HOBART #1 as I recall

It's Jim Feuling, not Fueling.

^^^ What are you blathering on about? Have you been drinking? I have a Superflo engine dyno not a chassis dyno. It shows the torque the engine is producing and is pretty accurate. I tuned for a living and was well know in the Dallas area. Have you ever owned a 1995 FLM anything? I did the cold start calibration on every single model for nearly 9 months straight in the middle of Canada. I got out of the business because I found something that pays much better and that was more than 20 years ago. There are no customers that I have to show numbers to on the dyno. Ever hear of a man named Jim Fueling? I worked with him until his death in late 2002 and the OEs are just starting to catch up to what he knew and taught me nearly 25 years ago.

Guy I work with BIL waited over a year for his dream F250. Finally came in last week. Him and his wife drove it home. Put it in park and got out. The truck rolled backwards and crashed into their house as they were walking in the front door.

Guy I work with BIL waited over a year for his dream F250. Finally came in last week. Him and his wife drove it home. Put it in park and got out. The truck rolled backwards and crashed into their house as they were walking in the front door.

is that the 10 speed?

(Edits) As I start preparing for retirement and finding that Ford 1/2 ton 4wd drive beater pickup that is long-term reliable, wrenchable and capable of driving halfway across the country when needed and locally, I keep looking back to the 4.6L years. I've had two models with the 5.4 2v and 3v and have been very happy with those. My daily driver is a 2011 Expedition with a 5.4 3v...and although I'm helping manage the cam phaser/top end oil starvation issue with very regular synthetic 5W-30 oil changes, I'm (over?) thinking that I would rather have the 4.6L (2005-2007) F150 for that long-term retirement truck.

Do you guys think about this too? Vehicle, engine, electronics, and transmission designs are just too overengineered today. My take is that platform/design reliability hit a peak point about~10-15 years ago... and I'd like to stay in that wheelhouse. Honing in on that wheelhouse is the trick. No infotainment screens for me.

When I hit 200k miles, or when I just decide to do it, I’ll have the 100,000 mile work done again. At 100k, I had them go from the front bumper to the back one. I gave them free reign to find and fix everything they could find that needed fixing - belts, hoses, all fluids and filters, new struts and shocks, filters, brake pad replacements, and such as that. Whatever it costs.

Brave man! If I did that at my local dealer I'd come back to a 50K dollar bill.

Guy I work with BIL waited over a year for his dream F250. Finally came in last week. Him and his wife drove it home. Put it in park and got out. The truck rolled backwards and crashed into their house as they were walking in the front door.