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04-27-2019, 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Super Eagle
Bought a new one.
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Congrats. Sharp looking truck!
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2016 North Point 377 RLBH, with a few mods, disc brakes, shocks, Sailun g rated tires, wet bolts
2014 Ford F350 Platinum sold
2017 Ford F350 Lariat, CC, 6.7PSD, DRW, Trailer Saver BD3 hitch
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04-27-2019, 06:26 AM
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I like the look of the body color bumpers on the Ford products right now.
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2018 F150 4x4 3.5L Ecoboost Max Tow
2015 MB Sprinter 2500 Passenger 2.1L Diesel
2007 Ram 2500 4x4 Cummins 5.9L G56
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04-27-2019, 09:56 AM
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What did we do to our tow vehicle today you ask??
Without trying to start a Ram and Ford war, we upgraded from our Ram 3500 Laramie SRW to the F350 King Ranch DRW.
Man what a ride!!
Cheers
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B&W Turnover Ball and 20K Companion
2017 Eagle 339FLQS
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04-27-2019, 10:16 AM
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Nice upgrade Watsons!
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2016 North Point 377 RLBH, with a few mods, disc brakes, shocks, Sailun g rated tires, wet bolts
2014 Ford F350 Platinum sold
2017 Ford F350 Lariat, CC, 6.7PSD, DRW, Trailer Saver BD3 hitch
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04-27-2019, 12:00 PM
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Join Date: May 2018
Location: Hinton
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Mine was washed by the high school students just down the hall from my grade six room for a community volunteering project.
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04-27-2019, 12:17 PM
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Location: Sweetwater
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Watsons
What did we do to our tow vehicle today you ask??
Without trying to start a Ram and Ford war, we upgraded from our Ram 3500 Laramie SRW to the F350 King Ranch DRW.
Man what a ride!!
Cheers
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Hey from a GMC owner I gotta say that's a great looking rig!
Congrats.
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2017 Jay Flight 32BHDS
2006 GMC 2500HD Classic CC SB 4x4 6.6L Duramax/Allison
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04-27-2019, 12:35 PM
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I say Watson, nice looking rig ya got there! I bet you don’t even know the FW is back there with the DRW set up.
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04-27-2019, 01:52 PM
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Join Date: May 2016
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Very nice! Congrats!!
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2016 Pinnacle 36 KPTS 
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04-27-2019, 02:19 PM
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Today I did a little maintenance. Replaced the fuel filters and the air filter. Next up will be flushing the brake fluid and a drain and fill on the transmission fluid.
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2016 North Point 377 RLBH, with a few mods, disc brakes, shocks, Sailun g rated tires, wet bolts
2014 Ford F350 Platinum sold
2017 Ford F350 Lariat, CC, 6.7PSD, DRW, Trailer Saver BD3 hitch
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04-27-2019, 03:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Magnolia Tom
Today I did a little maintenance. Replaced the fuel filters and the air filter. Next up will be flushing the brake fluid and a drain and fill on the transmission fluid.
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So I was going to do the drain and fill on the transmission and there’s no drain plug! [emoji35]
Apparently Ford decided to eliminate it on trucks built after 7/17.
Now I need to decide if I want to buy a new pan with the plug and deal with the guaranteed mess I’m going to have trying to dump 8+ quarts of fluid or just leave it and let a shop deal with it.
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2016 North Point 377 RLBH, with a few mods, disc brakes, shocks, Sailun g rated tires, wet bolts
2014 Ford F350 Platinum sold
2017 Ford F350 Lariat, CC, 6.7PSD, DRW, Trailer Saver BD3 hitch
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04-27-2019, 04:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Magnolia Tom
So I was going to do the drain and fill on the transmission and there’s no drain plug! [emoji35]
Apparently Ford decided to eliminate it on trucks built after 7/17.
Now I need to decide if I want to buy a new pan with the plug and deal with the guaranteed mess I’m going to have trying to dump 8+ quarts of fluid or just leave it and let a shop deal with it.
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If you do decide to do it yourself, pick up a new pan with a drain plug and some additional capacity. BD makes a really nice pan with a 6 quart additional capacity. ATS makes one with 8 quart additional.
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2018 F150 4x4 3.5L Ecoboost Max Tow
2015 MB Sprinter 2500 Passenger 2.1L Diesel
2007 Ram 2500 4x4 Cummins 5.9L G56
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04-27-2019, 04:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Midnightmoon
If you do decide to do it yourself, pick up a new pan with a drain plug and some additional capacity. BD makes a really nice pan with a 6 quart additional capacity. ATS makes one with 8 quart additional.
