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Originally Posted by The Former PFR
My friend, Matt, was assigned, along with about 4 or 5 other guys to sort out all of the issues (engineering consulting firm). When they told Ford the issues were not electronic, they were fundamental to the design of the engine, Ford told them to patch it up as best they could. He says the 6.4 is even worse than the 6.0 that Ford pulled off the market after a few years.
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6.0 issues were blown outta porportion, we have a fleet of them in the family for various businesses, friend has one of the largest electrical contracting firms with a whole fleet, and others we know who used for personal use...and they've been great. I had to borrow uncles the other day to tow, he has just over 150K on his 04' runs like new.
From what I understands the motor was fine, it was the crap electronics Ford used that was causing issues for the people who ended up having trouble. Navistar far as I know had great reliability from the 6.0 when used with their configuration.
I love the smoothness and power of the new 6.7 Cummins when paired with the 6 speed auto (was mandatory to have the manual trans with the 5.9, the 5.9 and 4 speed auto was a shitty combo when towing or even normal driving), but the 6.7 drinks like a gasser.
I was looking at some new trucks for towing, but I'll stick with an 05/06 6.0, hate the interiors of the last GM trucks, but the Fords overall drive so much tighter and feel so much more solid. Fords got a new diesel being built in house to replace the 6.4, code name Scorpion or something like that I heard?