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New engines are built with assembly lube to protect them during initial start. Service manual information isn't always best practice information. :)

Have you seen any videos of the Bronco (or any Ford) assembly line? Watch one then Google a European or Asian assembly line. We visited the F150 assembly line a few years ago. I thought I was at Walmart.

Probably go with "The Bronco". Yah, I'm a clever one. 😝

Well . . . I can't speak for everyone out there, but at my shop we always pre-filled the vertical filters and used a torque wrench on any plastic or aluminum pan. (y)

I'm glad you asked, because I know that answer. That wrench, son, is a Snap-on 3/8" drive TechAngle flex-head. Model # ATECH2F12VH, only $650 from your friendly Snap-on dealer.:geek:

That video was painful to watch. He's definitely never worked flat rate. :)

Absolutely, yes. Lower rotational RPM and less compressive forces on the bearings. Will it make any real world difference? Probably not. ;)

Remember back in the 1980s when Ford had the slogan, "Quality is Job 1". Even back then we corrupted it to, "At Ford, Quality is 1 Man's Job". I guess he was off that day. 🤣🤣

I know you were. :) Of all the cars I owned the Chevelle SS is the one I'd want back. But it's probably worth a fortune today.

I hesitated posting that photo, but it's the closest thing I've got to anything like a Bronco. I'm pleased it was well received. The Samurai is a 1995, 80,000 original one owner miles. Fuel injected w/air, one of only 650 sold here in 1995. A buddy and I flew to Texas and we drove it 1800...

I was never anti-Ford or anything along those lines. I drove mostly imports and the occasional Chevy, preference toward Chevy as my first real car was a 1972 Chevelle SS 402 (purchased 1982).

Growing up driving cars from the 1960s and 1970s, 4-door cars were your grandparent's cars. No teenager or young man wanted to drive a 4-door car, they just weren't cool. I guess I just never evolved from that opinion. Plus, no kids, so we just don't need the extra doors. I have zero...

Doesn't sound correct to me either. Plastic plug, okay. Crush washer/gasket, okay. But the whole steel plug? I need to see some official service info on this to believe it's accurate.

Filling a horizontally mounted filter just makes a mess when installing it. :)

Until the 2-door Broncos came out. I'm a retired mechanic and auto repair shop owner (25+ years, imports). I've owned more cars than I can count. Small import cars mostly, with the exception of my 2000 Chevy Astro work van. The only 4x4 my wife and I own (together 42 years) is a nice 1995...

Actually, I've never heard it referred to anything other than "Clear Flood Mode", most fuel injected vehicles have this feature. It's purpose is to clear the cylinders of fuel in the event of a rich stall (flooding) condition by shutting off the fuel injectors. Although priming the oil filter...