Towing a 5th wheel with a 5.0 L
06-18-2013, 07:20 AM
#32
Senior Member
Thanks for all the advice. called my Ford dealership and am taking in my 2012 f-150 5.0L supercab and trading up to a brand new 2013 f250 6.7 turbo diesel crew cab. Its got more than enough payload and towing capability and i am sure the diesel will be the most efficient and logical way to go. picking it up in 4 days, and a towing i will go!
06-18-2013, 07:24 PM
#33
The truck bcm ,aka in the cluster, carries the vin marriage on can-bus systems. You'd have to have access to ford IDS and a grant code from ford engineering to swap the vin on the new cluster, or core change it with DMV involvement. The truck won't run/start without this procedure. Alas, if someone has the means and care to do this, merely anything is possible. I'd wager less than some have access to all of this for new can-bus trucks. Also, that video is ignorant, lack of oil maintenance can cause all of those "issues", doesn't indicate mileage at all.
There where 7 new Toyota Highlander hybrids with keyless go that where all stolen overnight from downtown Toronto from people's own driveways.
The police said they caught the signal from the keyless go and cracked the code, they never found the cars as far as I know.
My point being that pick up truck shouldn't be harder to crack. If its in front of you it can be only a matter of time before someone with experience can get into the programming.
06-19-2013, 08:29 AM
#34
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I have a friend with a F250 7.3l 2000 Model SCAB Long Bed 4x4 with a GVWR of 8800# and the truck weighs 7400# (per scale at a local scrap yard). With those #s his payload is only 1400 LBS which is less then my 2010 F150 5.4l SCAB 4x4 6.5 bed not by much but still less. Those #s surprised me and if I would not have seen the #s myself I would have called BS on that one. Just an FYI.
I have a friend with a F250 7.3l 2000 Model SCAB Long Bed 4x4 with a GVWR of 8800# and the truck weighs 7400# (per scale at a local scrap yard). With those #s his payload is only 1400 LBS which is less then my 2010 F150 5.4l SCAB 4x4 6.5 bed not by much but still less. Those #s surprised me and if I would not have seen the #s myself I would have called BS on that one. Just an FYI.