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Old Sep 23, 2006 | 09:58 AM
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Unhappy Please Help Driving Me Crazy

FIRST TIME OWNER 01 F250 W/7.3 LOVE TRUCK. WAS SOLD ON THE POWER NOT JUST LOOKS HAD TO REPLACE TIMING SENC. WITHIN 2 WEEKS NOT A BIG DEAL BUT THEN HAD BATTERY PROBLEMS TRIED JUMPING TRIED CHARGING STILL WOULD NOT START HAD BATTERYS CHECKED 1 WAS BAD CHANGED TRUCK STARTED THATS GREAT YA WHATEVER LOST ALL POWER THIS TRUCK COULD SMOKE THE TIRES BEFORE & RUN 140+ TALK TO PEOPLE THEY TELL ME IT WAS PROBABLY CHIPED AND LOST MY PROGRAM SO I BY SUPERCHIP &4"DUEL EXHAUST AND COLD AIR INTAKE THESE DID HELP BUT NOT THE SAME NOT EVEN CLOSE NEXT IDEA GO TO THE FORD HOUS YA HUGE MISTAKE THEY FLASHED THE COMPUTER WITH NEW PROGRAM LOST ABOUT 7 MPG AND POWER WENT DOWN TOO HAVE HAD LOCAL DIESEL SHOP CHECK AND DRIVE TRUCK THEY AGREE LACKING POWER BUT CANT FIND ANYTHING RONG NEED SOME REAL HELP COULD THIS BE A SOFTWARE PROBLEM DO TO BATTERY CHARGEING OR JUMPING SENSERLY DRILLER24 Tx.
 
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Old Sep 23, 2006 | 04:35 PM
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Need gauges. Some numbers would help diagnose.
 
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