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I'm a new member but I've been a fan of this site for quite a while. I've been a Ford guy my entire adult life. The first truck I bought, at 18 , was a '79 F150 , 351 ,4x4 ,4 speed with lockouts. What a fantastic truck. I still kick myself for letting it go. Currently I'm driving an '02 FX4 , 5.4 , automatic super cab with 124,000 miles. I also have an '84 F250 w/460, 4x4 ,4 speed with 110,000 original miles that's my toy. The '02 is what brought me to this site. Bought it from a local credit union in '13 for $3,200. It was a repo. I knew the truck had some issues. Little did I know. Here's what I ran into: BAD wheel bearing (so bad the axle was about half worn through), egged out axle tube, bad rear pinion seal, frozen calipers , (you can imagine what the pads looked like). It had been so long since it had been serviced that the oil filter was rusted so bad that I couldn't budge it with a filter wrench. I drove a screwdriver through it but just ended up ripping the filter body off. To get the base off I shot it with PB Blaster and tapped on it every day for a week then ,finally , used a cold chisel & small ball peen and VERY CAREFULLY got it to loosen. Man I was relieved. The ck engine light had come on & my scanner showed misses on 8 ,4, & 3 so went in with new coils & plugs. I did all the work myself & my $3,200 truck is now a $4,300 truck but that's still not bad. It's gotta be one of the toughest SOB's to ever wear the blue oval because once I fixed or replaced all the issues and gave it regular maintenance, it runs and drives great. Many thanks for all the great information I found here! |
Hello and welcome! Post some pics here so we can check out your rig.
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Originally Posted by whomrig
(Post 4608932)
Hello and welcome! Post some pics here so we can check out your rig.
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That sounds cool, by the way, if you PM me your vin# I am sure we can get your buld sheet if you like.
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