Found the source of yet another coolant leak

This time it's on the driver side of the block, it's the auxiliary heater hose that helps cool the #8 cylinder. Fixed the one on the passnger side, then the driver side started.

I'm finding that after 12 years and almost 350k, these hoses are starting to give, hence the reason for me replacing the uppper, lower, and degas bottle hoses.

Word to the wise: Check and Replace your hoses with Gates premium heater hoses!!!!

 

Yeah, who the Hecks Idea was it to put the trailer plug in sideways anyhow!

I did this over the last few days.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...pic-heavy.html

 

I got a visit from the brown truck and the mail truck today.

I bought an ELM327 v1.5 OBDII OBD2 Bluetooth Auto Car Diagnostic Interface Scanner | eBay so I can read our vehicle computers.



I also ordered bolts from Tousley Ford to mount a used hitch receiver.


The catalog calls for 6 regular bolts and two shear-head bolts, but I just ordered 8 regular bolts to keep things simple.

Another new toy ... er, ... TOOL should arrive tomorrow on the brown truck.

 

less vulnerable ?

 

A/c control panel went out today. Good thing its only 100*!

 

Washed it. Admired it. Loved it.

 

Took her to the car wash, she was absolutely filthy from top to bottom after my last camping trip last weekend.

Hand wash obviously, doesn't fit in the auto wash.

Took an army of helpers to finish her! Not bad for $15.00!

 

After a few days finally got finished putting her back together. The new stuff: tie rod end and adjustment sleeve, all four corners got new pads and rotors, and new tires! Saturday is off the the shop for the alignment, then on vacation!

 

After a little lapse from the forum to keep you from spending my money...

I did a few WeatherTech additions...





The Stone & Bug Deflector...



The FloorLiner™ DigitalFit<SUP>®</SUP>... (the color was not spot on but tolerable)



The Side Window Deflectors...




I had also bought the MudFlap No-Drill DigitalFit<SUP>®</SUP> but had to return them. The Eddie Bauer bottom trim evidently is a Flare...


That was all done on 06/18/2012...

Today, I received a package from PartsGuyEd.com for a few aggravating things since the day I adopted Hera...

The old Emblem...



The NEW Emblem...




All lined up with the "Beer Alignment Tool", let's hit the road...


Can't touch the front without working on her rear...

As someone had put in a post a long time ago...

I thought that is the way that it came, with a rusty nut...


But NO, Parts Guy Ed has a remedy for that...


Not complete until...


Other than that I have been saving my money and using it for Diesel, didn't meant to be gone for such a long time.

I do have other projects that are still in the back of Hera that still need to be installed that have been there for over six months now...

 

Filled her up on the way home from work....$110 and some Diesel Kleen she was full and happy again.

Now the surprising, but "I kinda figured" part:

I'd been using Matt's tow/economy tune since I got his chip last January and while it occasionally netted me 17-18 mpg , I usually saw 16.4-16.7. I figured the inejctors needed time to break it, but boy was I wrong

I checked the mileage and she netted a whopping 19.1 mpg after switching to the "Street Muscle" tune! (I did it by hand and checked it twice)

Needless to say, I'm VERY happy right now

I also got the broken heater hose fixed probably cheaper and better than what Ford would have provided. All it took was $18 for the quick connect fitting, gates premium heater hose, and a few clamps.

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...3867&ppt=C2091



Btw, welcome back HardRESET!

 

where can i get that street muscle tune?

 

Lower 48 only.

 

Damn, wish I could find a car wash that did hand washes for 15 bucks. Around here it is 20 - 75 for the car wash through the machine and 150 for the hand wash to start!

Last time I was in there it took them 2 hours hand washing with 6 people! They were not happy, but I did go out on property and had to pull out my dads tractor that was stuck near the creek. lol

 

Been cleaning mine for Carlisle all truck nationals this weekend.

 

I let my 15 yr old and her friend wash mine, cost of water and a little soap. As with most things in life, you get what you pay for. It's mostly clean.