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Old Oct 8, 2020 | 08:09 PM
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Sorry if Im on the wrong website, I have a 2021 Holiday Rambler 35K with V8 7.3. Gas. I bought new, put 1000 miles and got a flashing eng light
It has been in shop for 2 months saying the spark plug wires are not available. Wondering if Im going to have problems waiting for parts all the time.
Motorhome is brand new but Im not felling good about this engine driving from Oklahoma to Washington state with grandkids. Thanks for any advice.
 
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Old Oct 8, 2020 | 08:33 PM
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Sorry you are having this issue. However, you are not alone:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...n-issue-2.html

Have you spoken to anyone beyond dealership personnel?
 
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Old Oct 9, 2020 | 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by bobfarns
Sorry if Im on the wrong website, I have a 2021 Holiday Rambler 35K with V8 7.3. Gas. I bought new, put 1000 miles and got a flashing eng light
It has been in shop for 2 months saying the spark plug wires are not available. Wondering if Im going to have problems waiting for parts all the time.
Motorhome is brand new but Im not felling good about this engine driving from Oklahoma to Washington state with grandkids. Thanks for any advice.
Sorry for your problems but the 7.3 appears to be a good solid motor and the wires are a part that is supplied by someone besides Ford and with this virus thing going on the strangest things are in short supply. Your motorhome is a 2021 but I'm sure it's a 2020 chassis and if you are looking for motor specific parts try looking for 2020 F350 parts. I searched and at this time the plug wires are OEM only but when I used google came up with a few Ford dealerships that listed them so if you need your rig now you may try and order them from another dealership. Dealerships can be kind of funny about going out of their way for something they didn't sell.

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Old Oct 10, 2020 | 08:14 PM
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Plug wires.... go figure. The supply chain will catch up, this should be a very short term problem.
 
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Old Nov 21, 2020 | 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by bobfarns
Sorry if Im on the wrong website, I have a 2021 Holiday Rambler 35K with V8 7.3. Gas. I bought new, put 1000 miles and got a flashing eng light
It has been in shop for 2 months saying the spark plug wires are not available. Wondering if Im going to have problems waiting for parts all the time.
Motorhome is brand new but Im not felling good about this engine driving from Oklahoma to Washington state with grandkids. Thanks for any advice.
Thank COVID shutdowns impacting a lot of suppliers.
 
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Old Nov 21, 2020 | 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by bobfarns
Sorry if Im on the wrong website, I have a 2021 Holiday Rambler 35K with V8 7.3. Gas. I bought new, put 1000 miles and got a flashing eng light
It has been in shop for 2 months saying the spark plug wires are not available. Wondering if Im going to have problems waiting for parts all the time.
Motorhome is brand new but Im not felling good about this engine driving from Oklahoma to Washington state with grandkids. Thanks for any advice.
Same plug wire for all cylinders. Why are you replacing all the wires? Seems unlikely that all are bad.
 
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Old Nov 21, 2020 | 06:37 PM
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Have them build your set Of replacement wires

https://www.holley.com/blog/post/how...rk_plug_wires/
 
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Old Nov 22, 2020 | 04:24 PM
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Smile Look at this They seem to have the wires

https://www.carid.com/2020-ford-f-25...parentsubmodel=ENGINE|7.3L
 
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