Morning all, stupid question to start off the morning. I just took delivery of a 2022 7.3L F-350 Lariat Ultimate CCLB. Ordered June 18th, took delivery 11/2. First Ford.. ever.. after owning nothing but Chevy's for years. Final straw with Chevy was my 2015 2500HD, needed a transmission after 49,000 miles. With truck prices the way they were this summer, I didn't lose a dime on the Silverado. So far, loving the power of the 7.3L. Not as happy with the road manners, but the truck still needs broken in. This forum has been great for information so far!

On to the stupid question - the truck didn't come with a binder/case for the owners manuals. I was surprised that a 70k truck didn't include a simple plastic or vinyl pouch to put the important paperwork/pamphlets in. What do you all do with you books? Anything aftermarket I can order? I took a quick look on Amazon, and it mostly seemed like junk. I don't wan to just toss in the glove box loose.

Thanks!

 

I used an old 8" Kindle/tablet case. It's padded and has a zipper. It holds all the manuals and documents I want to keep in the truck. I also took it out of the glove compartment and put it under the back seat in a compartment I made. Of all the things I keep in the truck, the owners manual seems to be used the least. With the protection provided by the tablet case I think the manuals will be fine back there for years. The tablet case is the black thing on the left end of the storage bin.

DIY storage area. $15 and 1 hours work.

 

I just keep my manuals in the glovebox and download the manual on my phone and computer for easy search access.

 

same here....download manuals for all of my equipment onto my phone. It's always with me, so I have instant searchable access.

 

What do all these abbreviations mean? CCLB, CCLS, etc etc etc???

 

Crew Cab, Long Bed - CCLB
Crew Cab, Standard bed - CCSB

 

ahh, ok. Lol

well in that case I have a CCLB dually. 🤣 thank you!

 

Helm sells the portfolio, that Ford used to provide, for $10 + $7.95 handling. I purchased one. If you search, there is a post that includes the Helm part number.

 

You cab buy the Ford portfolio for your owner's manual at HelmInc.com

EDIT TO ADD: Someone else beat me to it, but what happened to the "Delete post" option?

 

Thanks, I wasn't using the word portfolio so my searches weren't finding much. This is exactly what I was looking for!

 

I heard about the new trucks not coming with the manual binder/case before my new one arrived and traded in my old. So I just kept the manual binder/case from my old truck for the new one.

 

What you landed on is a transition year. They used to come with a sleeve to hold all the paper work. Heck my 21 came with a sleeve. The 22 is a half step to the new way of doing things. The 2021 F150, comes with no paper manual as the manual is all in Sync 4. Since the 22 Super Duties are coming with Sync 4 (in most models), the manual is also in Sync 4. I assume they are including the paper version to cover their bases with the Sync 3 trucks. With that said, I would assume the 23s will not come with paper manuals at all.

 

I work in IT for a living. There are some things better left as paper/offline. Just wait until the first time a fuse goes out that takes out the Sync 4 display. I'll probably order one from the Helms site linked above. I appreciate that link. Just bothers me a bit on a truck like this they couldn't be bothered to toss a simple pouch in. My base model, no frills commuter Subaru WRX that cost less then half this truck had a nice leather stitched portfolio that had all the relevant literature neatly contained and seperated.

I thought it was bad when during delivery I popped the hood to make sure nothing obvious was out of place. The sales guy (who was probably in his 60s) was incredulous that a customer cared to even look under the hood in a 2022. He was telling me it used to be part of standard delivery that they showed customers how to open hood, and where the various caps, sticks, and fuses were. I've never been the "get off my lawn" type, but I think I'm getting closer!

 

I'm in the computer industry myself. The reality is that times are changing. If that fuse goes out and I cant get the manual on the sync 4 display, my cell phone will come out of my pocket and I will open the fordpass app which has it in it. This is a very common trend in the automotive industry. Kind of like spare tires disappearing from most new cars. Times are changing.

 

Silly reply alert:

I traded my ‘19 King Ranch 6.7 in for my ordered ‘22 Lariat 7.3 Tremor. I’m pretty OCD. So OCD, that I downloaded my manuals into Ford Pass as well as PDF file on my phone and left my manual with keypad code card in my home office. My dealer is a 2 hr hour drive away. The day I was there shuffling stuff to the new one after it arrived, I was embarrassed that I hadn’t remembered to get those out of my office (even OCD guys can forget things occasionally). He said not to sweat it. Well, I got home, saw no binder, then realized my old manuals were in that nice little folio. So, out with the old, in with the new! So I still have that snazzy Ford logo manual and yes, when doing maintenance at home, even as an engineer, I still grabbed the physical manuals. Yet, my snazzy Ford folio and manuals are safe right in my office where they always are when I want to see how to maintenance on the 7.3L engine.

As an aside, I have really liked the Ford Pass app for tracking and logging all maintenance, uploading receipts, etc. I had all of the maintenance logged on my ‘19 and the dealer actually asked me to transfer it to the new owner, which I was happy to do. Helps justify/prove things we’re done when doing some of that yourself. Most dealers don’t care, but mine appreciated it and gave me some extra stuff because of it.