Dumping the truck would be best all-a-round

Ya were looking in to dumping the truck at this point 

However the 5er was never coming back to Fl anyway we were thinking of selling it in the PNW or AZ

Anyway  

And takeing the truck back to Fl  so the truck part is the game changer now 

In looking at a roadtrek 19  to trade if the dealer still has it to deal  

and it,s down your way 

There are some motorhomes but I would need a toad so that's $$ more and not in our plans

We would still like to do the trip as we hoped 

With the roadtrek I would need a small 6x10 trailer to Tagalong  or put stuff in storage and pick up on the way back or UPS stuff  back 

As for the truck now we will see if this takes care of the heat were adding a large trans cooler way better than the one there now and adding the lines back from trans to the radiator as they were stock 

In Fl or flat land there's stuff thats not  needed  

In the 4x4 world you don't use the radiator cooler in case the core brakes it will dump A/F Coolent in the trans and kill it  

so most guys run it to the air to oil  as I did in this case ,,and I did all right till the hill out of cottonwood

Now after the rebuilt the temp sending unit is new and better with a true read

I/ we think the old  TC was the week link and gave up the ghost at the worst time

Any  (temps) over 230 /235 will do u in as did us 

But your right dump It  I'm gun shy

So that's the plan 

I need a nap to

                            So content                        

Trying this

So looks like we need to install the tran,s cooler lines ,, (the 200.$$ ones that I ordered from ford )to the radiator  an then to a top line air to oil cooler (trans cool)

Will this work ??????????? Beats me 

I give up

The overheating is still there we started for Page  today never even got 1/2 way , 

It pegged at 225 (230 is max,) so in discussed were turning south to Phoenix 

Were in Cottonwood now for 2 or 3 nights 

Im going to try only one more thing 

If that don,t fix it were putting the trailer in consignment

And limp Back to Fl ,,so far this has been the trip from HELL. It,s time to cut my losses $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

11am to 7pm who said shit don't hit the FAN

}#{%}><€>¥€£~><? Piss me off  

I dropped 200.12$$ at ford for parts 

Went and droped the truck off  at 11:30 am to do  2 god dam  trans lines splice in 2 rubber hoses  hook up 2 cooler lines add fluid 3  hour job  pay the bill and be gone  SURPRISE

Now I get a call 6:30 PM were going to get you first thing in the AM.  NO 

Pick me up  now  i cant stay on this parking lot overnight (city code )I'm out of here now 

So now  we do it on the way were ?????

Get me outta here

So ,,, one more work order 

We're (they) are putting in cooler trans lines to the radiator cooler 

And hoping that's the last of it 

The stress level at this point is HIGH (what next)

You know it's time to leave town when you drive about and don't need a MAP of the city 

Let's see 2 Wal- marts (small ) can't find a Lowe,s  but 2 home depots  1 mall (small)  and 3 pawn shops   And a shit load of trains (1 every 40 min,s )and a hole lot of Indians

Well there are only 3 main drag,s in flagstaff  and R x R.track in the center 

We are trying to shot for Chehalls Wa  on the 7th  barring anything unforeseen and stupid

9days we might make it ,, then I need to take a break (need a grand kid fix ) and find a safe air lines that ain't going to need a transmission work , crap  with my luck the AC will be out and the flaps stay down

I am looking to stop in Page  Az , And do antelope canyon lets see if I can kill my camera with the sand in there,,  they say it blows off the top into the slot  like snow, thank goodness for shopping bags 

And the BITCH tells me to have a good day

2 more day,s bitch that's it we.ve  had it 

Next stop the boonies  it,s free bitch no $$$$ 

 now with 19 days  At 47.$$ a day this suck 

It would be nice if J and H campground had something to claim to fame 

But not even a pool,,  and i cant smoke ANYWHERE and the owners bitch about most anything ,,I left my truck hood up to check the oil , and forget to put it down  (Mrs,bitch )YOU CAN'T WORK ON ANYTHING IN THE YARD

