Maintenance question
Bleed Ford Blue
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From: Anchorage Alaska
Haha, No offense taken, It was actually a funny deal. The night before I made a late night drive (2am) it was late fall so the temps were in the 20's but no snow yet. Got home that night and parked it, next day I remote started it and heard a "POP" right after it started and watched the belt hit the ground. Pulled it 20ft into the garage and went and bought a belt.
Typically I pay closer attention to this type of thing, in 2013 my '98 Expedition lost it's factory alternator at 88k miles about .5 miles from home btw. I pulled the old alternator off and inspected the belt which was cracked to heck so I replaced it at the same time.
Before any road trip I give whatever vehicle it is a very good look over, many places in AK don't have cell reception so you need to be self sufficient and try not to have any break downs if at all possible, AAA is not just a phone call away.
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Interestingly, after reading this thread, I looked up what the Owner's Manual had to say. The manual says to inspect the belt at 100,000 miles and to replace at 150,000 miles. Obviously, I'm not saying to do this, but just relaying what my Owner's Manual suggested.
Also, I could find only one belt shown in the Owner's Manual for the 3.5L EB or any other engine.
Also, I could find only one belt shown in the Owner's Manual for the 3.5L EB or any other engine.
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Haha, No offense taken, It was actually a funny deal. The night before I made a late night drive (2am) it was late fall so the temps were in the 20's but no snow yet. Got home that night and parked it, next day I remote started it and heard a "POP" right after it started and watched the belt hit the ground. Pulled it 20ft into the garage and went and bought a belt.
Typically I pay closer attention to this type of thing, in 2013 my '98 Expedition lost it's factory alternator at 88k miles about .5 miles from home btw. I pulled the old alternator off and inspected the belt which was cracked to heck so I replaced it at the same time.
Before any road trip I give whatever vehicle it is a very good look over, many places in AK don't have cell reception so you need to be self sufficient and try not to have any break downs if at all possible, AAA is not just a phone call away.
Typically I pay closer attention to this type of thing, in 2013 my '98 Expedition lost it's factory alternator at 88k miles about .5 miles from home btw. I pulled the old alternator off and inspected the belt which was cracked to heck so I replaced it at the same time.
Before any road trip I give whatever vehicle it is a very good look over, many places in AK don't have cell reception so you need to be self sufficient and try not to have any break downs if at all possible, AAA is not just a phone call away.
I've been lucky to have a distributor go out in my driveway, but most other things seem to choose somewhere less opportune.
Bleed Ford Blue
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Anchorage Alaska
it's all about luck! I was on my way home from a 1200 mile round trip north in my 00 Excursion. 75 miles from home on the way back the battery light came on. I turned everything off electrical I could. Made it home on the battery, pulled in my garage. Replaced the alternator and it had enough juice to start up! Talk about lucky!
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it's all about luck! I was on my way home from a 1200 mile round trip north in my 00 Excursion. 75 miles from home on the way back the battery light came on. I turned everything off electrical I could. Made it home on the battery, pulled in my garage. Replaced the alternator and it had enough juice to start up! Talk about lucky!
The idiot light wasn't on so I didn't know.
Drove it to the alternator shop, yanked the alternator, and tossed the V-belt in the trunk. Drove home on battery (NOW the idiot light is on), drove back a few hours later when it was rebuilt (and upgraded), slapped it in and went on my way. Soooo lucky I had a good battery.
Those were the days, when you actually met the guy that put your alternator together.
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