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Charlie don't surf wrote:

Orange wrote:I hear Ford techs saying the same thing about GM's... Whats funnier is that I hear Chrysler techs saying the same thing about GM's too, LOL Must be a trend,

Any any one tech that can wrench one brand, can do another- unless it's a german car

Ya, but they convince themselves that one is better than the other especially the ones at the dealership... Of which some of those people I'm scared to let touch my cars.

My best friend is a diesel tech at a general garage... Fords rule and he hates working on anything else and he has all the same reasons the GM fans and the Chrysler fans have about their non favorites..

I am personally a Ford fan myself, I have 3 of them... And since we didn't have to bail them out, I will continue to be a Ford fan!

Orange wrote:

Charlie don't surf wrote:

Orange wrote:I hear Ford techs saying the same thing about GM's... Whats funnier is that I hear Chrysler techs saying the same thing about GM's too, LOL Must be a trend,

Any any one tech that can wrench one brand, can do another- unless it's a german car

Ya, but they convince themselves that one is better than the other especially the ones at the dealership... Of which some of those people I'm scared to let touch my cars.

My best friend is a diesel tech at a general garage... Fords rule and he hates working on anything else and he has all the same reasons the GM fans and the Chrysler fans have about their non favorites..

I am personally a Ford fan myself, I have 3 of them... And since we didn't have to bail them out, I will continue to be a Ford fan!

Damn strait fords rule! I have had my truck for 12 years 250,000 miles on it. Never let me down untill now and its not Fords fault the heater core went bad. And far as not having to bailout ford I couldnt agree more! Im confident that if it wasnt for it over heating I could have gotten well over 300,000 on it. I still might yet!

rc10johnny wrote:Reset the computer,take the pos cable off for three mins,see if it resets....JohnnySr

I tried it didnt work I am starting to think it maybe a vacum leak from were I put a thermastat in it smells very rich.

Does it have the plastic intake manifold? If so, I wouldn't be surprised if it was cracked. I had a 97 Tbird with the 4.6 and there was a recall to replace the intakes due to cracking. It made it run similar to what you're describing.

No its not plastic. I had to take it all off though to put the T-Stat in it so im starting to think I missed something. I was only hot for a minute or two so I really dont think it something serious I could be wrong though.

Well I had to buy a new engine for it today, $2500 bucks oh well still cheaper than paying 40k for a new truck.

so what was the major malfunction with the old one?

Todd

Cracked head I just figured with all the miles it had this was my best bet to buy an engine with 0 miles.

F150

There's your problem!

well it made it alot further than I thought it would before someone thru a shot at the fords

Todd

slotcarrod wrote:F150

There's your problem!

HA! HA! HA! Thats all I will ever buy I have never I mean never had any trouble with any ford I have ever owned. Well till now that is

rhino1 wrote:Well I had to buy a new engine for it today, $2500 bucks oh well still cheaper than paying 40k for a new truck.

Damn straight, at least the 150's don't have the ball joint and pitman arm issues that the 250/350's have.

Charlie don't surf wrote:

rhino1 wrote:Well I had to buy a new engine for it today, $2500 bucks oh well still cheaper than paying 40k for a new truck.

Damn straight, at least the 150's don't have the ball joint and pitman arm issues that the 250/350's have.

I take it you had problems with yours? 250,000 miles still on the original ball joints on mine. Its still as tight as the day I bought it.

No more Fords for me unless I was to ever score a real nice fox body Cobra. Had a '97 SHO that was a never ending problem. Almost all of the 96-99 SHO's had a cam gear failure that Ford never acknowledged and should've been a recall. Kind of a one off motor I realize, but was never acknowledged as a failure even after a class action lawsuit. I'm sure the other big 2 would probably do the same. Lesson learned not to get a one off model car.

Sounds like you got a good deal on a zero mileage motor Rhino.

askbob wrote:No more Fords for me unless I was to ever score a real nice fox body Cobra. Had a '97 SHO that was a never ending problem. Almost all of the 96-99 SHO's had a cam gear failure that Ford never acknowledged and should've been a recall. Kind of a one off motor I realize, but was never acknowledged as a failure even after a class action lawsuit. I'm sure the other big 2 would probably do the same. Lesson learned not to get a one off model car.

Sounds like you got a good deal on a zero mileage motor Rhino.

Thats nice to know we bought a 2011 SHO 6 months ago I hope we dont run into anything like that. Ya I got a pretty good deal on the engine it came from Jasper Engines I have some family that work their.