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  1. Question for the rock-crawling crowd

    This is an amazing bespoke (because it's the current trendy word, apparently meaning "custom built for one purpose") vehicle is for rock crawling. Not my thing at my age, but I do get it. And the custom drivetrain is pretty fascinating all on its own. My question is: Why are there extra disk...
  2. First Year of the Ranger XLT

    Stumbled on this, after stumbling on a timeline of Ford Rangers, after reading an article about how much our trucks have grown over the years. The first Ranger XLT was in...1970. Sorta. Our trucks started out as a trim level of the 1970 F-100. It was the Lariat of its day. I should've known...
  3. Upgrade cabin air filters due out this year from Ford

    Not so much a mod as an OEM upgrade. Not sure really how much good it will do though, if the ventilation system keeps automatically disabling recirculate. Maybe opening to outside air & then cleaning it, repeatedly could be a balance between two non-ideal situations? If nothing else, it might be...
  4. Ford may start shipping incomplete vehicles to dealers, let them finish up.

    " The microchip shortage continues to plague automakers, but Ford might have a temporary solution by shipping incomplete vehicles to dealers. Then, when the necessary chips are available, the stores could install them and be able to sell them to customers immediately. " It makes sense, why idle...
  5. I read an article on automotive (micro)processors or, "My Ode to Ford Dev Teams"

    Came across an interesting IEEE article with links to other interesting articles regarding the electronic side of vehicles today & going forward. I've been involved in software development processes in one role or another my entire career and the most complex project I've worked on feels like a...
  6. So THAT's why they switched from Lightning Blue to Velocity

    The new all electric F-150 will be called...the F-150 Lightning. I can see where that could possibly cause confusion or communication mistakes. Me, to parts counter: "I need a Lightning Blue thingamadoohicky" (parts guy orders one for an electric F-150)...
  7. Cabin air recirculate issue

    Okay, I get that a number of vehicles intentionally turn off recirculating the air after certain conditions are met. The usual reason given appears to be so that the glass doesn't fog up - though in 90F/32.2C weather that's a bit silly. The CO2 reason is equally silly unless it's to protect Ford...


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