New Motor: update

[LaRue Medlin]

Well, my new 5.4 arrived at 2PM yesterday at MCLAUGHLIN FORD. By 5 pm they had most of front end removed. As of 11am, they were getting the last few connections removed and should have my old motor out by lunch. I'm hoping they will have the new motor prepped and ready to install by morning. If things work well, I should have my truck back by Thursday. Let's hope......

 

[EddieS'04]

:supercool::driving:

 

[LaRue Medlin]

12 noon. They say it will be cranked up before quiting time today.



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[Gavin Allan]

Don't they clean the floors at that shop? What a friggin' mess!

 

[EddieS'04]

I had one van '78 dodge. From that pic, that is why I said I would never own another. to much trouble to work on.

 

[Kevin Lang]

Ouch, that looks brutal. Glad I'm not involved in putting that humpty-dumpty back together.



And I thought the ST was cramped under the hood.

Don't they clean the floors at that shop? What a friggin' mess!

Agreed. You might have to get your TC, as it looks like your van bled out on the operating table. :grin:

 

[gary s]

good luck.



probably not a good idea to see her in that condition :cry:

 

[Todd Z]

Looks like the van just went...... :throwup:



I remember the days of looking on my driveway and seeing that and going ... DAM.... now i got to put it all back together... LOL



Todd Z

 

[LaRue Medlin]

Just got back form the dealer,,, the van is up and running, and I should pick it up by lunchtime. whhooooo hooooo :banana::banana::banana::banana::supercool::supercool::supercool::supercool::haveabeer::haveabeer::haveabeer::haveabeer:

 

[LaRue Medlin]

BACK ON THE ROAD AGAIN. $2895.00. 36 month 100000 mile warranty. They took off the valve covers and dropped the oil pan and showed me all kinds of metal shavings.........



Back to work,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:banana::banana:

 

[Tom Schindler]

What was the official cauls of failure?



We had an Aerostar van with the 4.0L OHV engine snap a connecting rod. It happend with over 100,000 miles on the engine. $4!t happens. Did they ever figure out what caused it?





Tom

 

[LaRue Medlin]

Tom, they say a rod bearing went bad...... oh well......................

 

[Gary DiPietroSr]

I have have 49K on my E250 right now. Hope I'm not in for that!

 

[LaRue Medlin]

the knock actually started at about 66K, (no warranty) I drove till it died. No choice.... Now I have another one to kill.....:bwahaha: but I have a 100K 36 month warranty on this one.

 

[Todd Z]

Good luck with it man !!



Todd Z

 

[Kevin Palmer]

Best of luck,,,



Hope it last a lifetime for ya.

 

[scott degroot]

LaRue,3/2/2011 10:30 MT



. 36 month 100000 mile warranty.

Really...you better check on that. Right now Ford is offereing a 3 year unlimited mileage warranty on engines and trannies regardless if they are for commercial use or not...heck I even got a $100 Visa card from them as part of a rebate.

 

[LaRue Medlin]

l1tech,, who do I talk to? Dealer or Ford?

 

[ray moyer]

i like the 3 shop towels in the middle of all the liquid mess :bwahaha:

 

[scott degroot]

It was the dealer that actually informed me about it. I'll have to go through the endless stack of papers on my desk and dig out the flyer.