Recent content by demarpaint

Time to take it elsewhere.

All engines use oil. Yours uses very little. I would not be worried, especially with the amount of oil you used over a 9,500 mile run.

+1

For years, decades in fact I owned a Ford, and still do. I should never say never, but odds are I will never own another Ford.

It's one nanny feature I never gave much thought to. I park in first, when I get in to drive I depress the clutch, I shift to neutral, and start the engine. If it's a cold start I let off the clutch and idle until the rpms get to 1,000, then it's clutch in and into first or reverse and go.

You pretty much backed up my point. The transmission had no business in a light duty PU or van. I was lucky with mine, having the top cover off [which made getting the transmission out and back in again a lot easier], I had a look inside, everything looked great, including the amount of metal...

For starters that transmission doesn't belong in a light truck. It has an internal slave cylinder, and the bell housing is part of the transmission making for a more difficult job replacing a clutch, or a slave cylinder, which is a weak link in the system to begin with. A ZF transmission would...

Exactly! And a big no thanks for me.

That is exactly what I was thinking.

During the summer I wash the car as soon as there's some daylight. Which is at about 0500. Then I back it into the garage to dry it, and wax it if need be. I should be living in Florida within the next 6 months if things go well, so I better learn the tips and tricks for living in a hot climate.

It took a little while, but tapping on the clutch master cylinder helped a lot. It sent any remaining air up into the reservoir and out.

88 E-150 4.9L M5OD transmission 80 K miles on fluid, changed as part of a clutch job. Out: Mobil 1 ATF. In: Delvac1 ATF.

After some weather delays, appointments and waiting on a part it's done. I forgot to post this picture of the transmission drain plug. Not bad for a stick with 80K miles on the fluid. Bleeding it was a bit of a PITA. What worked was jacking the van to the point that the clutch master cylinder...

I'll never do business with them again, I said that several years ago, and three tire purchases later I stuck to my word. I took my 88 E-150 in for tires and an alignment, the shop was busy. I could see one customer after another getting called into the shop being alerted of "problems." That's...

If I were 30 years younger and had the patience to hunt one down I might have considered it. Keep in mind this is an E-150 and I'm sure there would be quite a few mods, especially to the floor to get it to bolt in properly. There were very few of them made, F-150 OTOH would be a lot easier. I...