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Ford owns the Power Stroke brand name out right. International has no rights to the name. Scorpion is currently the project name and I suppose it will stay that way. I expect that Ford will use the Power Stroke name in 2010.

Here is a drawing of the Scorpion 6.7L. This should help you guys get a feel for the new intake / exhaust design.

If you are at a Ford dealer, you can go on dealer E-store and order the DVD. Type in diesel in the search box and everything related to PSD available will pop up. It may also be available on http://www.powerstrokediesel.com. Click on business connections, enter your FMC Dealer login....check out the links up top for it in a .wmv format.

Brand A is a Wix. Brand B is a Puralator. They were chosen because of the brand for A and type (lid) of filter on B. Since then Wix has changed their filter and added a cap to it. No difference but a built in cap.

Talk to your local Blue Diamond guy. He can probably help you.

You can flush an oil cooler till you think it is clean, regardless of the chemical and you can cut the ends off and try to physically clean it, but you can never get one completely clean. It will always have trash in it. In fact most engine rebuilds fail prematurely b/c of the old oil cooler. Thats the reason it is included in Ford's overhaul kits for ID and DIT engines.

There is one....but it is major league huge....like around 70MB.

Larry, Not to mention the AM kits don't even come with the gerotor oil pump or the oil cooler. Still cheaper.

Any dealer can sell them....there is no requirement to be a heavy duty dealer or to have any certain certification.

Don't get me pinned down on the details, but if a part (i.e) engine is sold over the counter, not only can the customer get paid for parts and labor performing the repair, but a shop can too. Many customers purchase parts, put them on their selves to save money and then when it fails bring it back into the shop for any warranty repairs.

Think.....70+ mph on the highway...bearing fails do to contamination and melts....pulley comes right off the bearing that is still bolted to the bracket....driver scratches head....either keeps driving till they notice an overheat situation or pulls over about a half a mile later.....now where exactly did that pulley come off and how far did it sling into the grass? Plus they need to be towed in or perform a road side repair. I assume the pulley comes with the bearing. So why look for it. The 444E is notorious for this.

I have a question. In order for the entire claim to get paid, you must bill out the Ford part number for head bolts on the RO. Is that not fudging the RO and just asking for trouble since you didn't use them? Besides being unethical. It may seem small, but if Ford wants to rock your dealers world, they will not only charge you back for that repair order but all ROs of the like. Example, your dealer doesn't use Motorcraft oil in bulk, but you carry it in bottle quantities.....You bill out 120 gallons of oil in 4 months, but only bought 100 gallons in that period....They will audit you and if they find you guilty, charge your dealer back for all the labor and parts for every warranty RO you billed oil on. They have the right and I have seen the do it a couple of times in the past along with one right now with a dealer across town.

If it has a spacer some one has burned the bearings up in it before and replaced the "two" original ones with one bearing and a spacer. People do it all the time on Internationals. By the way, they end up right back where they started shortly after. In the bay.

Quote: local Ford troubleshooter and ‘diesel expert’. Were these people from the dealership or Ford? I would say the story is far fetched.

If I am reading this sheet correctly, he got the following at least once on there. 18.3 19.5 18 21 19 He was definetly doing something right to get these numbers. Fuel quality (cetane) could be it, or no trailer etc. I will also assume that this is a hot shot of some sort? Hooked to a trailer most of its life. I did the avg from the numbers to the left. 9.56mpg. He only had a number stated on his log book that went into the single digits once. Something isn't right in his log book.

Take a coat hanger and feed it in the tube. This will allow you to hold it there while you fish the oring off and put a new one back on and tighten it up. Note to self, feed the new oring down the tube before getting settled in. So its there when you need it. Cut the old one off when you pull it out. It takes approx 30 min at the most after you have done it a few times. I had a mechanic that worked on a bus recall show me that. He avg. 23 buses per day for 2 weeks.

I saw them too. Note, I was in a Hyundai dealer the other day....its also a Ford dealer and I asked the service manager how they were able to offer the 10 year warranty. He said good luck on that one. You have to keep records that you had a pimple the day that it failed. Plus all service needs to be on the mileage marks, no before and no after. Very heavy on the highlighting he added, when they look over service records.

The rumor I hear coincides with the Land Rover 4.4L.

The only thing firm is that the Ford / International Diesel engine contract is does not expire until 2012.

The 08 E series will start with out a diesel engine and the option should become available in Oct or so.

5X is also known by another common term....8X10. Seriously, I am surprised they had a run on 5X jackets.

I would put it close to 1.4 - 1.5 million. No final numbers yet. They are still using the 6.0 in the E series for 08 and 09. Also where might you be looking for your numbers you cant find?

Jay, Do you have any links to info about the 6.4 not meeting EPA regs on emissions? I have read several posts you have written, but can't find any info that matches up. Please shed a little light.

The fill rate for a dealer can be manipulated to death through the business system. Ive seen dealers that have 6 million in inventory and a true 98%. They are rare, rare indeed. Both the 6 mil in inventory and a true 98%. Ford fill rate however is somewhat BS also. D98....anyone ever heard of that? A D99 is a real back order such as 03 60 turbos. D98....Its the imaginary HVC. It keeps the fill rate up for them.

Quote: when they look them up they have trouble finding some things even though I got the same part from the same guy 2 days ago. Have them use the Diesel Sales Reference Manual for engine parts. Its the best parts book hands down. All diesel engines used in F250-550, E250-550, Excursion, LCF, IDI, DI, DIT, 6.9, 7.3, 6.0, 6.4, 4.5. And better yet it has color pictures. 2007 - 2008 Diesel Sales Reference Manual