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My dad finally bought a real truck 04 F150

Old 07-14-2009, 05:35 PM
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its a 4 door 5.4, 140k what problems should we be looking for in the near future? He already replaced the tie rod and had it aligned. Truck seems to run good except for when you push the brakes you can hear a pop sound in the rod going to the booster. He loves it and I am glad to see him switch from a chevy over to a ford
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that's alot of miles...plugged ever changed? trans ever flushed? tune up?
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that is alot of miles but its not a big deal aslong as it was maintained truck will keep on goin like the enigizer bunny!!
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Its been tuned up tranny fluid was changed. It was all maintained at a ford dealership. He has every maintance paper work from day one.
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Make sure to get those plugs changed and get an induction cleaning...might be expensive but its well worth paying that and not having the plugs break off from carbon buildup
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4x4? I know on my the 4x4 solenoid needed replaced and it seemed very common from what the dealership said.
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Main thing that comes to mind are those damn plugs. Which as stated above have been done already.
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glad he got a ford. i just wish i could get my friends to do the same.
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They were changed at ford at 100k. Its a 2WD 4 door maroon with dark grey interior. Ill try and snap some pics today.
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Originally Posted by 02flaresidesport
its a 4 door 5.4, 140k what problems should we be looking for in the near future? He already replaced the tie rod and had it aligned. Truck seems to run good except for when you push the brakes you can hear a pop sound in the rod going to the booster. He loves it and I am glad to see him switch from a chevy over to a ford
i had bought an 04 fx4 and there was a nasty tick coming from the engine and it never went away got louder when i reved it , they said cam phazers and was very very common thing for that year of ford, the truck had 125,000 km on it, did he by chance pick up any ext warranty on it?

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