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Takeda 01-14-2011 06:26 AM


Originally Posted by Trent (Post 173)
Thats what mine quoted me as well. I don't trust the local dealership service shop though, the service manager is a greedy pig.

Next time I'm just going to the dealership in Raleigh though

How many miles does yours have Trent? Mine has 75K.

Trent 01-14-2011 09:21 AM


Originally Posted by kozal01 (Post 182)
ugh, im going to need to do this soon. im at 65,000 right now and i figure the sooner the better. i will probably do it myself because im afraid to ask what the dealer here would charge.

From what I've seen you are more techy than me, I think you could handle it. I would defintily soak the plugs if you do choose to do it though, don't try to do it any other way.


Originally Posted by Takeda (Post 183)
How many miles does yours have Trent? Mine has 75K.

72k.

Finally talked to the guy thats working on it, hes gotten the 3 I broke out and the other 2 are soaking today while hes at work, hes going to get them done tonight. Hopefully I'll have it back tomorrow or Monday.

Takeda 01-14-2011 09:27 AM


Originally Posted by Trent (Post 194)
From what I've seen you are more techy than me, I think you could handle it. I would defintily soak the plugs if you do choose to do it though, don't try to do it any other way.



72k.

Finally talked to the guy thats working on it, hes gotten the 3 I broke out and the other 2 are soaking today while hes at work, hes going to get them done tonight. Hopefully I'll have it back tomorrow or Monday.

Check out the 5.4L spark plug procedure in this link Patrick
posted. It says the engine should be warm, not cold or hot:

http://www.flatratetech.com/index.php?categoryid=4

Trent 01-14-2011 09:30 AM

Yeah I know, thats what the TSB says too. I did mine warm

SHOBout 01-17-2011 11:49 AM

That sucks to hear, they changed all of my spark plugs before I took delivery of my Mark lt. I was scared to do it myself, so I did some haggling and got them to agree to it! Shes idling much smoother than the test drive! Good luck with the truck, and hopefully you get her home soon!

Sean

Trent 01-17-2011 12:09 PM


Originally Posted by SHOBout (Post 522)
That sucks to hear, they changed all of my spark plugs before I took delivery of my Mark lt. I was scared to do it myself, so I did some haggling and got them to agree to it! Shes idling much smoother than the test drive! Good luck with the truck, and hopefully you get her home soon!

Sean

Good call, I tried to get them to do that when I bought mine with 50k on it but they refused.

Trent 01-18-2011 02:42 PM

Well just got off the phone, he said it was $420 to fix it. Ughhhhhhh

It failed inspection the first time so hes out driving it trying to clear the system and get it to show ready. He said it threw a code for the throttle body but I'm hoping it just needs a good cleaning since I had it off for a while. But I'm sure I'm wrong and I'll have to buy another ****ing one of those too. Ergh

KLC 01-18-2011 03:04 PM

Dang, at least it is fixed now. Well at least that part.

Trent 01-18-2011 03:11 PM

Yeah, at least its driving now. I'm praying it will pass inspection, I really don't care about the rest. As long as it drives and its legal I can take care of the rest later.

Brian 01-18-2011 04:36 PM

Ouch! But that's still cheaper than my dealer would been!

If it makes you feel any better we had to take one of the cats to the vet yesterday and had to pay $265. lol


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