He laughed when I told him it wouldn't fit his 60
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Well I must be a jerk cuz I didn't order parts for my wife's minivan
@skunked buys a lot of stuff from Ruffstuff. Looks to be right decent place
This was my first order. I've been eyeballing a few things for a while, and seeing how my free D60 steering arm got me looking at Hiems, plus sale, I figured give it a go. Happy doesn't begin to describe the "hold it in my hands" initial impression. I'm pretty sure a box of dynamite would destroy everything in my wife's jeep, but this diff cover would be intact and just as pretty as it is now.
I think the only word ruff stuff knows is BEEF.
Really good guys over there.
They sell minivan stuff???
#crawl&haul
Getting ready to leave in the morning for camping. Wish I was headed to Moab, but not this year...
Got my radio in, not my cleanest work, but I'm sure it wouldn't ruin the new owner's day should I ever decide to pass this truck along...
Getting ready to leave in the morning for camping. Wish I was headed to Moab, but not this year...
Got my radio in, not my cleanest work, but I'm sure it wouldn't ruin the new owner's day should I ever decide to pass this truck along...
Where are you guys headed?
I'm not familiar with any trails around there. Looking forward to pics. No wheeling for me this weekend.
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I promise I wont stop you today, I am on days off. All those not wanting to be stopped please raise your right foot. I am sure I wouldn'T stop someone just to say Hi.
I say all things considered because not everything went ok...
My dad's 2013 F-150 went into full blown failsafe/limp mode on Saturday. It wouldn't do anymore than about 8 mph, and threw the famous ford "yellow wrench" on the dash display along with the check engine light...
This happened on our way back from Fairplay (we forgot worms). We limped it the 10 or so miles back to camp, and then jumped in my truck. Napa in Fairplay was still open, and we needed a code reader. Turns out that the Drive By Wire freaked out. It threw a P2112, which is Throttle Actuator Stuck Closed.
After reading a little on an ecoboost forum >puke<, turns out it is a fairly common problem, and most likely would require a new throttle body.
Well being Saturday afternoon, and nowhere near a Ford dealer, I sent my wife and my mother back to Napa in Fairplay. They were sent for some Torx bits, QD electronic parts cleaner, and throttle body cleaner. While they were doing that, I pulled the throttle body off the 3.5L. It took wifey and mom about an hour on the round trip, so while we waited I had a beer, and tried game planning with Dad on how to get his truck and camper back if I couldn't miracle a fix...
Once my supplies arrived, I tried opening up the throttle blade actuator motor thingy, but ford strikes again! 4 of the little bolts holding the cover on were torx, but one was a 5 point tamper proof style. I was still able to pry it up and stick the spray straw from the QD cleaner under the lid, barely. I just started spraying the stuff in there, shook it around and sprayed some more, then cycled the throttle plate a few times, sprayed more..
I was thinking to myself that this was a futile effort, but we really had no other choice, except have it towed out, so we put it back together.
I told my dad to drive it up the road, and if I didn't see him back in a few minutes that I would come look for him.
Well he took off fine and was headed outta sight.several minutes went by, and I was headed for my truck, when suddenly he came haulin arse down the road, waved and then kept going.
When he finally came back, he said it performed as well as it ever had before, no lights, no warnings on the dash...
So Victory!!
My dad's 2013 F-150 went into full blown failsafe/limp mode on Saturday. It wouldn't do anymore than about 8 mph, and threw the famous ford "yellow wrench" on the dash display along with the check engine light...
This happened on our way back from Fairplay (we forgot worms). We limped it the 10 or so miles back to camp, and then jumped in my truck. Napa in Fairplay was still open, and we needed a code reader. Turns out that the Drive By Wire freaked out. It threw a P2112, which is Throttle Actuator Stuck Closed.
After reading a little on an ecoboost forum >puke<, turns out it is a fairly common problem, and most likely would require a new throttle body.
Well being Saturday afternoon, and nowhere near a Ford dealer, I sent my wife and my mother back to Napa in Fairplay. They were sent for some Torx bits, QD electronic parts cleaner, and throttle body cleaner. While they were doing that, I pulled the throttle body off the 3.5L. It took wifey and mom about an hour on the round trip, so while we waited I had a beer, and tried game planning with Dad on how to get his truck and camper back if I couldn't miracle a fix...
Once my supplies arrived, I tried opening up the throttle blade actuator motor thingy, but ford strikes again! 4 of the little bolts holding the cover on were torx, but one was a 5 point tamper proof style. I was still able to pry it up and stick the spray straw from the QD cleaner under the lid, barely. I just started spraying the stuff in there, shook it around and sprayed some more, then cycled the throttle plate a few times, sprayed more..
I was thinking to myself that this was a futile effort, but we really had no other choice, except have it towed out, so we put it back together.
I told my dad to drive it up the road, and if I didn't see him back in a few minutes that I would come look for him.
Well he took off fine and was headed outta sight.several minutes went by, and I was headed for my truck, when suddenly he came haulin arse down the road, waved and then kept going.
When he finally came back, he said it performed as well as it ever had before, no lights, no warnings on the dash...
So Victory!!
Thats awesome! Great field fix.
The five-ish hours spent limping it to camp, then going to fairplay, wrenching, waiting, and wrenching some more meant that I never got to go fishing...
And it rained hard for atleast 45 minutes each day we were there, and rained while we were trying to pack up, forcing me to have to pull everything back out and set it back up at home to dry it out.
And it rained hard for atleast 45 minutes each day we were there, and rained while we were trying to pack up, forcing me to have to pull everything back out and set it back up at home to dry it out.
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