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Bustednuckles
Documenting The Death Of America
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I was talking to a guy at a gas station who said he was driving down the highway in his new Ford pickup with the Eco Boost engine at normal speed and not accelerating and a rod and piston blew out the side of the engine block. I wonder what fault codes it threw? You just know the first thing they did at the dealership was plug it into the analyzer.
The last good engines made were the Coyote, the 6.2L “Boss” and the naturally aspirated 3.5 V-6.
I skipped over newer Eco 2-liters for our 2014 edge with the 3.5. Between carbon build up in the intakes, head gasket failures, and wet belt failures – all the new Eco-crap are just garbage.
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
Leigh, is that your Ford workshop in pic 17?
I have to laugh at these. The joshing between brand loyalists is often funny. I’m not a brand loyalist. I drive what I can afford when I need a new vehicle. I shop for low miles and have a mechanic look them over.
However, having grown up on a working farm my dad always said “Chevy is for going to the banks to borrow money. If you wanna work truck, you buy a Ford or Dodge. Chevy doesn’t last in the fields.” YMMV
My last Dodge (’91 Ram extended cab) blew a transmission on the Interstate at 70mph with the wife and kid in back seat).
My last Ford (’97 Expedition) kept blowing spark plugs and leaving the wife stranded in parking lots, banks, train stations.
My last two Chevy’s (’07 Suburban, ’12 Tahoe) blew engines thanks to the stupid cylinder deactivation features. I even had one of those ODB Deactivation delete plugin thingies. Only my ’91 Stepside was reliable.
My ’04 Wrangler has only left us stranded once when my son (somehow) cracked the bell housing on the transmission. Oh, and one clutch. We still have it for playtime on the beach.
I daily drive a Tundra now. LOL The wife drives a Chevy Bolt (yes the EV, no it hasn’t caught anything on fire – and you couldn’t pry it out of her hands because it is SO convenient for a runabout around town).
CSN
Just Kevin trying to get under my skin, is all. He hasn’t busted my chops in a while, so I was due.
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
Yup, Leigh, I did have an itch and when I realized it was Fords…
Speaking of busted junk……
Did you get your rig fixed yet?
Leigh
Whitehall, NY
Busted junk is right… I am in a waltz with Progressive fuckyouinsurance company and they insist they lead and I doubly insist I lead cuz’ I ain’t the bitch, they are, their insured hit me, not the other way around. No frame damage, hood can be repaired and the bumper and right fender and grill needs to be replaced. I got two estimates that are real close, $4100 bucks and change. They want to total it for and pay me $4700… just fix the damn truck and I will be happy, I won’t bad mouth you as much, I will not give you low yelp ratings and I will not shit post your company for at least six months. I have a nice letter ready to send to the state insurance racket commissioner outlining the BS and lack of negotiation on their parts.
Leigh, I thought that you were getting rather personal, asking a question like that of Cederq, until I saw his reply.
I got no opinion on Ford vehicles one way or another, but ol’ Henry Ford, the man himself, was right about a thing or two.
#Noticing
I have had better luck with Ford trucks. They have had their issues. The small block V-8’s of the 70’s and 80’s were low on power from the factory and they developed an oil leak by 50k miles but they were durable and would run hundreds of thousands of miles if properly maintained. The eco-boost was designed to last 125k miles but quite a few did not make it that far, especially if you worked your truck. The previous generation of Ranger’s are solid, especially the 3.0L. My current F-350 is a 2016 that just rolled over 100k. I will be disappointed if I do not get another 200k out of it.
First,will buy truck in photo #20!
I have a 85 150 built to the hills,runs well,really like all old trucks 80’s backwards.
Ford 9 inch?
Only Ford I currently have is my 89 SHO.