Aug. B/S thread
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I'm gonna pay someone to do an exterior detail sometime this year I think. There are a couple of sections where the clearcoat has gotten screwed up and there just isn't anything that I can do for it.
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Ive got one of those and love it. you just have to tell him to watch out for the plugs on the 04-07 5.4s. They brake off when trying to change them and could end up costing thousands to do plug job, if you have to pull the heads to remove the busted plug. So, tell your old man to have the dealer change the plugs first before buying the truck. The new design plugs wont give you the same problem
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Must be nice having that kind of spare time. I'm lucky to find a couple of hours to wash on one day and a couple of more hours to wax sometime later in the same week.
I'm gonna pay someone to do an exterior detail sometime this year I think. There are a couple of sections where the clearcoat has gotten screwed up and there just isn't anything that I can do for it.
I'm gonna pay someone to do an exterior detail sometime this year I think. There are a couple of sections where the clearcoat has gotten screwed up and there just isn't anything that I can do for it.
Logistics Pro
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That's not a bad idea. Were you ever able to order a couple more of those window "wax" kits?
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Good evening guys.
I hope everyone had a good weekend.
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Ive got one of those and love it. you just have to tell him to watch out for the plugs on the 04-07 5.4s. They brake off when trying to change them and could end up costing thousands to do plug job, if you have to pull the heads to remove the busted plug. So, tell your old man to have the dealer change the plugs first before buying the truck. The new design plugs wont give you the same problem
sounds like everybody had a good weekend. josiah and i went to the durham tractor show. it was ok, nothing spectacular but a good time. there was some cool machines there, some nice ford pickups.
off to bed, goodnight everybody!
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why bring it to the dealer when he has me? i'm the family mechanic, the heads will not be coming off. on my wifes mustang however, the right head has blown 2 plugs out. if it happens again im going to buy a set of trick flow twisted wedge heads for it. no other modular engine i maintain has blown a plug, or even have them loosen up.
sounds like everybody had a good weekend. josiah and i went to the durham tractor show. it was ok, nothing spectacular but a good time. there was some cool machines there, some nice ford pickups.
off to bed, goodnight everybody!
sounds like everybody had a good weekend. josiah and i went to the durham tractor show. it was ok, nothing spectacular but a good time. there was some cool machines there, some nice ford pickups.
off to bed, goodnight everybody!
My friend has a 2001 F150 V8 with the overhead cams. He blew out one sparkplug. Also, just recently the lower intake started leaking coolant. He broke it and had to replace it (Plastic).
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good morning gents.
ya the older plastic coolant transfer lines got replaced by an aluminum one and a different manifold. they really arent bad engines to work on and for the most part they are pretty reliable if the oil gets changed.
ya the older plastic coolant transfer lines got replaced by an aluminum one and a different manifold. they really arent bad engines to work on and for the most part they are pretty reliable if the oil gets changed.