It's official

[Bluedually4x4]

The dually is now the most unreliable truck I have owned.
It has sat broke down waiting for parts longer then any other truck I have owned. It has been unusable for more then 8 weeks solid.

And has now cost more to keep running then my Toyota, Suburban, Jeep and Dakota combined. Both in down time and parts cost.

Four starters
Two lift pumps
Two fuel shutdown solenoids
Grid Heater relays
Alternator
5th gear
Headlamp switch
Fuel shutdown relay
Clutch hydraulics
Brake lamp switch
Clutch safety switch. (granted I just spliced the wires so it has no safety switch but still a pain)
Major fuel return hose leak
Fuel level sending unit

Been hooked to a tow truck twice and a friend's truck once for a tow. The truck has not even made it to 125,000 miles yet.

[WyoMike6.7]

Try a 6.7

['strokeThis_'07]

Come on Gordon. Some of us would LOVE to only be broke down for 8 weeks. Dont' be a drama queen

Like the whining from multimillionaire football players and billionaire owners that say they don't make enough and now next season is questionable...no sympathy from me

I'm workin on 9 months and it doesn't look like anytime soon

(I hope you're picking up the sarcasm here....)

So, what's the problem now? I know you've been waiting on parts awhile...maybe I missed it?

[Bluedually4x4]

This time was the second shut down solenoid. I just would like the damn thing to go more then 3 months between break downs. lol

[Bluedually4x4]

and isn't yours self inflicted? To much fuel with a smarty or something?

['strokeThis_'07]

I'm thinking pressure killed the injectors. So...yes and no on self-infliction I suppose.

I'm swallowing my pride and taking it in next week. I'm just tired of wrenching on the damn thing

[Bluedually4x4]

I know how you feel. It gets old fixing when you want to be tuning and adding more too it.

[THE STIG]

Just to clarify:

06 5.9 mega cab
1 new motor
1 oem tranny
3 aftermarket trannys
ball joints
windshield washer motor
3 injectors
2 sets of front rotors and pads
#5 injector line
Recirc door replacement
high pressure relief valve
#6 exhaust rocker bolt
rear end pumpkin cover gasket/fix
oem cd player
Power steering box
pitman arm

Been hooked to friends trucks roughly 6 times, hauled twice.

Currently needs:
Tires
Alignment
Front end yolk seal





07 6.7 mega cab
radiator

Hooked to a friends truck once

Currently needs:
clutch



Welcome to owning/modding a vehicle

[Bluedually4x4]

Maybe its just where we live lol

The Cat in my roll off just quit on me today. No check engine lights just lost all power. Would only pull itself in 1st gear. So it got towed to Freightliner.

[95farmtruck]

got the truck with 375K ish miles, unknown before that
first 35K miles :
alt
starter
H2O pump
batteries
trans temp sender
aftermarket trans

installed new/used engine, almost 10K on it and parts already replaced:
cam, and lifters
turbo drain hose
H2O pump
starter
output shaft
u-joints
installing airdog soon to fix low fuel pressure issues

did some front end rebuilding @ aprox 410K:
new ball joints
everything but the steering box was replaced in the steering
new rotors
bearings
seals
pads
calipers

on the rear:
i replaced everything but the backing plates and e-brake cable
bearings
seals

there is more but i cant think of it right now

[razocow]

Oh jeez I will play

Injectors (x4 if we count for performance upgrades)
power steering pump
drive shaft
transfer case twice
OEM stereo
OEM speakers
Kicker speakers
Tail lights
Dome light twice, now it is broken again
tires twice
alignment
Turbo
All U-joints
head lights
window switches
A.C.
OEM trans
Built trans
"Fully" built trans broke, turned out not so "fully" ( now on my own concoction)

[THE STIG]

That aint no grandpa truck!