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From: Houston, TX
Re: Oh Oh!
Originally posted by skuter99
My 02 True Blue was built in the middle of May.
HOPEFULLY I just missed the problem.
cross my fingers!
Thanks for the info.
skuter99
My 02 True Blue was built in the middle of May.
HOPEFULLY I just missed the problem.
cross my fingers!
Thanks for the info.
skuter99
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From: Baldwin ,Wi.
Originally posted by HANKFAN
I wonder why the 99-00 rods are so much stronger? There has only been a handful of 99-00 L's who have thrown rods and most of them who did were running extremely high boost levels or nitrous. My cousin 10secL is running a 5# lower with a 100hp shot and has not had the 1st problem with his motor. Makes you wonder how much boost and nitrous the 99-00 rods can take? Sure would make me feel better if I knew!
I wonder why the 99-00 rods are so much stronger? There has only been a handful of 99-00 L's who have thrown rods and most of them who did were running extremely high boost levels or nitrous. My cousin 10secL is running a 5# lower with a 100hp shot and has not had the 1st problem with his motor. Makes you wonder how much boost and nitrous the 99-00 rods can take? Sure would make me feel better if I knew!
Ill let you know this year how much they can handle.
I have a 6# and plan on getting an upper . If she blows she blows .. Then its easier to expain to my wife that i need a new engine!
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From: sunny So AZ
they won't be able to keep it quiet very long in the L community...
here is a listing of TSB's that I found
http://www.alldata.com/TSB/20/022068DI.html
there is more than one Ford service/mechanic on this forum to verify any rod issue fixes - I wonder why "rod 3" - rod 3 is no different from any of other 7 rods???
here is a listing of TSB's that I found
http://www.alldata.com/TSB/20/022068DI.html
there is more than one Ford service/mechanic on this forum to verify any rod issue fixes - I wonder why "rod 3" - rod 3 is no different from any of other 7 rods???
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From: Selden NY
Born 12/10/01 here
I'm cool
Plus you've all heard mine got the true test the night I had "NO" Rev Limiter "OR" Shift Points
and it pinned the Tach at 6000 and god knows what 4 or 5 times. I could feel those babbies flexing that night, but they stayed in 
I'm cool
Plus you've all heard mine got the true test the night I had "NO" Rev Limiter "OR" Shift Points
and it pinned the Tach at 6000 and god knows what 4 or 5 times. I could feel those babbies flexing that night, but they stayed in
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From: Selden NY
Seems to be a new head to fix our problems too that Ford is being hush hush about ???
Look what I found over at NLOC
Look what I found over at NLOC
Originally posted by Buzz LightYear
After countless Sparkplugs ejecting out of 5.4s, it appears Ford has redesigned the Windsor heads. I work in the service department of a local dealer and we see at least 4- 5 5.4s that have spit plugs out a month. ( At Least 90 % are Lightnings ) Well today another Tech called me to show me that the threads on the head Ford sent to fix a vehicle were threaded all the way thru. I dont know when this change took effect but this head had a casting stamp of Dec 2, 02. It appears to have a total of 10-12 Threads now.
Buzz
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After countless Sparkplugs ejecting out of 5.4s, it appears Ford has redesigned the Windsor heads. I work in the service department of a local dealer and we see at least 4- 5 5.4s that have spit plugs out a month. ( At Least 90 % are Lightnings ) Well today another Tech called me to show me that the threads on the head Ford sent to fix a vehicle were threaded all the way thru. I dont know when this change took effect but this head had a casting stamp of Dec 2, 02. It appears to have a total of 10-12 Threads now.
Buzz
To infinity and beyond
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From: Alaska
Hey Guys,
SuperFords is right, there is no tsb or recall for this. I work as a tech up here for our local ford dealership and even our own factory website for techs has no listing. Unfortunatley it sounds like your service advisor lied to you, but thats ok at least you get a new motor. By the way how many miles on your unit? I'm asking because if it has less then I think its 10,000 miles on it you get a new motor if its more then 10,000 you get a reman, I don't do heavy line I'll have to check with him to find out.
SuperFords is right, there is no tsb or recall for this. I work as a tech up here for our local ford dealership and even our own factory website for techs has no listing. Unfortunatley it sounds like your service advisor lied to you, but thats ok at least you get a new motor. By the way how many miles on your unit? I'm asking because if it has less then I think its 10,000 miles on it you get a new motor if its more then 10,000 you get a reman, I don't do heavy line I'll have to check with him to find out.
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From: irving, texas
its rumored that the 99-00 rods will take about 500 hp
I wonder why the 99-00 rods are so much stronger? There has only been a handful of 99-00 L's who have thrown rods and most of them who did were running extremely high boost levels or nitrous. My cousin 10secL is running a 5# lower with a 100hp shot and has not had the 1st problem with his motor. Makes you wonder how much boost and nitrous the 99-00 rods can take? Sure would make me feel better if I knew!
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Glad to see you all responding to this post, and to answer a previous question, mine had just turned 6000 miles when the rod went, and in correspondence to another person losing rod #7, depending on the way the tech interprets it, rod #3 could essentially be the same as "rod #7" or vis versa. And yes, all they seemed to want to see was my 2 oil change reciepts. Sythetic both times, so no more questions after that. I'll get a final statement and analysis in the next couple of days. The rod didn't actually completely go through the block, it just put a small, but ever so deadening bulge in it, just above the oil pan.