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Gas 5.00 a Gallon

Discussion in 'Pull up a chair and sit for a spell' started by cardboard, Dec 28, 2010.

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  1. Sleepy

    Sleepy Well-Known Member

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    I'm waiting on that eco boost V6..wanna try that one..good to know about the front end problems. We got some guys at work with the Chevys..not a lot of big miles on 'em yet though. I like the Ford, my wife likes the Chevy..[lower, easier to get into] I got my work cut out for me on this
    Sleepy, Dec 29, 2010
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  3. hotroadking

    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Eco Boost is out but hard to find, doing the same
    just put new upper and lower ball joints in my Eff Juan Fiddy

    3 of the 4 were gone, sway bar end joints were toast
    put on some shocks (Bilsteins) all around and brake pads.a

    Rides like new now....

    Also had COP $4 go out, $110 for a coil wow,
    at 100+K went ahead and paid the dealer to
    change plugs $380, the Supercharged 5.4L
    has a bad rep for plugs getting stuck and
    ripping out the threads in the heads....

    They have to pull coils, squirt some
    fluid in each plug hole to loosen plugs
    reinstall, start, heat, then remove
    coils, then sit overnight, then pull plugs

    JMO well worth the money LOL
    hotroadking, Dec 29, 2010
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  4. cowboy

    cowboy Moderator Staff Member

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    My son & daughter in law have a taho flex fuel says it's cheeper to run on reg gas becaues of the lack of milage from the flex fuel it's a 2x4 drive no trouble with the front end yet has about 50k miles on it Me I gona ride my 01 Dodge diesel till the wheels fall off & with only 246k miles on it I have a long way to go & at 20 mpg , best to date is 24 mpg avage is the 20 :cool:
    cowboy, Dec 29, 2010
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  5. chucktx

    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    i wonder if some anti sieze would help that problem?
    chucktx, Dec 29, 2010
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  6. cardboard

    cardboard Well-Known Member

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    Parts and labor prices has gone up.
    But you can gt 100,000 out of a set of plugs nowdays.

    Guy down the street has a mechanic shop 50 miles south of here.
    He wanted his locks on his shop changed. He fired a mechanic.
    I drove down there on a sunday.
    Had him to change my wifes plugs. The has over 50,000 on her truck.
    He sprayed some WD 40 or something in the holes. broke a couple plugs off in the hole. Dripped a hole and put a tool in from a kit ad unscrewed them.
    Put antiseeze in the threads of the new plugs and put them in.
    Really didn't take him that long with the kit he has for it.
    Know the mechanics git a lot of money for it.
    They git a lot of money for whatever they can.


    You can git the ecoboost in the 2011 Ford engines.


    FORD ECOBOOST JOINS F-150 LINEUP, DELIVERS UNBEATABLE CAPABILITY, POWER AND FUEL ECONOMY | Ford Motor Company Newsroom
    cardboard, Dec 29, 2010
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  7. joshbob

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    In my '84 F-150, I use anti-seize on my plugs ever since I tightened some of them up too much once. Big headache. Now, I torque them to 15 - 20 ft. lbs. and they stay put and come out like they're supposed to. Same thing for the shovelhead.
    joshbob, Dec 30, 2010
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  8. FLHTbiker

    FLHTbiker Moderator Staff Member

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    Gas gets to 5.00 a gallon I'm gonna quit and go on welfare:D
    FLHTbiker, Dec 30, 2010
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  9. chucktx

    chucktx Moderator Staff Member

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    hell ya!!!!!!!! join the rest of em..........right behind ya..........
    chucktx, Dec 30, 2010
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  10. hotroadking

    hotroadking Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Yeah you have to use anti seize
    FOMOCO says they are 100K plugs
    but what happens is after 60 to 70K
    the spark gets weaker, so the coil
    works harder, and then bang, bad coil

    Best to change them no more than 50 to 60K

    Problem is they are not antiseized at factory.

    You drop threads in a cyl on the engine
    and it's a $3K repair....
    hotroadking, Dec 30, 2010
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