According to 'Lester', Conoco Phillips is the oil company from which Motorcraft sources their oils. So, I get my semi synthetic 5w20 TropArtic Conoco Phillips from Sams Club much cheaper than the Motorcraft from Walmart...
I'm at 93k on my '05. The only failure with mine was the FICM and that was under warranty. It's never had as much as the EGR valve serviced and runs great.
Thanks guys, and you too, Carl.... So far we're really liking it. I took it today to get it's MO. safety and emissions inspection. The inspector commented that the brakes looked like new..... :)
It was a pleasant surprise, Frank. I wasn't peddling the thing either. I was contantly trying to be the 'allowable' 5mph over the speedlimit and found myself many times 10 or a bit more over.
And finally home.....3/4 of the fleet:The whole ordeal went flawlessly, from the flight to D.C., to being picked up at the airport within minutes of my arrival, to the Explorer being everything it was represented to be, the friendly folks at Sheehy Ford-Springfield, and to the 1,015 mile...
The deal was done and I was on my way home:After a couple of hundred miles, but still in Virginia:In West Virginia:I slept at an Army Buddy's place in West Virginia and then on to Kentucky:Indiana:Illinois:
Within minutes of my getting to the American Airlines passenger pickup area at Reagan International, a lady in a Fusion with a Sheehy Ford front plate arrived to pick me up and take me to the dealership.Upon our arrival THIS is what I first saw and texted a picture of to Bonnie: :devil...
**Note** The rest of this post is my feeble cheesball attempt to copy the fine 'pictorial travelog' that taxreliever Ken posted documenting his trip home from South Carolina with the '79....:oI had a 6:20am flight to D.C. but had to be at the airport 1 hr. prior to the boarding time of...
With more and more travel between St. Louis, Charlotte, and elsewhere, my wife Bonnie and I had been looking for a vehicle to replace our 17 year old Expedition. Having driven two that are in the family, we were really considering the current generation of Explorer but just couldn't bring...
According to the time stamp on the pics, you're working on it TOMORROW! :shocked: .....or perhaps it's the time travel function you're working on....:scratch:
Welcome to FTF, Mcrafty1! I too have a 6.0 I've been happy with. Mine is an '05 with 92,xxx miles. Other that the FICM going bad, it's been trouble free....