Parked the car next to the laundry mat door CAN'T PARK THERE IT!S A FIRE LANE (no markings )( Mr bitch)

Now WE pick up after our 2 dogs (Poo),,,,,,

now after coming in 2 times with SHIT sorry (Poo)  on my 19.99$$ Wal-mart  sneakers  I tell the Mr bitch owner about the 47.$$ dollarday night 399.999$$$ 

Motorhome $$$money bag $$$ owner,, there not picking up after there four legged pedigree bitches 

Well bitches there your shoe,s. ( we stopped )

Now in the mean time

One guy from safety glass changing some nerd guys windshield  1 guy power washing an old fat guys 500.000$$$ motorhome  2 guys spreading stone.  1guy power washing the walls the owner paint spraying a wall AND all were less than 50 ft from my site (BITCH) wouldn't you think that after 14 days one would lower the price say 10% ??? no (BITCH ) 

Had a potluck last night and I spent 9 $ to make my world famous hot chile ,,and all i got ( free )was a dam dog (it was burnt )and overdone bugger,, AND they didn't even toast my bun ( Mr bitch)

But the bitch,s are all smiles to take my CC $$$$$

now ain't that a BITCH

Go ahead ASK me about the 2 cute ,, kids,,two sites over I dare u 

Gun shy

Well it,s nice to have the truck back with all thing,s fixed up, like the oil cooler fixed   Oil changed  exhaust leak done an the trans with 2 temp gages all for the low low price of  3795.$$

Now I'm gun  shy as to what's next 

 the saying go,s  glass half  full or half empty

So we,ll putter on 

I,m going to drive it for 2 days and see if there,s any bugs or leaks need fixing, but  so far  so good 

We're  taking it back on Monday first thing for a look see and after that hopefully  

Very interesting post if I may say so ,,, and this is where I may have failed 

A model year 2000 Ford Superduty diesel can indeed have higher than normal transmission fluid temperatures as equipped from the factory, due to the fact that this model year had no oil to water transmission fluid cooler installed.

As explained by a Ford transmission engineer at the time (also a member here on the forums), it was (mistakenly) assumed that the oil to air cooler would be sufficient, and it was desired to avoid adding the heat from the transmission fluid to the engine coolant.

The plan did not work out. By 2001, and for every model year since, the diesel Superduties were once again fitted with both an oil to air and an oil to water transmission fluid cooler.

Furthermore, Ford issued a TSB for the 99-2000 model year diesel trucks that only had the oil to air cooler to have the radiators replaced with new radiators that contained an oil to water cooler, as well as have the existing oil to air cooler replaced if it did not meet a certain flow specification (about a gallon per minute).

So, I would first see whether or not your 2000 model year truck has transmission fluid cooling lines going into and out of the lower tank of the engine coolant radiator prior to leading up to the oil to air cooler.

If not, then I would order the parts from the Ford TSB issued to correct this problem in the 2000 model year, which will include a new radiator and new transmission fluid lines (metal) that are radius bent perfectly and double lap flared with fittings to make a factory installation of the new radiator that has the oil to water transmission cooler.

Care to buy my shorts

Today's highs 70 

I'm getting fed up with shorts it's to cold ,,long pants and cowboy hats from now on 

And one good thing no smoke blowing this way 

Went and opened one of the side bays and all u can smell is smoke so it needed to get aired out 

Went and checked on the truck looks like Friday pickup so were staying till the 26th which will give me 2 days to test for whatever ?? And hope there's no whatever 

The bad things from now on I'm going to be gun shy down the road ,, but we're pushing on  

Nice fire Charlie

Well they tried to burn down slide rook in the low canyon north of Sedona  about 45 miles south of us 

But we got the smoke,, and no way to move

With the wind about 15/20 and  gusts a lot higher  and with the steep canyon walls  it looks like they will will be there for a while

As for the truck ??? I keep my nose out of the shop yesterday 

So I'm going to stop by today and see,, between the cost of CG and the car, something needs to go in my favoras for flagstaff it's not a bad city however after 11 days here this to is getting to be old hat 

