^ you planning on selling in the next 50k miles?

 

Not so much sell as scrap haha

 

Well, traded the 05 in on this baby. Gotta say, the 3.5 Ecoboost is a lot peppier than the old 5.4!

 

^^ Looks sharp......

 

Gotta say, I loved my old 5.4L but this 3.5 Ecoboost is impressive!

 

Been playing around on-line looking to upgrade my '04 w/5.4L....having a hard time settling (?) for the 3.5L Eco...but from what I keep reading it's really not settling....just a stigma of a V-6.

 

I can tell you that it is not settling. With the max tow package the 3.5 Eco is rated at 12,500# towing. From driving it personally for the last week I can say it made my old 5.4L 3V feel like a toy.

 

Wait another year for the new 4.8l V8 Eco to come out.

http://fordauthority.com/2016/11/sou...w-4-8l-engine/

 

Got 'er up on the lift, and installed an MBRP SI/SO, and i have to say it sounds way better than i was expecting. A bit louder also.

 

 

Not quote today, but painted her badges a few nights ago and took a while to get around to getting pics since it was dark when I did it. Had a half can of paint left and thought I'd kill some chrome.

 

Went to go to work this morning and the truck wouldn't start. I ended up replacing the fuel pump driver module. Mine was corroded to where it was cracked in half. It was an easy fix but the part cost just over $100.

 

Not sure what you meant by "Eco", I didn't see anything about the 4.8 being turbocharged. Just that they're replacing the Coyote with another V8.

Clicked on the link with high hopes, left disappointed.

 

Replaced the oem step boards with Aries Pro-Series 3" Side boards. They look much better on the truck than oem.

 

Been a seriously long time since i have done anything other than wave goodbye to it, and on a every couple of weeks to a month basis, start it up and move it, since the phaser issue crept up and budget is at the bottom of the heap since the last few rounds of budget cuts... But I am picking it back up.

Today I did...

#1. Replaced the leaky, well. Water filled OEM headlights with a pair of Spec D Black Euro headlights. (OEM copies with blackout backs and chrome reflector bowls, not super fancy, but I like them...).
#2. Threw in a pair of Sylvania Silverstar Ultra bulbs.
#3. Swapped in a pair of Pilot LED Turn siglan bulbs.
#4. Swapped in a pair of Sylvania side marker LED bulbs.
#5. Swapped in an LED compatible turn signal relay from superbright LEDs.

Previously I had swapped in a Champion AGM battery from Sams Club. I leave it disconnected between runs. I also had a pair of the Pilot LED stop / turn / tail bulbs that I threw in only to discover hyperflashing...

Prior to parking the truck, I had dropped in a quart of Marvel Mystery Oil. Upon starting the truck this past weekend, something odd happened. The phaser tick got louder for a few seconds, and then faded, quickly, to nothing. And the CEL went out.

I am thinking, most likely out of blind oblivious optimistic hope that the Mystery oil might have had time and gravity to do its thing and cleared the crap out of the oil journals in the heads and phaser solenoids.

I am goint to change oil again, and try that out.

Now IF by some miracle of miracles the cam phaser issue has gone away, and I hope like crazy it has, I have some issues to finish taking care of before I take it in for inspection and tags...

#1. Figure out where that @#%^ exhaust leak is coming from. And fix it. Perhaps since it has been down so long, use this as an opportunity to finally do a 2.5x2.5x3" Y pipe into a 3" exhaust with flowmaster mufflers.
#2. Figure out and fix whatever is clunking in the front end. All the suspension pieces are solid as a rock. I suspect we are dealing with IWEs acting up...
#3. Cooling system flush, hoses, and thermostat.
#4. Tear down brakes and lube all slides.
#5. Complete the front coil spring swap from the lousy Rancho Quicklift Springs to the Moog payload package springs to get the nose out of the weeds.
#6. Complete the trowing package wiring harness install / LED under bumper aux reverse light install.