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Nov 9, 2009 | 01:09 AM

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Mr. Miyagi

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From: Olympic Peninsula

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Originally Posted by tom13

I took it to All Star Ford in Olympia. Not going back there for anything.

I agree...they suck. Brian in parts is a good guy, though. I've known him for years, good people.

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By the way, the ball joints are not bad and I wittnessed the mechanic checking them.

I was curious how he was doing the checking?

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I did however need new shocks. As for the servicing, Ford had to fix the trans due to a valve exploding and that was about at mile 10000. so the trans was basicly rebuilt. As for the other stuff that needs to be serviced, I'll do it since I are a mechanic. Just getting too old to be crawling around on the floor.Also, I haven't done too much heavy pulling with this truck except for a 29 foot camp trailer.

Thanks for the info, just wondering. I live not too far from Olympia and do all my own work, too.

The Ford dealer I use for my company F650 shop truck is Horizon Ford in Tukwila...used to be SeaTac Ford Trucks---they work on only pickups, vans, and the larger Ford trucks...no cars...shop is pretty good.

I know a very competent private shop in the Napavine area if you ever need work done. They are very good.

The brake fluid flush is kind of a pain but the power steering fluid can be done easily with either a turkey baster or by just dropping the return line in a bucket and pouring new fluid into the reservoir while your lovely assistant turns the wheel slowly back & forth....and pulling a 29 foot trailer is considered severe service per the manual maintenance guidelines, and although fluid flushes/changes are a good thing to do, the price dealers want is a tad inflated, to put it in a nice way.

Cheers,

Dan