It's pretty bad when you can go shopping and not ask someone for how to directions to the 2 wall-mart and 2 home depots,,but it's not totally bad we did find a good Chinese restaurant (the wok) on 89 

Its pretty bad when the highlight of the days to take the dogs out to poo

And which I got to do now

As we sit AND meet a fellow blogger

Well it,s still in the shop #}%# so  can,t do much about it 

The hold up us the UPS guy for a part of the y pipes and not the tran,s 

Not having it in makes that part of the job easier to work on 

So we're chomping at the bit to get out of here sometime soon,, seeing as how we,ve been here 10 days now 

I think we left enough money here in Az 

The park,  J and H rv park is not cheap by a long stretch but it,s nice so far the site were on is removed from the coming and goings of the rest of the rv but still near that we're in the loop

I did meet a fellow  blogger, Dee  from   tumbleweed-jimdee.blogspot.com     

she and her husband Jim are on there way to somewhere 

Byway of Mohab Utah so stop on to there blog and say hi 

Enjoy and safe travel  guys

We did not see stars??

Lowell Observatory

We took a short drive up,,

It,s a small campus ,,  our timing was good and fell right in with the tour guide 

The  kid was good  but we came to see Pluto well sorry it was his day off 

And to boot someone took the main telescope out of the big observatory

So all we got to see was the smaller ones 

We made a good trade

Well I think it was a fair trade 

And we got the camper to boot 

 well it,s not a  5er  and the blue,s needs to change soon 

More shit new day $$$

1oil cooler tube leak  and 2 Exhaust leaks  on the rear y pipes are the slow down

So now,s  the time to do this seeing as how the trans is out,,and you have the room to work

Pipes on order due AM Monday 

trans due in Monday noon IF all parts get in today or Saturday 

So we're looking mid-week to leave ????

One thing we did learn was someone has had the trans out and did a somewhat half-ass job 

But it can be fixed, and with the new updates.

One good thing, the weather has turned warmer,, it,s good to trader the jeans in for shorts 

It,s 6:30pm and all the windows are open with a nice breeze coming in and so nice sleeping 

With a breeze at night

Might as well Tear it down

So we're in the tear down mode

We think the torque converter if possibly the culprit  however some things point to the clutches

So he's doing a tear down today to give himself and I some peace of mind now and down the road 

The last thing he or I need to do is say it was not changed out and there's a warranty with all parts and labor for 12000/ 12mo,s 

So now all I'm waiting for is a phone call to see the old /  new parts inspection 

He,s using  a Bullet TC with a better grade clutches  and hooking up the temp gage that was not hooked up when I got the truck 

So looks like a day or 2 more

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If you ever wonder how much fun I'm having here's a sample 

And why to not buy a big ticket item from EBAY motors WITH OUT  an independent inspection

On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 4:52 AM, Mister Ed <cocoafish@hotmail.com> wrote:

Thank for the junk truck u sold me 

In your add u stated u drove it  and it ran fine thats BS

If u did u would have felt the brake pulseing  right rear rotor was bad 100.$$

Also u said everything works   Well the Banks exhaust brake systems was inoperable

The Gage's not hooked up exhaust brake computer bad the trans commander bad 

That was one of the reasons I bought this truck well none of it works 

U stated a clean car fax  this truck has been a front end accident (and we think the truck bed has been replaced 

Poor paint job done and red paint under the blue )

How do we know looking at the hood will not line up with a gap of 3/4 in space on each hood to fender 

Now I told u about the oil leak by the front radiator

Well that turns  out that the front end was damaged to the point that the banks aftercooler was stretched 

Resulting in 11 core tubes splitting 

And your statement saying the truck has no blowby BS

Replacing aftercooler / trans cooler (bent)1500.$$

Getting back to the front end damage  in order to install the aftercooler the shop had to use a comalong  

To pull the fender frames in 2in  that's 1in each

Now 3 weeks later  ford had to replace 4 diesel injectors at the tune of 2490.$$$

That would have shown up on a computer test  u said u performed

Fast forward today im looking at a 3000.$$ transmission repair thank to u I will never buy and 

