Started a new thread, the old one was getting all the normal Ford is Crap, Ford is Great hoo-haa on it. I know it's hard to resist, but try, OK? I personally have had lousy luck with all three North American brands, so I personally think they all suck. But if you want a truck that can tow 12K lbs, they are the choice you have. Pick one, drive it till you can change it, pick another one.
Truck ran great for 175 Km this morning, then seemed to lose a cylinder. Lost power again but not as bad, aggressive vibration felt when torque converter locked up and the drive train is tight. Very lopey idle, and if it was a gas engine I would say it was missing. Ran another 25 km to get to Drummondville where I knew there was a Ford dealer. Appointment is for Friday at 7:30AM, I parked the trailer at the Best Western and parked the truck at the dealer, in case they can get it in early.
This is apparently not over yet. I am pretending this is a nice vacation in a part of the world I've never been to and where I don't speak the language. At least Drummondville has nice restaurants...
VintageRacer wrote: Started a new thread, the old one was getting all the normal Ford is Crap, Ford is Great hoo-haa on it. I know it's hard to resist, but try, OK? I personally have had lousy luck with all three North American brands, so I personally think they all suck. But if you want a truck that can tow 12K lbs, they are the choice you have. Pick one, drive it till you can change it, pick another one.
Truck ran great for 175 Km this morning, then seemed to lose a cylinder. Lost power again but not as bad, aggressive vibration felt when torque converter locked up and the drive train is tight. Very lopey idle, and if it was a gas engine I would say it was missing. Ran another 25 km to get to Drummondville where I knew there was a Ford dealer. Appointment is for Friday at 7:30AM, I parked the trailer at the Best Western and parked the truck at the dealer, in case they can get it in early.
This is apparently not over yet. I am pretending this is a nice vacation in a part of the world I've never been to and where I don't speak the language. At least Drummondville has nice restaurants...
Brian
Good luck Man...can't imagine how frustrated you must be...at least it sounds as if you'll eat well.
BManning baking in Phoenix
2008 Ford Super Duty F250 XLT, 4x4, crew cab, 6.75' bed
5.4L V8 300hp/365ft-lb, 5sp Torqshift, 4.30 AAM gears
9400lb GVW 11200lb tow
2007 Volvo XC90 AWD V8
4.4L 311hp/325ft-lb, 6sp Aisin, loaded
6100lb GVW 5000lb tow
VintageRacer wrote: Started a new thread, the old one was getting all the normal Ford is Crap, Ford is Great hoo-haa on it. I know it's hard to resist, but try, OK? I personally have had lousy luck with all three North American brands, so I personally think they all suck. But if you want a truck that can tow 12K lbs, they are the choice you have. Pick one, drive it till you can change it, pick another one.
Truck ran great for 175 Km this morning, then seemed to lose a cylinder. Lost power again but not as bad, aggressive vibration felt when torque converter locked up and the drive train is tight. Very lopey idle, and if it was a gas engine I would say it was missing. Ran another 25 km to get to Drummondville where I knew there was a Ford dealer. Appointment is for Friday at 7:30AM, I parked the trailer at the Best Western and parked the truck at the dealer, in case they can get it in early.
This is apparently not over yet. I am pretending this is a nice vacation in a part of the world I've never been to and where I don't speak the language. At least Drummondville has nice restaurants...
Brian
Again, it could be a lot of things. But........they only replaced one injector last time correct?
See where I'm going with this? But again it could be many things.
Just courious, how much was the last bill from the dealership?
Sorry for your problems.
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No bashing here, breakdowns CAN HAPPEN TO US ALL regardless what brand you drive. Hope it works out to be a nothing and you're back on the road quick. Just make sure you're back for the Cactus Festival .
2000 Coleman Bayside
2006 Ford Expedition Ltd. 5.4 L/3.73
If they can fix it on Friday, I'll try to make it home over the weekend and get it seriously checked out there. If they can't, I'll drive back to Nova Scotia in my car (with all the luck, at least I was towing my trailer with a street car in it!) and get my other truck (2003 Dodge 2500 Hemi) which I haven't sold yet. It can tow my trailer home (Hamilton Ontario) and get us out of motels. At least at Best Western we qualify for a senior's rate...
I was real nervous with only one injector changed - if one is bad, why not the others? On the other hand, they cost $380 each so you don't change them on a whim. Also, they put three O-rings in. I presume the new injector came with it's own new O-ring and they did the other three on that head - why not the others? I have no idea. I can build gas engines all day long, I've been a race car builder for 25 years. I can run the rack or do an in-frame on a Detroit two stroke no problem. I know bupkes about modern diesel engines.
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