02_Black_On_White

Man what a long day. Got the bed pulled, sanded and painted the bottom of the bed, por-15'ed all the common rust areas that are prone to collect moisture. This truck has zero rust I just don't want it to start. Wetsanded the back of the cab, buffed, polished and waxed, painted the top part of the frame you can't see with the bed on, replaced all the fuel vapor hoses, replaced the main fuel tank hose. Now all that's left is fix a dent in the front of the bed and put it back together.

Granthol

Mines in the process of getting intake manifold gaskets and isolator bolts. I'm going to get rid of this damn p0171, 0174 code.

Jbrew

Don't believe everything you read online (like you don't know that lol). These gen 10 trucks are all 6 quarts period, - even with remote systems. The ONLY way that could change is if you were to run a higher capacity oil filter, but that's a 3rd party application.

Capacity didn't change until the 11th gens. Some gen 11's from 04 plus use 7 quarts standard..all 3 valves anyway.

In the past and because running these engines over filled has proved an early demise (from frothing the oil and causing the mains to periodically go dry, -along with blowing the head gaskets) guys have scribed their own hash mark at 6 quarts right after changing.

Your actually better off running these engines a quart low vs overfilling.

Overfilling is hard on them, wears them out before their time. This occurs more frequently in these trucks because of the way Ford set up the dip sticks. When folks try to ride the top hash line which is already overfilled, they often go beyond that attempting to keep it there.

That's the deal with that. Just use the owners manual when in doubt...stick to it

Jbrew

No problem. Yea, they should of just used a full line on the sticks.

And it might of still been running with mine , pushing 350,000 miles and still running strong...no leaks and doesn't use oil MOST of the time (I've caught it using oil twice over last winter, that's new, but it hasn't done so since)

I think it makes a difference if you had the vehicle since new as well lol.

Jef Custis

long story short was slipping in and oit of 3rd since i boight it used didnt drain enough fluid before adding second bottlee of lucas in a year... niw slips and recs and bangs and grinds... crap!!!

blupupher

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Well, Yeah, LED or PnP HID's are a huge problem, but that is a bulb issue, not an output issue.
Stock housings with good Halogen bulbs can have good output, put in some clear lens housings with good halogen and you have really good output (for halogen) that does not blind oncoming drivers.
Throw some LED or PnP HID in there (which put out less lumens) and yeah, it blinds oncoming traffic.
I don't remember who it was that did a HID projector retrofit with the more expensive D2S system that gives amazing, focused lighting, then tinted the headlights really dark.

mandingo32

That's awesome. Wish I had half that ambition. I want my truck to look good, but damn taking the bed off.

smcox1

Removing the bed isn't bad but when you pull the cab and engine out then it's bad lol!

fordguy2100

Yeah the bed really isn't bad at all

OhioLariat

... unless the bolts won't budge.

Kroil and a TP-50 bit were delivered today so I can make my attempt. Since I've advertised parting out the '99, I guess I should make sure I can get it apart.
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