First Ford Raptor

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I sold my prerunner I built after 5 years because I lost motivation to continue it. So I went out and bought a used 2012 Ford Raptor that has a few issues and joined this site to help me get pointed in the right direction.
Has 160,000 miles, engine was apparently rebuilt 20,000 miles ago according to previous owner.
 
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So the few issues that I have is, when I put the truck in drive without touching the gas pedal the truck kinda chugs and gets a loopy idle till I get on the throttle, not sure if its the 37s causing it or something is wrong. (37s might come off because I dont have money to buy fiberglass). Next issue is high idle after putting in park goes to 1500 then dies down to 900, I have missing interior parts, only one key fob that doesnt have the remote start, clucking in front end which Id imagine its worn out ball joints, and I have an exhaust leak somewhere on the driver side.

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Welcome to FRF!

Pictures. So it DID happen.
 

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You found the right place heh, run a search and you'll find literally anything you want to know. The paint and rest of the outside looks perfect, and Methods to boot, very nice!

There's an extensive thread on front end clunks, or a couple, lower balljoints are easy to check and not too bad to replace (shameless plug I did a DIY thread, go with Motorcraft if you do them the Moogs suck). Too bad you didn't get the remote start keys, mine came with a single fob and you have to have a dealer program the 2nd one, but you should be able to find a blank with remote start on ebay or amazon, have a locksmith cut it, and a dealer program it. Weird that the 110V outlet is missing, hope they didn't snipe the inverter as well. Not that the factory one is that great but it's nice for low wattage things. Actually the only time I tried mine was when we had a power outage and it wouldn't run Mr. Coffee so that was a disappointment heh. Missing sub and rear floor mat too, that sucks, WTF are people doing with the ******* floor mats?! Mine had none, think the best price I found was Livermore Ford online. Not sure about the idle and surging, think the previous owner had a tune?
 
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You found the right place heh, run a search and you'll find literally anything you want to know. The paint and rest of the outside looks perfect, and Methods to boot, very nice!

There's an extensive thread on front end clunks, or a couple, lower balljoints are easy to check and not too bad to replace (shameless plug I did a DIY thread, go with Motorcraft if you do them the Moogs suck). Too bad you didn't get the remote start keys, mine came with a single fob and you have to have a dealer program the 2nd one, but you should be able to find a blank with remote start on ebay or amazon, have a locksmith cut it, and a dealer program it. Weird that the 110V outlet is missing, hope they didn't snipe the inverter as well. Not that the factory one is that great but it's nice for low wattage things. Actually the only time I tried mine was when we had a power outage and it wouldn't run Mr. Coffee so that was a disappointment heh. Missing sub and rear floor mat too, that sucks, WTF are people doing with the ******* floor mats?! Mine had none, think the best price I found was Livermore Ford online. Not sure about the idle and surging, think the previous owner had a tune?


Yeah I paid a $1,000 to much for the truck, just ****** I didnt notice these things. But called ford and the truck has one active recall for the powertrain and a new key fob and pairing would be $300. I have no idea why the 110 is missing, I had to tear out his ****** sub woofer wiring. But I looked into the hole and didn't see a wire for the 110 outlet so that'll be fun to do. And he said he had the mats, but at this point im kinda done dealing with the dude after all the lies he told me. I am more worried about the chugging more than anything which Ill post pictures and videos tomorrow about the whole ordeal
 
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Shit I'm trying to enjoy it ! Just have so many things to do on it and not enough time.
Found the exhaust leak and also found a very effective way to find it thanks to searching the forums.
And also found the 110 outlet that broke and fell through the hole so that is an easy fix. So all in all I need to rhino line the bed, get out all the big dents and then I can start fabbing up a tire carrier, rebuild all four shocks, replace passanger Cv boot and that should solve all the issues. Only thing I cant win on is getting the nasty tobacco and weed smell out of the damn truck

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