Opening Your Hood
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Opening Your Hood
Usually once a week to look around ,chk to see if the Dipstick handler (monsta)has been around at night! he leaves little terds on the
battery! One these days that battery acid gonna burn his ____ oops !
family channel!
That outa get this thread started in the right direction!
Rich
02 F250 4x4 SC 5.4v8 6spd 3.73ls Trueblue/Silver and Chrome Nerfs
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battery! One these days that battery acid gonna burn his ____ oops !
family channel!
That outa get this thread started in the right direction!
Rich
02 F250 4x4 SC 5.4v8 6spd 3.73ls Trueblue/Silver and Chrome Nerfs
"All Levers"
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>Atta Boy Forty!
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>>he leaves little terds on the battery!
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>Waxy
Your killen me 
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>>he leaves little terds on the battery!
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>Waxy
Your killen me
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>At least once a week... and I find that I'm STILL missing my
>spark plugs & two cylinders!
I don't have them
10 cylinders is all I can keep track of
>spark plugs & two cylinders!
I don't have them
10 cylinders is all I can keep track of FTE Stories
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Good question. I have always made it a habit to do an underhood inspection at each gas fill (once a week), unless I am on a long trip stopping every 300 miles with the V10 gas pig.
I check oil, look for leaks, check battery and cable condition, inspect the serpentine belt (should carry a spare), and anything that looks out of the ordinary. This has helped me catch tons of stuff before it got out of hand. And since I drive a high mileage vehicle I consider it the minimum check. At least once a month I take a close look at the trucks drivetrain axle to axle. Visual inspections on everything from brakes to seals.
If you pay a little attention to your truck it will last as long as you want it to.
I check oil, look for leaks, check battery and cable condition, inspect the serpentine belt (should carry a spare), and anything that looks out of the ordinary. This has helped me catch tons of stuff before it got out of hand. And since I drive a high mileage vehicle I consider it the minimum check. At least once a month I take a close look at the trucks drivetrain axle to axle. Visual inspections on everything from brakes to seals.
If you pay a little attention to your truck it will last as long as you want it to.
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 08-Jan-03 AT 06:40 PM (EST)]With 80k on the beast I check the oil once a week, while in there a general inspection of serpentine belt, blinker fluid, washer fluid, and radiator fluids. I also like to count how many spark plugs are left!
Really just once a week, oil and general inspection.
Come on Forty terds on the battery?
Are you sure they weren't left by the banjo players?
the turds that is..............
Really just once a week, oil and general inspection.
Come on Forty terds on the battery?
Are you sure they weren't left by the banjo players?
the turds that is..............
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Check mine about every 2 weeks. I always make sure someone didn't swap my grill with an Excursion. I did find a girl under there once claiming to be a sister of an FTE moderator. 
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Okay now, dont laugh....but I open the hood everytime it's put into the garage.....especially in the summer.....to let the heat out. I hope to keep this truck "forever" and would like to delay replacing the _rubber hoses (etc.) as long as possible. It's a quick check of the fluids also before starting out (except the oil). Changing the oil every 2500-3000 miles as well as tire rotation gives me plenty of opportunities to check the stuff underneath. Okay, go ahead and laugh. 