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6.7 Diesel spy pictures from spoon feeding school
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Step 1: Push the obsolete Navistar engines in the corner and don't look back. 6.4 on the left, 6.0 on the right Below are a few pics of the new Ford engineered and...
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Ford motors built like crap?!?
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I just came in from the garage, changed the oil on my dad's 2005 Ford Escape. It's got 51K miles on the odo. The engine is a 6-cylinder transverse-mounted thingamajig.
A few thoughts and notes...
First of all, the quality and strength of the castings (example: the oilpan) are NOTHING near as good a...
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Swap a Diesel 6.0 PowerStroke for a Gasoline 351 Winsdor?
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I just got back from checking out a sweet ass deal on a 1996 F250 351W 4X4 truck with a cracked frame. Outside the frame it has LOTS of good parts on it, so I figure I should buy it regardless as Ford Truck parts have ALWAYS sold like hot cakes. Been awhile since I been behind the wheel of a Gasoline truck. It h...
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Ford recalls Windstar vans over axle corrosion
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WASHINGTON Ford says it is recalling 575,000 older model Windstar vans in the United States and Canada over concerns that the rear axles can corrode and potentially break. The recall covers vehicles in the model years 1998 to 2003 sold in states where the heavy use of road salt can cause more corrosio...
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Ford F250 6.4 Diesel
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Code 2002 dont know what to do
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My truck
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My truck is super badass. With my malibu in the driveway beside my pickup, my driveweay is currently the resting place for approximately 1150 horsepower.
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Anti-Theft deactivation for 98 sable
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is there a way to deactivate anti-theft on a 98 sable, lost transponder for in key. need help. please respond.
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vt365 vs 6.0 injector harness 04-07
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Can anyone tell me if the 04-07 6.0 and vt365 harness are the sameThey both use the same Ficm module and Injectors and my part number is 1839834C91 the 6.0 number is1843796C92 the dealership cannot tell me if they are interchangeable
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Things could get interesting in PowerStroker's shop
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The union contract is almost expired. Tomorrow we see the new proposal, Friday we vote to accept it, or strike. I'll keep you posted. It is really nice weather for a strike though! It may be fun to sit by the highway with picket signs and beer and watch car accidents all day until ownership realizes w...
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PowerStroke Diesel louder than a Boeing 777
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Tonight I was driving home and was at a stoplight. A newish Ford F350 Super Duty pulled up beside my 560SEC, on the left side. It had a large "PowerStroke V8" badge on the front fender. The thing was not only extremely loud, but it whined like a jet airliner. As we pulled away from the light, I...
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Stuck in low range 4X4 ! Ford Truck Powerstroke F250 Super Duty.
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Well as fate would have it, after all this going on, my damn truck got stuck in 4 wheel low yesterday and would not come out. Yes just minutes after ordering some Chineese take out I realized that going over 25 MPH was just not going to happen without screwing up the drivetrain. Had to run home and grab the B...
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Ford Truck SD Powerstroke Fuel Injector Rebuild
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I have several good cores for the 2003 6.0 Powestroke Turbo Diesel engine. I have been looking at them and seriously considering what it would take to rebuild them. I have seen a company by the name of Pensicola Diesel that rebuilds these injectors and also offers ones that are rated at a higher horsepo...
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MUH BIG BAD FORD POWERSTROKE DIESEL PICK-UP TRUCK! C'MON!
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Well I figured I have bitched enough about these trucks to where I can finally start telling people the GOOD things that I have noticed about the Ford F250 PowerStroke Super Duty. For starters my wife absolutly loves the thing. Hell my wife is half German and she would rather drive this big old truck tha...
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FORD TRUCK PHOTO GALLERY! Show us your rides!
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This thread is for everyone to post photos of their rides. Feel free to upload photos and tell us about your truck! Welcome to the Ford Truck Forum on WWW.AUTOTREND.US!
Here are some photos of my truck Found Off Road Dead. [img]http://www.auto...
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At spoonfeeding school again...
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Well the time has come again for me to continue my education in order to remain warranty certified, this time in Gas Drivability. The new course they added to the curriculum is for Gasoline turbocharged direct injected engines, or "ecoboost" as Ford calls it. This one won't be as big a d...