Auto or truck from u or  eBay ever  and or recommend anyone to to this type of buying 

So feel free to send me a check  

Ed F

On May 13, 2014, at 9:53 AM, "T.A.G." <transglobalag@gmail.com> wrote:

Why did you not call us about all of the issues you were having earlier, you bought the truck almost 5 months ago. I would have bought the truck back if all of these issues were coming up or I could have checked it in an auction in your home state and would have received your money back that way. I am not saying there are no issues or any one is lying, however it is a little weird that all of these things would have gone wrong and not one issue showed up when we did the inspection. I did not lie one word, we did everything I said we did. I would have never taken that truck to the dealer. The FORD dealerships here have all advised me to find a diesel mechanic many many moons ago due to the fact that most mechanics working at the dealer are only computer readers. They are only trained in the current engines and current makes and models because they have to know how to do warranty repairs. So all it sounds like to me is that this mechanic is only swapping parts because he doesn't know what hes doing and hes just trying to make his money. Ford dealers here in Houston would not charge $3000 to swap 4 injectors, that just doesn't make any sense. These prices you have sent me are way off compared to everywhere else. You have to remember, I have been in the diesel truck business for 15 years, this isnt my first time. Something just doesn't make sense. Not sure why you are contacting me about it now and not sooner, especially if you have an estimated $7K dollars in repairs.  How can a truck have that many issues and have been previously inspected. As I said before, I did not lie about one thing I wrote, I personally drove that truck and had no issues. If you need help selling it an auction, I will do so. Let me know. 

First off 

Day one truck had brake pulsing took tires off found LR rotor bad put new one on   Napa 70$$

Fixed 

1 week after the truck was in my hands I had a skip in the motor which led me to fuel starving

So I had ford replace the fuel filter  runs fine after that 

On or about 3/5/14 I told you about an oil leak and sent photos to you as you asked  no reply?

On 3/15/14 I took the truck to central Florida diesel performance

There findings was banks inter  cooler split right side 8 to 10 tubes can't replace 

Trans cooler bent cheaper to replace ( went to a upgrade large with new hoses

 Now when reinstalling intercooler the owner and his installer told me this truck has had front end damage 

That explain to us the gap in the hood and fenders  spacing

(Note 3day later i took it to a ford body shop confirmed the same thing front end has been hit And a sloppy fit 

)   

At the same time I asked CFDP to check the  banks brake system 

The 3 Gage's on the pillar post did not work wires there but NOT hooked up and to short need harness

Banks computer was not plugged in, power wire was off 

After plugging it in light came on no testing after that point 

Then he went to the banks trans commander no wire harness 

Order one from banks out of west coast  75$$

After it was installed the unit turned out to be dead 

Now the bill came to 1554.59$$

Now at this point I'm pissed however I'm 3day away from my trip to the west coast after postponing it by 4days

To do this work 

At this point it was bit the bullet on the cost  of a 10 year old truck and the trip west was on top

Now the straw that did the camels back 

In Holbrook Az I could not start the truck 

Had to call a tow truck and take it to a dealer 

Filter was ok

It ran but a lot of skip took the valve covers of and check the injectors

( I was standing there to check the mechanic  test)

We found 3 that were bad all on the right bank

Quote from ford 2300.$$  for all 4 on the right bank  the final bill was 2483.71

(I called 2 ford dealers one in Az and 1 in  Fl  there quote was 2500$$ for replacing only the 3 )

Now today flagstaff Az I'm sitting in a campground at 335$ pr week and need to rent a car at 38$$ a day 

 To get around with out a truck,,, and am looking at 3400$$ to rebuild the transmission

So after buying a 11000$$ 2003 truck that was supposed to have all the bells toys AND be a real fine F350

How and he'll do you think I should feel after spending 4000$$ Plus the 3400$$ coming up

After owning the truck for about 5mo,  had this trip taken me by way of Houston you would have understand 

My feelings 

E. F.

 

Happy as a bug in a rug

                

