Angus Cattle Shower
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Does anyone know anythign about these trucks? I havent heard a whole lot really, I'm not too sure if its a good or a bad thing. Any good experiences? any bad?
jigs said:avoiding a 6.0 is about the only thing you need to know.
LazyWP said:6.9s were made from 83 thru 88 or 89. Then they were up dated to the 7.3. Both motors were Navistar engines. Buy your parts from the Navistar or IH truck dealer. Good engines, but not much power compared to what is available now days. Both of the ones I had would get close to 20 MPG in 1 ton 4X4, but they were both "Nickized"
I Luv Herfrds said:Built til 87. Then they did the odd ball diesels til 94 when the 7.3 came out.
Had an ATIS turbo system around 93 1/2.
Hubby has a 6.9 that he bought new back 85 has over 100000 miles on it and it still fires up fine in winter.
The fast start glowplug system had trouble due to the connector that plugged into the controller, hubby solved that problem by coating the connector with silicone dialect compound.
He got that diesel to fire up when he was in college up at Havre, MT and the temp was 30 below zero and it was only plugged in for an hour. As long as they were regularly serviced they are good trucks.
Angus Cattle Shower said:LazyWP said:6.9s were made from 83 thru 88 or 89. Then they were up dated to the 7.3. Both motors were Navistar engines. Buy your parts from the Navistar or IH truck dealer. Good engines, but not much power compared to what is available now days. Both of the ones I had would get close to 20 MPG in 1 ton 4X4, but they were both "Nickized"
And what might "Nickized" mean? Was the drivetrain good? How did they hold up?