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2004 - Up 3 Valve Triton V8 engines found in F-150 have Spark Plugs that break off due to poor design by Fords
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I been getting reports about the newer 2004-up 3 valve Triton V8 engines having a problem with the spark plugs getting seized in the head. Due to a poor design they break the lower electrode and then stay lodged into the bore. This is not the first time I have heard about them being a problem, and while I ha...
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Supercharged 5.4 liter SVT Lightning?!
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Had a customer bring in a newer 2001 Ford Lightning the other day. At first I thought he just stuck a Lightning badge on it, as I was sure the only lightning's that Ford made were he 1990's with the 351 GT40 equipped engines. He looked at me like I was an idiot and said "Son, this sucker has a superchar...
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New emissions standards...
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The 2010 model year is going to introduce us to some significant changes in diesel engine technology.... Perhaps out host and moderator can start us o0ff on a meaningful discussion of some of the changes we are going to see in the near future... partiucularly in the area of urea injection and how this w...
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Government to propose truck fuel efficiency rules!
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Thanks to liberal retards like our friend PowerStroker, we will now have the government telling us what kind of trucks to drive! Gone will be the days of REAL TRUCKS, and soon it's possible that the heavy duty trucks will be Toyotas. Here is an article for everyone to read, thank Big Government advocat...
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Ford's PATs - Passive Anti-Theft System Information.
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Many Ford trucks, vans and suvs use PATs (passive anti-theft) keys. These keys prevent someone from copying your key to a blank and using the blank. There is a small chip in the key which the vehicle must recognize before it will start. PATS is Ford Motor Company's passive anti theft system. In 1996...
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A bad customer got owned this week at PowerStroker's dealership
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This actually happened this week. Words can't do this story justice, so I made another Xtranormal vid, Enjoy:
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Wire Harness woes F250 6.0 PowerStroke.
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Got a good guy I been working with who is being told his wire harness is bad on his F250 Diesel PowerStroke 6.0. The production date of the truck is 7/03. I have a unit from one produced in 5/03 but he is claiming that our harness has one more plug, and no provisions for the fuel heater. The guy is really cool,...
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Ford Diesel Scorpion Engine EXPLODES!
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Check this out! What a pisser!
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ASE Recertification
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Well, 5 years have gone by, and the time has come for PowerStroker to re-certify in all 8 automotive sections and L1 (Advanced Drivability) for ASE. I absolutely HATE ASE tests, I don't feel the questions are written by competent people, nor do I think that just because someone passes them makes...
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A technical question for Rex...
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Rex, One of the guys I work with just did, what I feel is a piss poor repair to a customer vehicle. I have a feeling the repair won't last, and I stated my concerns to him, but they fell on deaf ears. I was thinking to myself that "Even REX would know better than that." And was wondering if you co...
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I have a good buzz going!
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Hey Rex, It's Memorial weekend and I have 3 days off. I have already started the traditional heavy drinking, and feel quite mellow and fuzzy right now. Anything you wanna try being wrong about while I'm in this condition?
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Monster F350 Super Duty
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Well I come across this MONSTER F350 truck that was pretty interesting. I took photos of how this guy managed to lift up his truck and I was pretty impressed with the hardware. Looks like they totally did away with the gear box and they have a hydrolic ram similar to the ones found on the old Mavricks! Cust...
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Ford 5R110 Torqshift Automatic Transmission
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Depending on how things go this summer I am seriously getting excited about getting my F250 back together. I sure hope I dont have to run the truck up the banks ass, but after that tree fell on it, and my little off-road problems the shoe is now on the other foot. Just wondering what it will take to mate a 5R1...
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1989 F-250 4X4 loose steering
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I just completed a COMPLETE PITA of a job...upper and lower ball joints, all u-joints on front axle, rotors and pads, bearings, seals, everything form the pitman arm out to the knuckles is new as well. I've had the allignment adjusted 3 times in the last 2 weeks and it still floats. I'm not afraid to tel...
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Poor PowerStroker
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I was reduced to Gasoline engine work recently. Here are some pics of a 2005 5.4 3v Lincoln Navigator short block replacement I had to do. It had over 100K on it, but Ford paid for it because it was the result of a stuck open injector which hydro locked cylinder 7 and caused it to throw a rod through the b...
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