Haulinhorse
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Hey ...thanks so much....I know they are like a draft horse without thoroughbred speed. I'm gonna keep her and just deal with it !
And maybe try to save up for a turbo in the future.Hey ...thanks so much....I know they are like a draft horse without thoroughbred speed. I'm gonna keep her and just deal with it !
And maybe try to save up for a turbo in the future.
Lol...or you could be the first donor in a Go Fund Me account!
Will see if I can pick up some overtime in my dental job!!!!
Thanks,pal.
Well horses do cost money. It doesn't matter if you're riding them or driving with them. They still cost money. Back in high school, a friend's dad (the dad was a pretty good mechanic too) used to say to us "Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go?".Will see if I can pick up some overtime in my dental job!!!!
So, took the 88 250 7.3 IDI automatic out for maiden voyage hauling new horse trailer. The trailer is a gooseneck with weekender living quarters,aluminum and my lard ass horse that weighs 1100 pounds...trailer is 5500 pounds. Going up the hills in Pennsylvania, I was rolling black smoke,speed dramatically decreased,RPMS stayed at about 2.5. Once we would flatten out...all was good, except my pride when an 18 wheeler passed me on a very small hill and he was fully loaded with steel and his co driver rolled down the window and made motions like I was paddlin a canoe!!! My horse was embarassed too...lol. Mechanic will get me in this week, but any ideas??? Thanks in advance!
These sure can be rebuilt. There's upgrades from making it more reliable all the way up to transmissions that can hold up to more power than our IDI engines can make. The price tag goes up pretty quickly after the basic upgrades. The top of the line John Woods transmissions go for over $6000 plus core. Is it worth it? That's your call. A transmission rebuild isn't in the budget of very many of us and we would have to figure out how to pay for it. Do you like your truck? Do you love your truck? Would it be worth the cost to have the transmission rebuilt Vs. buying a different truck that may need the same thing in a short time? These are the type of questions that you'll have ask yourself and answer honestly.
Now I'm not trying to badmouth anyone here with this. Why does your mechanic think that the transmission needs to be rebuilt? Has it been performing badly in some way? Before condemning your transmission, maybe you should get a second opinion. See if you can have a reputable transmission shop take a look at the truck to see what they think.
I hope you don't think that I'm trying to be a jerk by saying this stuff. I'm just trying to get you to weigh all of your options and possibly make a large financial decision. In the end, it's your truck, your money, and your choice. I think it would be worth it to have the transmission rebuilt if it was mine. Of course I would also rather drive an IDI powered truck for just about anything so I may be a little bit prejudiced here.
Now that sounds like a worthwhile pastime.All I want is to be able to haul the trailer around to go horse camping about every 2 weeks.
Who's the guy on FB, I live in PA always like to know where parts and fellow IDIers are.Actually there's a guy on Facebook that parts these out in Dover PA, are you on Facebook at all?
Who's the guy on FB, I live in PA always like to know where parts and fellow IDIers are.
He's at least on a couple of the IDI groups. Look up John Clugston. I've never dealt with him yet but he always has parts or whole trucks on there. Had a whole factory kit on there for.... $950 maybe? At least worth looking into!
If I relied on fairies to 'drop one' in my truck, I'm afraid they wouldn't be dropping a turbo...Thanks Chillman as always, would love for the turbo fairy to drop one in the truck,but aint holdin' my breath on that. I think that this truck can handle the light trailer I got....my other one was 12k loaded and had a reason to be slow. Hopefully my boys at the shop can figure this out. Buuuut...got a spare turbo sitting around anywhere??!!!!...lol