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:shrug: Tech's; I recently read an item in TL wherein the tech stated; "the most efficient operation, {sweet spot}, is where the HP and TQ curves intersect." Since reading this, I've been searching for the chart/graph relating to my 2005 E350 6.0L PSTD. Anyone know where I can find one or more?

My E350 is equipt with factory tranny cooler but considering additional too. Going to dealer for MAJOR service this fall including LOF, Fuel system check and filters. Brake system drain, flush, and fill, Tranny and torque converter drain, flush, and fill, Cooling system drain, flush and fill, Differential drain, flush ,and fill, etc?

Blew a rear tire this weekend. Noted while tire was being changed by GOOD SAM [30 min. response], that my E350 has the semi-floating axle. Kinda' thought on this application the full floater would be appropriate. We were heading up to Alpena Michigan, but didn't make it out of Toledo. With the Voyager roof our SMB is somewhat top heavy, but thanks to the travel trailer and the EQUALIZER load distributing hitch I was able to bring it to a safe stop alongside I75. We were traveling 60 MPH and had just left I280 when I saw smoke in the rearview mirror. We do not do any offroading in our SMB as I designed it primarily for towing and touring. Went back home as I wouldn't drive much distance without a spare. As the origional tires were 40,000 milers with 33,000 on them I just went ahead and bought a new set of four. Changed plans and spent the weekend at Maumee Bay State Park.

Tech's; My 2005 E350SD 6.0L PSTD SMB RB15 the van for which was purchased 10/04 will soon be going in for three year/30,000 mile service. As previously posted my SMB is used primarily for towing our TT {20,000 LB. GCW} South and West 7500-10,000 miles each winter for 3-4 months. This will be the LAST service within the standard 3 year/36000 mile Ford warranty period. I fully intend to have engine oil and filter, transmission fluid and filters, and fuel filters changed, and chassis lube. What other specific services/inspections should I have performed as preventive maintainance at this critical point? I want to cover all possibilities as insurance against future failures as this is probably the last tow vehicle I'll own. I'm expecting 1,000,000 miles of towing pleasure from it.

I have a 2005 E350SD Converted to a Sportsmobile RB15 motorhome. It is used primarily to tow my 30' TT. I checked the Door label which says My differential is a C2. Which differential and what ratio is that?

Tech's; We took a trip in our 2005 E350SD 6.0L PSTD SMB RB15 Class "B" motorhome to Indiana July 16-19. Camped out @ OUABACHE {?Wabash?} State Park near Bluffton. Dropped the travel trailer and drove to SMB in Huntington. It was raining on the way back to camp so I was manually downshifting to assist braking on wet pavement. I noticed a thud [?in the driveline?] upon acceleration, with the transmission manually shifted into low [1st]gear. This occured while running light {7500LBS} but was not noticed while towing. Do We have a problem?

Tech's I recently received a card from the place where I usually get my Chevy Cavlier serviced offering reduced price oil change, tire rotation and balance, etc. On the card was this statement: "According to the Car Care Council, brake systems should be flushed and brake fluid replaced every two [2] years. Brake fluid absorbs moisture in the system and becomes acidic after two [2] years or thirty [30,000] miles." *Source: <www.carcare.org> In fifty [50] years of driving, two [2] years of high school [1950's] auto shop class, and five [5] years in the auto service trades, [1960's], I'd never read this in any literature. This is the first [1st] time I've ever heard anything about changing brake fluid other than during a normal system rebuild, [shoes, pads, drums, rotors, wheel cylinders, etc.]. Is there any validity to this idea and what does Ford have to say on this subject. I don't recall reading about this in the Ford liturature provided with my E350SD SMB RB15.

Took my E350SD 6.0L PSTD SMB RB15 for a test drive this morning with the Turn Alarm installed. Daeco obtained an origional equiptment Ford flasher and added their enhancement to it. Cost was $39.00 and a bargain at that. Trophy bride says she DOESN'T want one on her car. Too loud for her. I had a little trouble installing it, finally removing the factory mounting bracket and attaching it to the "mounting wall" using two small hose clamps. It really resonates off that "wall" and I think Sue is jealous as she knows I'll hear it and she'll lose her position as "turn signal cop."

