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Post by badgerfowl on Feb 12, 2019 21:58:15 GMT -6
I hate back up cameras. Don't have one yet. Even when I upgrade in the next year or so I won't use it. Just like you said. I see better with mirrors and turning around. Back up cameras are for terrible drivers, i.e. women. No sensors on current vehicle either. The next truck will be vastly different than the one I'm used to. Cost a hell of lot more too. I absolutely love all those technology features. I have adaptive cruise, blind spot monitors, lane change warning devices, back-up cameras, GPS, Apple Car Play....and much more. It's kinda like power windows for me.....once you have 'em.....there is no going back. FORE! I like the light in the mirror when a car is coming up alongside you in my mom’s Toyota highlander. Heated leather seats are pretty sweet too. Next vehicle will have that at least.
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Post by Tooln on Feb 12, 2019 23:33:21 GMT -6
Heated steering wheel is better than heated seats. My truck has both and I'd give up heated seats before the heated wheel.
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Post by Freeborn on Oct 14, 2020 10:07:33 GMT -6
Its already been 3 years sense I purchase my diesel truck and I know there are members who wonder about the maintenance on Diesels so I am posting a few pictures from my DIY Filter change. The filter change is very easy and honestly there is nothing hard or tricky about any of it. The oil change is like any other oil change accept the filter is larger and there is more oil. The fuel filters are very simple and a quick google search gets you to several You-tube videos where you can see the process to remove, install and cycle (fill) the fuel system for starting. Overall its an easy process to DIY and it saves me from dropping off the vehicle for service and it saves me a couple hundred bucks. All filters as well as oil were purchased from Amazon and everything other than the oil is OEM. Below are the items you need to do a complete filter change on a 6.7 liter Ford. Air Filter, Oil Filter, 13 quarts of full synthetic oil, 2 Fuel Filters. The first picture is the fuel filter Kit, there is one filter under the hood and one under the body. This is the filter that is under the body and is a simple 8mm socket to remove. This is the fuel filter under the hood, it has three hoses attached to the unit with simple clips that need to be removed to pull the filter cartridge out. The cartridge is easy to remove, slip the new unit into the holder and attach the clips. The key to the fuel system is once you have the filters replaced you need to cycle the fuel pump to get it to fill the filters so the fuel is available when the truck starts. To cycle the truck all you do is turn the key or in my case push the start button without putting your foot on the break petal and starting the truck. I cycled my fuel system 5 times before starting the truck. Once you start the truck you look for leaks and that's about it. I did not add any pictures of the air or oil filter change as I figure everybody is familiar with them. The only thing I do differently with the oil change is I punch a hole in the oil filter and let all the oil drain before I remove it. That step works great on these large oil filters as they can be a mess with that much oil in them.
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Post by Tooln on Oct 14, 2020 13:27:36 GMT -6
I have been changing oil in tractors, motorcycles, cars, trucks, lawnmowers you name it since I was 10 years old. Could never figure out why anyone would pay to have it done. Fricken mowers and tiller and other small engines without drain plugs are just plain stupid.
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Post by Freeborn on Oct 14, 2020 13:33:01 GMT -6
I have been changing oil in tractors, motorcycles, cars, trucks, lawnmowers you name it since I was 10 years old. Could never figure out why anyone would pay to have it done. Fricken mowers and tiller and other small engines without drain plugs are just plain stupid. A dealer can't do it as well as a person can do it themselves. I also enjoy the time doing the work, its not physical plus you get the chance to look over your vehicle. Pretty simple work a dealer would charge $125 an hour to do.
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Post by Tooln on Oct 14, 2020 14:21:06 GMT -6
I have been changing oil in tractors, motorcycles, cars, trucks, lawnmowers you name it since I was 10 years old. Could never figure out why anyone would pay to have it done. Fricken mowers and tiller and other small engines without drain plugs are just plain stupid. A dealer can't do it as well as a person can do it themselves. I also enjoy the time doing the work, its not physical plus you get the chance to look over your vehicle. Pretty simple work a dealer would charge $125 an hour to do. Not only that but dealer or lube quick change place it's always low guy on the pole doing it.
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Post by Sandbur on Oct 14, 2020 15:51:50 GMT -6
A dealer can't do it as well as a person can do it themselves. I also enjoy the time doing the work, its not physical plus you get the chance to look over your vehicle. Pretty simple work a dealer would charge $125 an hour to do. Not only that but dealer or lube quick change place it's always low guy on the pole doing it. Where I take my pickup, there is only the owner and his wife. I usually want something else looked at and for less than$30, I let him do it. I used to change my own oil, but it is too hard on my back.
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