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Toy hauler towing experience with a 1500

Discussion in 'General' started by MVA25, Jun 15, 2019.

  1. fastfreddie

    fastfreddie Midnight Oil Garage

    How many decades has that been going on now? :dead:
    :rolleyes:
     
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  2. ducnut

    ducnut Well-Known Member

    They recommend, but, don’t require. The knock and fuel sensors will take a read and pull timing out, if needed.

    The 3.6L in the Colorado sure shifts a lot. It didn’t annoy me and is probably something one just has to get used to, in new vehicles.
     
  3. NemesisR6

    NemesisR6 Gristle McThornbody

    2020 Ford Superduty is gonna have a 7.3L gasser V8 as an option......
     
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  4. turner38

    turner38 Well-Known Member

    It prefers premium but will run on 87, just hurts the mileage and power a little.
     
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  5. Phl218

    Phl218 .


    WTF?
     
  6. ChemGuy

    ChemGuy Harden The F%@# Up!

    Yes.
    Been that way for 20 years.
    Some say it's so the steering wheel/shaft will go to the side of a person on a bad front impact.

    I only noticed it in mine if I look for it. It's off by an inch or 2.
     
  7. Phl218

    Phl218 .


    how did @Gorilla George manage ownership of one of these ????
     
  8. rd49

    rd49 Well-Known Member

    He didn’t notice.
     
  9. turner38

    turner38 Well-Known Member

    Never has bothered me, it isn’t like it is a race seat and you are stuck in one place...
    It never even occurred to me to center my ass in the seat and fuss about where the steering wheel is. LOL
     
  10. ducnut

    ducnut Well-Known Member

    “Some” would be incorrect. It’s because the steering shaft is angled outward, away from the engine, for clearance. As it is, the whole engine assembly sits toward the passenger side, to clear the steering shaft and front driveshaft. Chevy owners who’ve experienced oiling issues know this. :D
     

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  11. ducnut

    ducnut Well-Known Member

    Backed by a 10-spd, that thing should paint stripes.
     
  12. fastfreddie

    fastfreddie Midnight Oil Garage

    Amazing.
    Now I'm beginning to wonder where the driver's pedals are in relation to the seat and wheel. No matter, I already asked the only question whose answer dictates whether a GM truck gets a nod of consideration from me for the last time...and it doesn't, still, after all these years of watching and waiting to see what GM's gonna do about it. Apparently, nothing...their customers are blind.
    :D
     
  13. TurboBlew

    TurboBlew Registers Abusers

    I would imagine some kind of flash box or programmer could take care of that. It did on my gas motorhome... now I can lug up hills as low as 1600 rpms in 6th gear. Also allowed the trans to shift into OD much earlier (~43mph) at part throttle.
     
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  14. I am glad nobody pointed that shit out to me when I had one.

    I never noticed it. Maybe because the only trucks ive ever owned were all GM (Escalade, Avalanche, Duramax). Ive never even sat in any other trucks to have anything to compare it to, so I never noticed it. It would have drove me batshit and I would have gotten rid of it.
     
  15. 713

    713 Well-Known Member

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  16. DWhyte91

    DWhyte91 Well-Known Member

    Only problem is that it would most likely void my warranty.
     
  17. Knotcher

    Knotcher Well-Known Member

    Fail.
     
  18. turner38

    turner38 Well-Known Member

    Wonder if this one will be a International....
     
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  19. MotoGP69

    MotoGP69 Well-Known Member

    I wish they’d hurry up and publish some specs for this thing already.
     
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  20. gapman789

    gapman789 Well-Known Member

    TFLnow (youtube channel) has a very good vid of the 7.3 gasser with the Ford engineer that designed it.
     

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