Thanx; Glad I got that cleared up.

Okay; Will someone 'splain what Job#1 is? Yeah, I'm a dummy!

Techs; I'm considering the installation of wheel spacers to improve stability while towing {20,000 LB. GCW} with my SMB RB15 E350SD. Some have also suggested dual rear wheels. There is also the possibility of rear anti-sway [roll] bar. Perhaps higher quality heavy duty, [bilstein, Rancho etc.], shocks. Then there's: www.activesuspension.com Maybe a combination of these. Positives/negatives? Warranty concerns?? Any advice???

I got this reply from the Trailer Life Forum. www.turnalarm.com I am awaiting a response to my inquiry asking if they have one compatible with my E350. Here's one for the tech's. The PSTD is louder than any gasser I've ever owned including those with defective exhaust. I turn up the radio to overcome that. After 39+ years of riding railroad engines my hearing ain't so great, except of course when Sue yells, "turn off the blinker!" Turn signal is invisible in daylight and mostly inaudible when I turn up the radio. Aw, c'mon now, don't say turn off the radio. I spent too many years sleeping to the roar of a diesel engine. You don't want me out there on the highway snoring! Where is the turn signal flasher located in my 2005 E350SD? In older vehicles it was possible to replace the OEM flasher with an extra loud flasher. This helped overcome engine noise even in HD trucks. I asked my GM service tech this same question about my '98 Cavalier and my 2002 Chevy 2500 and was told they're all electronic now, so there is no way to swap flasher if one was available. Is there any help for me short of hearing aids?? To Your Knowledge is there an EXTRA LOUD flasher available from Ford or some aftermarket supplier for the E-Series or F Series vehicles? Seems like I got one for my '88 Blazer from J.C. Whitney. Is the flasher in the E-Series an easily replaceable "tin can" or something more complex?? It sure would be nice to hear that darned thing.

My question was answered by seversl Ford Master Diesel Service Technicians in another forum

My information is 6.0L in 2007's and then nothing further

Does anyone know for sure which diesel engine [if any] will be available in 2008 E series vans? :huh:

Hey folks; I've founded a new group exclusively for Ford Master Diesel Service Technicians and owners of Ford E-Series Super Duty vans which are uniquely equipped with the 6.0 Liter Power Stroke Turbo Diesel engine. The purpose is to keep open lines of communication concerning this, the ongoing reincarnation of the E-Series Super Duty Diesel van. To join in click below or copy and paste: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/E-Series6LPSTDonly/ Hope2 C U There; Ken Kill Sr. 2005 E350SD 6.0L PSTD Five Speed No Tow-Haul Torqueshift Transmission Sportsmobile Class "B" Modified RB15 Floorplan All Electric Appliances Voyager "raised" Roof w/ Two [2] Maxxair Vents 10" running Boards

What concentration biodiesel do You run in Your 6.0L PSTD? Any problems?? Advantages??? Disadvantages????

