Originally Posted By: bdcardinal
Originally Posted By: Jim Allen
Originally Posted By: bdcardinal
Plus remember that it does not matter who makes it, since Ford has a design spec for all their products.
Case in point Johnson Controls makes batteries for DieHard, Interstate, Ford etc. All are made to each companies specs.
Johnson Controls also makes the Optima battery.
Yup I worked at Sears a few years ago and I remember those things getting dropped off. I think every one I sold was returned with on a warranty claim.
Still running some 15 year old Optimas in my '86 F-250. Have a three year old one in the Honda and just put one in the Ford PU. They've been very good to me over the years.
Me, I really like AGM batteries (Optima or otherwise) but because they require a little different "care and feeding" than ordinary wet cell batteries, they are often misdiagnosed and needlessly tossed. My neighbor got hold of some supposedly dead Optimas from where he works and I helped him rehabilitate most of them for use in his tractors... which they are doing still. But.... we are hijacking this thread, aren't we.
Some MC content: Motorcraft filters... I flowbenched some filter options for my F-150, including both a MC and a drop-in replacement AEM in the OE 5.4L box. Interestingly, the MC slightly outflowed the AEM. AEM wasn't surprised, saying their media is more dense than the OE filter and more efficient. They hadn't tested the MC media for efficiency, but generally claim their media is about 3-5 percent more efficient than the average stock filter