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Yikes - sorry to hear that! My neighbor went through that with Ford over the Ecoboost their top engineers from Detroit couldn't even figure out. Boy does that say something about complexity of modern vehicles when the people who designed them can't even FIX them!! What a world we live in ...

 

I'm gonna run my vintage junk with (a few) modern parts until the day I die.

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Yikes - sorry to hear that! My neighbor went through that with Ford over the Ecoboost their top engineers from Detroit couldn't even figure out. Boy does that say something about complexity of modern vehicles when the people who designed them can't even FIX them!! What a world we live in ...

 

I'm gonna run my vintage junk with (a few) modern parts until the day I die.

Thanks brother
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ce6b1c1c4e3a86b81939854ecd3049af.jpg I put some stickers on my truck and will be putting the Iron Cross bumper back on the front soon and started detailing it today going through it top to bottom don't want any problems while going to hockey practice in the stupid early morning hours this winter.

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Started the buyback process

Refresh my memory on why it's at the dealer again. What's next? Getting another one?

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Popping / knocking sound in the rear and 74mph & up vibration

 

Yes the dealer is working on putting me in a 16 & pay the msrp difference

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Just bought $412 of oil. 2 five gallon pails of Mobil Delvac ESP 5w-40, 2 five gallon pails, and 5 one gallon jugs of Mobil Delvac 1300 15w-40.

 

Rebates of $195.

 

$217 after rebate.

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Used the truck for a "Trunk or Treat" Cub Scout event. Nothing fancy but the kids got a kick out of it. Doing it again tonight for work on base.

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Used the truck for a "Trunk or Treat" Cub Scout event. Nothing fancy but the kids got a kick out of it. Doing it again tonight for work on base.

Thats cool [emoji106]
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Heads up to everyone who has to stare at/drive/put up with crappy GM quality and is sick of it.

 

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/10/29/ford-set-to-launch-huge-sale-next-week/

 

I know Dodge is the current favorite to defect to, but curious how big the discounts will be

Doubt they will include HD models though, that's what I'm aiming for
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Changed oil. Only recovered about 4.5 quarts. So some may have been deep in the filter media, but im claiming it either burned or leaked in the 10,000 miles and 1 year it was in there.

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