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ Ford sues Navistar on truck engines Breach of supply contract alleged By James P. Miller Tribune staff reporter January 12, 2007 A contract dispute between Ford Motor Co. and Navistar International Corp. became public Thursday when the automaker sued Navistar in state court in Michigan for allegedly refusing to live up to terms of a long-standing supply accord. For a decade, Warrenville-based Navistar has been the sole supplier of the diesel engines that Ford puts into its heavy-duty pickup trucks. Now, however, the automaker and its key supplier have locked horns over the price Navistar is charging Ford, and also over the extent of Navistar's financial obligations in warranty claims involving its engine. Ford's claims are "totally without merit," a Navistar spokesman said, adding that the maker of trucks and diesel engines intends to "vigorously respond in court." Navistar has been providing Ford with a 6-liter diesel engine for several years, Ford's lawsuit notes, and in late 2006 it also began supplying the automaker with a new 6.4-liter engine. "The parties have previously been able to negotiate and reach agreement on the prices of the engines Navistar produced for Ford," the complaint says, but with regard to the 6.4-liter engine Navistar has altered its bargaining stance and "failed to act in good faith." In fact, Ford's lawsuit says, Navistar has threatened that unless Ford pays the price Navistar is demanding, Navistar would refuse to ship the new engine to Ford. That move would breach the supply agreement, it contends. In addition, Ford says, Navistar is not complying with its warranty-sharing obligations. Under the agreement, Navistar is supposed to pay a portion of the costs Ford encounters for engine-related warranty repairs. But Navistar has refused to pay the amounts Ford says it is owed, according to the lawsuit. In response, Ford took the unusual step of "debiting" Navistar for a portion of those costs. In other words, Ford is withholding money it owes Navistar for engines, in order to recover the money Ford says Navistar owes it under the warranty agreement. Ford is asking the court to rule that the "debit" is proper under the circumstances, and it also asks the judge to order Navistar to reimburse Ford for future warranty costs. The automaker also asks the court to issue a declaratory judgment on what Navistar can charge for the 6.4-liter engine. The debit "is simply a business transaction intended to resolve a dispute we have with [Navistar]," Ford said in a statement. "Regrettably," it said, because Navistar has not cooperated, "we have no other choice but to take the debit and file the lawsuit." Ford and Navistar also have a joint venture that manufactures medium-duty Ford trucks for sale in North America. jpmiller@tribune.com Copyright © 2007, Chicago Tribune

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Well folks; Got my E350SD 6.0L PSTD SMB RB15 back today with new pillar mounted Dakota Digital gauges so I'll be able to track Trans temp and EGT's while on our extended winter trip. ===================================================================== LATEST UPDATE We've returned home from our "Annual" winter tour of the South and West. We traveled to Southern Kentucky for a week. Then Southeast to Augusta and Savannah Georgia for three days each. Two weeks in Fla. @ Lakeland, Silver Springs and Ocala. Next we went West to Ocean Springs Mississippi where we were caught up in a Mardis Gras parade and buried in {15 LBS of} beads. We blew a tire on the travel trailer in downtown Houston at rush hour, [another story in itself] on our way to Corpus Christi, Texas. After a week in C.C., We took 6 days to get to Apache Junction, Arizona, with a stop at SMB Austin for some very minor warranty repairs. We left Apache Junction three weeks later, on a Friday morning {7 am} with the temperature at {90*} and went to Gallup New Mexico where we awoke next morning {7 am} to find our water hose frozen solid. We meandered East on I 40 through Az., N.M., Tx., Ok., Ar., and Tn., to Nashville where we turned North on I 65 to Bowling Green, Ky. From B.G East on Ky. 80 [future I 66] toward I 75. Stops throughout Southern and Central Kentucky took up another 9 days. The trip was mostly uneventful except as noted above and below. Transmission temperature shot up to 195* during traffic jams, in construction zones, and in the Salt River Canyon where the speed limit was occasionally {15 MPH} and manual shifting was needed to maintain control on downhills and then get up to speed on uphills. This caused the transmission to heat up to, but not beyond {195*}, whereupon the cooling system promptly brought it back down to {175*}, measured post cooler. It was also in the canyon that the pyrometer reached its highest recorded temperature of {900*} measured post turbo. At no time were either of these temperatures surpassed nor were they sustained for more than a few seconds. We traveled 7300 miles through all types of terrain, using cruise control and leaving the transmission in OD to shift for itself as necessary to maintain speed. Only once was it necessary, [because the cruise control couldn't hold the set speed], to slow to 45 MPH in third gear on a {10 mile long 7% grade} hillclimb in New Mexico. We were heavily loaded with the E350SD 6.0L PSTD SMB RB15 Motorhome and travel trailer weighing {20,000 Lbs. Gcw}, yet we still averaged 10 MPG for the trip. Having those gauges relieved me of a lot of concern and showed that the vehicle is capable of taking care of itself in most all situations. There was never any real "lack of power" concern and the cooling system worked phenomenally in my opinion. There will probably not be many changes to our E350SD 6.0L PSTD SMB RB15 Motorhome in the near future except maybe more gauges. A new larger trailer is in the planning stages possibly before the next trip.