Recent content by Probity

Have had more than a passing interest in moonroof problems based on issues I had with a different brand (Honda). Looking at this one (25B08), once I found the full info packet, I don’t understand your dealer’s response. MC-11019968-0001.pdf Sometimes CSP info will clarify that if the customer...

Don't think that service is needed at 36k miles - but I thought a '22 Powerboost does have a throttle body. HL3Z-9E926-A - Throttle Body 2017-2025 Ford | Ford Parts Center

Getting away a bit from the original OP question on skid plates, I'm gonna take a bit of the other side of the argument on who should do your oil/filter changes (dealer vs. self): It depends on your physical condition. I'm old, decrepit, and large (6'4", 230 lb). I still (reluctantly) change my...

Did a very quick & dirty check on Autotrader - Nationwide from my zip code, both 2024 and 2025 new 157" WB models of any trim level/both 2wd and 4WD - showed 1524 (gassers 781, Powerboost 743). Had a 2016 157" WB, great highway cruiser, parking it in cities a different story.

I’ve followed this recall with some interest as my son-in-law has a ’21 (but ended up being outside the build date range), and my previously owned ’18 with the 2.7EB made with Silchrome-Lite intakes (which weren’t affected for whatever manufacturing reasons). Anyway all I’ve found is the...

I would hazard a guess (purely a WAG, not even a SWAG) that at least 50% of forum members here change their own oil/filter. Maybe a much higher percentage. Different reasons for why that is. I'm old and decrepit and large/tall, would love for my local dealer to do this work for the $80 or more...

As the article states, it's supposedly going to be a NA (not turbo) 4-banger. Speculation is maybe a NA version of either VW's EA211 1.5L engine (VW Taos) or maybe latest Gen EA888 2.0L engine. We'll see.

Yep. Administrative law is BIG..............couple thousand ALJ's, 10,000 AJ's and 'non-ALJ adjudicators'........... The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) reported 1,931 administrative law judges working for federal agencies as of March 2017, the most recent year for which comprehensive...

This is well put. I really hope most people are OK with the concept/original intent of the EPA but abhor what the actual workings of the EPA have become. The EPA is just one part of the amorphous blob called the administrative state (or 4th branch of government or shadow government or whatever...

"Normal" is relative only to your driving regimen. In my 2012 F250 my oil life monitor once told me after ~2500 miles I needed to change the oil. But that was after being stuck in an epic I-10 traffic jam between Houston and Beaumont in August, 6+ hours of engine idling and running the A/C in...

(Yawn) Almost too easy. Nationwide search, 5 with the 6.5' bed and XLT Sport Appearance Pkg. Used Ford F150 XLT for Sale in Covington, LA - Autotrader

Regards where CAFE standards will land - no idea. Regards new (March/April 2024) EPA Final Rule Multi-Pollutant Emission Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles (in the Federal Register here 2024-06214.pdf ) and effect on tuners, the potential biggest...

I hope Ford does an EREV in the nominal 1/2 ton (and smaller - Ranger/Maverick?) truck models. The year 2027 looks to be a crowded space for supposed EREV truck introduction - Ram as you note, the new Scout, Hyundai (reportedly a new small truck, not an EREV Santa Cruz). Price will as usual be a...

Nice looking truck, congrats. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Other than the OEM bed lighting and carpet/mats none of the other stuff trips my trigger. I am a no-chrome-steel-wheels guy, always function over form/substance over style, beautiful in its plainness.

Interesting. Ran into a similar situation on the last OC I did on my '18 2.7EB before selling it - ordered 6 qts of Mobil1 Extended Performance 5w-30 online, the 5 qt. jug was as ordered but the 1 qt bottle was mistakenly the 'high mileage' product (I bit the bullet and bought a qt. of the...