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[*] posted on 3-29-2024 at 04:38 PM


Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc  
vacuum so close to the ground is a bad idea in a 4x4.
Ford has released a paper urging owners not to drive in water deeper than their hub.


Are their any truck mfgs that urge owners to submerge their mechanicals systems under water?

[Edited on 3-29-2024 by mtgoat666]




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[*] posted on 3-31-2024 at 10:33 AM


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Probably a little too late to help but a good, quick way to find vacuum leaks is to use a small probalne bottle, a valve and rubber hose with a metal tube probe. With the engine running let a little propane flow from the bottle and move the probe around the vacuum hoses and anywhere there could be a leak. If the engine speeds up you have found the leak.
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[*] posted on 3-31-2024 at 11:17 AM


That's smart, Larry.

Turned out to be far more than a vacuum leak, much to my chagrin.

Both actuators were bad as was the driver's side drive shaft.
That was missing a tiny piece off of the end where it inserts into the hub.

That point of insertion is tiny for what it has to do, in my opinion, and severely under engineered.

FWIW, Jeff has sold MIT and is working there until the new owner is up to speed, potentially for a year.

Biggest lesson for me was, unlike my Isuzu rodeo that was bomb proof with 4x4 shift unerway is that is not a good thing to do with the F-150, even at a low rate of speed with your foot off the petrol.

Well, I got over 132,000 kms out of it before learning that the hard way.
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