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Post by meskie on Mar 20, 2023 7:27:30 GMT -6
Can’t stand to watch his videos. They could
Be 1/4 of the length and say the same thing. He also comes across to me as everybody is an idiot except himself.
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Post by northernfarmer on Mar 20, 2023 7:43:02 GMT -6
Good ole Scotty, beam me up Scotty LOL. He gets some things right and other items wrong but he certainly would be making a lot of money off of youtube. As to issues with the latest Ford engines, all sorts of issues with the small turbo engines in the cars/suv's since they have come out and the gas 7.3 Godzilla engine has had lifter issues causing the camshaft to be wiped out and dealers replacing engines, GM with massive amounts of lifter problems with the 5.3 and 6.2, Chrysler issues for years with lifters on the 5.7 and apparently the 6.4 as well. The list goes on and on it seems with various engine issues because of designs that were flawed or components that were sub par. By now one would think they would have the internal combustion engine design so perfected that few problems would exist so one has to wonder why all these issues, is it quality or is it by design to ensure vehicles don't last and one way or the other hit the scrap yard to ensure a steady supply of new units will be sought after.
I finished watching Scotty and he really went all over the map on that video which is probably par for his videos and sure got an arm workout in the process. I haven't looked back at his videos in more recent years to see their length but he used to have short videos, this video was exactly 10.01, there is something about the magic 10 minute mark making more money and so waste time rambling and add on a few seconds of nothing at the end and wa la, hit the target.
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Post by Oatking on Mar 20, 2023 8:42:12 GMT -6
Interesting how people speak of turbo lag on dual turbo engines. I have never owned one of these types of engines and I wondered how bad that lag is.
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Post by hardrockacres on Mar 20, 2023 12:16:15 GMT -6
Our raptor is compound turbo. Cant say as I have ever noticed a lag. You step on it and it hits hard.
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Post by northernfarmer on Apr 7, 2023 10:09:30 GMT -6
I was talking to a neighbour lately who mentioned a company by Dawson Creek who has quite a few employees and I assume various company pickups. The owner decided to try a Ford Lightning by leasing one and one of the employees drove it to and from work each day and the commute was not all that far, possibly 10 km one way or a bit more. Each day the truck would get plugged in at work and not sure if its the trucks system itself or how the power consumption was tracked but it was being tallied to figure out how much it was costing to operate. This was winter time and I believe they kept it for three months and then returned the truck back to Ford. I don't know all the particulars as to how the costs were analyzed and compared to a gas equivalent as there would be cost of ownership as per the lease, no engine oil changes though etc. In any event on a power cost useage during the winter it was claimed that it cost more than a gas pickup which is rather surprising. The cab heater was one aspect that was to blame for the high amount of power used but also as to the comfort of the person driving it, it was said that experience was horrible as it wasn't warming up in the cab like a gas truck and was not a nice experience due to a freezing drive. I've never heard anything about the winter time interior experience in cold temps in electric vehicles and no doubt this was in very cold weather and we certainly had some of that this winter. Basically the gist I got was that in this scenario of winter time use the viability just wasn't there and the range was horrible, the fact that the commute was not far negated that turning into a really bad scenario. In any event I thought that was an interesting item to bring up and have to wonder what the long term resale value will be of such trucks, my guess is probably not all that great up here, we are NOT sunny warm southern California.
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Post by cptusa on Apr 7, 2023 20:59:18 GMT -6
Back in my day a Ford Lightning was an F150 short box with a big block 460 that would smoke tires all day long.
Those were the days.
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Post by Oatking on Apr 7, 2023 21:04:54 GMT -6
Battery prices for these evs will have to come down in price bigtime. After 7-10 years batteries for these vehicles are around 10 000 dollars according to one dealer in winnipeg. That was a price quote for a car, so a ford lightening would probably be more. The dealer said by 2035 all new vehicles sold are to be electric to conform to current government green plan. The dealer was saying that is not possible. The dealers name was chipman, He owns quite a few dealerships in Winnipeg. He was interviewed on cjob last week. Pretty interesting thoughts he had.
How in the world could you pull nh3 wagons with this ford lightening? I think the diesel engine is here to stay regardless of what trudeau wants in his save the planet plan. I think a steam engine has a better chance in the future!
