03 - 06 Powerstroke Injectors - Made of Gold?

[Joe Mc]

OK this is the first time since I've been a TDR member that I looked at anything Ford diesel, related to power enhancements. I looked at injectors, which the vendor only had 1 type for the 03 - 06 joke. I read a bit about them and checked the price. Low and behold for the sum of $3,995. 00 you can obtain the finest extrude honed 90 hp injectors known to man (or at least they should be for $500 each). I almost fell off the chair. :--)

Sorry I just wanted to share. :-laf So glad I didn't buy that powerstroke I was looking at back in 99.

 

[Cummins Pilot]

Both the 7. 3 & 6. 0 PSD are spendy on injectors. I had a 7. 3 PSD and I priced one. Did I mention I own a Cummins now! I hear the Duramax sticks aren't cheap either.

 

[1smoknC]

ill spend the extra money on injectors to know im sittin in a blue oval... . haha Oo. :-laf

 

[NPloysa]

You're user name is Cumns-pwr and you're driving a PSD?

 

[Joe Mc]

You're user name is Cumns-pwr and you're driving a PSD?

See what happens when you leave the door open for a split second?

And, a note to Cumns-pwr - go ahead and spend the extra money to know you're sitting in a Blue Oval - there will be no doubt in our minds that your "sittin" as we're blasting by you leaving you gasping for air in the black soot of our bombed to the balls for half the price of your "sittin in the blue oval injectors". And before the comment is made stock to stock it would be the same thing - only with less smoke. :-laf

Just funnin ya a bit after all it's our home turf

 

[TWilkening]

And, a note to Cumns-pwr - go ahead and spend the extra money to know you're sitting in a Blue Oval - there will be no doubt in our minds that your "sittin" as we're blasting by you leaving you gasping for air in the black soot of our bombed to the balls for half the price of your "sittin in the blue oval injectors". And before the comment is made stock to stock it would be the same thing - only with less smoke. :-laf



Just funnin ya a bit after all it's our home turf

:-laf :-laf :-laf Hilarious, yet so true :-laf :-laf :-laf

 

[Rebel Ram]

What is it with them?(ford lovers) Went to breakfast this morning in the 01, Had a 300 gal oil container on the back. Some guy in a brand new 550 with a tow truck setup on it took off from a light next to me and about 30' out he punches it and starts to pull away. So I rolled into it and in about another 40' I walked him. But after that he kept dogging me like he wanted more.

But 4K for injectors? I dont think I have that much in all my mods.

 

[Joe Mc]

Went to the local Grainge Fair (Middletown PA) yesterday. Pretty cool lots of old tractors, tools, corn fed sweeties, new lawn & farm equipment, and the like. As we were leaving some Blue oval dork decided he didn't want to wait in line and chose to baja through the field cutting out in front of everyone that was waiting for the traffic coordinators to provide a safe exit. Well not that having a Ford (I could be wrong thought :-laf) had much to do with what this knuckle head did, but what suprised me more than the cops not going after him was what he did at the next traffic light. I pull up (in the left lane - you know already where this is going ) and he's sitting there (a PSD of course) and he hear's the Cummins and then looks over at the door to be sure then say's with several teeth missing "hey man you wanna run that pos Dodge?". I look over and put my hand to my ear motioning that I can't hear him, then he screams it again. I give him a suprized look and yell back why would you want to waist your fuel trying to race a real truck with that power joke? Now his truck was a real nice looker and actually sounded pretty good as he was bajaing through the feild, so I know this was going to tick him off. Then I put the window up as he motioned and (I'm sure but really couldn't hear) yelled obsenities. I looked away as my right hand slipped down to put the edge on kill.
The light turns green, I let him get about a length out and "peddel to the metal" it, just about the time I start to go by him the smoke is really rolling out and silly ol` Blue Oval boy forgot to put his window up, "I love it". Last I saw of him was :--) shrouded in a cloud of black soot . Like Pee Wee Herman said in one of the Cheech & Chong movies , "I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry". "HA, HA!!! I'm not sorry I liked it, Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha":-laf. This (Blue Oval boy dropped jaw shroud of soot) image would make a great poster boy shot of why not to choose a PSD over a Cummins. Or, why to keep your trap shut when you don't know what you're up against. Or, why to not spend $4k on injectors "just" to know you're sittin in a blue egg. Or, or, or, . . . please feel free to add your Ors . . .

