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    custom sub box under rear seat 01 expy

    Well, I don't listen to much rap, mostly country and rock/metal. Once in awhile I''ll bump Brotha Lynch or something. I don't want anything like a 4000w system, nor the need for 2 15s. I just know I had a 10" JBL under the rear passenger fold down seat in my F150, and it hit HARD. Seeing as how...
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    custom sub box under rear seat 01 expy

    Is that due to the huge interior space difference between an xtra cab F150 and an expedition? So in other words it would be best to put a box behind the rear seat and sacrifice some cargo space. Disappointing...
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    custom sub box under rear seat 01 expy

    Are there any decently priced sub boxes that go under the rear seat for an 01 expy? Only ones I have been finding are ones that either go in the 3rd row spot and kill your cargo space, or under the rear seat but don't allow the seat to fold. that would be an option but I cannot find it now, and...
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    'new' engine, misfire on cyl 8

    no... a lot of highway. in traffic and city driving it drops to between 14 and 15. I had a lifted F150 on 315s and a flow master 40.... I got used to driving like there is an egg under my foot LOL
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    'new' engine, misfire on cyl 8

    plugs were all good. after checking mileage out of a few tanks, I'm now getting 18.5MPG. I DEFINITELY cannot complain about that. Did the GOTTS mod and cleaned the MAF. Still need to clean the IAC, as it sounds like there is a very loud hum at idle that goes away once I give it gas. I know I...
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    Front heater lukewarm rear heater HOT

    So I am now looking to improve neglected things on this expy, and the heater is one of them. The front heater blows lukewarm, but the rear blows HOT. The front feels pretty warm on low, but when you turn up the fan it cools down. The rear blows hotter on high than the front does on low. I have...
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    'new' engine, misfire on cyl 8

    Hopefully the gas mileage will settle down a bit. I topped it off yesterday and it went from full to 3/4.... in 45 miles. Almost all freeway. I’m gonna gather a look at the pcv and iat once I do the terminal, clean the MAF, and if all else fails I’ll hook up the Solus to it and get the live graphs
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    'new' engine, misfire on cyl 8

    Yeah I learned my lesson with that one lol. Now the negative battery terminal broke. Man.. I’m having bad terminal luck lately.
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    'new' engine, misfire on cyl 8

    okay, so I pulled the plug and the coil pack. I replaced the coil pack on general principles, along with both front wheel bearings. plastic pos's were all messed up - luckily they didn't grenade and my races were fine. so now with a new coil pack on #8 , it purrs like a kitten and you cannot...
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    'new' engine, misfire on cyl 8

    so I have not had time to pull the coil pack... I can do that on Thursday. (finals week). However, when its cold, it runs good.... until you jump on the gas. then it starts misfiring on cylinder 8. yet it had a momentary good spell, and full throttle did not trigger the engine light, and I was...
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    'new' engine, misfire on cyl 8

    Yeah, I guess I know that. Hopefully I didn't fry the COP. That number 8 is a PITA to get to come out to play. I lost my wigglies, so I am not looking forward to taking out the COP.
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    'new' engine, misfire on cyl 8

    I just checked on break, and sure enough...P0308 is back. It is stumbling pretty good. I'm not sure about the rear T for the rear coolant... I know it has rear heating and cooling, but I have never actually used either outside of testing in the 14 years the truck has been in the family. the rear...
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    'new' engine, misfire on cyl 8

    so I got a used, low mileage motor installed, and overall runs great. however, yesterday I hosed it down because it was filthy. it started throwing a P0308 - misfire on cyl 8. I figured it was from the water in the cylinder, as that is something I'm used to. I heated it up nice and good and...
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    redoing the paint on my decklid, and need some advice

    the original paint was cracking off and exposing bare betal and beginning to rust. Entire left half of the decklid, which is why I got ALL the paint off. Either way, as is right now, it looks a million times better than it did!
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    redoing the paint on my decklid, and need some advice

    Hi all, so I decided to fix the cracked paint on my 01 expy, I took the paint to bare metal on half of the decklid because I'm lazy and underestimated how much work it would take. I primered it myself and it turned out GREAT. It shocked me the quality of it out of a spraycan. but the auto paint...
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    New member here, possible head gasket leak 01 expy

    Ok so it appears now that it was still air in the system plus a bad thermostat. Put the old thermostat back in, jacked up the drivers side tire, and burped the system for an hour and a half. A LOT of air in it. Been driving it around for a month. No problems. Though the other day it did rise to...
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    New member here, possible head gasket leak 01 expy

    None of those things. Idling for a few minutes the hoses don't get pressurized. My old Toyota blew its cookies at 600,000 and I had the misfire and when I drove it to the shop, I made the entire neighborhood look like the great American smoke out. Thankfully getting none of that.
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    New member here, possible head gasket leak 01 expy

    Sounds like a typical flush. Ill try it. Thanks! I'm just praying that the small bubbles that occasionally appear in the overflow tank is just excess air in the system. ...and I'm hoping that the tech at work was right, that a standard "block test" kit which uses a vial and bulb to sample the...
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    New member here, possible head gasket leak 01 expy

    So just drain the radiator, fill it with tap water, mix in a bottle of dawn, and run it?
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    New member here, possible head gasket leak 01 expy

    Update. I put the thermostat in wrong. Out it in correctly, and drove it to work as a test drive. No problems. Drove it to work this morning, and had the heater on, it overheated not even 15 minutes into the drive. Released pressure in the overflow, and all was well. Left work tonight, didnt...
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    New member here, possible head gasket leak 01 expy

    Question. I've been thinking about it, and I know the 5.4L heads will bolt up and work fine on a 4.6L block, and give some more power and performance, but at what cost? Would it be safe to put 5.4 heads on a 4.6 block that has 150k on it? Or is that just begging for lower end trouble?
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    New member here, possible head gasket leak 01 expy

    Have decided to do the work, mechanic here said he'd do it for a 30 pack, and I can get the heads machined for 80 a head. Pics will be coming.
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    New member here, possible head gasket leak 01 expy

    Because he doesn't care about the car, and just using it to get by until he can buy his girl a Camry. Man it just sucks, this ex has got lots of sentimental value to me, but I can't see any sense of dropping another 2+ grand into it ( that I don't even have!) The world is a cruel place...
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    New member here, possible head gasket leak 01 expy

    okay so it started "overheating" more and more. i replaced the thermostat, since the heater would blow cold then warm again, and the upper hose would be hot but the lower hose cold. overheated the next day on the way to work. so i did another block test, this time at guaranteed operating...
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    New member here, possible head gasket leak 01 expy

    They put on the receipt "customer advised to return in 10k miles for radiator flush" The coolant looks like straight water. They gave him some lame excuse about how you need to flush it extremely often to get it to run clean again. Which I know, as I work at an automotive shop, is horse doodoo...

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