Jbrew

He was just offered one. The only one made, for free even lol

hertfordnc

Is that an offer? Thanks but the local ManMall only charges $21 and they have a bunch of F150s and expeditions in the year range.

OhioLariat

I'm keepin' mine!

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Jbrew

You have a 99 aluminum ?

Jbrew

03 right ? That's a good one as well.

OhioLariat

Yep. On my '99.

(Soon to start parting out.)

Jbrew

Oh really, the engine bad, parting everything on the truck ? You'll probably do pretty good with that. Pave the way for more 03 mods lol.

OhioLariat

Yeah, I had three people come to look at it, and none offered more than a grand. Granted it's rusty, but heck, the bed and tailgate are worth that much around here.

Andy

jethat

I've replaced 2 intakes one with a doorman and another was a cheaper one forget teh brand name I got off amazon for a 4.6 in a town car. The doorman was a 5.4 and the intake itself has a warrantee if its defective you can send it back and get a new one. Are you sure its got a leak and the plug holes just dont have anti feeze in them from removing the old intake. Blowing the holes out is a must..

hertfordnc

Not absolutely sure it;s leaking, i might have left some coolant in there. Or I might have screwed up the instalation in some other way.

But still, the Dorman is junk. It uses sheet metal screws instead of metal inserts and machine threads, It just feels cheap.

I'm thinking about doing the timing chain guides so the intake will come off again anyway. My question was just about whether it would be smart to look for an original Ford intake at the junkyard.

I did see an aluminum one but some things were different so i'm not sure I'd want to mess with it and the OEM plastic one lasted 160,000 miles.