The Wife took the new truck back for a oil change, while she was there had them look at the brake controller wire, service manager called me and I explained to him what was going on, he said "never heard of that, I'll have to go look at some other trucks on the lot. 3 hrs. and one ticked off wife later he calls me back and says "looks like your missing a wire, to your controller", "theres a factory rep here and we both agree there should be a wire there, then turns around to say "you might not be able to put a aftermarket controller in this truck, the last time we just ran a wire we disabled the truck. Okay what is it, you've never seen this or the last time you screwed the guys truck up? Then I asked why is it wired completely except 1 wire for the controller and why is there a harness in the glove box that I can't use? He said they "all come with them" and said the factory controller must have some sort of internal relay where it doesn't need the wire" Politely told him I don't know who you're trying to BS and that I have several Ford trucks and a member of a large Ford truck club and have already researched this problem. Then he said I have a call into Ford Technical and I'm waiting to hear back, that was wed. they must be communicating by carrier pigeon because I haven't heard from them yet. I predict a complaint with the State dept of Dealer Licensing in the future, unbelievable how much gets done when they get involved.
Charlie

 

Wow, that is something. Hopefully you will be able to get it straightened out Charlie

 

grrrrr. get um Charlie. if they can't help, bring it here, and I'll wire it up like I did the 2002. it works fine.

 

After pressing them, they say they have a fix, just have to schedule a appt. On another note, just got back from Illinois on vacation, I towed my little pop up out there with it, ....what a guttless turd. I'm glad I live on flat land or I'd be getting rid of it. I usually get 21-22 mpg, Got 18 on the trip. the 4.6 is definitely a flatland motor.
Charlie

 

It does take a lot out of the 4.6 to tow. When I tow my Mustang on a flatbad trailer (car & trailer ~5k pounds) my truck get's about 10mpg. Normally, I get about 14-16.

 

This was just pulling a little pop up camper that I used to pull with my little B2500, I figured it wouldn't even phase it.

 

Mine tows well, but you can tell it by looking at the gas guage!