I know it's a gamble on buying used and then throw in commercial use to boot.
Here's my fuelly
Of course this band aid zip tie repair doesn't inspire high confidence but I'm getting it fixed & it's fixable for few hundred bucks so It'll survive another day. I'll certainly do maintenance like I do with all of my purchases.
Thanks! I do have a Bluetooth scanner & I use the app that came with the dongle. Soon as I felt that complete stalling out trying to pass I plugged that in shortly after & seen all of the Misfire codes. I kept telling the wife it was a "fuel issue" but found a post online describing the system on these will cut off the fuel injector if there is a Misfire. Bingo! It is a Misfire but it was the fuel cutting out also but now what I thought. 70k out of these Iridium plugs are toast apparently. I'm not sure if Fords new updated part number is any longer lasting or come with a different gap?.
I had asked the dealership to send me pics of underneath. This is what they sent. You are correct on the running boards. I can shut them off but it's a nice feature. Yeah, I tend to check out where the vehicle came from and I'm sure that's how they're buying these from up north for less money & then dumping them locally. I do joke around with the wife about it by saying that's probably why it sat at that dealer & I can imagine those Texans passing on it due to the rust &/or taxi service.
I’d hit it with some fluid film or the like and drive that baby.
I'll get some black spray paint in a can. I'm not looking forward to it since I had to do the same thing to the F-350 which was much worse than this Navigator. Even though I had a painters mask on I was starting to smell coconuts.
Okay, I don't know anything about those products. Does it dry like paint or is it an oil film? Does anything truly stop rust ?
Good eye, I had them just do on of the couple recalls. It was simply a rearview camera inspection. Ford says they can have an issue with something or the other I forget. But I was not charged even though it looks like it. I did the math & I didn't pay that portion of the recall cost. There's another one that I'll have done soon & that's a new master cylinder. Apparently they are leaking into the brake booster. There's the one for the side mirror "Puddle Lights" that's supposed to light up a Lincoln logo on the ground from the bottom of the mirrors but I've never seen these work. Fords fix is cutting power to them. Apparently they are a fire hazard.
Its sheep oil. Has (in my opinion) a very pleasant smell. It doesn’t dry much, and that kind of coating absolutely does stop rust. It keeps moisture and oxygen from the rust stopping it in its tracks. Needs to be applied every so often, Fluid Film every year or so, WoolWax seems to last 2 years for me. I just touch it up before winter.
Maybe I can spray paint it, over the rusted spots, & then add woolwax?
