Motor trashed at 34K and Very Unhappy!!! Now what??

Shora said:
It has to do with the fact that he doesn't want to give any further profits to Ford. The diesels are VERY profitable for all of the big 3 and he wants to spend the money with a company that will stand by him when things go wrong.

I would have agreed with him had he not modded his engine.

Will GM/ Dodge stand by him after he mods his engine? I doubt it.
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that was exactly my point. This was not Ford's fault.

GM an Chrysler would take the same stand
 
So, is the concensus that the Steeda pulleys are O.K., or are we suggesting no UD pulleys on these finely balanced 4.6's?
 
Dragcity said:
Holy Shist! I'm glad I never put my UD pulleys on.
I guess it will make an expensive paperweight now....
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Raudermaster said:
Yea, seriously! I was going to buy a set in a month or two, and now I will NEVER put UD's on.
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If you have the Steeda pulleys with the one-piece dampener, there is no risk in using them. The problems were with March pulleys that had a 2-piece lower pulley. The instructions were apparently ambiguous and some people inadvertently left one piece off. That is what caused the problem.
 
Would it be worth it to go with steel oil pump gears instead of the powdered metal ones if running UD pulleys?
 
RCSignals said:
What does it have to do with a Diesel?
Ford's new Diesels are impressive, and far ahead of the rest.
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It's not an issue with the new diesel, it's an issue with Ford! FYI, they are having trouble with the low speed turbo's on the new diesels. Just mad because they won't even talk to me because my car is an 03 with 34K on it, thats Not customer service as far as I'm concerned!
 
Shora said:
It has to do with the fact that he doesn't want to give any further profits to Ford. The diesels are VERY profitable for all of the big 3 and he wants to spend the money with a company that will stand by him when things go wrong.

I would have agreed with him had he not modded his engine.

Will GM/ Dodge stand by him after he mods his engine? I doubt it.
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Correct, but I bought this car with this setup and how many of MM owners actually knew about the pulleys causing a complete engine failure? I have put 11K on it over the 19 months that I've owned it and take care of my stuff!!

I have a 2000 4X4 Diesel Excursion with 15K in accecories and an 86 GN that is almost finshed with a complete resto. I am VERY funny about my cars!! I didn't SC this car because I didn't want to lose any drivablity, never would have thought an UD pulley would have done it!
 
RCSignals said:
that was exactly my point. This was not Ford's fault.

GM an Chrysler would take the same stand
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Not the point at all!! Ford NEVER went far enough with it to find out if the car had any mods at all, they flat out told me NO!!!!

I have a 5K paint job on this car.
 
I kind of agree.

Ford should not have completely blown you off. However, it is 4K OUT of warranty, and how many months?

That DOES NOT make good business sense for the here in now.

However, it DOES hurt future sales. ;)

KillJoy
 
KillJoy said:
I kind of agree.

Ford should not have completely blown you off. However, it is 4K OUT of warranty, and how many months?

That DOES NOT make good business sense for the here in now.

However, it DOES hurt future sales. ;)

KillJoy
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I didn't expect them to cover the whole cost but they said no, period!

Also, let me say again, miles when when it broke and towed in are 33,986. I'm being faulted because this is my 2nd car and don't wish to use it as an everyday car, if this would have happened within the time with the same mileage they would fix it, just doesn't make sense to me? Oh well.
 
bigal614 said:
Correct, but I bought this car with this setup and how many of MM owners actually knew about the pulleys causing a complete engine failure?
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It wasn't a Ford part and you didn't buy it from Ford. I can't see where it is their responsibility.

And ask anybody, I'm hard on Ford for stuff that is their fault.
 
bigal614 said:
I didn't expect them to cover the whole cost but they said no, period!

Also, let me say again, miles when when it broke and towed in are 33,986. I'm being faulted because this is my 2nd car and don't wish to use it as an everyday car, if this would have happened within the time with the same mileage they would fix it, just doesn't make sense to me? Oh well.
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But how much time out of the 36 months? Did you have any relationship with this dealer for any work warranty or paid labor?

Dealers use all this as per FORD guidelines to establish AWA (after warranty adjustment)

I know it sucks but they can't give repairs indefinetely under warranty:(
 
The March UD people ignored the instructions and did not put the OEM balancer back on.

Some even said it is internally balanced and does not need it. Others said it was too heavy.

I had the Steeda for 42K, then went S/C.

Take Zacks advice.
 
from what ive seen and gatthered ,ud pullies are a waste of money and dont do a whole lot for the buck ,find hp some where else ,it suck to hear your motor is bad,if it was me id buy a 03-04 cobra long block that way it will be forged and strong
 
The OEM engine is strong

I have over 40K S/C miles and 38K N/A modified miles w/ 170 runs down the 1,320.

One member has 150K miles and 300 runs down the 1,320'.

Many members have S/C over 50K miles.

No engine no matter how it is built will hold up to no balancer, just look at what happened to the John Force F/C driver.
 
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