New ride.

[jb]

After 20 months I got tired of my oil burning GMC pickup and traded for this FORD.
Kay usually gets tired of a car and needs a new one about every 4 years, I have always settled on a good clean low milage used vehicle and drive it till the wheels fall off.
I have not bought new ,for myself, in 33 years.
Started looking for for a replacement about 3 months ago.
I found out I really don't need a pickup, but need something to haul our travel trailer with some extra storage, inside the vehicle workes out better then outside in the bed.
Local Ford dealer had this sitting on the lot for over a year, brand new 2012 with a 112 miles, loaded, sunroof, third row seating, leather, more dodads than I'll ever use. I kept going in and bugging my salesman about a deal, never could get close enough for me to pull the trigger.
This weekend they had it marked down on a big sale, took 10grand off the sticker. I got them to come down another $850 and drove it home.
I was always a Ford man, somewhere in the past I crossed over to the dark side and bought a few GM products, driving this new one makes me wonder why I ever did that.

[Buckrub]

Sigh.

Nice ride........but you'd never make it down here. A man needs a truck (even if it's to loan to his boys every weekend!! ) So, what are they going to do now???? And that thing won't pull your travel trailer!!

[Bwana]

Nice and shiny for sure but it's till a Ford.

[Thumper]

Nice ride Bubba! Well ...... ummm, you DO realize it's a Ford ... correct?

[Niner]

Well....SOMEBODY has to keep the mechanics in business.
When I got tired of sending my mechanic's kids to college, I got away from Fords.

Seriously though, SOME people have good luck with Ford products...my BIL will own nothing BUT a Ford.
Good lookin' ride. Is that the Expedition?

[johnboy]

Good looking rig but details, we need details! Is it a 4x4?

[Captain]

That sure is a pretty ride! Congrats.
Has it got a transmission cooler???
Them Ford are know for pulling the transmission out..
I could not make it without a truck!
Take Care, Captain

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[jb]

4x4 Expedition, Triton 5.4 V8, loaded with heavy duty trailering package (heavy duty battery, tran. cooler, heavy duty suspention and swaybars). Heated and AC seats, third row seating,( power fold down) Lift tailgate and also lift window,
Lots more stuff that I have to figure out yet.
If my first post didn't come across as to the reason I bought this, it was because my 08 GMC burned oil, 2 qts. per oil change, one qt. per 500 miles if I was towing my trailer. Last vehicle I owned that burned oil was my 55 Merc. back in 1964. There is no reason for a car today to burn oil. If you research the GMC 5.3 engine you'll see that it has this problem.
Even the owners manual says 1 qt. per 2000 is not considered excessive. BULLSHIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Buckrub]

I don't have AFM, and no oil burning problems.

Sounds like a nice ride. Will it pull the camper?

[Niner]

It should do a good job pullin' the RV. My BIL has had an Expedition for years.....and he has pulled their camper all over creation...or at least the Southeast. He likes that ol' ride so much that a couple of years ago he had the outside redone. All dents/dings removed, new paint, etc.

I have ridden in it....it DOES ride better than his last Ferd pickumup.

[Big Skyz]

Nice ride JB. I expect it will suit your needs perfectly.

[Thumper]

How are things going with your Found On Road Dead Mr. Sky? Haven't heard much latey, did you get all the bugs worked out?

[Sunshine]

Hay don't be making fun of a FORD!!!

I love my ranger!!!

[Niner]

Like I said above, Sunny. SOME people have good luck with fords. I had an '86 Ranger that puked its transmission in the middle of nowhere in Kansas in '89(??) on a 4th of July weekend. THAT was some fun....NOT. AND, to top it off it was just a FEW miles outside of their wonderful 26K warranty, which meant we were screwed. Talk about ruining a good vacation! I'll tell that story another time though.

[BarryBobPosthole]

Fucked-up Old Rebuilt Dodge.

The oil burning thing is a new one on me.my old thirteen year old Chevy is usually only down about a half quart when I change my oil, and that's typically at about 8k.

Enjoy your new hoopie though! I have new truck fever bad!

BKB

[Thumper]

I hate to admit this, but I probably haven't checked my oil level between changes for 20 years now. In my younger days, I thought I'd never be saying that in my lifetime, but I finally got out of the habit because the level never changed. Heck, I couldn't tell you the last time I raised the frigging hood to be honest.

