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Pics of the other town or you are in your Mom’s basement…

@jdm_sixtwo My best guess on the new oil pump is that the truck had a stalling problem at some point. This causes a low oil pressure warning light to pop up on the dash. Probably that “old chestnut” known as the Canister Purge Valve…

Finally got a tire mounted to my matching spare wheel and replaced the thrashed Icon rear shocks with new OEM Fox’s. The lower one is blown and leaking oil. Both have gouges in the shafts. The corrosion is unreal. At $2,200 a piece you’d think Icon could use a better coating. Previous...

Replaced my upstream O2 sensors about 500 miles ago. Truck had 117,000 miles, and I am pretty sure they were original. I was averaging 15mpg over the last few thousand miles. Since swapping the sensors, I am now averaging 15.5mpg. My average over the last 950+ gallons of fuel is 14.9mpg...

Did you reset the BMS (battery management system) after you changed the battery? All kinds of weird stuff can happen if the pcm thinks the battery is old and failing.

Where did you find this? 6.2’s are unobtanium these days. Looks like a 2011 or earlier version with the aluminum valve covers.

Sounds like your truck wants some attention.

@TomDirt How do think the KHC coil buckets will affect lower spark plug changes? I know with my Icon 3.0’s the routing of the reservoir hose through the top of the coil bucket definitely made the process more difficult than it already is stock.

When the canister purge valve is sticking open, you get that hard start after fueling because adding fuel is venting fumes into your intake. The vent solenoid on the charcoal canister is normally open when the truck is not doing a vacuum check on the vent line and the charcoal canister can only...

Yep. Replace it with Motorcraft only and not from Amazon. Small job with big results, if that’s your issue.

Have you checked for vacuum leaks? The canister purge valve is the first place I’d look.

This is a way better deal. Still expensive tho. https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/inventorylisting/vdp.action?listingId=366493923&sourceContext=carGurusHomePageModel&zip=98272&entitySelectingHelper.selectedEntity=d337#listing=366493923/NONE/DEFAULT

@Jhollowell Any chance you wanna cut your teeth rebuilding an Icon shock? It’s a little rough around the edges with blown seals and devoid of all nitrogen.

It’s the scar from when they removed the Forscan…

Spark plugs, wire, or pellet in the coil boot would be my first suspects. Easy enough to swap coils to narrow it down.

Start with the easy stuff. On flat ground have someone activate the 4wd switch and someone else verify that the 4wd actuator motor on the transfer-case is functioning. Obviously, be careful under a running truck. *Edit to add* Also check the IWE solenoid on the firewall and related vacuum...

Meh. Doesn’t feel as organic now.

Dang it guys! Every time I try to post something cheeky the topic changes. I spent 30 minutes building pic of a white Gen 1 with FedEx graphics on it and a dumpster fire in the bed only to find out that we have moved on to other stuff. It’s frustrating…

I like it. Especially the frontal region.

Thanks man! I really appreciate the encouragement.

What‘a the speed rating of the tires you’re running? Assuming they are 35x12.50-17’s, it’s usually 99mph. That has to be playing a big part in the loss of stability at speed. May just be outside the design parameters of a few things once you hit triple digits.

I’ll be sure to look west for the mushroom cloud.

Sounds like the rear leafs are being twisted hard enough to cause the rear axle to steer the back end. If it were my truck, I would make sure that the axle is sitting in there nice and square and install traction bars.