, hush panels and door seal mod, quad pod with boost, EGT, water temp, and fuel pressure gauges
Last edited by dikkstarr; 11-03-2009 at 10:32 PM.
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