Re: H3 for sale
I'm NOT saying this to make you feel bad, I'm saying it because it's all true.
As for Ford trucks. I don't, and probably won't own one. I've got two buddies with 'em. Both 6.0 diesels. The tally on the one: Blown turbo, the clamp busted, turbo fried. Covered under warranty. Blown tranny, just out of factory warranty, they told him it's his cost $1500 repair. AC died... twice. Rear end croaked, Ford fixed that. Something in the dash died, this is where the story sits now. Beautiful black dually. The reason this is all so vivid to me is that last I saw the truck a few weeks ago, he had it on his gooseneck towing it to town with his Dodge. He's got a lawyer and is going to lemon law it. It's been sitting down at the Ford dealer since then. He's a tough guy, I think he'll win. The mere word "Ford" makes his cowboy hat move up an inch when the veins in his head stand out. Granted, he works his truck but his backhoe/gooseneck is not over the rating of the truck.
The other one, another F-350. Dead AC, Ford fixed it. Croaked tranny, Ford fixed it, but not without a fight going through corporate. The two week long plus visits in the dealership make him a little cheesed too. He had a front end bearing failure. He went with a whole replacement kit on both sides getting rid of the krappy uni-bearing assemblies (so much for SFA superiority), replaced the front rotors at the same time (had a little warp/pulsation going on) He tows his fifth wheel quite often, but again, it's not over the tow rating.
I guess if they're used for grocery gitters, Fords are ok. One other comment on them though is that issue after issue after issue of Diesel Power Magazine proves that the Fords just don't do well modified. People buy 'em, chip 'em etc. and tbey break, period. I didn't make this up, it's in every freakin' issue. If anyone here DOES buy a Ford, they'd do very well to keep it stock. Anyone having good luck with their Ford is having just that.
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