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I got bad news for you. The "mechanic" is wrong. Driving the truck will not turn off a check engine light. A check engine light indicates that you have a diagnostic trouble code. The check engine light does not illuminate because the truck is not emissions ready. Nor does it illuminate for the P1000 code. A lot of times, there are codes pending or codes stored, and the check engine light does not illuminate. But when it does turn on, it actually means that something needs to be fixed.
Driving the truck is often what "mechanics" tell you to do in order to complete the Ford Drive Cycle. The only problem with that advice is that simply driving it a lot does not complete the drive cycle. You actually need to follow the directions on how to complete the drive cycle. Sure, if you just drive it a lot, eventually, the computer will get the information that it needs from the sensors. But that could take weeks, months...... whereas you could simply follow the directions, and complete the drive cycle.
So, instead of wasting money on gas for a trip to Merced, I should just take it in and have them check the codes. Makes sense to me. Maybe I can get the cheap Forscan tool I bought off of eBay to tell me. I still need to take it to the shop for the bumper swap and AC recharge. And we can squabble over who owes who money. I just don't want to deal with him anymore but have to in order to get this truck thing finished and fixed once and for all.
So, instead of wasting money on gas for a trip to Merced, I should just take it in and have them check the codes. Makes sense to me. Maybe I can get the cheap Forscan tool I bought off of eBay to tell me. I still need to take it to the shop for the bumper swap and AC recharge. And we can squabble over who owes who money. I just don't want to deal with him anymore but have to in order to get this truck thing finished and fixed once and for all.
Jim
I have my scan gauge 2 from my old diesel, but I think the PIDs entered is 6.0 specific, most auto part store like Autozone will scan for free , that’s where I’d start Jim .
Good idea. There is a O'Reilly half a mile from here, and an Autozone about a mile. I would still like to try my scanner just to see if it reports anything, and/or confirms what the parts stores tell me.
Have a 9am appointment tomorrow for the AC recharge and bumper swap. Went to the local Dollartree store and bought two more American flags since mine disappeared while riding in the bed of the truck (Silly me). On the way back I stopped by the local Walmart and noticed they changed the name of their store. Instead of the Walmart Neighborhood Market it is now called Walmart Fresno Market. LOL.
I made chicken stock today. Why? Because I can't afford to buy that stuff in cans. Well, actually, it's healthier when you make it yourself. Chicken bones. Celery, onion, carrots. That means that my dinner tonight is chicken bones. No waste. I've seen restaurant workers in the break rooms doing the same thing. Eating the remnants of what was used to make stock. Not pretty. But it has all of the flavor.
AI is scary. I turn on my phone's browser, and "suggested" content populates. These machines can read your mind. They already know that I like fried chicken. They will take over the world.
I have my scan gauge 2 from my old diesel, but I think the PIDs entered is 6.0 specific.
ScanGauge isn't locked to your VIN. It will work on any car with OBDII. PIDs are usually make & model specific. You can delete the PIDs, and enter new ones. Their website has a bunch of the PIDs for different cars. So you can reuse that ScanGauge II on any car in your fleet that has OBD II.
Rob in the City, I never new that pork chops came boneless until I went to college. Of course we always had them grilled.
Adam Carolla wrote a book about "Rich Man, Poor Man".
Rich Man goes to some craft butcher, and gets whatever he wants, deboned. The craft butcher shops also boil those bones and sells them to the Rich Man as fresh stock.
Poor Man gets a boning knife, debones every piece of meat which he bought in bulk packaging, and boils the bones to make his own stock.
The middle class just goes to Safeway, buys whatever meat is plastic wrapped on a styrofoam tray, and gets the cans of chicken and beef stock on the shelf.
I'm the Poor Man. I do buy bulk packages of meat at Costco or Smart and Final, and butcher it myself. Which I do with a $5 knife from Smart and Final. Expensive lesson learned is that cheap, commercial grade knives work just as well as high priced cutlery. I never thought that a $5 knife, would be the best knife in my kitchen.
Adam Carolla wrote a book about "Rich Man, Poor Man".
Rich Man goes to some craft butcher, and gets whatever he wants, deboned. The craft butcher shops also boil those bones and sells them to the Rich Man as fresh stock.
Poor Man gets a boning knife, debones every piece of meat which he bought in bulk packaging, and boils the bones to make his own stock.
The middle class just goes to Safeway, buys whatever meat is plastic wrapped on a styrofoam tray, and gets the cans of chicken and beef stock on the shelf.
I'm the Poor Man. I do buy bulk packages of meat at Costco or Smart and Final, and butcher it myself. Which I do with a $5 knife from Smart and Final. Expensive lesson learned is that cheap, commercial grade knives work just as well as high priced cutlery. I never thought that a $5 knife, would be the best knife in my kitchen.
We straddle the poor/middle class line. Costco bulk, ziplocks, and inherited cutlery and away we go.
I haven’t tried the S&F boning knife, but am still rocking the 30+ year old Forstner that I was gifted when I flew the nest, along with several of my Grandfather’s butcher knives from the 30’s.
A couple of my favorites, The Chinese “Cleaver” is from the Early ‘50’s and is marked made in Hong Kong, a slicer not a chopper.
The one that I have is Winco, which only costs $9.
I got to eat the chicken today. The chicken left over from the chicken bone stock. Boneless drumsticks. Chicken salad. Which became chicken sandwich after I placed the lettuce, tomato, and chicken between 2 slices of bread.
I would still like to try my scanner just to see if it reports anything, and/or confirms what the parts stores tell me.
