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That really is the answer and question right there. Do you want, or need, 4 wheels driving, or is 2.5 / 3 good enough? An open front dif means that in low traction situations, whatever conditions are causing them, mud, snow, sand, etc, one of the two wheels will have more traction than the...

.458 SOCOM, with can, because I am considerate of my neighbors sleep. T!

I have had my 2018 in ambient real air temps north of 120 on many occasions, at certain times of the year, here at the house, highs over 110 in the shade are normal for days or weeks on end, and on those days several valleys around here (including Death Valley) will push over 120 with ease. One...

The certain answer to this no, there is no new production legally sold radio that combines any CB transmitter with a radio capable of transmitting on any other frequency or any other service. There has not been since at least as far back as the late 1970's. From my laymens, non-lawyer, view of...

Had to dig for that old post, ah? However, fix what? I doubt it is broken, it looks intentional to me. If you press the up button or paddle when 10th is already selected the gear display turns off, for people who do not want those changing colored numbers on the dash. If you want to see it...

I encourage everyone to get a ham license. It is easy and opens up a lot of legal communications options not otherwise present. But even doing so you may not be able to do everything you want and still be 100% legal to the letter of the regulations. You may still occasionally face a choice...

Most people put in a ham radio so they only need one radio and ham radios can be lower costs. A modified ham radio, if you select the right one and perform an extremely minor modification, will work on business band, MURS, GMRS, FRS, ham, etc, so you can have one radio that does it all. Yes...

It very much depends on your price range and features you have to have. A good starting point is here: https://www.vortexradar.com/ Vortex also does some great videos that can be found on YouTube. If you want to read a lot of stuff from other users the RDForums are great...

Here locally (High Desert area of CA) it is mostly radar with just a little laser. The local PD has radar mounted in almost every newer cruiser, for sure all of the Explorer PIUs / PPVs, and 3 radar guns. All of their radar is Ka. They also have 2 or 3 lasers, mostly, but not only, used by...

I don't think we are saying different things, but I may be describing things with the wrong names or terminology. From my observations: I am not talking about the RKE part of the operation. I.e. when you send an unlock command from in the house. That only happens on 903 MHz and will happen...

Is it actually a different method? Or is it just a different way of using the same or another similar method? I have always had a curiosity for signals, so when I first got my truck a couple years back I briefly looked at the RF traffic, back and forth, between the truck and the fob. I did...

Thanks for the confirmation. Somehow or another my source said 17 gauge for Aux 1 and 2, but small difference. For people who have not looked at this, the design used is why the same Aux switches provide so much more current in Super Duty trucks. In those trucks Aux 1 to 4 are 25 Amp, and Aux...

Let me start with, I have not exhaustively confirmed all of the following myself (I do not have a complete set of schematics for the truck), but I believe it is this way: For my 2018 all 6 Aux switches are the same. But if, I understand the way it works (as conveyed to me by a Ford tech)...

I did not say Ford did not know what wire gauge to use, I said I was uncomfortable running the power I might need to use through the supplied wiring. For 2018 (and I assume 2017 to 2020) Aux 1 and 2 are 17 awg multistrand , 4 and 5 are 20 awg multistrand, 5 and 6 are 22 awg multistrand. Aux 1...

I did not do the LVJ thing, but I did the same thing by building my own relay box. When I look at the wiring supplied with the upfitter switches, and look at the supposed Amp ratings, I don't feel comfortable running that power through the supplied wiring. So I just use the switches to run my...

I had mine done a couple months after I got it, paint correction and ceramic coat. The delay was to let it completely cure before getting it done. For the record, the paint on my vehicle looked great before they started. I mean it was really nice, quality, factory paint with no areas I was...

The only Turbo changes I can think of already apply to all Raptors, from the first Gen 2 on. As for a later motor in a 17, there should be no issues. In fact, if there is anything to the Phaser issue with earlier motors you may be past that with your new long block, having those improved parts...

What do you mean by "I know the later models have better compression", could you elaborate? I am pretty sure all the Gen 2 Raptors have the same compression ratio, 10:1, for all years so far. The non-HO version of the 3.5 EB was increased from 10:1 to 10.5:1 I think, but not the Raptor motor. T!

You can also get the 315/70R17 in 10 ply and range E. That is what I put on my Raptor when the factory tires were EOL. I ended up taking a couple more pounds of air out of each tire and can't really tell the difference in ride quality, although for sure at the suggested pressure they were more...

That is pretty much what I did, I went in and said "trans is shifting harder than I like, here is a TSB on the subject, I would like it done". At first one of the counter people started talking about diagnostics to confirm the issue, but then the other guy said no, just schedule the work. They...

This is not a California thing, it is a Federal thing. The EPA tests the truck in the "default" configuration. If the auto-start-stop could be disabled and stayed that way the EPA would have to test the truck in that mode, defeating (at least in the sticker ratings) the purpose of having it...

What is the production date of your Raptor? MIne is an early March, 2018, date, and I occasionally (more often than not, really) had a very hard 3-4 / 5-6 shift issue until I found out there was a TSB out and a reflash for the transmission was available. I took it in to the dealer, referenced...

But those are powered regardless of if you remote start or normal start, and the OP wants a way to tell it has specifically been remote started. So it appears he is looking for a specific signal or a specific set of conditions that can be monitored that only occur when you remote start. T!

I know this comment was quite a while ago, but yeah, really, by area, most of California is pro-gun. Unfortunately the politics of the state are driven by a very few dense population centers, San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles, San Diego, etc. But once you get outside these metro areas the...

Don't you have 37" Ko2's on your Raptor? I swapped out my original load range C, 6 ply, Ko2's at 26350 miles, they still had a little life in them, but no way I was getting more than another 4-5k on them, max. So they were maybe 30k tires for me. But, when I replaced them I went to the same...