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Old 09-09-2014, 02:35 AM
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Home Safe!!! so happy to be back in clean Alaskan air!
our air is superior your saying ?
 
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Old 09-09-2014, 03:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Skip1970
our air is superior your saying ?

very much so...smells like home! also "cleaner" lol


Felt so good to drive one of my trucks after having the mustang for 3 days. 435 miiles and 18.5 gallons of gas comes out to 23ish MPG? Pretty dang good i think and i have to say that 3.7 V6 did have some get up and go...sport mode helped also
 
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Old 09-09-2014, 05:50 AM
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New wheels and tires finally!!!



















THAT, is a good looking truck my friend!! Now I know what mine would look like with black wheels. Thanks!
 
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Old 09-09-2014, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by AlaskanEx
very much so...smells like home! also "cleaner" lol
You ain't smelt you some Texas air...

You don't know clean, the smell of home, and the smell of Freedom till you smell in some Texas air.
 
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Old 09-09-2014, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Toreador_Diesel
You ain't smelt you some Texas air...

You don't know clean, the smell of home, and the smell of Freedom till you smell in some Texas air.
Man that Texas air is the best said everyone ever! But then I moved to Virginia and started hiking.... 8 miles up and I get this:


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My little girl loves it


Sorry Texas, but I'm a changed man. Virginia has been good to me and I'm not coming back. I love her and she loves me, she treats me right. The traffic is better, the people are nicer... and the air is the cleanest out of all 50 states. This graph below shows it in detail and is scientifically accurate:


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Old 09-09-2014, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Toreador_Diesel
You ain't smelt you some Texas air...

You don't know clean, the smell of home, and the smell of Freedom till you smell in some Texas air.
When the wind is just right from the dairy farm down the road, it smells just like Texas air around here sometimes.
 
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Old 09-09-2014, 07:57 AM
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I also found this on the Ford website so I thought I would share... who's the dummy now



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Old 09-09-2014, 08:10 AM
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i dont miss my 5.4...i got 11mpg towing this with quite a few grades. same as my 5.4 got empty. and there was 4 of us in the cab and probably an extra 1500 of pulling weight onboard

 
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Old 09-09-2014, 08:20 AM
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Somehow I have a feeling those graphs are a little skewed and biased
 
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Old 09-09-2014, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Apocalypse
Man that Texas air is the best said everyone ever! But then I moved to Virginia and started hiking.... 8 miles up and I get this:







My little girl loves it


Sorry Texas, but I'm a changed man. Virginia has been good to me and I'm not coming back. I love her and she loves me, she treats me right. The traffic is better, the people are nicer... and the air is the cleanest out of all 50 states. This graph below shows it in detail and is scientifically accurate:


Awesome cliff! Virginia is for Lovers - haha
 
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Old 09-09-2014, 10:58 AM
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So, what did I do to the X today?
Oh yeah, I drove it and it's AMAZING! Kinda feel bad for people that don't own at least one of them.
 
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Old 09-09-2014, 12:44 PM
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So, what did I do to the X today?
Oh yeah, I drove it and it's AMAZING! Kinda feel bad for people that don't own at least one of them.
Same here, but I got to go on the highway! I almost never (like once a month if that) have a need to and I got the slightest bit of road noise from my tires!!! I know it's an extremely little thing (31's) compared to you guys but I felt 50 feet tall I also took some new pictures since I decided (well the wife did) that I should ditch the running boards.


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Old 09-09-2014, 12:59 PM
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Same here, but I got to go on the highway! I almost never (like once a month if that) have a need to and I got the slightest bit of road noise from my tires!!! I know it's an extremely little thing (31's) compared to you guys but I felt 50 feet tall I also took some new pictures since I decided (well the wife did) that I should ditch the running boards.
Put some Amps on there if you can't decide.
 
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Old 09-09-2014, 01:29 PM
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Ended up pulling the foglights off so I could bake them to open em up and clean them out. Hit a massive puddle that blew out both the bulbs so I had glass, sediment and condensation in the bulbs. The little bulb shrouds had also broken off and were bouncing around inside the reflector. A bit of a tedious PITA to do with the bumper on. I just took the brackets off the bumper then manipulated them around to get the foglights off the brackets ( two plastic push tabs and the adjustment screw per light), then the housing can get removed through the lower grill opening. Not having a front plate helps immensely.

For future reference in case anyone wants to do the same, 180* for 13 minutes works well for loosening the OEM sealant (rubber butyl I believe?). Used a few small flat head screwdrivers to leverage under the lense and pry it up, gotta work fast because the sealant sets back up very quickly. Washed out with soap and water, air dried, and threw some desiccant behind the reflector (some careful prying required) and resealed with RTV Blue and done.
 
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Old 09-09-2014, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Toreador_Diesel
You ain't smelt you some Texas air...

You don't know clean, the smell of home, and the smell of Freedom till you smell in some Texas air.
That was good, I needed a laugh like that

I don't even have to get out of the truck to have an amazing view of Gods Country. This works well for me because Hiking...or physical activity period are not high on my list

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