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I could dog pile gm if I wanted too lolololol. I have my gripes about every brand they all have their issues, comes down to personal preference nowadays.

 

 

I'm still waiting to find a gripe with my Dmax. I owned Fords, it was much more than just a personal preference for me.... lol

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I'm still waiting to find a gripe with my Dmax. I owned Fords, it was much more than just a personal preference for me.... lol

 

You obviously don't own an lb7 with shot injectors? Or an LLY that overheats?

 

I agree because I own one myself they are a great machine! with huge potential!!! they are little better than the navistars but the 7.3 was a damn good engine as well..but don't forget the first 4 years of the duramax were plagued with cracking injector cups and other various expensive injector issues.

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You obviously don't own an lb7 with shot injectors? Or an LLY that overheats?

 

I agree because I own one myself they are a great machine! with huge potential!!! they are little better than the navistars but the 7.3 was a damn good engine as well..but don't forget the first 4 years of the duramax were plagued with cracking injector cups and other various expensive injector issues.

 

 

Correct, I own an LMM, I have a 2008... Still waiting for a complaint with my 2008.. Brother-n-law has a LB7 with 160K on it, zero problems, when do those issues show up? My brother has a LMM, of course with no issues, that's why I got my 2008. Confirmed awesome truck.

 

My 09 6.4L was plagued with issues from the first month and the 5sp tranny still sucked. I haven't towed with the 6.7, probably never will.

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Correct, I own an LMM, I have a 2008... Still waiting for a complaint with my 2008.. Brother-n-law has a LB7 with 160K on it, zero problems, when do those issues show up? My brother has a LMM, of course with no issues, that's why I got my 2008. Confirmed awesome truck.

 

My 09 6.4L was plagued with issues from the first month and the 5sp tranny still sucked. I haven't towed with the 6.7, probably never will.

 

You are right, the lmm's are pretty solid once deleted. DPF and EGR free they will run forever. The LB7's are a ticking time bomb, some have injector issues at 100k or earlier some go over 200. BUT they WILL fail someday, you can count on it. It's obvious when they go too, lots of white smoke, Fuel in the crank case and bad fuel knocking.

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