Hello all. I'm new to the forum, but not new to Ford trucks, having owned a 1981 F-150 manual 351M, a 1997 F-250 (non-HD) 5.4L, and my new ride, a 2015 F-250 Crew Cab Platinum 6.2L, SB, 3.73 with all the bells and whistles - at my age, probably my last truck. I'm looking forward to getting good information here, and perhaps contributing a nugget or two of wisdom occasionally.

 

Welcome to the site

Tony

 

The stories we tell here are worth their weight in gold.


I have learned more here than anyplace else online

 

Welcome to the club

 

I can already appreciate that. There's nothing like getting the straight scoop from the actual end users of a product.

 

My Pop was an engineer, and I met several in the NAVY while I was on active duty.

THOSE are the people who design cars and trucks (not to mention airplanes)

I noticed I had to be very careful which end of a screwdriver I handed them, or they would claim it was improperly designed to fulfill its function...

Engineers also write service manuals


What you are getting here is from people who know what is really going on!


Funny - you would think that a small engine would have lots of room around it in a truck designed to accept a much larger engine in a different model.
It seems like the people who designed the V6 and I4 engines thought that "Since we have all this extra room - WHY DON'T WE CRAM IT FULL OF EXTRA STUFF?"


I dunno if it's just me, but it seems like the smaller the engine, the more difficult they are to work on - when it ought to be just the opposite.