'Course ... I DO drive a To .... well, you know!

[Thumper]

Niner ... I'm sure I could research it on the net, but your post got me wondering. Did Ford have problems with the mid to late-80's Ranger tranny's? I ask because when I lived in California, my next door neighbor was a huge Ranger fan and that's all he drove back then. His Ranger puked a trans. at very low mileage and they REPLACED it (no rebuild). It puked again about 6000 miles later. He worked some sort of deal with Ford (or the dealer?) and they put him in a new Ranger for very little $$$ out-of-pocket. I don't remember if he threatened them with the Lemon Law or what, but he got a new one. You guessed it ... THAT one puked a tranny also! This was the mid. to late-80's, I'm not sure of the exact year, but Lynn was with me and we only lived together in that house from '85-'89.

[Niner]

Not to TOATALLLLY hijack Bubba's thread......but then this is GoodHunting.....


Yepper, I'm pretty sure that tranny had a design flaw.
https://www.google.com/#output=searc...w=1280&bih=615

I STILL remember the part number of that tranny. A4LD. They "fixed" it. I think they put in a new pump or something. About 30 miles down the road from the dealer it smoked again. Fortunately we were near a gas station, coasted in, and called the dealer (this was back in the pre-cell phone days). He came out with his tow truck and hauled it back to their one-horse town. He was very sorry that the fix didn't work...and I think pretty embarrassed. He told us it would need a new tranny, and it would take a couple of WEEKS for it to get there AND it would cost...because the warranty was expired...about $2000 IIRC. We ended up just trading in the truck on a demo Taurus they had there, and coming back home....and if I remember correctly we got a pretty good deal. Seems like he allowed about what we'd paid for the truck in trade-in value.

Anywhoo.....the whole deal is a pretty long story. I may type up a thread on it one of these days because it would be a good read.

[Chicken Dinner]

I had a late 80's Bronco II that was a great little truck and never gave me a bit of a problem. Most of my 4-wheeling at the time was in the sand (surf fishing) or snow and the short wheel base and light weight made that thing the bomb.

[Thumper]

Yep, Niner ... I looked at your link and it says that tranny was introduced in 1988. That would be about right now that I think about it. I now remember he bought the new Ranger and blew two trannys. They then put him in another new Ranger and he blew a tranny in that one. He was so pissed off after that, he traded that Ranger on a Mustang. Ha ha ha! I just read on your link, that same tranny was used in the Mustang! We moved back to Florida in '89 so I have no clue if he blew the Mustang tranny or not. If so, that would have made me think SERIOUSLY about changing brands!

[River1]

I know I'm new to this site and all and don't ever post. Mostly just lurk in the back ground and all but when Thump started talking about blowing two trannies I shot grape koolaid outta my nose all over my desk.... I've heard some pretty nasty stuff in my day but that about tops them all... Thump you is nasty!!!

[Thumper]

You know ... it hit me as I was posting ... and I couldn't help but wonder who would be the first to mention that. I need to make one thing perfectly clear though ... I was talking about my neighbor!

[Chicken Dinner]

Pull up a stump River 1. I think you're going to fit right in.

[Buckrub]

The oil burning problem was directly related to the Active Fuel Management system. If you don't have one, (and I don't) then this issue doesn't occur.

[jb]

Bucky is right, I think, GM even put out a bulletin about the problem, local GMC dealer was ready to look at mine but I solved the problem by getting rid of it.

[BarryBobPosthole]

River1, that's about as fine an intro to Goodhunting as I've ever seen. Chortling over Jimbo blowing trannies.
Chortle chortle, snort.
(it's his hobby)

BKB

[River1]

I fully expected a full blown (pun intended) Thumper story about how he knew this one guy this one time who loved blowing trannies. I had hoped his story would help me pass the time on this boring Friday in an empty office... I gotta admit I'm a little disappointed... So that I don't complete hijack this post I will say that I am a Ford (First On Race Day) guy and love my Expedition. Best full size people mover out there.

[Buckrub]

I 'spect Jim has blown his share of trannies, Riv........

[Chicken Dinner]

Or, vice versa...

[jb]

River1 welcome aboard, you'll do just fine around here.
One question will answer a lot about you " do you like boiled peanuts ?"