HI this is Bikemechanic. i sorry guys i just cant find anything good withthese new ford engines. i have a 1997 f-150 extacab xlt long box 4x4 . my chargeing light is on and its killing the second altenater.since i owned it. the 4wd does work. and everything i found online says this 4.6 and 5.4 are full of problems. how does these truck have any following at all.i grow up in a era when you knew what engines to stay way from in ford and what the better upgrade was. right now thers nothing unless i spread 40,000 to get the cobra4.6 svt v8. this truck has 336,500kms on it. and it runs worse then my 1995 gmc 3/4 4x4 with a 350 with 431.689 kms.i am at a staylmate .i need a truck for my business but the gmc needs a saftey were i live as its out of province.and the ford is from my province.i am reaching out to you to help me out here. i am on a disabilty pension so i dont have a lot of money to spare on it

 

What are talking about, it's a 97. That's not new, - far from it. Yea, I'm not sure what planet your on, on this one, Ford is generally the better option for the majority. Sure , they've had some problems, - definitely not perfect, but your way off.

BTW, your charging lights on probably because you went cheap on the alternator. Also, on this planet we caps, spacing and proper punctuation. Well, we try anyway. That shows you have some respect for others. It makes a difference.

 

"Ford V-8's are garbage" because an alternator is going bad??
Your joking right?

Ive seen "reman" alternators bad out of the box.

Your post makes no sense at all.

 

The Modular engine is one of the most reliable engine out there. You do realize that truck is 16 years old? Its going to need attention now and then but a modular V8 will usually last 300,000 miles easy. The 4.6 was on Wards best engine list of and on for over a decade. Check your connections..

 

Wow

A new member who comes on here to bash Ford engines. Did'nt see that comming.

Why did you buy a 1997 Ford Truck if you knew they were junk?

If you like other engines, I can respect that, but for your information, My 1998 engine just turned 200,000 miles. Most durable engine I ever owned.

 

Troll

 

Funny... My 98 4.6 with 386 000 kms is great, knock on wood. All I've done to it is regular maintenance. I just replaced my alternator in Feb, the original from the looks lol.

I will say this, I truly hate the location design of the spark plugs, but it being so reliable kind of makes up for it.

I wouldn't trade my truck for anything, and when the wheels fall off I'm gonna rebuild it.

No matter what you drive you will have repairs, yes, some have more repairs then others. Its all how you take care of it.

My parents have a Chevy Avalanche and I cant wait to buy it off them when they no longer want it. Its an 03 5.3 with 160 000km on it they had since new. Much easier to do a tune up on that engine, but I despise the electronics lol... its always something.

(yes, I'd keep my Ford too- they look good parked side by side lol. Hopefully I'll have my fox body 5.0 or new edge style mustang by then too lmao... I need to make more money)

 

Yea, this guy isn't coming back.

 

You, sir, are full of p00p.

Exactly what do you expect us to be able to do? We can't reach through the Internet and fix your truck for you. Get your 16 year old rusty electrical system fixed and the engine will run for another 16 years.

 

Well, they may be garbage, but my piece of garbage has 201,000 on it, and it gets driven every day.

 

I would like to apologize on behalf of the rest of Canada for the original post.

 

I'm surprised you were able to form complete enough sentences for us to even gather enough information to label you as a troll! But yea...Troll!

I think I'm even upset/dissapointed in myself for even typing this post...there shouldn't have been a single reply after Casey. Brew...I'm sooo ashamed--you should know better, LOL

 

I know, I should. I took the bait. Crap!

Well, this user (OP) has been monitoring this thread just about every day, -

bikemechanic:

Thread posted: 04-20-2013, 04:35 PM

Last Activity: Yesterday 06:49 AM

So, - I wonder if he found an answer to his problem yet? A lot of good posts here.

 

4.6 = legendary!!!!!




Edited for language

 

Ya we have garbage trucks from Canada driving into Michigan everyday to dump their trash over here. I guess the OP fell off one of those trucks.