6.0 powerstroke rebuild.

[Thursty]

Hope this works out for you. Good luck!

 

[glockman]

I hope this is the end for reals. I have real anxiety over this for you.



However, I have watched your FB video about 20 times and keep laughing.

In spite of how the video sounded, I was stone sober. lol.


I put about 150 miles on it so far. It has never ran better. Coolant vs Oil temps are almost identical. I went over everything I can see and only found a few small issues like looms not secured fully or clips broken. It did take 45 minutes with a rag and simple green to get all the grease and grime off the interior and another 45 minutes of pressure washing to get the grease of everything under the hood and out of the bed where they stuck all my parts. I am constantly being reminded by the world that my expectations are unrealistic. If not cleaning up after themselves is the worst issue I have, I'll be pretty happy.

 

[jeeper]

I am constantly being reminded by the world that my expectations are unrealistic.

We are trying to buy a new car for my wife. It blows my mind what people call 'clean' or 'good condition'.

 

[Gravy]

We are trying to buy a new car for my wife. It blows my mind what people call 'clean' or 'good condition'.

'Clean' means "I cleaned it before I took the pictures, right???"

 

[Agility Customs]

We are trying to buy a new car for my wife. It blows my mind what people call 'clean' or 'good condition'.

We are selling my wifes current car and I am already sick of dealing with people on KSL. No matter what side of the deal your on dealing with the general public can be a nightmare

 

[jeeper]

'Clean' means "I cleaned it before I took the pictures, right???"

No, It means I pulled the car seats out, but left all the food, crayon, and candy messes.

 

[ricsrx]

l fell for the most beautiful Ford 04 CC dually 1 ton 4x4, 6.0

it has left me stranded every time i drive it, i have had it for 2 years, the first year it spent in the shop of the shop that sold me the truck, the 2nd year it has made only 5 trips to Price and to work a few times.

so i have started the process to fix it for ever,
06 cummins with 5k miles on new motor
saving the coin for the adapter kit.
i will be into the swap 10k, hopping to recoup some funds after parting out the dodge.

 

[mbryson]

View attachment 114232l fell for the most beautiful Ford 04 CC dually 1 ton 4x4, 6.0

it has left me stranded every time i drive it, i have had it for 2 years, the first year it spent in the shop of the shop that sold me the truck, the 2nd year it has made only 5 trips to Price and to work a few times.

so i have started the process to fix it for ever,
06 cummins with 5k miles on new motor
saving the coin for the adapter kit.
i will be into the swap 10k, hopping to recoup some funds after parting out the dodge.

That should be a fantabulous truck

 

[glockman]

I want this to be as accurate an account of 6.0 reliability as possible to remove all conjecture. As I've stated throughout this post, I think 6.0s are plagued by half assed techs who fix one thing but leave the underlying cause unaddressed. The other half of that is cheap aftermarket parts that aren't built to spec. I spared no expense on this motor. It has all the latest updated Ford parts, the best heads I could find and every common 6.0 problem addressed. We will see how that works out for me. The only thing I can't control for is the work that was done, so 50% of the equation lol.

All told for every part, labor and the few tools I bought I spent $13,481 on this rebuild. That is a lot of money. About $10k of that was parts. It better last a long time.

 

[Gravy]

Ouch. I'd wring it's neck for every last penny.

 

[mbryson]

I love that you have the detailed post above. I wish you the very best and hope all goes as well as it can.

 

[anderson750]

I want this to be as accurate an account of 6.0 reliability as possible to remove all conjecture. As I've stated throughout this post, I think 6.0s are plagued by half assed techs who fix one thing but leave the underlying cause unaddressed. The other half of that is cheap aftermarket parts that aren't built to spec. I spared no expense on this motor. It has all the latest updated Ford parts, the best heads I could find and every common 6.0 problem addressed. We will see how that works out for me. The only thing I can't control for is the work that was done, so 50% of the equation lol.

All told for every part, labor and the few tools I bought I spent $13,481 on this rebuild. That is a lot of money. About $10k of that was parts. It better last a long time.

That is a little less than I spent rebuilding my Cummins. Three words that do not go together....REBUILD......DIESEL.......INEXPENSIVE

 

[Gravy]

You built yours to turn the Earth beneath your truck though! HP is l'spensive! That thing is rad!

 

[glockman]

So............ When I picked this up, it had a check engine light on and an ABS light on. I was totally done with the entire thing and figured I'd work those issues out on my own. I pulled the CEL code before I left and it was a glow plug module code, which is what they said it was. I figured there was a harness not plugged all the way in.
I pulled the two plugs for glow plug harnesses at the glow plug control module and ohm'd each plug, the passenger side was good at the module but the drivers side was all reading 14 ohms when they should be 0.7-1.2. I traced back to the drivers side harness and unplugged it off the main engine harness, checked them there and they were 0.8, plugged back in and they were now 0.7 at the module. Sweet, fixed that. NOPE. Cleared the code and did 3 cycles, CEL still on for P0683. It now has to be the glow plug module. They are $200.

Better yet. I picked up two brand new interstate batteries when it would not start after the first engine install. When I picked it up from the shop, they put some deka's in it because they couldn't find my batteries. Well it has sat for 3 days without being driven, now the batteries are dead. So I get to fight them over batteries and a glow plug module. Still haven't looked at the ABS light issue past checking the wheel speed sensors and they ohm'd out fine. This thing is cursed.

 

[glockman]

Replaced the batteries with interstates from Costco, hoping I get to see how long they last. Ty replaced the Glow plug control module (took 4 days and didn't put one of the two nuts holding it on back but whatever at this point) so my check engine light is gone. Just the ABS to fix now.
On a positive note, the motor has almost a thousand miles on it now and seems to be running well. Getting around 15mpg which is better than it did before in similar driving and this motor isn't broken in yet. It also has more power than the last one, haven't pulled my toy hauler yet, will do that next week and report back.

 

[anderson750]

I get nervous every time I see a new post in this thread. I hope your problems are solved.

 

[Gravy]

Chad, I got stressed to see a post here.
Interstate is weird, I got a better price on them from Costco than with my dealer account at interstate...
I'm excited it's running so well for you!

 

[jeeper]

I have to have my therapist on speaker phone each time I click this thread. I never know how I am going to feel afterwards.

 

[glockman]

Pulled my trailer to Beaver last weekend. The truck has never ran so well. Pulled most of the way in OD with 12K lbs behind it. Scipio is always a test. Here is my numbers at the top of the hill with my foot pretty heavily into it. I was doing 60 when I crested.

 

[Gravy]

So what your saying is the alternator is working well...