Tackling the next generation of Ford diesel

[F-127]

Ok... I got a little carried away. My idea of one thing at a time, tracking mileage, is about completely thrown out the window..









Did the engine out method, did not want to tie up the car lift even with the original plan of just doing head gaskets since I was working ocassional weekends on it and I don't mind the way I went about it. Cylinder bores looked like new, rods were showing some wear towards the piston side. I'm having a feeling the Bully Dog programmer had some effect as I could see timing was advanced to the limit judging by the pattern on the pistons.

Going to go about with a OEM Ford rebuild kit, ARP headstuds, block decked, heads resurfaced and checked over, balanced, EGR delete, coolant filter, ECM should be on its way back from PHP with a rollback. A powermax was just too hard to turn down with a vendor selling on sale at 1100 shipped, so that'll be going too. Should be a solid daily driver when all done, and nice proof that the 6.0 is a solid engine as well.

Oh and I like this, factory provided hardware.

[cleatus12r]

Originally Posted by F-127

Oh and I like this, factory provided hardware.

Yeah, except that part is the main source of leaks on a 6.0L (besides the head gaskets )

[907DAVE]

Err... That seems like something I would do....haha.

Good luck with the rebuild!

[F-127]

Originally Posted by cleatus12r

Yeah, except that part is the main source of leaks on a 6.0L (besides the head gaskets )

Hey now, way to rain on my parade! lol.. yeah I was kinda thinking about the extra chances for leaks, instead of just the block to oil pan seal(1) on the bottom end of a 7.3, there are now... block to bedplate(1), bedplate to upper oil pan(2), and upper oil pan to lower oil pan(3).

[907DAVE]

He's just jealous......