Coolant Cavitation Question.
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Parts are slowly trickling in. I am hoping to get this done next weekend. We are headed to Chicago and would like to take the truck to see what highway mileage I can get out of it.
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While I am waiting for the last few parts to trickle in I was thinking. I have a pretty solid compliment of tools. But are there any speciality tools I need to worry about when tearing into the front end replacing all these parts?
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I know you said your parts are on the way, but the guys at Autonation Ford (formerly Tousley Ford), have by far the best prices on OEM parts that I have found. They shipped all of my stuff for $30 and it was a massive heavy box. I highly recommend them. Call and ask for Patrick
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yes the thing i usually run into is shipping gets out of hand if you order a lot of big stuff from Rock auto. i usually get a lot of stuff from them too but they were a lot higher in the end with shipping
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Ordered the new body bushing today as well. Went with the standard Daystar kit. Was happy to find out that all my bolts are accessible from the bottom. So hopefully I don’t have to pull the seat or anything.
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do not use an impact gun as that will push the nut plate retainers open and nut plates will spin. Use a long breaker bar and slowly apply continuous torque on the bolt heads .
if you spin a nut plate, tack weld the nut plate to the frame with a mig or stick welder.
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So just a few quick question in preparation for Wednesday.
For the thermostat housing and the water pump do you guys use a quality rtv along with the gasket or just the rubber gasket?
For the thermostat housing and the water pump do you guys use a quality rtv along with the gasket or just the rubber gasket?
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If done right...yes. Though the toughest ones will be the front 2. They're a bit hard to get to as well. I can tell you that 4 Wheel Parts just broke them and put in new ones...and didn't charge me any extra. I was all over them like a hawk for breaking bolts/mounting brackets already. I think it's just the easiest thing for them to do since they aren't lifting the cab completely off to do the work.
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If done right...yes. Though the toughest ones will be the front 2. They're a bit hard to get to as well. I can tell you that 4 Wheel Parts just broke them and put in new ones...and didn't charge me any extra. I was all over them like a hawk for breaking bolts/mounting brackets already. I think it's just the easiest thing for them to do since they aren't lifting the cab completely off to do the work.
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Well to keep an accurate measure of time I just came in finishing the job. By my calculation probably 10 hrs total. I did run into a couple issues so it went a little long. Pictures and dialogue to come tomorrow. I am beat. I only have 3 1/2 hrs before work alarm 