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  1. MrTommy

    Automatic Running Boards

    We have the power running boards on our 2014 and have never had any problems. Why would you want to ditch yours?
  2. MrTommy

    Greetings - New-To-Us 2014 Expedition EL Limited!

    We have a 2014 EL as well. We bought ours thru Carmax in 2016 for my wife. She absolutely loves it. So do I actually. At 53,000 miles we had the brakes done and had struts replaced. We finally got new tires on it as well. The only problem we had was a dead battery after the truck sat for almost...
  3. MrTommy

    Real world towing MPG 23 expedition TERRIBLE

    Slowing down also helps. You don't have to do the speed limit.
  4. MrTommy

    Fog lights

    I put these on my 2016 F-350. There were two brightness options and I of course picked the brightest. Bad move. They are SO bright I get flashed in broad daylight! Great at night with no oncoming traffic though. And frankly, I don't think they would make good lights in actual fog (unless you...
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    Weigh Scales

    A lot of times the freeway scales will be closed but the scale read-out still works. I've used those scales several times. One time while hauling our travel trailer in the middle of nowhere in OR we came upon a truck scale that was closed but the read-out was working. I weighed all wheels...
  6. MrTommy

    2015 Transmission Failure

    Now that's unusual. What usually happens is that whatever your complaint, it doesn't rear its ugly head when a tech is driving it.
  7. MrTommy

    21B10, 21N08, 21N03 Forscan?

    My wife has a 2014 Expy, but I have a 2016 F-350 diesel. I got a dreaded Customer Satisfaction recall notice. I took the truck in and foolishly had the update done. Within 20 miles my truck almost completely shut down. I took it back to the dealer and it's been sitting there for over a month...
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    Information display brightness

    We have a 2014 EL and I can barely see the display during the day. Luckily my wife drives this car and I rarely have to deal with this. My 2016 F-350 Lariat is SO much easier to see the dashboard info. She doesn't complain about it so I don't care . . .
  9. MrTommy

    should I trust a ford dealer to install my engine

    Actually, I agree with you about trusting a Ford dealer to replace your engine - provided you need a new engine. Getting a second opinion is paramount though. I've had good luck with my local Ford dealer doing warranty work, and I didn't even buy the vehicle from them. I think you have to get a...
  10. MrTommy

    This has to be the highest priced 2nd gen in the country.

    I sure does in MY book. I bought a 2016 F-350 in late 2018 with 7,000 miles on it. I thought that was a good find.
  11. MrTommy

    battery drained in 3 days

    Interesting how you mention not throwing parts at the problem. Back when I was a 'punk hotrodder' (I'm 75 now!), my friends and I worked on our cars incessantly. When we were trying to fix something we always bought parts we were sure would fix the problem. Many times it didn't fix anything and...
  12. MrTommy

    Expy during quarantine ?

    Never even thought about this. When we went down to Quartzsite for 13 weeks last year, we left the EL at home and towed the trailer down with our F-350. When we came home, wifey hopped in her EL and went to the store. End of story.
  13. MrTommy

    Good example of bad load balancing...

    Seeing the window on the side of the trailer, I'm wondering if this is one of those utility trailer conversions. Someone could be living in that thing. But man oh man, that whole rig is asking for trouble. I can see him bottoming out just pulling into the parking lot! As RV'ers we tow a 30'...
  14. MrTommy

    Yeeee Haw!! I've got problems...

    Wow, you guys sound like good old fashioned "Boondockers"!
  15. MrTommy

    Muhahahaha!

    Goofy as this sounds, I think I'm gonna do it. I've seen some gnarly stuff go on in Walmart lots, just from parking and walking in. I've taken several photos of people parking poorly and uploaded them to the "Douchebag Parking" site. Maybe I'll even bring a lunch!
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    Muhahahaha!

    Wifey and I were in our new-to-us 2016 F-350 (with our big 1200# rated tow hitch). Kid in a small Mazda work van on his second day on the job runs into the back of us at a stop light. We've owned the truck maybe a month. We look at each and go "Oh no . . . .". We get out to look, and the whole...
  17. MrTommy

    Is our 2014 Expy EL built on an F-150 frame?

    Thank you "J".
  18. MrTommy

    Is our 2014 Expy EL built on an F-150 frame?

    After trying to use the search option I was unable to find the answer to this. Is our Expedition built on an F-150 frame, or an F-250 frame? o_O
  19. MrTommy

    Keyless Entry Pad

    I gotta say, I didn't even know the keypad lit up. I rarely go anywhere after dark (now that I'm retired), and besides, that's my wife's vehicle. I have an F-350 with a keypad, and I'm guessing it lights up too, but again, I don't have any personal experience with it. :confused: Just sayin'.
  20. MrTommy

    2011 map update worth it?

    Problem I've had with Waze is that it's a HUGE battery eater. You have to plug the phone in or you'll be dead in the water in no time. Also, around here (Reno, Carson City Nevada area) there are few Waze'ers. I can boot it up, pull way out on the map, and not see another Waze'r anywhere. 50-60...
  21. MrTommy

    Anyone know where to find this peice

    My take-a-way from this is, don't move any refrigerators!
  22. MrTommy

    2011 map update worth it?

    Wifey updated the maps on her 2014 EL. I thought it was a waste of time, and still do. We both have Tom Tom GPS's with lifetime map updates (which have many saved 'waypoints' we've saved from many, many road trips in our previous non-GPS vehicles). Much better quality, in my opinion. And of...
  23. MrTommy

    which is most popular Expedition or Expedition EL

    We bought a 2014 EL specifically so my wife would feel better towing our enclosed Polaris RZR trailer. I tow our travel trailer (with our 2016 F-350 long bed, long wheelbase p/u) and she follows behind with our toys, down to Quartzsite, AZ from northern NV. When it comes to towing, the longer...
  24. MrTommy

    Love, but hate the power lift gate

    On our 2014 EL, the third seat can be power operated to close down and provide more hauling space. Our son's driveway is SO steep that when we backed up it to unload stuff, the power seats were unable to stand back uo - due to the angle of the driveway. IT'S STEEP! Hard to walk up. I'd have...
  25. MrTommy

    Solution for frozen locks?

    Hahahaha. Love this! In the "old days" when I lived in Chicago and frozen door locks were the order of the day, if I was at work I'd ask the guy next to me to press in his cigarette lighter (now known as 12v power ports) and when it popped out I would press it against my door lock, which was...

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