 

[smartineau]

Ford boys some how keep loving thier Fords, there is a group of us that go hunting we all have Dodge/Cummins (6) except the one Ford boy. We always take the Cummins powered trucks hunting. He is always chipping away that he truck can haul so much more and climb the hill faster and better than our Dodges.



Well the one year we (only three of us) went to Wyoming and we took his truck, he had less weight in his truck and on the flat bed trailer, than we do with the big square box toy hauler that is absolutly loaded. We could not drive over 65 miles per hour because the fuel economy would drop too much, and when we got to the big hill even here in WA, we would slow down to 50 mph or less.



We razzed him, he came up with excuses, it is fun when it is six on one to listen to him squirm with excuses. But he is looking for a new Ford again next year he just can't let go of the blue oval.



steve

 

[BlakeDavis]

not that my truck is trouble free...

... but my best friend is a Ford guy and he had an 03 f250 that had injector trouble from day one. Every time he would take it in they would flash the computer and fix it for a little while but eventually the rough running would return. At 108,000 it lifted the heads and blew the head gaskets. He did have a programmer and no guages. Head gasket replacement cost about $4000. When Ford offered their bribe last spring to owners of 03-04 powerstrokes he traded for an 06. Guess what, 12,000 miles on the new truck and already had an injector replaced.

 

[smartineau]

$4,000 for head gasket?????????



Another$3995 for injectors, chriminy for that kind of money (well maybe a bit more) they could start dropping in some rebuilt Cummins motors and have a real diesel then.

 

[Signal73]

$4,000 for head gasket?????????

Dont forget, to do a head gasket job properly on a PSD you need to either

1: Pull the motor

2: pull the cab completley off the chassis



Sounds like its mostly labor to me...

 

[smartineau]

signal73,



I did not know that you had to pull the motor or remove the cab, I guess another good bonus to my 'tractor motor' as ford boy calls our trucks.



steve

 

[BlakeDavis]

yes you have to pull the cab to get the heads off.

 

[Joe Mc]

Got to love it - This post gets more interesting as it grows. Maybe I should call it 1001 reasons to by a Cummins and not a PSD?

 

[klenger]

So, the engine that needs the most work is also the hardest one to work on. Go figure.

 

[COBRAJET]

I watched two techs at the Ford dealership in Lampassas, Texas pull the cab/front clip of an F350 in less than an hour as I had 4 new tires installed two racks over. It blew my mind how fast they did it... they use the alignment rack to pull it off while the truck stayed on the ground. It was pretty neat how these guys who had obviously got tired of doing it figured out a really slick way to do it. They were trying to beat a previous record, and did. Pretty profitable as well if paid my book time... . for the dealer and the techs.

 

[Dockboy]

These threads always crack me up!! :-laf

 

[Joe Mc]

In the parking lot at work this am one of the Nurses Fiance` has just bought a pretty nice looking 2006, F-350 SRW PSD. Nice looking truck from outward appearances. Not able to get a peek under the hood to inspect the remove engine/remove cab to change head gasket fitment yet. However, I took a peek under the rear - the shock mounting plates are "u-bolted to the rear axel housing?", to boot with one u-bolt per mount?

 

[NPloysa]

"the shock mounting plates are "u-bolted to the rear axel housing?", to boot with one u-bolt per mount?"



Really? I may have to go to the local Ford dealer to see that for myself and will take pics if I do. I believe you, but gotta see for myself!