I'm shy

one happy daddy

                                  I see u,,,I know your in there 

It,s time to play Stump the Experts

Love it  this guys a top notch tran,s guy  and he,s stumped as to the over heating thing 

But we come up with some interesting theories

First off the tran,s oil Does NOT smell burnt 

AND there are NO codes 

And the Oil temps sitting are 140 

trains oil cooler is new and over size and in the right placement 

with new larger lines 

Seeing this  would rule out the TC  

if it was slipping,  this would create a burnt smell

and almost  rule out the clutch pack for the same reason

So were are we looking 

Dropping the pan too look at the temp sender unit,, ( that,s where the little bugger is  ) and to look and see if anythings a miss

Ford,s sending unit,s do go bad and there are a lot of Internet chatter about Tham failing

So one thing were doing is installing an analog as a back up

However I,m not ruling out rebuilding the tran,s at this time 

Were bringing it in to the shop Tuesday am

After we rent a car$$$ 

So stay tuned who knows where this is going to lead

COLD 35 outside

This sucks Portland Or is 66 / 47 

                      Flagstaff is 35/ 55 

what gives, I know I tried to beat the heat but this leaves a lot to fathom 

We need to get the truck fixed and move to warm lower desert please

Long pants ( with underwear ) and boots are no fun 

Let,s go make a SNOWMAN

Ok it lasted 5min,s  and it,s 42 outside  I don,t care it's SNOW  go-a-way 

and to think we could be sitting on the beach on mom,s. day  in  the 80,s

No we're sitting here in long pants and coats  and have the HEAT on looking at SNOW fall,, pisser

&)(@:;%}^][£¥€^#%# FORD

Well ford love to spend my $$$$$ yes ford tran,e,s are the weakest link but the climb out of cottonwood to flagstaff did it in,, so now here we sit again  but in the north side of Flagstaff with some down time till Monday to bring it in,, 

we can drive it with out the 5er  but it see,s a long hill the pull starts the temps to rise 

So no point in tempting fate so we siting here  

I'm think the clutches are slipimg and that leads to over heating and no were not takeing it to FORD

We luck in as there,s a trans shop 4 miles from here  that has  5star rating now all I got to do is link up with Them, and see how fast I can get the work done (and add a elt, fan to it as well )

We can't take a chance boon docking  with repair time wise so it's 321$$ for a week 

So now we can rent a car and do the big ditch thing,e

My feelings now are to leave the trailer up north and sell it 

                                                                 right now I'm soo piss off 

drinking looks like the best thing to do

It's a girl by lord,,,But no a flat bed ford

                                             And she ain't in Winslow Arizona 

                                                       My First granddaughter

                                           Emmy Grace.   12:14.  5/9/14.    5.57lb

                                                               Palm Bay Fl

Wanna see my card

We decided to get something to eat and the Cliff Castle  Casino was coming up so we stopped in for the buffet and  i signed up for my club card and with my new card wow I got 10% off  

Food was a lot better than in miss-iss-ippi  but not by much (next time I'm counting the stars on yelp )

Now on the way out I tried to get rid of my last 2 quarters,,and a dime  but shot,, a quarter  and dime slot machine only takes dollar bills ,,now how dumb is that, so now the 60 cents goes to the laundry slot machine 

Now that cleans my shorts real good

Take a hike

From our camp site were about 100 yards from verde river and oak creek they join up real close to here and I can take the trail along the river the scenery is pretty and the water cold ,but it would be a great tub floating down to  the earth dam and over the other side 

But it lacks snakes  I was looking for some but my luck was not there,,,the only one I've seen was a 4 ft coach whip crossing the road 

Lots of animal tracks  big and small but no sightings

Had some rain late to day about 10 min,s but long enough to get that sweet desert smell , i sure miss that

We did find a lot of Boondocking spots and free is good we're going to pick up on that after we leave here

 were taking  89 to Cammeron  to do the big ditch thing then 89 to tuba city 160 around but will looking in to 89 t that's up in the air as to how the road is with my luck it's a dirt farm road  with wild indians and bandits ,,  ok we pack a carton of Marlboro reds and a 24 pack of colt 45 malt beer 

