On 11/30/2020 9:47 AM, dpb wrote:
On 11/30/2020 9:02 AM, Leon wrote:
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No doubt that some of the pick up diesels willÂ* go and go.Â* BUT the
Ford pick up diesel that "had" such a great reputation.....well Ford
just recently lost an enormous class action law suite over that engine.

Hadn't heard anything about it...surprises me, but never had a Ford
truck on the place.Â* But there surely are a lot of them around and
not heard any of the guys with them grouching about the engine.Â* One
of the guys in the old coffee klatch when we were still meeting
didn't like his new one nearly as well, but it wasn't the engine he
complained about but all the foo-fah electronics.

And then there is the price of the option to get those diesel
engines....

And what did that truck tractor diesel cost to get the 1M miles in
comparison?Â* Pickemup diesels are not that expensive in
comparison--it's easy to drop $50K on gas model any more.

I cannot say what rebuilding would cost.

Certified rebuilds will be $20-40K typical.

A quick look found 455 hp Detroit w/ 300K on 2019 remanufacture date
available for $13,500 -- seemed pretty typical offerings.

A 16V71 long block assembly alone is going for $45,000 -- that's
remanufactured w/ OEM parts, not even a new one.

In the case of choosing a new F250 with the Power Stroke Diesel, you
start with an XL-250 for $35675.00 and add 30% for the diesel.
$10,495.00

While it's not priced as an option for a truck tractor, you'll be paying
at least 2X that as part of the sticker price for a lower end engine.

Pricing is hard to come by for commercial stuff online, but the one I
did find for Kenworth HD trucks goes from about $1,000 for minimum
upgrade from standard engine (PACCAR PX/MX series base) to range from
$3,000-$5,000 for UPGRADES to the PX/MX next series up, depending on how
much a performance jump took. To the CUMMINS X15 was from $4,000 to
$11,000 UPGRADE differential. These were 2017 data.

Those are all upgrades over base; not including what the base engine
itself cost.

As somebody else said, simply not comparable...

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