Ford 6.4 Radiator Failure
6.4 Radiator Failure Possible cause. Pat
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Turtle...that 10 millions miles must have been on a smooth test track...
Was one of my Walter Mitty moments as a kid when learned of the Big
Three Test Tracks and the folks hired to drive them 24/7 BUT they had
many different test tracks
From smooth freeway to city to potholed to off roads (not at serious as these pics)
This is the Rubicon Trail in Calif (Lake Tahoe). I used to make several runs
per year in my heyday...Dune Buggy, Toyota FJ40, Blazer K5 and have NOT taken
my Suburban out there...it's a whale and will get stuck...or worse...
This is a Toyota FJ40 like mine, but mine was red and not lifted this
high
My points are
And most are 'half ton', as bigger will not do well out there
Was one of my Walter Mitty moments as a kid when learned of the Big
Three Test Tracks and the folks hired to drive them 24/7 BUT they had
many different test tracks
From smooth freeway to city to potholed to off roads (not at serious as these pics)
This is the Rubicon Trail in Calif (Lake Tahoe). I used to make several runs
per year in my heyday...Dune Buggy, Toyota FJ40, Blazer K5 and have NOT taken
my Suburban out there...it's a whale and will get stuck...or worse...
This is a Toyota FJ40 like mine, but mine was red and not lifted this
high
My points are
- Some of us folks really do take their vehicles off road
- Most of them are small
- Original SUV's were truck based (ladder frame)
- Few if any CUV's out on the Rubicon Trail, as monocoque/unibody won't last long out there
- They USED to design them for much tougher road conditions
And most are 'half ton', as bigger will not do well out there
