Today - and only in the monkeyhouse...

[Jim Warman]

>i recently had to replace my FICM and Ford reflashed it now i have lost a lot of power and 3mpg because of the emmision they put on it is there a way to reflash the flash i saw one website on here the other day and now cant find it any help would be appreciated<

 

>Slight Accident, Now Steering Problem

 

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My son just has a slight accident whereby he rearended another truck, basically a tap. The front bumper is slightly pushed in on the left. There is no other visible damage. However, the steering no longer turns fully to the right. When he wants to turn back to the left the turning will stop well before the wheels are even straight. When this happened we jacked up the front end and turned the wheels all the way to left, but not before there was a snapping sound when we turned left. You should also be aware that the left front drive axle was in need of replacement, but I am assuming that would affect the drive train when placed in 4 wheel drive. Presently, the hubs are unlocked. You also need to know that the steering wheel no longer is in the proper positon for the wheels to face foward. Is the steering rack and pinion? And if so, is it possible that the pinion jumped several teeth on the rack? Your help is greatly appreciated.<

 

"Thought" is on holiday, too... I realize some of this stuff is a litle bit technical for some folks, BUT.... I used to have an uncle that blamed our changing weather patterns on Sputnik - up there in space "making air"....

 

Suddenly - I feel very, very old.....

[Aaron]

The 'is it rack and pinion' question brings to mind a phone call I got when I was at the indy garage.

 

Me: Blahblah automotive, how can I help you

Customer: Well, I'm doing my own brakes here.

M: Uhh....yeah?

C: Yep. And I got this thingamajig

M: Fuckin' stop right there. Put the wheels on it and have it towed here.

C: But why?

M: If you are calling it a fuckin' thingamajig - you shoudn't be doing your own brakes!

*click*

 

 

Edit: Lookit there! I got a birthday cake!

[LARRY BRUDZYNSKI]

Happy B-day Aaron

[DwayneGorniak]

Happy Make like a baby and head out first day Aaron.

 

Here is a call I received from a local Hutterite colony when I was working in Innisfail:

 

Bretherin of the colony: Ya, I got a two tousand and treee superduty. What kind a oolle duu ya put in da transfer case?

 

Me: Mercon!

 

Bretherin: Mercon? What da hell is dat?

 

Me: Mercon/Dexron/ATF or better known as automatic transmission fluid.

 

Bretherin: What da hell does it loook like?

 

Me: Red! The same stuff you put in the automatic transmission!

 

Bretherin: Ohhhh! Not 80/90?

 

Me: No, not 80/90! Red Mercon!

 

Bretherin: Ohhh, well maybe dats why da Sun A Bitch won't go inta four wheel drive den Hugh?

 

Me: Uhhhh, Yeah!

 

Bretherin: Well tanks, I tink I will go get dat 80/90 outa da t-case den, O.K?

 

Me: Yeah, you go do that. See ya. And shaking my head in total amazement and laughin me ars off. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/icon_crazy.gif

 

Not that this may or may not have been the cause of their issue, but I just wanted to end the call as fast as possible.

[Jim Warman]

Oh... I get the feeling that the tale of the toolchest is not going to be pleasant... I used to manage a combination ESSO bulk station/Mohawk propane distributor... I had a loaded tandem propane truck lying on it's side in a ditch down an oilpatch road... a broke down 5 axle fuel truck about 300 miles up Albertas asshole and two drilling rigs about to run out of fuel and a brand new card lock that didn't like cold weather.... Our accountant looked at me and said.... "Cheer up, Jimmy... things are never so bad that they can't get worse".

 

I spend a significant amount of time helping people on the phone, in the driveway, at the counter.... one tries to screen calls so that the time he spends is with people that "matter" - but we know how that works...

 

The monkeyhouse always seems to have a better class of idiot than we can ever hope to meet in real life...

 

Aaron... 2009 is going to be a whole new bundle of joy.... the 6.4 fleet is aging and will start to show those things it hid from field testing... pretty soon there should be few cab bolts left with sealer on them.... and many people are going to realize that maybe gas engines aren't that bad, after all...

 

I raise a glass to you.... you attempted what most wont and you survived... Na zdarovje!!!!! No, I'm not Ukrainian... but you can't beat nalysnyky at Xmas.

