Hey all! Im a few months into gen1 ownership and loving it (Came from a 2006 F150 5.4L 3V), and im trying to piece together raptor/6.2L specifc maintenance timelines. Not service manual intervals, but real life feedback on things to address to keep the truck going long term.
The truck is a 2013 and currently has 98k miles, and doesnt appear to have a lot of major maintenance done. My plan:
In the next couple of months / next 10k miles ish
- New shocks
- Spark plugs, coils, wires
- Front + Rear Diff fluid change
- Trans fluid and filter change
- Transfer case fluid change
- New Idler Pulleys (dealer installed new belt and tensioner when I bought it)
- New P/S Pump and hoses (Pump is on its way out. Replacing with OEM for now as LEE is out of the budget currently)
In the next 18mo or so:
- Radiator hoses, water pump (prevenatative) and radiator (Got a great deal at Advanced Auto on these parts)
- Brakes when needed (will flush fluid and do PowerStop upgrade at that time)
- Alternator (also got a killer deal on OEM from Advanced so going to toss it in preventatively at some point)
- Suspension upgrades will slowly happen, so not putting leaf spring bushings on there as deavers will happen eventually, as will a UCA at some point. I will have to do lower ball joint and lower a arm bushings as needed.
Questions:
1. Anything Missing Above?
Anything in the normal 100-125k maintenance or catchup maintenance that I should be paying attenion to?
2. Valve springs
I see a lot of info on preventative Valve spring replacements. When should that be done by ideally?
3. Timing System.
Coming from the 5.4L 3V (where I did phasers, tensioners, chains, etc myself) I am overly aware of timing systems. Any known issues with the 6.2L in that area? Ive read guides can be an issue, but not many are discussing that.
4. Lead Frame
I know, elephant in the room. Should I change this out preventatively or wait for it to fail? I do not see anything on the carfax about this so im assuming it hasnt been done, and since its a 2013 its out of the window of warranty. Yay.
5. Fuel Injectors
Another killer score at Advanced closeout was oem injectors for $6.99/ea. Ive never needed to replace injectors on a vehicle before. Any logic in replacing these with coils/plugs preventatively, or should I just keep these on hand in the event of a failure?
The truck is a 2013 and currently has 98k miles, and doesnt appear to have a lot of major maintenance done. My plan:
In the next couple of months / next 10k miles ish
- New shocks
- Spark plugs, coils, wires
- Front + Rear Diff fluid change
- Trans fluid and filter change
- Transfer case fluid change
- New Idler Pulleys (dealer installed new belt and tensioner when I bought it)
- New P/S Pump and hoses (Pump is on its way out. Replacing with OEM for now as LEE is out of the budget currently)
In the next 18mo or so:
- Radiator hoses, water pump (prevenatative) and radiator (Got a great deal at Advanced Auto on these parts)
- Brakes when needed (will flush fluid and do PowerStop upgrade at that time)
- Alternator (also got a killer deal on OEM from Advanced so going to toss it in preventatively at some point)
- Suspension upgrades will slowly happen, so not putting leaf spring bushings on there as deavers will happen eventually, as will a UCA at some point. I will have to do lower ball joint and lower a arm bushings as needed.
Questions:
1. Anything Missing Above?
Anything in the normal 100-125k maintenance or catchup maintenance that I should be paying attenion to?
2. Valve springs
I see a lot of info on preventative Valve spring replacements. When should that be done by ideally?
3. Timing System.
Coming from the 5.4L 3V (where I did phasers, tensioners, chains, etc myself) I am overly aware of timing systems. Any known issues with the 6.2L in that area? Ive read guides can be an issue, but not many are discussing that.
4. Lead Frame
I know, elephant in the room. Should I change this out preventatively or wait for it to fail? I do not see anything on the carfax about this so im assuming it hasnt been done, and since its a 2013 its out of the window of warranty. Yay.
5. Fuel Injectors
Another killer score at Advanced closeout was oem injectors for $6.99/ea. Ive never needed to replace injectors on a vehicle before. Any logic in replacing these with coils/plugs preventatively, or should I just keep these on hand in the event of a failure?
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