Well, almost Excursion related...
Gonna have to drive it tomorrow, been fighting the F350 for the last two days. Thought it was bad fuel, or fuel related, but after Heet, Injector cleaner, new fuel filter, new fuel and for good measure a new PCV, the truck is still missing under load. Really bad below 2000 RPM. Had a co-worker put his scanner on it, but with no CEL, there were no codes to read, and all the other readings (O2, Cats, etc) was showing great!
Sooooo, I think that I have a COP going bad...

Any good Ideas how to tell which one?

Thanks!
Garry

 

Don't think it's the COP if it's only missing under load. How does it idle? A bad COP won't provide a spark, and that's going to be constant regardless of engine load. Your COPs could care less about engine loading, they just step up voltage. Also it's not uncommon on these trucks to have no CEL but trouble codes present; non-OBD-II compliant trucks will never set a CEL for a misfire.

If it's misfiring at idle you just have to unplug them one by one until you don't hear a difference. That one is your bad COP, because it wasn't working before or after you unplug it.

 

Take it back and cause a fuss! They have the weights across from each other! Must have been the floor sweeper/gopher substituting for the resident balancer......lol.

 

Because it's the same as no weights. That is without a doubt the worse balance job I have ever seen.

 

Not quite.

I remember when I worked at a tire shop in high school...the balancer indicates required weights for the inside and outside of the wheel. Sounds to me like the balancer thought that the inside and outside of the wheels were 180 degrees out of balance.

 

How about the plugs and boots? Those boots short out if you look at them funny. Also you can unplug one cop at a time while someone is watching the tach when it is idling.

 

Driver side header......


Installed. Have to finish snugging bolts up, been chasing my one year old around the yard, and trying to do this at the same time. Lol.

 

Quite.........

 

All I got to say is...
YOU SUCK!
And well Congrats!

Stewart don't ban hammer me for my potty mouth, but HOLY cow - must be a me curse, everything is harder for me..

 

Ummm, potty mouth? Where? For saying what?

Puh-leeeeez, Christina..."you suck" aint nothing.

Stewart

 

Theres no way in hell im going back to that place, the only time i do will be to return the 5 pounds of lead on my wheels after i have them professionally balanced

 

Which Town Fair was it? The one right next to my office?

They screwed it up, they should fix it. You paid for it to be made right, no sense in paying for it twice.

 

Well Uncle Sam finally paid me back. Just ordered some Rancho 9000s. I went with rs999273 for the front and rs999275 for the rear. Those were recommended by the Rancho site sponsor since I have the v codes in the front and very soon new b codes in the rear. Also will be ordering the newer style tow mirrors when they get back in stock next week.

 

Ha ok, I always try to watch my mouth cus I am a red neck. Should hear me in the garage! But good to know I can tell someone they "suck" and not get in the crapper.

Dave - glad it went well for you but please tell me the secret to welding? The welds I tried might as well as been bubble gum, nothing would stick.

 

I'm with you. I might demand my money back but they wouldn't touch my wheels or truck again. That isn't rocket science that's simple math, morons! Had mine done just a few weeks ago, all my weights are in the center of the rims, so tells me it was just high or low spots, no lateral issues of any major degree. That's probably the worst wheel weight picture I've ever seen. WOW!