Tappet Covers for 6.0 Powerstroke

Ox · Jan 20, 2018

A recoil customer of mine just told me that he was interested in getting some valve covers for the 6.0 Powerstroke made up.

I told him that I was sure that someone out there already makes something like that, but he said "no".

So, I am double checking with y'all to see if that is true?
I mean heck, my Cummins' come stock with alum covers...

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Ox

paul39 · Jan 20, 2018

Ox said:
A recoil customer of mine just told me that he was interested in getting some valve covers for the 6.0 Powerstroke made up.

I told him that I was sure that someone out there already makes something like that, but he said "no".

So, I am double checking with y'all to see if that is true?
I mean heck, my Cummins' come stock with alum covers...

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Ox

If he has the money, paid up front, make him some billet titanium ones.

Time and materials, delivered when finished.

Edit: A quick look at Google:

6.L Aluminum Valve Covers

Paul

ewlsey · Jan 20, 2018

Seems like waste. You can't see the damn things anyway. The FICM, ECU, air intake, coolant expansion tank, glow plug controls, and several harnesses are all on top of the valve covers.

Ox · Jan 20, 2018

paul39 said:
If he has the money, paid up front, make him some billet titanium ones.

Time and materials, delivered when finished.

Edit: A quick look at Google:

6.L Aluminum Valve Covers

Paul

Yeah, those were the only ones that I found too, and ... those .... Well I bet it's hard to keep all that weld seam clean...

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Ox

Garwood · Jan 20, 2018

ewlsey said:
Seems like waste. You can't see the damn things anyway. The FICM, ECU, air intake, coolant expansion tank, glow plug controls, and several harnesses are all on top of the valve covers.

No shit! That was my first thought too.

The 6.0 is a pretty clean looking engine devoid of a fuel system, electronics and degas bottle.

Ox · Jan 20, 2018

IDK, maybe he's got it on a mini-rod?

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Chip Chester · Jan 21, 2018

But does he have a checkbook?

converterking · Jan 21, 2018

Chip Chester said:
But does he have a checkbook?

You should do it for free. Then everyone will like his and order a set. He will make you rich.

JLarsson · Jan 21, 2018

Garwood said:
No shit! That was my first thought too.

The 6.0 is a pretty clean looking engine devoid of a fuel system, electronics and degas bottle.

Yeah, but it don't run too well at that point.... :skep:

DJ Berg · Jan 21, 2018

Ox said:
A recoil customer of mine just told me that he was interested in getting some valve covers for the 6.0 Powerstroke made up.

I told him that I was sure that someone out there already makes something like that, but he said "no".

So, I am double checking with y'all to see if that is true?
I mean heck, my Cummins' come stock with alum covers...

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Think Snow Eh!
Ox

Google psp diesel 6.0 powerstroke aluminum valve covers, $675 and he can have a set, with a huge laser etched psp graphic.

Garwood · Jan 21, 2018

JLarsson said:
Yeah, but it don't run too well at that point....

That's my point! Navistar engineers went out of their way to make the 6.0 the biggest clusterfuck on the planet.

A 6.0 bare longblock looks like a decent design. Then put all the ancillary stuff on it that it requires to run along with 12,792 O-rings and specialized gaskets that seep and leak and you wonder if they ever stopped and said "What the fuck kind of abortion are we building here?" while designing it.

The first one I ever "Bulletproofed" I thought there was no way it was going to start after doing all that. I must have nicked an O-ring or forgot something somewhere. It did start after a bit of cranking. Then I discovered it needed injectors and got to take most of that stuff back off again.

DJ Berg · Jan 21, 2018

6 leakers are fun, but at least for me its not bad having jesse warren 20 min away.

JLarsson · Jan 21, 2018

Garwood said:
That's my point! Navistar engineers went out of their way to make the 6.0 the biggest clusterfuck on the planet.

A 6.0 bare longblock looks like a decent design. Then put all the ancillary stuff on it that it requires to run along with 12,792 O-rings and specialized gaskets that seep and leak and you wonder if they ever stopped and said "What the fuck kind of abortion are we building here?" while designing it.

The first one I ever "Bulletproofed" I thought there was no way it was going to start after doing all that. I must have nicked an O-ring or forgot something somewhere. It did start after a bit of cranking. Then I discovered it needed injectors and got to take most of that stuff back off again.

I've had one going on 5 years and 75,000 miles now. Had 80,000 on it when I got it. I replaced the oil cooler, deleted the EGR, installed an exhaust gas temperature gauge, did the blue spring upgrade on the fuel pressure regulator, and installed a coolant bypass filter. Over the course of the first three years, I had two injectors go out. Over the last three years I have been using Archoil additive every oil change (5,000 mile intervals). Resoldered the FICM once, then replaced it with a Bullet Proof. It's been pretty trouble-free except for when some ignoranus crashed into me a year ago.

Ox · Jan 21, 2018

JLarsson said:
I've had one going on 5 years and 75,000 miles now. Had 80,000 on it when I got it. I replaced the oil cooler, deleted the EGR, installed an exhaust gas temperature gauge, did the blue spring upgrade on the fuel pressure regulator, and installed a coolant bypass filter. Over the course of the first three years, I had two injectors go out. Over the last three years I have been using Archoil additive every oil change (5,000 mile intervals). Resoldered the FICM once, then replaced it with a Bullet Proof. It's been pretty trouble-free except for when some ignoranus crashed into me a year ago.

LOL!

My '99 Cummins has taken 1 injection pump and several lift pumps over <20 yrs and <300k miles.

My 2006 - not so good, and I've not even had it 3 yrs yet.
But it doesn't smoke when cold, so that is nice.

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Ox

ewlsey · Jan 21, 2018

Still looking for an engine that never needs any work...

Garwood · Jan 21, 2018

ewlsey said:
Still looking for an engine that never needs any work...

VE Pump Cummins.

ewlsey · Jan 21, 2018

Does it come with a belly pan for all the oil leaks?

JLarsson · Jan 21, 2018

Garwood said:
VE Pump Cummins.

Does it still come wrapped in a Dodge?

Ox · Jan 21, 2018

JLarsson said:
Does it still come wrapped in a Dodge?

Didn't have to.

It was available in the SuperDuty Ford pick-ups in the late 80's.

And yes - you are right - I did have to have a new oil pan put on it now that you mention it, compliments of ODOT and MDOT.
(and to a lesser degree - IDOT, IDOT, IDOT, NDOT, and MTO )

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Ox

Garwood · Jan 21, 2018

JLarsson said:
Does it still come wrapped in a Dodge?

Sometimes they do, but there are alternatives.

My VE Cummins is in my '04 F-350. It's a 2006 5.9 engine from a Komatsu excavator- Fomatsu.

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