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I was thinking of just getting an OEM pan. I’ve found them for about $30.
Any benefits to the extra capacity other than maybe extended oil change interval?
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2016 North Point 377 RLBH, with a few mods, disc brakes, shocks, Sailun g rated tires, wet bolts
2014 Ford F350 Platinum sold
2017 Ford F350 Lariat, CC, 6.7PSD, DRW, Trailer Saver BD3 hitch
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04-27-2019, 04:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Magnolia Tom
I was thinking of just getting an OEM pan. I’ve found them for about $30.
Any benefits to the extra capacity other than maybe extended oil change interval?
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It will run cooler with the higher fluid capacity and the cooling fins on the aftermarket pan. The negative is the larger quantity of fluid to deal with during changes.
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2018 F150 4x4 3.5L Ecoboost Max Tow
2015 MB Sprinter 2500 Passenger 2.1L Diesel
2007 Ram 2500 4x4 Cummins 5.9L G56
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04-27-2019, 04:13 PM
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If I were spending your money Tom, this is what I would be installing.
https://www.dieselpowerproducts.com/...oke-6r140.aspx
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2018 F150 4x4 3.5L Ecoboost Max Tow
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04-27-2019, 04:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Midnightmoon
It will run cooler with the higher fluid capacity and the cooling fins on the aftermarket pan. The negative is the larger quantity of fluid to deal with during changes.
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I’ll have to look into that. I’ve always heard the fins on the pan don’t help much, if any, and extra fluid just takes longer to heat up but doesn’t actually run cooler. Also takes longer to cool down with the extra fluid.
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2016 North Point 377 RLBH, with a few mods, disc brakes, shocks, Sailun g rated tires, wet bolts
2014 Ford F350 Platinum sold
2017 Ford F350 Lariat, CC, 6.7PSD, DRW, Trailer Saver BD3 hitch
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04-27-2019, 04:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Midnightmoon
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Wow. That thing is spendy!
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2016 North Point 377 RLBH, with a few mods, disc brakes, shocks, Sailun g rated tires, wet bolts
2014 Ford F350 Platinum sold
2017 Ford F350 Lariat, CC, 6.7PSD, DRW, Trailer Saver BD3 hitch
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04-27-2019, 04:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Magnolia Tom
Wow. That thing is spendy!
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My buddy Ed installed one on his 2018. Nice unit. Definitely a quality piece.
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2017 Jay Feather 7 22BHM Baja/Andersen WD
2018 F150 4x4 3.5L Ecoboost Max Tow
2015 MB Sprinter 2500 Passenger 2.1L Diesel
2007 Ram 2500 4x4 Cummins 5.9L G56
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04-28-2019, 04:04 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Gillsville
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Magnolia Tom
Today I did a little maintenance. Replaced the fuel filters and the air filter. Next up will be flushing the brake fluid and a drain and fill on the transmission fluid.
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Check out Lubrication Engineering oil products, run and flush trans fluid at 1000 miles, and they say should be good for 100,000 miles doing what we do, I've noticed huge improvements (especially cold engine) with their engine oil since I swapped, and I've always used either rotella T6, then was using Valvoline Premium Blue. The LE oil is far superior, I've oil analysis to prove it
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04-28-2019, 04:07 PM
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Location: Gillsville
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Magnolia Tom
I’ll have to look into that. I’ve always heard the fins on the pan don’t help much, if any, and extra fluid just takes longer to heat up but doesn’t actually run cooler. Also takes longer to cool down with the extra fluid.
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I've also heard that it's not worth it, and just takes longer to cool once heated.
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04-28-2019, 07:20 PM
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Location: Magnolia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JeremiahM
Check out Lubrication Engineering oil products, run and flush trans fluid at 1000 miles, and they say should be good for 100,000 miles doing what we do, I've noticed huge improvements (especially cold engine) with their engine oil since I swapped, and I've always used either rotella T6, then was using Valvoline Premium Blue. The LE oil is far superior, I've oil analysis to prove it
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Thanks! I’ll look into that
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2016 North Point 377 RLBH, with a few mods, disc brakes, shocks, Sailun g rated tires, wet bolts
2014 Ford F350 Platinum sold
2017 Ford F350 Lariat, CC, 6.7PSD, DRW, Trailer Saver BD3 hitch
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