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07-31-2012, 09:02 AM
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Re: 7.3 or 6.0 for build platform?
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I hear really good thins about BTS Transmissions.
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Have one in my Ex, that was there when I bought it. Definitely gives you firm shifts, but no complaints whatsoever, and was a major selling point in my buying that particular Ex.
Herb
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08-02-2012, 07:16 PM
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Re: 7.3 or 6.0 for build platform?
I work with a guy that has a 2001 trk with 340k on his 7.3. It always make me feel a bit better about having a high mileage rig when you see ahigh mileage still going.
Have fun with the build.
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08-02-2012, 10:36 PM
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Re: 7.3 or 6.0 for build platform?
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Originally Posted by FISHBREATH
I work with a guy that has a 2001 trk with 340k on his 7.3. It always make me feel a bit better about having a high mileage rig when you see ahigh mileage still going.
Have fun with the build.
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I agree, I'm not exaggerating when I say my 7.3 runs as good at 215K as it did at 50K. The van itself has held up well also, with no problems other than a seat belt return spring that started working intermittently...and thats it other than tires and a couple sets of brakes.
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2000 Chateau 7.3
Chinook 4x4
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08-03-2012, 09:04 AM
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Re: 7.3 or 6.0 for build platform?
One of our former members Bbasso, who may still be a member but sold his van, drove a 7.3 to about 600k miles before engine failure. Those engines are tractor-trailer tough, you just get to a point around 500k or so where the chassis start to break down. We always used E250s at work with the old straight 6 300s in them, and they too would run forever but the chassis would start to fall apart. I can personally attest to this as my old work buggy took me to 478k before they replaced it, and someone else drove it for awhile after that.
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08-03-2012, 03:58 PM
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Re: 7.3 or 6.0 for build platform?
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Originally Posted by robtbritn
I will farm out the 4X4 up fit and have Sportsmobile West do the Transformer conversion. I don't think Sportsmobile will to a 4X4 conversion on something this old or would they? If not, who are some builders on the west coast that would do a quality job on the 4X4 conversion?
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SMB won't do the 4x4 conversion. Besides not wanting to warranty their new parts on a "high" mileage van, they also don't carry a lot of the components they used on the 7.3 anymore. You also can't get the 46gal tank they used to offer unless 15-20 of us approached Transferflow to do a batch build.
And I would stick with the 7.3!
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08-03-2012, 04:32 PM
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7.3 or 6.0 for build platform?
Colorado Camper van will do your 4x4 conversion on any mileage van, and I bet a few others will as well.
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08-04-2012, 11:53 AM
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Re: 7.3 or 6.0 for build platform?
After Kroger closed shop up in Red Bluff, wasn't there a new shop that opened up in the area with some of Kroger's employees?
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2000 Chateau 7.3
Chinook 4x4
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08-04-2012, 05:41 PM
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Re: 7.3 or 6.0 for build platform?
You might be talking of Whitefeather
See this post: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6819
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08-04-2012, 09:03 PM
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Re: 7.3 or 6.0 for build platform?
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Thats it...Thanks!
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08-05-2012, 06:50 PM
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Re: 7.3 or 6.0 for build platform?
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Originally Posted by 86Scotty
One of our former members Bbasso, who may still be a member but sold his van, drove a 7.3 to about 600k miles before engine failure. Those engines are tractor-trailer tough, you just get to a point around 500k or so where the chassis start to break down. We always used E250s at work with the old straight 6 300s in them, and they too would run forever but the chassis would start to fall apart. I can personally attest to this as my old work buggy took me to 478k before they replaced it, and someone else drove it for awhile after that.
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It went to almost 700K and then I bought it. The engine never failed, the IDM was full of water!! We replaced the 7.3 anyway and now it's roaming around trying to rack up another 700K
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