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You really only rent them short term.

From what I’ve seen, most aftermarket headlights/tail lights are less than stellar quality. Don’t get rid of your originals, you might want to put them back in at some point.

On a 2.3 you have to pull the engine, I’ll bet you do on a 2.7L too.

If there is a problem with the camera you get a different message in the dash, something about a camera and not a sensor. The camera is used for several systems, one being lane keeping. You may have noticed lane keeping isn’t working exactly as it should after lifting your truck. Just like...

Most of those brackets are adjustable, you shouldn’t need to bend it.

With the sensor moved AND 4”of lift with a 3” lift and taller tires it may be difficult to get it to calibrate. If it does “pass” the calibration routine, use adaptive speed control carefully at first to see how it works before trusting it completely. The geometry will be off from design...

The sensor blocked message is usually caused by the vertical angle of the sensor not being correct. The brackets that are supplied with the aftermarket bumpers that I’ve seen aren’t really great. If the bracket has moved causing the sensor to tip forward or backwards, the module can’t...

Forscan modifications can have unintended consequences. If he didn’t back up the original software your best bet might be having the dealer do as built and then use FDRS to enable the trailer module.

I wouldn’t ride the clutch, I would recommend disengaging it completely. If you are going that slow, the engine would probably be trying to speed you up rather than offering any engine braking. You are probably working the engine and clutch against the brakes. And, at that slow of speed...

The gear reduction is around 90:1 on one of them in low/low. Can’t imagine where you would go that would require more torque than that.💪

Yeah, riding the clutch to the point of smelling it doesn’t happen very many times before the clutch is toast. It’s hard to imagine that being necessary if transmission was in crawl gear and transfer case was in 4 low. You can walk beside one of these running 2500 RPM in low/low.

A damaged frame doesn’t necessarily mean a total. I’ve seen 2 or 3 Broncos get new frames at the Ford dealership I work at. It’s really not that big of a deal to frame one. I don’t think the Bronco frame is sectioned, but I don’t know for sure. The F-150 has 3 frame sections, but most...

I guess that policy must have changed, when I was with Ford it was pretty normal for the plant manager to drive off-the-line cars home pretty regularly. They did avoid retail orders though.

That is true. Plant managers drive one home most every night.

A LOT more. Not practical to do.

And another side of this that maybe isn’t as widely known is that all FDRS sessions are stored in the cloud. Anyone with an FDRS and the VIN can see every session ever done on the VIN in detail. Every test run and all the results. The people in Detroit use this data regularly to validate that...

You know this from experience?

If the dealer puts FDRS on it, FDRS won’t recognize the PCM. If there are tune induced powertrain problems, there’s a really good chance warranty will be denied. This is really true currently with Ford’s hard crackdown on warranty spending.

Bottom line is that manufacturers build what they can sell at an acceptable profit margin. If they did anything else, they wouldn’t be in business long.

If it’s the half of the connector that’s going towards the swig gate, you’re good, if it’s the half going towards the front of car, that’s going to be tough.