It's easier and quicker to replace it.

It'd take alot of work to replace the bushings, and that might not even fix the problem

Those were all questions I asked. Particularly the "Does the new motor come with 60,000 miles of protection, or the remaining 24,000 on my odometer.

Yes, it basically is a wash to remove a motor, and tear it down, and rebuild. Apparently, there were several techs everywhere that chased codes to find this problem in other trucks, and their time and parts blew away what the cost was to just get a new motor.

I was told this was a new crate motor, with most parts on it, and they just unplug harnesses, and bolts, and swap.

BTW-the #7 misfire code is the clue for this ailment.

What was the answer?

Slab, your truck gives me wood everytime I see it. I don't know why.

It's the perfect mix of heavy duty and class...

My transfer case was brand new as well, the warranty on it was only the remaining portion of my factory warranty.

Yeah, he said that the motor would only be covered for the remaining Powertrain warranty, 24,000 miles. In theory, the algorithyms put the motor reliability @ at least 60,000 miles-oh wait, I just disproved that! The engineers and accountants and lawyers are just such good people over @ Ford...

I'll take my chances with a brand-new lump, instead of the other one.

I'm wondering how much power I didn't have, as well as how much gas I burned to keep an out-of-alignment crank spinning...how do you pay me for that?

If anything kept the motor alive, it was using only Royal Purple after break-in. That's a great endorsement, "Royal Purple keeps even american-engineered vehicles running longer than they have a right to."

They will usually switch over the air conditioner compressor, alternator, etc...from you old motor to the new one, that is what BMW did to my friends 540 when his motor **** the bed at 38,000mi..Cost BMW.....$17,000 for that **** long block!....Hmmmm, It's not American is it!............

All motors have a likelihood to fail - especially since the invention of the assembly line.

You gotta find the humor in slabs post though.

Which engine do you have?

There's a handful of '06-'07 5.4 3Vs with mismachined crank thrust bearings, causing excessive endplay. Looks like you had one of 'em.

Here are some shots of my motor swap, taken yesterday. The service rep said it would of cost $7k, had I been off warranty.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2321/...49855017_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2194/...11b6103c_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/...f04ee853_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3116/...406208b8_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3238/...8fcc4782_o.jpg


I requested that the crank endplay of the new motor be measured before installation. That came to 32/1000ths of an inch....that should be adequate.

I get a new manifold & Fuel system as well.

The problem of spark plug replacement has been solved...replace the motor

After looking at your last picture and not trying to be a smartass or anything but the fram oil filter you had on it was the worst filter there is!

shiny new engine...how the heck did you get 36k miles in an 07?

That would have been awesome if you could have talked to the tech on the side to see if he would slap on some shorty headers for you while the motor was out!

mikebaby

Uhhh. Royal Purple every 3500-the filter was just a gesture, and I had a coupon...NEXT PLEASE...