Believe it or not, every 45 seconds another vehicle is stolen in the United States. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) released a report identifying the 10 most stolen vehicles in the U.S. Full-size Ford pickups (half ton and up) have made it into the top five of the report for two years in a row. […] More »

We’re going to go over the rest of the components of the typical brake system from brake pedal to caliper. So far we covered the pedal, booster, master cylinder and the lines.  Here are the rest of the parts you need to know about and how they work. Calipers/Drums – Most modern Ford Trucks will […] More »

If there is one critical area you should never skimp out on, it’s your brake system. You depend on this to not only prepare for corners but for emergency stops so there is no reason you shouldn’t use quality components on this system. We’re going to go over the components of the typical brake system […] More »

While I enjoyed working at Ford, there were some challenges. Here is one episode that still has me shaking my head, and this happened 16 years ago! I was an engineering supervisor. I had 10 engineers reporting to me, all working on developing transmission calibrations (“tunes”) for a certain transmission family. About this time there […] More »

On the short list of trucks not likely to get the aluminum treatment from Ford in the near future are the F-650 and F-750 series trucks. Ford hasn’t left them untouched for 2016, however. Ford does things a little bit differently with their most super of Super Duties. The 2015 model F-650/750 is now available […] More »

Much like the new F-150, the F-650 and F-750 will be seeing improvements in powertrain, options, and designs for the 2015 Model Year trucks that will be available in spring 2014. Ford also released video on how the new Medium Duty F-Series trucks are being tested by a robotic driver on torture surfaces.

In a move that Mike Rowe would love, Ford has decided to move the production of Medium Duty F-Series trucks from Mexico to Ohio. This is great news for the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake since Ford will be discontinuing production of the E-Series vans, which are being replaced by the new 2015 Transit. […] More »