Steve Mutter

just did a hpop today,lower bolt was loose,just re seal it with no problems,the info on this site is can not be beat!

I think there is someone new in the warranty department,I had a couple of tsb and recalls kicked back that were straight forward?

they still need a v8 option,if it was just a 4 I don't think it would fly,

I have one cust that said his truck runs rough now,can you do a parts warranty on a recall sensor?

don't know why the cust would not tell you he had an aftermarket gasket,its not like ford has a listing for the gasket,it just puts you in a bad position because if you put a stock gasket in it may not seal or now you have to wait to to find out what gasket it is , where do you get one and how long is it going to take to get one, working on stuff that other people have modified is hard because you never know what has been done or what kind of parts are being used till its to late and it's apart in your stall

1FTSW21P46ED25745 is my vin,you are right,the other one I had was a late 04 and the short block was around the $4200.00,I wounder why the big price diff. they are almost the same save for a couple of thing like the hpop and dowel for the heads(I think),oh well

what is with that web site,it is like every post is about trashing the dealer they took it to for work,my dealer did this, my dealer did that,my dealer will not commit fraud so I can get arp head studs. I don't know, it just seems unfair

I have an 2006 6.0 that has a bad cam follower,going thru the prices and the short block warr. price is $7200.00,this is almost twice the price from about 4 months ago(I think around $4200.00),is this just wear I work or is that just the new price all around? It makes staying under cost cap impossible on some repairs

just caught that post,I hope that tech is just joking around

I don't think ford would do that,I hope,I have never put head studs in(just tore down an engine that had them,see my pictures) but I think that you would have to remove the enigne or lift the cab to put head studs in,I don't see ford making a new service procedure or adding time to the labour time to do this,I hope they don't just for JIm's reason that everyone one and his dog would want us to install them,and a set of hypermax gaskets that can hold 500 hp, again see my pictures

Why do some techs use the Ford message board to tell Ford that they need to cut the labour times,I was just on it today and there is a tech bragging about how fast he can do headgaskets on a 6.0,I can just see it now, a new tsb and a new cut time,just look what happened to the egr cooler hose, they probably will not change the time but I guess what I am trying to say is that it is nice that he can do headgaskets fast but can he tell somebody other than big brother? just my two cents

check this out,www.internationaltrucks.com/DMAXX/,real cool truck with what looks like the super duty spec. 6.4 engine,does anyone know if there are going to make this truck? or is it just for show

got to love days like that,murphy's law hit's hard somethime

Jim, go to http://www.protechnician.com and you can read 08-4-08,thats what I do to see tsb's befor they translate them for us canadians

Is this for real, did not think Ford would do something this funny,I like it!!!

I see what saying and understand the hotline issue,I was not putting them down I know they have alot on there plate.

thats alot of reading,you can't flat rate read this one or you will end up only getting 14.1 hours to do headgaskets,I like the flow chart, almost every way will have you replace the headgaskets

the other diesel tech in are shop had that code,same thing called hotline and they got him to replaced ebp sensor + tube and map sensor but the pinpoint test would have you look at the actuator,the truck had come in 2 times befor and he could not find anything wrong till he called hotline,one thing to note is that when he took the map sensor out it was cover in black crap,the truck has not been back yet. Hard to get info from the hotline on stuff like that

How are the Superdutys selling? we don't seem to be selling alot of them,back in 2005 and 2006 it seemed like we were selling one a day, and most of them were diesel

I guess it will about ten years in the trade now ,started in 1997 changed oil for 3 years,took one year off to try university,did not like that so I went back to the trades,re started at the dealer I am at right now, been about 6 years, I am happy to pull wrenches to make my living

how is that station is open? my firends dad had a 01 gmc diesel,he told them to with up with diesel, about one block later it stop running,truck was filled with gas and the gas station payed a $10 000 bill,I don't how it works in the US but I would think the station would have to cough up some money,oh well that station better stop selling that fuel befor they go bankrupt!

thanks for the input!,my shop is going to have to put out so money to get this stuff,we need a crane and we don't even have engine stand!, oh well cost of doing business and it is hard to build a short block on the ground,one more question, you have to take the oil cooler off to use the brackets on a 7.3,right? thanks again

what type of engine crane works with the engine lift brackets,we just got the brackets and it does not fit on old engine crane that we have,what do you guys have? and what is the best one for the money? thanks

did you check oil level? crankcase overfilled or filling,when 4.6 and 5.4 's came out in f-150 in 97, if they where over filled I think they would run funny

I don't know how to up load pictures to this post,but I have some pictures of the tear down in my photo post,the hypermax head gasket failed,somebody is going be out a couple of dollars