Yea i would start with the link they show above. Had one blow on a work truck once and it took us forever to figure it out! Random question, what type of welder were you using? Future reference if your welding and feel your ground clap is getting hot that means you have a bad ground.

what do you mean sparks are jumping from the arc to the flame? or do you mean frame? if that was the case you must have had a bad ground. and thats when bad things happen to good people.

Always good practice to unhook your battery when welding or use a surge protector that clamps onto the battery. know a couple guys who have torched computers on newer vehicles because they left the battery hooked up and had the ground clamp on the opposite end of the vehicle. Have heard of some...

I never once said GMs didnt have problems all of them do, i bought a dodge pickup once because my uncles had over 250000 on it, my tranny went out at 45k then the dealer tried shafting me over sayin they put a reman in, when it was obviously the same transmission, after some hard weeks, i got my...

If you cant make it up there to pick it up this weekend I might be headed up to the LBK the fallowing week, i need to stop at The Yard on the way back.

Ohhhhh boy, the Joy of Long Mac I almost bought a truck from there, but they just left a bad taste in my mouth after a couple visits.

as for the iron duke, no idea, my pickup dosn't have the little 4 banger citation engine in it

Nope, not really a brand specific person here, I have had everything. but my GM i currently own has treated me just fine All of you people that bleed ford are exactly the same, cannot accept when they actually do circle the problem.

he decided to stay away from he thinks it sounds like the modular engine is just a bad apple. way to try to cut costs ford.

my bad, i guess its the new ones that come into two pieces when you try to change them? have a buddy looking at getting a 05. he is curious what he will be getting into.

I don't really believe so, happening up to 04?

So, what is the deal with with the spark plug issue. unless your a russian babooska and you tighten the heck out of them, you should be fine,OH WAIT ITS A FORD. i have read some other stuff about their being only three or so threads in the bottom. that sounds like a sweet idea, not. you have...