Re: OT--Ford Triton V8 plug nightmare...

Posted by CaptRon on November 15, 2006 at 14:40:56 from (206.74.45.9):

In Reply to: OT--Ford Triton V8 plug nightmare... posted by Brian in NY on November 15, 2006 at 13:39:05:

I have a 2003 F-350 crew cab dually with the 6.0 Liter Power Stroke. Last may I had it in the shop to check the intermitant A/C, they couldn't find a problem and the A/C worked till about a month ago and now will not work at all. Since May the truck has gone out of warranty and yesterday I got fed up after driving down to SC with no A/C and took a look at the compressor to see if it was unplugged. To my shock the clutch armature was laying against the fan shroud and could have easily fallen on the road. I called the dealer that looked at the A/C in May and asked if they could fix this under warranty since they failed to find a problem earlier. The distict service manager called me back and said no way but that it's lucky that I didn't loose the amature since that's usually what happens (so you mean that there is a history of this). Thanks a lot...
I checked the shaft this morning and instead of the broken bolt I thought that I saw yesterday it turns out that the bolt is missing entirely. I stopped at Lowes and bought a bolt and lock washer for $0.32 and a small tube of Locktite for $4.85 and put it back together. I can only imagine what the dealer would have charged me for this, a crooked one could have taken me to the cleaners.

Over the years I've had a lot of different vehicles and the Fords seem to always last the longest with the fewest repairs.

That Triton can be fixed without pulling the head, find a real mechanic to fix it.

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