welcome to the forum! I picked up a very late 06 build 3.0 from a friend when it was down and out and not running 1.5 years ago.

I bought it with 115k on it, 157k now. Pretty much have revamped or replaced everything that was a wearable item haha.

My Subframe bushings were toast (and I have an auto) so that was one of the first things I did. For a truck that lives on NY roads, it gets beat up daily on the commute into the 5 boroughs, but with a complete suspension refresh (shocks and all) and every rotating item on the engine replaced and a fresh cooling system, I would like to see another 100k out of it. Flushed the trans once when I got it, and Im doing it again before we leave for VA in a few weeks.

Mine vibrates too, and I know my engine mounts are bad...those are on the to-do list next week to fix.

I also picked up an M56 valve cover to do the CCV conversion with and rip out all that stupid crap underneath the intake that plagues the straight 6 since back in the day.

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