And the DW holds the guns ready 

Sedona Chapel of the Holy Cross

It was nice to get here as it opened up 

only  5 of us  I think this church is impressive as it is  and for it,s age far ahead of its time

One can't help but look out  and  around and see all mother natures wonders in all the surroundings 

This chapel is fitting with nature

White knuckles and crap

Well you better have cleats on your tires to get up to Jerome 

I don,t think I saw 10 min,s of that place and that's the 10 min walk on main street,, and after counting the 6 saloons looking at some real old cool architect buildings (and that's not a road I would like to  commute everyday on) and after changing my shorts it was back down  

         now Sedona has gone to hell in a hand basket  it,s a Tourist  Trap100%

I think there are more Roundabouts   (lets get real here there rotarys)

Next thing there going too call I-17 an Autobahn

In Europe there roundabouts and autobahns   Liter and metric

In the USA there rotarys and Highways gallons and sae

The last time I was there was 1985   It was like an old town out west 

well today 2014 it,s Chinese junk and honky tonk,,, sorry Sedona you lost your charm,,

Tomorrow,s a lazy day  ,,,,,,Walmart,,,,, Ace hardware,,,,,laundry,s done

Holbrook to Cottonwood 2483.$$$

Now thats what it took to get on the road about 1pm so now I can sit here and lick my wounds

For 6 days when I gave the cashier my card all I got was a ,, thank you ,, you come back and see us some day  

no  Vaseline  No kiss on the lip,s or a pat on the ass 

                                                                               but sign here

Now looking at the slip for the 4 injectors at 379.67$$ each there not new but reman,s

Ford only puts new in a new motor and sells reman,s after that

Now if you go line the cost is 179.00$$ for reman,s  all day lone with no core back

And I can get all 8 done for 950.$$ +labor extra about 800.$$

So now we will see  

Sunday's were sitting back and resting,,, we got some good books to read ,,so that will take me up to about 10am

Sheri could sit in here for all 6days reading and be just fine 

Verde Valley Thousand Trails Campgrounds here are real nice we would give this place a 10 

Lots of trees lots of  shade some grass foods not to bad  and a sat, night  band and it,s CW

And I can understand,,,it,,,  and no it,s not Gene Autry and the sons pioneers

Well ok some willie Nelson and Cash.,,, We all like  beer whiskey and rye don,t we 

A NOTE       I love  it FORD called may 6 at 10 am  for a follow up survey well by the time I got off the phone  with the  survey guy   He knew exactly how pissed I was its in his ball park now

                

On the hook,,, O crap

It,s my guess ,, my ford is I  living up to the slogan ,,Fix Or Repair  Daily,,

Yesterday morning went to leave the truck stop and the diesel was running like it was not getting  any fuel and went and gave up the ghost , a call to coach-net  and in an hour had us a tow truck

To the ford dealer in Holbrook Now after 220$ to trouble shot It 

and one nite in a days inn =79.$ later we find 3 bad  injectors  and one if,e

Now that translate to 2400$$ now as we all know the parts are not in stock here so it,s overnight and overnight  for us to.   (the dealers will not let us overnight in there lot  here ,,) (shithead)

The only good part is the mechanic,s coming in sat, (as they do not work weekends )to do my truck to get us on our way 

So here we sit ,,in our vintage authentic Route 66 (dump) of a motel room at =66.$$ and I can't say much more for the town 

It may have been great back in it,s hay days long long time back , but not today

April 20/30

Campgrounds 5 days 72.43$

Food                         294.25$

Entertainment              16.00$

Stuff                          830.63$.  {* Gen. set 559.$ + Power cord gas tank drop cord 715.$ }

Gas (gen,).                    11.00$

Diesel (truck).              709.23$.  11 days  182gal,s.  1930 miles. 10.3 mpg

                                 1933.54$.  11 days. =175 pr, day

* Less 700.$ * = 1233.$. =112 pr, day*