[Jim Warman]

>Grampy, I can assure you the o-ring was installed correctly... Lubed with engine oil prior to installation and inspected for possible damage. I had just done an oil change last week with a, yes, Motorcraft oil filter ( I will not use any other brand). I'm very worried that Ford did not put any type of warning system that would let you know there is a problem with the oil pressure/level. The only way I found out was I stopped for gas and noticed the rear of the truck extremelt oily, looked underneath and baddabing!<

 

I had replied that Ford had given him a "low tech" oil level indicator... It's called a dipstick.

 

Ahhhh... I've been kicked of the monkeyhouse before, too.

[Aaron]

Thanks Jim for the kind words, and Dwayne and Larry for the birthday wishes.

 

Wish that my decision to go out there hadn't screwed up my financial life so bad as well as my life here at home, but things will have to sort themselves out over time and I will see what happens.

 

I have been meaning to haul the bolts out of the cab on my 08 and clean the loctite off of them and apply the appropriate (read: half a can) of antisieze to allow for easy removal later on.

 

I averaged 27.8mpg on an unloaded road trip at 105km/h with the 08 on the weekend trip down to my pop's place for Christmas.

[Bruce Amacker]

 

the bolts out of the cab on my 08 averaged 27.8mpg on an unloaded road trip at 105km/h with the 08 on the weekend trip down to my pop's place for Christmas.

Which engine- 6.4?

 

Wow, that's great mileage!

 

 

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[Tony302600]

Originally Posted By: Aaron

 

the bolts out of the cab on my 08 averaged 27.8mpg on an unloaded road trip at 105km/h with the 08 on the weekend trip down to my pop's place for Christmas.

Which engine- 6.4?

 

Wow, that's great mileage!

 

 

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Highest I've seen is 21.5

[Brad Clayton]

highest i've seen is 8.5 mpg

[Jim Warman]

This one gleaned from iATN... Gawd.... we're surrounded.

 

>This is my Son's truck. The Main concern is High Exh. Temp. under a load. He says he needs to back off the accelerator most of the time he's pulling a medium grade even when he's being conservative with the accelerator. He has a Banks performace device that plugs into the MAP and I think the Inj. Control Pressure sensor. The codes will come up with or without the device hooked up. He bought the truck used. It's very evident that it had a chip pluged into the back of the PCM board. There was a small sticker on the door from the chip Co. I think it said Superchip. He know's he will need to replace the PCM for the P0605, but could that be causing his High Exh. Temp?

 

He said recently the hose at the bottom drivers side of the intercooler poped off while he was on the freeway. Until he pulled over to reconnect it the Exh. Temp. was getting too high. He doesn't think that the continuious high Exh. Temp. problem started at that time. He said it was shortly after that.

 

We took a long road test yesterday with the scanner connected. The following data was read while pulling a fair grade with the truck in 3rd gear about 2000 RPM, Light to Medium throtle. With the Banks Device hooked up so we could monitor Exh. Temp.

 

Exh. Temp. 990 Degress

 

Exh. back pressure 24 PSI

 

Inj. Control Pressure 1600 PSI

 

MAP 16 PSI

 

Inj. Pressure Regulator % 25

 

VFDES 46

 

If you floor the accelerator at any time the Exh. Temp. will easily and quickly rise to 1300 + degress.<

 

I don't know about you guys... but buying a diesel with a chip is a lot like buying a car from a "little old lady that only drove it Sundays - 1/4 mile at a time".... and this guy let his son buy this hobby....

 

Jeezus... I am turning into a rotten old fart.

[Aaron]

Originally Posted By: Aaron

 

the bolts out of the cab on my 08 averaged 27.8mpg on an unloaded road trip at 105km/h with the 08 on the weekend trip down to my pop's place for Christmas.

Which engine- 6.4?

 

Wow, that's great mileage!

 

 

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Yep. 6.4L. Edge Evolution, set on 'Economy'. Shhh!

 

Have not been able to get any higher than about 25-26 since then.

 

Must have had the wind at the back of the truck.

 

This was figured out with a pen and paper, not the economy calculator on the dash (Which, BTW - is pretty acctrate, at least on that trip it was, anyhow.)

[Aaron]

>Grampy, I can assure you the o-ring was installed correctly...

Well, ya WIENER, if you had installed the o-ring correctly, it wouldn't be leaking, would it? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rofl.gif

 

So are you on the banned list?

 

check out http://www.fordpowerstrokeforums.com, I'm kind of a big deal over there, so I can keep you in the "Non-Banned" status /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif