Thinking about getting a 3/4 ton want input.

[Craig0320]

Yeah it hurt. I don't always have liquid cash and when I do, the good stuff dries up and I end up taking the Kids to "Wild Adventures" theme park or do something stupid with the $$$.

. I have a separate bank account I put all the side money I make in. That way there is no confusion.

 

[19Walt93]

In all my years at a dealer I never saw original plugs blow out, nor plugs my crew installed. Proper torque seems to be the key. Removing the 3v plugs wasn't a problem after the guys figured it out. They'd run the engine till warm, shut it down and replace all one side, warm it up again and do the other side. The V10's had a higher torque peak RPM than the 5.4 V8 so the customers with 4.10 or 4.30 gears liked them and had good luck, the guys who had 3.73 gears complained about lack of power and often had transmission failures because they were always shifting. Nobody with a V10 bragged about gas mileage but you can buy a lot of gas for the price of head gaskets on a 6.0 or 6.4 diesel. And V10's sound cool.

 

[Craig0320]

In all my years at a dealer I never saw original plugs blow out, nor plugs my crew installed. Proper torque seems to be the key. Removing the 3v plugs wasn't a problem after the guys figured it out. They'd run the engine till warm, shut it down and replace all one side, warm it up again and do the other side. The V10's had a higher torque peak RPM than the 5.4 V8 so the customers with 4.10 or 4.30 gears liked them and had good luck, the guys who had 3.73 gears complained about lack of power and often had transmission failures because they were always shifting. Nobody with a V10 bragged about gas mileage but you can buy a lot of gas for the price of head gaskets on a 6.0 or 6.4 diesel. And V10's sound cool.

I actually was looking at a couple f250's with the v10. My only gripe is they are so cramped to work on. The 05+ does put out 457 pounds of torque at 3250 rpms. Not bad.

 

[Craig0320]

I just found a 2006 f250 4x4 v10 with 160k on it for 7500obo. Not a bad deal.

 

[19Walt93]

When the 302 and 351 got EFI in the 80's the heat started breaking exhaust manifold bolts and they fixed it by going to stainless steel studs and nuts. When the 5.4 and 6.8 came out they had 8mm exhaust studs instead of 3/8" studs like the Windsor V8's and apparently the guy who knew about the stainless studs had retired so the modular engines got cheap studs that broke-until they decided to release stainless replacements. If you get an early one with broken studs I'd recommend getting some stainless studs and nuts from a dealer and some stainless steel headers because the manifold likely warped and V10 manifolds are stupid money.

 

[Ranger850]

any time the need for "Stupid Money" comes into play, I run the other way.

 

[Craig0320]

Well I am headed to Jacksonville Friday to pick up a 2001 Chevy Silverado hs 8.1 with 140 K on it. He only wants 6k for it. He has set me tons of pictures and videos and seems like a pretty straight forward person we will see.

 

[Craig0320]

Left at 4:30 yesterday morning and got back at 8 last night with the truck from Jacksonville. Going to town to get everything to service all fluids. Getting plugs and filters too.
7 hour trip truck drive great. Routine maintenance has definitely been neglected. Guy owned it two years and put 2500 miles on it. He pretty much knew nothing mechanically.

 

[Craig0320]

Well here it is. My 8.1 finally!

 

[Dirtman]

That's a funny looking F250...

 

[Craig0320]

That's a funny looking F250...

Yeah I'm ready for the jokes. I just didn't like how cramped the v10 was in the 250. I changed all 8 plugs in a half hour on this one.

 

[Dirtman]

Yeah I'm ready for thy the jokes. I just didn't like how cramped the v10 was in the 250. I changed all 8 plugs in a half hour on this one.

But the plugs on the v-10's remove themselves!

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Left at 4:30 yesterday morning and got back at 8 last night with the truck from Jacksonville. Going to town to get everything to service all fluids. Getting plugs and filters too.
7 hour trip truck drive great. Routine maintenance has definitely been neglected. Guy owned it two years and put 2500 miles on it. He pretty much knew nothing mechanically.

Well that would explain why gas prices went back up.

Congrats, it looks like a clean truck (although they all probably do down there)

 

[Craig0320]

But the plugs on the v-10's remove themselves!

Lol.

Well that would explain why gas prices went back up.

Congrats, it looks like a clean truck (although they all probably do down there)

It is pretty clean. I am going to paint the frame. I am installing a b&w turnover hitch today. Got 12mpg on the highway but I bought it to tow so doesn't matter.