What did you do for your ford today?

upside-down · Feb 5, 2025

New steering stabilizers -fabtech , drop pitman arm , drop track bar bracket installed on the excursion, next up is the longer brake lines and new shocks .

Valley Rock · Feb 5, 2025

I plugged it in for about an hour and a half, started it up and went and pulled three rigs out of snow banks .

Edit: that picture was taken about 3 days ago before we have the two feet of snow we have meow .

72Pstroke · Feb 8, 2025

I put a set of 42's on my 79, with no lift and no trimming.

upside-down · Feb 8, 2025

upside-down said:
New steering stabilizers -fabtech , drop pitman arm , drop track bar bracket installed on the excursion, next up is the longer brake lines and new shocks .

New shocks for the excursion, sky jacker hydro 7000 , seem way better than the nitrogen shocks
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Pmedic920 · Feb 10, 2025

Actually yesterday but…

I installed the S&S disaster prevention kit, and Pusher upper/lower intake plenum.

Have hot & cold side tubes on the way.

Still undecided on cold air intake. Any recommendations, I’m stock turbo,injectors and tune?

Already did CCV reroute, and want to delete the EGR system but I’m deadly afraid to break those bolts. I’m not all that talented and equipped to do that repair.

ETA:
The main reason for this work:
I had small coolant leaks at crossover pipe and turbo coolant line.
When I made that repair I suspected vacuum leak at the plastic intake plenum. Sealing the seams with silicone confirmed I had a vacuum leak.
So I ordered the aftermarket stuff.

Been wanting to do this stuff forever but something always became more financially demanding.
The leaks forced my hand.

2015 superduty w/210 thousand miles.

If anyone has a guaranteed way to remove those bolts I’d love to know the trick.

WiscoF100 · Feb 10, 2025

Marathon of neglected maintenance and wish list items on my $500 Mercury Sable-Duty

Water pump with 239,000 miles started to seize up. So along with that I wanted a block heater, replace thermostat and flush the system while I was at it.

Other items were heater blend door motor, dome light and starter. OG starter was fine until sub zero temps then it would kinda act up.

Ahhh yes the ol steel plug in an aluminum block trick. Damn it Jim

What?!?!?

No way?!?!?!? ****s sake

Victory! Pile of used up parts

Pmedic920 · Feb 10, 2025

If you know, you know.

So yea, after the work the other day.

Today I replaced this.

Needed it ASAP (daily driver, work tomorrow)
So I was at the mercy of my local ford counter.
$155 before tax

Least they could make it out of metal so it doesn’t break with the slightest bump.

WiscoF100 · Feb 11, 2025

Crazy the spaghetti of coolant hoses engineers have come up with.

Thatg9659 · Feb 11, 2025

That starter come with a core charge?

Pmedic920 · Feb 11, 2025

Yes,yes it is.

DMG · Feb 12, 2025

On the way into Key Largo the voltage gauge started dropping and coming back up. I dont totally trust the cluster in a 17 year old van but it was making a whistling noise too so i replaced the alternator at the Key Largo Kampground. Didnt take long. My neighbor with the Tesla tent thing seemed disturbed by it but i assured him this was normal.

Alaskan24 · Feb 16, 2025

Fired up the 6.0 after a really cold spell and installed a new rear bumper on my 01 F250.

granitestatedestroyer · Feb 17, 2025

Pmedic920 said:
If anyone has a guaranteed way to remove those bolts I’d love to know the trick.

I broke those bolts pretty much immediately, and with minimal force when I did my old 6.7.

Tried the weld on a nut thing, didn't work.

Tried a lefty drill bit and then promptly snapped off the e-z out.

I ended up just using my plasma cutter (chinesium amazon unit). I got the torch as vertical as possible, and did a series of zaps. Zap, check the depth, Zap, check depth, and so on...

After I melted out the hard as **** bolt and e-z out, and had the depth correct, I simply drilled the cast manifold to size and tapped for a heli-coil, and that worked fine for years.

Levigarrett76 · Feb 17, 2025

Pm's - oil, filter, tire rotate, lubed front axle joints, washer fluid. Appears the motorcraft filter came apart a little, some pieces of the media glue were sucked into the media. No pics because cutting open oil filters is a ****in mess. 55k miles and my 2020 7.3 time bomb still kicking

not sure if the two oils were same or not but dont care. Switching back to walmart 5w-30 cause cheaper

GLTHFJ60 · Feb 17, 2025

Alaskan24 said:
Fired up the 6.0 after a really cold spell and installed a new rear bumper on my 01 F250.

Nice bumper, but now it's possible for someone to lock you in the back if you're sleeping in there, by closing and latching those swing-outs?

Alaskan24 · Feb 17, 2025

GLTHFJ60 said:
Nice bumper, but now it's possible for someone to lock you in the back if you're sleeping in there, by closing and latching those swing-outs?

The side windows on the topper flip up so no real worry there.

Pmedic920 · Feb 17, 2025

granitestatedestroyer said:
I broke those bolts pretty much immediately, and with minimal force when I did my old 6.7.

Tried the weld on a nut thing, didn't work.

Tried a lefty drill bit and then promptly snapped off the e-z out.

I ended up just using my plasma cutter (chinesium amazon unit). I got the torch as vertical as possible, and did a series of zaps. Zap, check the depth, Zap, check depth, and so on...

After I melted out the hard as **** bolt and e-z out, and had the depth correct, I simply drilled the cast manifold to size and tapped for a heli-coil, and that worked fine for years.

I truly wish I had the place, talent, and tools to do that repair.

I could probably get though it but, it’s my daily and can’t afford to be down an extended period of time.

I do my **** outdoors in my driveway

Steve300xcw · Feb 17, 2025

Steve300xcw · Feb 20, 2025

New multi-function switch. Got blinker an brake lights again :smokin:

Still need to fix fuel gauge, tach, and horn

KenV · Feb 21, 2025

Bought one. All I've done to it so far is help put the shell on. :homer:

next, a six hour drive home....

KenV · Feb 21, 2025

Check that. Previous owner bought a fuel filter so we're popping the bowl open before I leave. He's an engineer and took pretty darn good care of the truck.

Alaskan24 · Feb 21, 2025

Put a decked drawer system in the back to clean up the inside of the bed.

Steve300xcw · Feb 21, 2025

Was reading up on shocks the other day and got a little carried away. :laughing:

Not sure what the plans are for this thing, but its getting there.

Provience · Feb 21, 2025

Thatg9659 · Feb 22, 2025

Need U shaped leafs and 54” claws.

Steve300xcw · Feb 22, 2025

I dunno about that :laughing:

Pony_Driver · Feb 22, 2025

Washed the salt off of it and realized someone hit the front corner, popping some trim out of place. Luckily it popped back in and most of the scuffs wiped off. I need to get some touchup paint for the rest.

Steve300xcw · Feb 22, 2025

Stuck a new fuel pump in the thing. Gas gauge works again.

Sold the double cardan off the front driveline earlier this week :laughing:

. So stuck a new one on.

Steve300xcw · Feb 22, 2025

On these v10's where are they pulling signal for the tach?

TrikeKid · Feb 22, 2025

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