Thanks for the welcome. I'm not only new to the site, I'm new to Fords and Diesels too. I recently bought a 1987 F-350 crew cab long bed 6.9, c-6, 4.10 2wd. It has 217k, runs great, very good body, and I got it for $500. So far I'm very happy with it. It seats all 6 of us and seems like it will tow my Jeep and trailer just fine. What I need is information. I've been around gas engines (Jeeps) all my life and Diesels are like a foreign language to me. I have seen a few articles in Diesel Power about the 6.9 (March 07) but don't want to subscribe to a mag that will only have relevant info once in a while. I was hoping someone could point me in the direction of a different magazine.