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Reply #30 – June 22, 2014, 08:24:09 AM

I know that FOE as been there and never will do that again. Some customers insist on factory parts. Have a good Sunday guys!

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Reply #31 – June 26, 2014, 10:16:08 PM

I will keep that in mind guys, we I get ready for tune up again. I just did lower ball joints and hub bearing, man what I difference in the ride. The upper and front shocks were done in October or November last year.

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Reply #32 – October 27, 2015, 08:13:55 PM

Put in some new coil packs today, I got the MSD ones from summit, so far so good. Had a bucking around 40-50mph at 1100 to 1200 rpms going up a hill. Never would throw a code, so I changed all 8. I have 120,000 miles, figured it could not hurt.

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Reply #33 – November 01, 2015, 08:28:02 AM

Quote from: nbzimmer;430338

Nice lookin' truck. I bought an '05 4x4 Crew last fall. It had about 110K at the time, and of course I did not find out about the spark plug design issue until afterwards. Now it is about 120K and I still haven't done anything. I've just been putting it off because I'm skittish about doing it myself and I'm afraid of how much it will end up costing me at the shop. Only gonna get worse, though!

Aside from the 14MPG average, I'm enjoying the truck a lot. I've only had three partial issues. One is a loud squeal a few seconds after startup on very cold mornings. I was trying to read up about it on some forums, but I wasn't convinced that most of the posters knew what they were talking about. I think people were just pulling stuff out of the air. I put on a new belt already, so that wasn't it. One theory seems to be that they just do this and it is caused by the PS pump taking a few seconds to get lubed up. For now I'm letting that one ride. It has only done it a handful of times.

I do wonder if I might be developing the issue that 50RACER describes, because the engine does clatter more than I would have expected. I had the shop take a listen when I got the tires rotated a couple months back, but they didn't think anything of it. But it was a non-dealer shop, so they might not be aware of this specific issue.

The only other thing is an occasional exhaust smell through the vents when stopped at a light or idling. This also seems to be a common problem, but usually it is caused by loose plugs after a tune-up. Since I still have original plugs, I doubt that is it.

Anyhow, enjoy the new ride!

Have you figured out the squeal? Has anyone suggested the idler & tensioner pulleys? I had 1 that was making noise. I took it off and held my fingers to keep the bearing inner races from spinning while rotating the pulley. It didn't roll smooth so I replaced it & the noise is gone.