Bubba Ray Boudreaux
1 ton status
This is from Momma Boudreaux up in Idaho. Can't get her Ford fixed and she didn't like my advice of sticking a couple blocks of C-4 on it, so hopefully someone somewhere around here knows what exactly the problem is.....
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The truck goes in
the shop Monday. This makes the third time for this problem. The throw out
bearing was making noise, so we were thinking the bearing was fixing to go
out. So to Tremonton we go, the closest Ford garage. They also repair and
sell Dodges there!!!!! So they pulled the tranny out. Seems like the
flywheel is needing to be replaced. It was a dual mass flywheel and we
could go with the same, but it would cost like $1500. They told us about a
single mass flywheel made by Six States that all together with the flywheel,
complete clutch, and bearing for $1200. And a lot of the farmers and
ranchers go with the single mass for their trucks. So we went with the
single mass. Well, it started making the same noise again. Then the first
time I was backing the trailer into the barn, the truck started hopping like
the clutch was slipping or I wasn't giving it enough diesel. Well, it
wasn't me. Marshall was putting the trailer back in the barn by himself and
had the same problem. We took it back over for the noise and I mentioned
the hopping. They checked out the noise and said it was the clutch springs
returning to where they belong. Well, Thursday I was backing the trailer
into the barn again. The truck was hopping so darn much, it was beating me
to death. I had to ride the clutch to get it to move. Finally got the
trailer back in the barn. Was parking the truck and could smell the clutch
burning. So got on the phone again and told them that something is
seriously wrong with the clutch. So back in on Monday. They are gonna do
something or I am gonna make them eat that flywheel, clutch, etc. When I
was describing the problem to the service manager, he says, there got to be
a problem.
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Anybody have any ideas, clues and or derogatory comments?
[ QUOTE ]
The truck goes in
the shop Monday. This makes the third time for this problem. The throw out
bearing was making noise, so we were thinking the bearing was fixing to go
out. So to Tremonton we go, the closest Ford garage. They also repair and
sell Dodges there!!!!! So they pulled the tranny out. Seems like the
flywheel is needing to be replaced. It was a dual mass flywheel and we
could go with the same, but it would cost like $1500. They told us about a
single mass flywheel made by Six States that all together with the flywheel,
complete clutch, and bearing for $1200. And a lot of the farmers and
ranchers go with the single mass for their trucks. So we went with the
single mass. Well, it started making the same noise again. Then the first
time I was backing the trailer into the barn, the truck started hopping like
the clutch was slipping or I wasn't giving it enough diesel. Well, it
wasn't me. Marshall was putting the trailer back in the barn by himself and
had the same problem. We took it back over for the noise and I mentioned
the hopping. They checked out the noise and said it was the clutch springs
returning to where they belong. Well, Thursday I was backing the trailer
into the barn again. The truck was hopping so darn much, it was beating me
to death. I had to ride the clutch to get it to move. Finally got the
trailer back in the barn. Was parking the truck and could smell the clutch
burning. So got on the phone again and told them that something is
seriously wrong with the clutch. So back in on Monday. They are gonna do
something or I am gonna make them eat that flywheel, clutch, etc. When I
was describing the problem to the service manager, he says, there got to be
a problem.
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Anybody have any ideas, clues and or derogatory comments?
