The truck is deleted.
Trust me, they didn't need tuners to run early 6.0 PSDs to failure! Dealer said when they did the head gaskets, EGR cooler & related parts on my '04 E-350 6.0 PSD the bill to Ford was over $8500-and they wanted to charge the company more!
I had about 200 6.0L PoS in my fleet. I do understand the pain in running them.
Its defiantly a good idea to keep all of your deleted parts, but their is no one enforcing or checking for deleted pickups besides when its time to get a state inspection if your state requires it or an emission sticker. There are so many diesel pickups on the road it would be almost impossible to keep checking them. A lot of guys are deleting their big trucks and just staying away from the weight stations that do check with sniffers. If you have someone that will give you an inspection sticker or pass you your good.
I have a feeling that the gov is working on a way to catch these deleted trucks. On one of my last trips I saw workers standing in the inspection lane and looking at the trucks as they went through the weigh station. Don't know what they were looking for but it was unusual to see. I'm pretty sure it was VA, but I have been in so many states the last week I could be wrong. It was really slowing things down, the trucks were getting stacked up.
I run Mobil Delvac 15W40 in my Cummins Ram 2500. I think it has the best value for the dollar when I factor in the rebates. I started with Delvac ESP 5W40 but it sheared more than I wanted. Since running 15W40 that problem has been solved.
Funny thing was I was in the market for a diesel pickup when they bought the '04 PSD vans, they had been running 7.3 PSD ones ('02s & '03s) and I warned the purchasing manager to STAY AWAY from the 6.0 ones, because the issues in the '03 F-Series (that got the 6.0 first) were all over the internet then. They bought them anyway, no wonder the guy is no longer in the company. I bought an '02 Ram 2500 QCLB Cummins HO 6 spd. 4X4 instead of a junk Ford.
I always wondered this. I know personally when I put on a hitch or something where a dust/splash shield has to be removed I always put it in the garage to be re-installed when it’s time for sale and it always disappears into the abyss never to be seen again. I had a friend with a modded M3 (his car was legal just aftermarket suspension I believe) I asked him if kept parts and he said he did but quickly lost all the little things needed to be returned to stock and accepted that modding is just going to tank resale on the car.
It makes sense to keep the parts. Many dealers/car lots will not accept trades of trucks that are deleted because they can not legally resell them.
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