So, I am picking up my "new to me" supercrew lariat this week that has 88k miles. Is there anything I should be looking for in particular as a service or wear item? I have a 2 year warranty on the truck. As a good measure I am going to change out the plugs and oil/filter. It has a new air filter and the other fluid look clean. Just looking for any "got ya's".

 

Nope. Should be good to go if the maintenance is up to snuff. Not much maintenance to do other than oil changes until the 100K mark.

 

On the plugs, check to see if you have the revised heads that take the one piece plug. The COP boots are brown instead of black.

 

Look for 8L3E on top of the COPS .. Or BB engine code flexy for the revised plugs ..

Maybe worth a fuel filter change .. Good luck!

 

make sure to post pictures when you do get it. We love PICTURES

 

Could you expound on this a little?

 

Expound?

Ontop of the COPs (Coil On Plugs) there should be numbers. 8L3 or 3L3 or summit like that.

Basically if they number starts with an eight your in luck. If it starts with number three then buy a listy? Linde??? Anyhow buy that Spark plug extraction tool.

Also if you look on the driver side valve cover there should be an engine code & build date. 7G 600 BB is my code with build date 04-17-08. None nightmare plugs.

Fuel filter well. Your gonna need to buy a fuel line / Aircon line removal tool kit. Buy the MC fuel filter from Ford and they might throw a few retainers in there. Although I never needed them when I did the filter.

 

I'm not sure that the boot color makes any difference. He is going to change them regardless. My 08 didn't have brown boots, I followed the removal procedure, and didn't have a single issue. I did mine closer to 70k miles, but it will be fine I'm sure.

 

The black boot 08's are the 2 piece plugs with the ground sleeve that loves to stick, the brown boot ones are the revised heads with the standard plugs.

 

Thanks for the info guys. I did a little more research into the history of the plug issue. I hope it is the new style coils....

 

Here is a quick pick from when I was at the dealer.

 

Interesting. It has the Lariat Chrome package minus the grill. I wonder if something happened to the grill, or they just added the mirror caps/handles.

 

Looks exactly like my Dad's '07 XLT, except for the SuperCrew and 4x4. Great looking truck, man.

 

Looking Good... Enjoy the ride...