Winter 14/2015 General BS Thread
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Yeah in the Grand Marquis it's even worse, from what I've seen the entire dash has to come out. Definitely not something I want to screw with in my driveway, with not even a carport or a good shade tree. lol Closest thing I got is some gigantic butterfly bush my mom planted a long time ago lol
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Glad to hear you are doing well and healing up Bob. Enjoy the buzz.
Now that's a scary thought. 
Hope you get your ride fixed. I had a plug blow out on our old ford van. The typical 5.4 liter issue. Steel block, aluminium heads and loose plug. I got it heli-coiled and found it a new zip code.
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Hope you get your ride fixed. I had a plug blow out on our old ford van. The typical 5.4 liter issue. Steel block, aluminium heads and loose plug. I got it heli-coiled and found it a new zip code.
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down side the helicoil repair doesnt stop it from happening again.. quite a few of my friends had it happen again after having it fixed.. same cyls too..
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Right, I have been reading another thread on FTE about the issue, and it seems the general consensus is Ford has no clue how tight the plugs should be anyway, and there are some reporting excellent results with 25-30ft lb on the plugs, even with the helicoil kit installed. I have little doubt it will happen again, as it seems to be more design flaw than anything at this point. However, being able to fix it for a few bucks a time (after i get the initial investment of the kit anyway) is a lot better than having the car down for a week while the heads are ripped off and drilled out and all that jazz, not to mention the money that entails.
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Right, I have been reading another thread on FTE about the issue, and it seems the general consensus is Ford has no clue how tight the plugs should be anyway, and there are some reporting excellent results with 25-30ft lb on the plugs, even with the helicoil kit installed. I have little doubt it will happen again, as it seems to be more design flaw than anything at this point. However, being able to fix it for a few bucks a time (after i get the initial investment of the kit anyway) is a lot better than having the car down for a week while the heads are ripped off and drilled out and all that jazz, not to mention the money that entails.
exactly.. i dont even bother with torquing them myself... every time i have tried i just end up snapping the plugs in half... so i just crank them down till their snug tight.. seems to work..
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Nice dude. I just have the most basic of hand tools at the moment, only time I've ever used a torque wrench was in auto tech classes. Me and my dad replaced many a plug and bolt never worrying with the specific torque, so old habits die hard lol
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i use to be a mechanic.. so some of the tools are from back then.. others are ones ive collected over time.. the 3/4 tq wrench came from a needing to set a wheel bearing nut.. ones on the mustang are spec'd to be tqed to 256lbs... so figured thats an important bearing lets keep it on the car lol...only other ones i worry about are when im messing with drive train stuff, installing pullies or re-assembling the engines.. outside of that i couldnt care...
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From: NC Mountains
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No, plenty of guys run em on 350s with just a trimmed bumper. If I don't like the way it looks I will either do an add-a-leaf or maybe a 2" RSK.
I like the big tire with minimum lift look. I never liked huge lifts.
I like the big tire with minimum lift look. I never liked huge lifts.