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Post by meskie on Apr 7, 2023 21:30:10 GMT -6
Back in my day a Ford Lightning was an F150 short box with a big block 460 that would smoke tires all day long. Those were the days. Them and the 454ss chev trucks. Although the new engines put out way more power than those did. But not nearly as much fun. Neighbour has a new lightning and they haven’t been real happy with it this winter. |
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Post by badaltitude on Apr 8, 2023 5:39:06 GMT -6
Just happened to notice the price of light truck tires at Canadian Tire few days ago. At $600=800 a tire probably want to leave the traction control engaged.
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Post by Oatking on May 8, 2023 6:25:54 GMT -6
I have my 2009 kenworth in the repair shop because of an antifreeze leak by the trans cooler rad. I didn’t notice leaks much on the ground but the mechanic found my transmission full of coolant ! Hope I caught it time.
How many of you guys do away with the trans cooler? My mechanic said a lot of guys loop the hose to connect both ends!.
Good to check the trans oil for sure now
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Post by Oatking on Nov 1, 2023 7:12:50 GMT -6
Well yesterday I ditched the Ram and took the leap to a duramax Gm diesel.
I was delighted by how quiet and smooth the 3 l runs. It has less hp than my hemi but has higher torque and higher towing. It will be good for towing nh3 tanks.
Chevy sure has updated the interior.
They claim to have fewer def problems on the 3.0 l.
Hard to compare def consumption. It’s not a big cost but because we don’t run the engine as long as a combine or tractor a tank of def can last a long time.
On my recent purchase of my 6 r tractor , I was amazed to burn thru 3/4 of a tank of diesel , yet my def gauge show right full.
I wonder how big a problem it is cracking def tanks from frozen def? -11c is the freezing point of def!
So far really enjoy and like the fuel economy of the diesel. 10 mpg better than the hemi.
I notice Gm still put the auto stop feature on the diesel! Auto killing a diesel engine at a red light seems just wrong?
What experience have you guys had with your diesel? Ford and Ram have discontinued their diesels.
I will need to program my brain to not make that mistake at my diesel and gas farm pumps!!!
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Post by kevlar on Nov 1, 2023 7:22:10 GMT -6
My father in law had a Chevy diesel, it was the smaller truck so don’t think it was a Duramax. The first year he had it, he had a rental for about 8 months and the second year wasn’t much better, all DEF problems and lack of parts for the DEF. I think the problem was it never got drove hard enough, mostly city driving. Me being a Ford man never gave him much of a hard time about his lemon.
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Post by meskie on Nov 1, 2023 7:28:04 GMT -6
If you’re not parking inside a heated garage don’t fill the def tank over 1/2-2/3 in the winter. It helps to keep the def heater from burning out and allows it to actually thaw the def out before the truck calls for it. If it’s still a frozen block the computer will start throwing DEF codes.
I think there was a service bulletin put out by Gm a couple years ago suggesting to not fill the def tank up in the winter. Also idling for long periods in cold weather is not good for it. Most people that I know who have had issues with the def system also tend to idle for long periods in cold weather.
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Post by iamwill on Nov 1, 2023 8:09:33 GMT -6
Dad had a 2015 or 16 ram ecodiesel with 180k on it with no issues relating to def at all parked outside more than inside. The issues it did have were all safety related and covered under warranty. It uses about 10l per 100k overall. We bought him and mom a new one this year for their 50th anniversary and no issues with it so far. It uses about a litre less per 100k than the old one which is now our "good" farm truck.
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Post by northernfarmer on Nov 1, 2023 19:04:03 GMT -6
Oatking, didn't you just buy that Ram last year , was that a 3/4 ton or was that also a half ton ?. Just surprised you got rid of it assuming its the same truck you talked about a while ago in getting, it would have had the coil springs I assume, I believe the 1/2 ton or 3/4 ton Ram falls into that theme on the rear axle but the one ton jumps up to the traditional leaf spring so it can carry the weight.
No surprise that the GM mini duramax is a lot better on fuel. Oh one other thing I thought of about that truck and hopefully yours has it and that is four wheel drive low range ?. That has blow my mind that GM in just the last few years has played that game with the half ton trucks, unless its equipped in certain ways it can't be had with the two speed transfer case which is completely off the rails retarded in my mind.
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