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    Quote Originally Posted by willtill View Post
    Hopefully will get many, many trouble free miles out of her. Amazing all of the electronic tech that's in it these now, compared to my earlier owned 'Taco
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    Quote Originally Posted by willtill View Post



    Hopefully will get many, many trouble free miles out of her. Amazing all of the electronic tech that's in it these now, compared to my earlier owned 'Taco
    Best of luck with the new toy Will! My 4 Runner is silver and easy to keep clean. A good heavy rain substitutes for the car wash

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    Quote Originally Posted by willtill View Post
    Rant-

    Every Ford truck that I've owned while in Maryland has had issues. My F150 V6 had repetitive timing chain cover leaks. My next 5.4L F150 had to have the motor replaced; due to piston slap. My last 7.3L F350 diesel would not fire at the most inopportune times; and a diagnosis never was reached for it.

    Now my current 2011 5.0L F150 has a loud knock 5 minutes after a cold start, and goes away after the engine is completely warmed up. Now out of warranty. And only 41,000 miles on it. :sad20: And it has always burned at least a quart of oil every 5K.

    I'm at wits end here regarding Found On Road Dead trucks

    Undetermined at this time what I'm going to do about it. Do I:

    1. Keep it and wait for the motor to fail? Then replace motor? Most likely in excess of 5K.. She's been a knock'in for the last 15K from my best recollection.

    2. Trade it in and get another truck?

    Reading other ford message boards; there are shared owner experiences regarding this very issue. Some say run it until it blows up, others say should be replaced and still others have had mixed results with Stealerships either replacing the motor... or not.

    Should have never gotten rid of my Tacoma. Sigh...
    I got rid of my Tacoma as well...

    For a Tundra!

    Only Toyotas in my garage...


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    The BIG pick Ups all suck.
    Fprd, GM, Chev=IDC

    The computer glitches to start.!
    There is no excuse for the crap.
    I will say Ram is the absolute worst.
    My advice is to buy an older international 4200.
    They are under CDL
    They are plentiful, you can get them 4x4 if you look hard.
    No computers.
    Utopia
    Never again will I buy another American pick up.
    I have had Semi trucks for years.
    Many With over 800,000 miles on them, they have never be down as much as my Ram.
    NEVER.
    Some years of Fords are way horrible as the Cab has to come off for quite a few operations!
    They should have at least built them like a " Cab Over" so it could be jacked up.
    The Duramax- I read of endless and expensive injecter problems....
    Did i say go get an old International 4200?
    That is the answer.

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    SWEET... ! Would love to see more pics of the FJ..

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    Quote Originally Posted by soupbean View Post
    SWEET... ! Would love to see more pics of the FJ..
    Ask, and ye shall...






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    Quote Originally Posted by jmdaniel View Post
    Ask, and ye shall...





    That is TOUGH! Seems to be well taken care of too!


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    Quote Originally Posted by willtill View Post
    That is TOUGH! Seems to be well taken care of too!
    Thanks! It's a garage queen that I've owned for 6 years. Frame off restore by a guy up in the Portland area; Aqualu aluminum tub and front fenders, 350 Chebby under the hood, etc... I've done some work on it since I bought it, but the restore was off the charts. It's appreciated quite a bit in value in the time I've had it, due to the price of LandCruisers going way up, but I haven't really thought of selling it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thumper 549 View Post
    The BIG pick Ups all suck.
    Fprd, GM, Chev=IDC

    The computer glitches to start.!
    There is no excuse for the crap.
    I will say Ram is the absolute worst.
    My advice is to buy an older international 4200.
    They are under CDL
    They are plentiful, you can get them 4x4 if you look hard.
    No computers.
    Utopia
    Never again will I buy another American pick up.
    I have had Semi trucks for years.
    Many With over 800,000 miles on them, they have never be down as much as my Ram.
    NEVER.
    Some years of Fords are way horrible as the Cab has to come off for quite a few operations!
    They should have at least built them like a " Cab Over" so it could be jacked up.
    The Duramax- I read of endless and expensive injecter problems....
    Did i say go get an old International 4200?
    That is the answer.
    I've had no issues with my 2000 Ram 2500, 158k and going strong. I would never by a Toyota/Nissan or whatever for any average to heavy use. They're all grocery getters at best. Ford and Chevy after the early eighties are garbage IMO. Hard to beat 5.9 Cummins.

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    I could tell you many long faced stories.
    110 K engine spun #7 main.
    Plastic, Yes I SAID plastic oil cooling jets! They jumped out of the block.
    No OP to the rear mains.

    Mine is a One Ton and it is used like a truck.
    It never leaves the yard to go get the mail or groceries.
    It is DRW has all instruments and is monitored. EGT, FP, Boost. ETC
    To just do a rotor swap, get ready for a hellish day, they are INBOARD.
    And yes I know all the tricks in removing them.

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