Patience

When my wife gets antsy I tell her to put on her patience pants. She says she doesn't own any, and for that matter has never heard of such a thing. Personally, I feel my closet is full of them. But who am I to judge fashion. Anyway...



To all the dozens (well, maybe the 8 of you) that are interested in the final posts for the transmission rebuild, please be patient. I'm trying trying trying to get to it. My life is a bit more hectic then it was when I started this project. I'm trying to carve out some time to make these posts. I really want to! Between the 9-month-old, and now working 2 part-time jobs, plus the extra jobs I get on the side, there's just not a lot of minutes left. I'm sure each of you understand and can sympathize. But I promise I haven't forgotten.

Thanks again for reading!
Joel

Service in the Ford House

So I was at the Ford dealer today to pick up a couple of crush rings for a 7.3 Powerstroke I'm working on and I came across this:



What ever kind of service would necessitate the removal of the cab? I'm not wanting to start the Ford/Dodge/Chevy war, but really? As far as I could tell the engine wasn't being replaced. The tech was working on something on the passenger's side. Looked like he had the valve cover off. And the fuel filter lid was off.

I can just hear the conversation at the service desk. "Yes sir, that's correct. We have to remove the cab to replace the fuel filter. What's that? Well yes, I know we can see it on the top of the engine with the hood open, but we're not insured to actually lean over your radiator. We find that it's much less dangerous to actually stand underneath the cab the suspended over our heads."

I just did a set of injectors and injector cups on 2001 Ferd PS, and, though it did take some grunting, removing the cab never even came into my head. Then again, I wasn't charging by the hour. Maybe Ferd is the most popular truck in the US, and maybe the F-150 is/was the highest selling auto in the past few years in the US, but, I'm betting you, in Colorado at least, the Ferd service costs more than the other 2 big 3 auto makers...maybe combined.

Then again, it was probably covered under warranty.

I'm just sayin'.