Aaron

I wear my Powerstroke jacket in public, but I'm just big enough to get away with it Guy told me once, (well, not just once, but this once in particular) - "You're an asshole!" My reply? "Yep! And I'm just big enough to pull it off, too!"

I could probably throw the IDS pretty far....

^^^ "well, I saved $50 on the tow!"

That was a pretty common thing on LS's if I remember correctly, also. (The check engine light thing for the fuel sender) And to reply to your avatar?

I dont wanna sound like an Idjit, but what flag be that?

That is excellent info. Made a note of it.

Aren't you supposed to cut off the unused wires?

You posted this in regards to our convo last night, didn't you?

I do have a picture of myself with a surgical glove stretched over my head somewhere, though.

And if you wanted to get pissy about it, too - if your NON Ford approved thermostat cooks the engine....there goes the "warranty" you speak of again

Is there a time vs. dick size graph or slide rule?

I like the finish on the surface on the bedplate and the bottom end of the block. Looks like it has been cut with a fucking band saw. Real, real nice. Just did a bedplate reseal. Couldn't find the warpage spec. Called up the hotline. So they tells me: Don't bother measuring it, slather the bastard up with that TA-16 shit, and put 'er back together.

You know it's bad when 101.1 WRIF is playing MJ.

I personally don't think there should be insurance on stupidity. LOL Had one in Windsor, guy filled with gas and drove it till it quit.

Only way those parts would ever be in that truck from my hands, is in the crap covered box they came in, set on the front seat before I pushed the shitbox outside. Just my .02

Wonder what kind of noise it made when it blew off!

Holy crap!

Yeah. It's still a prick to do no matter how you slice it I usually hock the shroud, fan, and stator the hell out of the road because it's just irritating. Lose the belt, take the bolts out of the ac compressor so you can get at the crank sensor wiring. Take the cam sensor wiring, and take the pins out of the connector and tape it to a long piece of wire so it's easy to fish down in behind the fuel lines and all that shit. You can do it without takin the turbo off, but it's a lot nicer to do it with it off. You'll need to pull the degas bottle out to get at the PCM, and there is a ground down below it on the fenderwell. What year shitbox are you working on? The early E-vans have a stud up on the valvecover that the main power harness attaches to, the later ones have a cable that runs down to the starter. Aside from that, I'm sure if I've missed anything, these guys will chime in and fill in the missing parts.

we're supposed to use a brass scraper now.

^^^ quiet you LOL You guys would likely pee yourselves laughing if you saw my ipod contents.

I never said I weren't a redneck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtyJbIOZjS8 You know, everyone hates to admit it, but I thought his music was alright.

Stop throwing things at me! Just because I fix short buses, doesn't mean I RIDE the short buses. Just because my knuckles drag on the floor.... Went to a wedding on the weekend, and we were doing the macho, crushing beer cans thing out in the parking lot while we were getting photos taken. I grab a can, crush it up into a ball with one hand, and the bridesmaid that I'm paired with looks over at me and goes "Wow, you have really big hands!" and I don't even think about it, and I reply, half lit, with "Yeah, they come with the D---, It's a set!" (Censored, at work. Think Richard Nixon.)

We were seeing quite a few of them, because of the number of E-series vans in our area especially. Usually always crushed in the same place, on the front intake bolt on the driver's side behind the fuel filter housing, or the CKP wires all chafed to hell between the main harness and the sensor between fuel lines, etc. etc.

I've found a beltsander with 80 grit cleans the gasket material off the head surface faster than you can say "Roughness Average"