Mass/ct area. Only thing about the 7.3's around here is the bed and the quarters are usually dieing of cancer. Ya that's not bad at all my buddys trying to sell his 05 reg cab 2wd 6.0 to buy a Duramax.

He went to a dealer to trade it in for an lbz, the guy saw the egr cooler delete and said he wouldn't go near it with a ten foot pole.

The truck is bulletproofed and ready to go if you know anyone 13k around 101000 on it. Burgundy.

My rough guess around 5 grand.

That all depends, how savy are you with tools? If you take it to a shop, head studs and new gaskets alone are gonna run almost $3k, and they won't check the heads unless you tell them to (and ultimately pay them to). If you're cool with that, everything else can be done in your driveway on a Saturday (EGR upgrade/delete, if you want to upgrade your oil cooler, coolant filter installs in about 5 minutes etc.) Now if you have a decent socket set, screwdrivers, wrenches and a torque wrench, you can do the studs yourself, I recommend bagging and labeling group bolts (intake, turbo, yadda yadda yadda). There are a couple full on DIY write ups on the org that go into parts lists as well (stand pipes have a bad habit of coming apart so buy the one piece), I'll see if I can find one of the threads for you

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Found a couple for you.

DIY, In Cab HGs & ARPs - Ford Powerstroke Diesel Forum

Head gasket and stud install - Ford Powerstroke Diesel Forum

MKM Customs - Engine Components

Pick your kit, can even get one with an SCT. For a shop to do this is going to be mucho expensivo! When mine pops a gasket, I'll be doing it this way.

Do you one better:

Head Gasket Install Complete Kit, Ford 6.0L
2007-UP 6.0L Professional Package - OEM Oil Filter
Semi Bullet Proof Package (you choose either a delete cooler or an upgrade for emissions checked trucks)

Those 3 packages will give you EVERYTHING (minus oil and coolant) that you need to stud your heads and take care of the EGR problem, also recommend getting a coolant filter so that new oil cooler you drop in doesn't get plugged again

6.0L Powerstroke Diesel Coolant Filter Kit Sinister Diesel
OR
Ford 6.0L Powerstroke Diesel Coolant Filter Kit

All in all, you will have a solid truck that is ready to make some serious power for less than a shop will charge you for just the stud job

Judging by the lack of an oil cooler, those Bullet Proof pkgs look more for preventative studding than corrective (ie after you've blown an HG). If you've got the time/money and want to run a hot tune, it looks like a good idea.

I love 6.0 trucks...they keep us and tons of other shops rolling in the book hours lol. With the basic fixes their ok... just like any other mechanical item ...they fail.

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i love mine too:choochoo:

The biggest issue with a 6.0, regardless of year, is the lack of quality shops who are able to actually diagnose without throwing tons of parts at it.

I agree. It took me quite some time to learn them. And I threw my fair share of parts in the process. They can be a challenge for those used to conventional diesel engine diagnoses. One issue is techs are nervous to explain that diagnoses charges are hard to quote and it may take a few hours to perform a test such as internal oil leaks.

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