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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 09:10 PM
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Thank You...

I want to thank all those who maintain, host, moderate, and contribute to this great site. I just did some maintenence stuff on my truck. I definately couldn't have done it without this site...

Knock on wood my truck has over 100K now and still running like a champ. To commemorate the 100K's mile, I changed the following items for the first time on the truck.

- New Plugs
- New Fuel Filter
- New Drive belt
- New O2 Sensors all the way around (Don't think I needed them though)
- New New Differential Fluid
- New PCV
- Coolant Flush

Like I said, I couldn't have done most of these things without this site. I called the dealer just for giggles to see how much all this would have cost me... When all is said and done, I saved roughly $1500 by doing this stuff myself. However, even the dealer said I shouldn't be changing the O2 sensors unless I'm getting a fault code. Oh well, it's already done. The truck should be good for another 100K. I do need to change the tranny fluid though and clean my throttle body...
 
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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 07:25 PM
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Yes indeed this site is great good to hear you got your truck all tuned up and up to par
 
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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 07:32 PM
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This is the best site on the net for people who aren't afraid to get their hands dirty and save themselves some cash. I second the kudos!
 
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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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This is one of the best sites out there for your Ford Truck. We've got our own little network of past and present Ford Engineers on here!!
Rich
 
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Old Mar 9, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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i hope you torqued your plugs, i blew one around 5k after changing mine. i torqued mine to 15 foot pounds
 
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