Haha he's new so I'll cut him a break You should have sent toolj over there before he got banned here, now that would have been hilarious haha

 

Woh Woh Woh, toolj got banned and no one told me?

what'd he do?



edit: off topic: someone just recommended f150online on pirate

 

I assume so! All his post got removed haha

 

Always fun to have some new fodder for the yuck yuck grinder.

The Ford dealer is playing with it today and decided to keep it an extra day to figure what is wrong.

 

Good luck, man.

Please let us know what they find.


MGD

 

The deal shouldn't find anything wrong as that is normal if you have 4 wheel drive on on drive pavement trying to turn. Every vehicle I owned that had 4x4 does this.

All-wheel drive (AWD) is most typically used to describe a "full time" 4WD which may be used on dry pavement. These systems must incorporate an inter-axle differential which allows the front and rear wheels to turn at different speeds. This eliminates driveline binding, wheel hop, and other driveline issues associated with the use of 4WD on dry pavement. Because all 4 tires in a full time AWD system are connected by a system of differentials, they are potentially very susceptible to spin when a wheel loses traction. Without sophisticated traction control systems, they would become immobilized when any one of the four tires lost traction. A traditional part time 4WD system does not connect the front and rear via a differential, and therefore does not suffer any front/rear torque reduction—if a front tire loses traction, it does not reduce torque delivered to the rear tires, even without traction control systems.
Part-time 4WD systems are mechanically simpler and cheaper than AWD systems. Also, a part-time 4WD transfer case is usually equipped with a reduction gear setting, or, low range, which provides for higher torque at lower speeds, a vital feature for vehicles that will see much off-road use. In AWD systems a more expensive separate reduction gearbox is usually used. The main drawback of 4WD is that because it lacks a center differential, a part-time 4WD system can only be used in low traction situations where the wheels have the ability to slip as needed.
For these reasons, full-time AWD is appropriate for improving on-road handling and is seen on cars and crossover/sports utility vehicles, while traditional part-time 4WD systems without center differentials, or with locking center differentials, are better for heavy-duty use such as off-road or in deep snow and are commonly seen on trucks and truck-based SUVs.

 

Definitely read through your manual being you are a first time truck owner. You may know 98% of what it says, but the 2% you learn will make a huge difference. We bought my wife an Acura TL and I had to read the manual because I had never owned a semi-luxury car before. I learned quite a bit!

 

I've read the manual a few times. Very different from a luxury SUV or 4WD. I'm learning quite a bit.

Appreciate the helping hand. Have already added my rear wheel liners, replaced that front awful EB license plate thing for the non EB bumper (grrr) and put a grill in front of the gaping hole for the inter-cooler. Now I just need a decent source to purchase a headlight replacement with a little more lighting power.

 

 

This topic is also covered in the owner's manual. Short version is that there's a reason the engineers left a gaping hole for the intercooler. I'm pretty sure they knew what they were doing.

 

i dont even want to know what the guys on pirate would say about this

and don't feel stupid OP. my truck now is my 2nd truck but first 4x4 and i did the same thing out of curiousity. hell it took me awhile to figure out how to put it in 4-lo. I guess the manual would have helped

 

Why on earth would you cover the inter cooler opening?

 

Who in the world would block off their IC? I think I wrote a grill somewhere ...

 

 

not all states/people run front license plates...