Was it 2008 or 2009 that the 3V 4.6L was an option? If you've got the 3V you have a bit more engine than the famous 2V. Not that more engine makes up for not having a 3/4 ton but its a minor plus.

 

2008 is the two valve. Three valve didn’t come out until 2009.

 

2V is a great engine. Many of our sub contractors (plumbers, electricians, drywall) have the 2V in their vans that tow a tool trailer loaded out not as much as you're towing but probably pretty close. 400-500 thousand miles on a lot of those vans.

 

I thought the F-150 got a 3V 4.6L and 5.4L in 2004? The F-250/350 got the 3V 5.4L and 3V 6.8L in 2005?

 

My Pickup: 2008 Ford F150 1/2 ton P/U 2WD (8 Cylinders W 4.6L FI SOHC 281 CID) VIN 1FTRX12W18KC88251

The eighth digit of the VIN can indicate the number of valves. If it's a W, it's a two-valve engine, and if it's an 8, it's a three-valve engine.

So...mine is a 2 valve.

 

FYI: I've just about figured out what's wrong with my refrigerator. I'm waiting on the part. If my replacement part fixes it, I'll let everyone know how I figured it out.

Basically, for my issue (lights on, fan on, not cooling), it's either the compressor board or the compressor. If the three pins of the compressor show very little resistance on a multimeter (like a couple of ohms), then the compressor is good, and it's the compressor board (as long as 12v is going into the compressor board). If there was no light and no fan, and it wasn't cooling, and 12v was going into the circuit board, the circuit board would be bad.

 

What you have is a 120V AC compressor and the board you are talking about is a small inverter converting 12 volts DC to AC for the compressor.

Denny

 

Everchill has the 12v-24V DC Danfloss style direct current compressors. It is definitely not 120V AC.

 

Yes the compressor runs on DC only but that big box on the side is a dedicated inverter for the compressor.

Denny

 

The RVs use cheap knock offs and that is not how the 3 Everchills I worked on are. The compressor board is separate and does not put out 120V.


Here is a common RV compressor.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/155734674929

 

I took a closer look (haven't looked in a long time) and they have gone to a permanent magnet motor that are not 120V but instead a inverter driven motor that's really not a DC motor or a 120V but variable frequency motor similar to the inverter compressors used in the high efficiency variable speed a/c units.

We have a residential frig the draws 56W off the same inverter that runs our entertainment center and our chest freezer. A lot simpler and cheaper.

Denny

 

That is not simple nor cheaper.