Hi All,
I'm new to this forum. Last month I bought a gorgeous red 2007 F-350 SRW, crew cab, Lariat, FX4 from a Ford dealer in Salida Colorado. I traded in my '99 F-250 7.3. )c:
I drove my pretty new truck for 500 miles around Colorado, then hooked up my Airstream and pulled for 300 miles when a glow plug broke, fell into a piston and destroyed the engine.
The truck was towed to the Ford dealer in Dalhart, TX almost 2 weeks ago, and here I sit waiting for them to finish putting in a new motor, injectors and EGR cooler..... Ford refuses to help me out because although the truck has less than 100,000 miles on it... its a month over the time warranty. The repair is costing me $14,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Imagine my joy.
All I ever did on the 7.3 was change the oil every 3,000 miles, at Walmarts, Rotella T. That truck pulled my trailer to 48 states, for 180,000 miles.
I joined this forum and saw two long posts about what all I have to do to hope this brand new 6.0 engine will last a while...... all that wore me out.
I don't want to spend another fortune making mods so my new 14,000.00 engine will keep running.... seriously, what's up with that? I already have almost 40,000.00 in a 2007.
I'm a woman, who is a fulltime RVer..... I don't want to have to constantly screw around with this truck while I'm on the road, babying it hoping it won't break down again.
I'm going to take a huge loss on it, but I don't trust it to keep running... am I crazy? Should I keep it or sell it and get either a V10 or a Dodge?
I'm new to this forum. Last month I bought a gorgeous red 2007 F-350 SRW, crew cab, Lariat, FX4 from a Ford dealer in Salida Colorado. I traded in my '99 F-250 7.3. )c:
I drove my pretty new truck for 500 miles around Colorado, then hooked up my Airstream and pulled for 300 miles when a glow plug broke, fell into a piston and destroyed the engine.
The truck was towed to the Ford dealer in Dalhart, TX almost 2 weeks ago, and here I sit waiting for them to finish putting in a new motor, injectors and EGR cooler..... Ford refuses to help me out because although the truck has less than 100,000 miles on it... its a month over the time warranty. The repair is costing me $14,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Imagine my joy.
All I ever did on the 7.3 was change the oil every 3,000 miles, at Walmarts, Rotella T. That truck pulled my trailer to 48 states, for 180,000 miles.
I joined this forum and saw two long posts about what all I have to do to hope this brand new 6.0 engine will last a while...... all that wore me out.
I don't want to spend another fortune making mods so my new 14,000.00 engine will keep running.... seriously, what's up with that? I already have almost 40,000.00 in a 2007.
I'm a woman, who is a fulltime RVer..... I don't want to have to constantly screw around with this truck while I'm on the road, babying it hoping it won't break down again.
I'm going to take a huge loss on it, but I don't trust it to keep running... am I crazy? Should I keep it or sell it and get either a V10 or a Dodge?