I am at lost. Another bad luck with my TV

larry_kruzan wrote:

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:

dodge guy wrote:
Lots of Ford owners carry that kit with them and do it on the side of the road. After a couple, it shouldn't take much more than 20 minutes. You might want to carry a couple of coils with you too!

Absolute BS..

Just because you are a "Dodge Guy" it doesn't give YOU the right to spout of this kind of GARBAGE..

Did you notice what he drives? LOL

Here is a little history for you. I worked at Doehler-Jarvis and we did the RD work on their at the time new alum heads. Our Engineering Department told Ford they should add steel thread inserts to the spark plug openings. Their response was the inserts were not needed and if there was a failure it would happen well outside the warranty period. Gotta love those bean counters!

BTW the cost of adding the system to the casting process was about $180,000 per die, the cost of the insert itself was $0.03 each or $0.12 per head! How much does it cost to fix Ford's inept engineering?

Again you have to love the Bean Counters and it's the same at EVERY company no mater the product!

Don

You beat me to it Dodgeboy. I guess the user name was enough to make him not even look at the picture and see the big RED ford....

I drove fords for years (w/5.4 & v10s) and replaced them as they puked out plugs. :) As a rule it was 2-4 years. I bought a Ram the last time (4 1/2 years ago) and haven't lost a plug yet - it's a diesel. :)

Thanks guys! I guess some people read with their eyes closed? and even refuse to believe something has a prominent issue. maybe one day I`ll change my user name, but then it wouldn`t be as much fun at times like this. and then when I try and educate people on Dodges they'll tell me I don`t know what I`m talking about! LOL

Gdetrailer, Yes the problem can be avoided, but the fact is that the Triton V-8/V-10 engines of that vintage have spark plug thread problems!