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You will have a very difficult time convincing TDR members of the merit of Furd diesels or trucks. Perhaps you are on the wrong website
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There are alot of members. Not all, or even a vast majority, surely believe that Ford trucks are complete and total trash in every aspect. I've seen alot of posts of people here wishing they had the SuperDuty body-frame with the 5.9L Cummins. Each brand is respectful in their own way.
If a person chose a Ford Triton engine, and removed the plugs soon thereafter, lightly coated the plug threads with never-seize, and retorqued them to 13ft-lbs...you'd never have a problem. When people leave them in the engine for 100K and never touch them...its no suprise they are seized. Just as with ANY aluminum head with spark plugs, foreign or domestic, car or truck. Ford should add an antiseize step upon assembly. I did on my fire departments V10 F550 utility truck when it had 8 miles on it. Took 30 minutes, no special tools.
And further...the position of the plugs in the head, being down in a hole and all, is NOT an issue. They are easy to access from the top of the engine without anything more than a socket extension. Dodge 4.7L Magnum has the same plug position. The Hemi is similiar except for specific position of the plug, and you have double the chances of a stuck plug (16 plugs).
To further throw gas on the fire, the 6.0L Powerstroke is not a horrible engine. Its actually a decent engine if you remove the EGR setup and let it breathe, and a couple of things like that. Its not my first choice...but if I had one, I feel it could be made to work well. Many do. (flame suit on)