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    Mine used to get stolen most of the time so I gave up using them. Anyways, I'm only there for a few hours and the truck is pretty well lettered up. It's also common for neighbors to want their house done as well once they see how nice the house next door looks. Many people don't even notice how dirty their house is until they see someone else getting theirs cleaned. I'll never figure why some people will wash their car once a week but wait years before they take care of the house.

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    pressure washing it doesnt work and i use simply cherry and 12.5% .. black spots dont come off unless i hand wash it... is that the only way? and if i get gutter grenade from pressure tek will i still have to hand wash the black streaks off the gutters

    I have never had to handwash gutters using gutter grenade. Are you mixing it strong enough? I just put mine in a pump sprayer for most jobs. For the really nasty ones I brush it on.

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    I for one would question the power train for that price.

    Overheated tranny or torqued driveshaft can lead to some costly repairs.

    Rod!~

    It's a brand new truck sitting at the dealer's lot on Cape Cod.

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    Do you need a big truck or do you jsut want to be the guy with the biggest toy.

    Maybe the F-250 is too big for my 5.5 hp Craftsman powerwasher with a 25 foot hose. I mean, come on, look where you are. Do you think most people on this site don't tow or move equiptment with their trucks? If my truck isn't hauling the powerwash trailer it's towing the boat for a weekend on the lake. If it isn't doing either of those it's plowing snow. It's even been seen towing a Bobcat once or twice. You guys want to talk about abusing a truck? Do any of those things with anything less than a 3/4 ton. That would be abusing a truck. Geeze, I don't know how I get so much flack from asking opinions about a Ford truck and listing problems I've had with mine.

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    Also, I'm pretty good with a wrench in my hand too so I can maintain / repairmy truck and other machines. Took me 5 years to restore this basket case British Spitfire but I've won first place several times at the car shows.

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    Bud its abuse when you dont maintain a machine!! Not to be mean. I mechanic as well and all that stuff that you mentioned is neglect and normal wear and tear.Starters go bad and easy to change, your rotors first will squeek from the squeeker on the pads before you mess up the rotor,the noise from the front end sounds like there in no rear end fluid in it so you have bad seals which is leaking the fluid and making the bearing wine,and the fluid loss in the cooling system could be bad hoses,water pump,heater coil,or radiator if you see the drips if not look at the oil and see if it is milky thats bad head gaskets or if steam is coming out of the exhaust bad head gaskets and the bucking at high way speeds can mean you are in need of a tune up,plugs wires ect. and could be worse.Now all those brackets breaking off and stuff like that just dont make any sence really on a 50,000 mile truck. You might want to have cameras watching your stuff. No brand truck can take the neglec this one has had.

    Advice when you first notice a problem with any machine fix it!!

    Marko

    When I take out 27 thousand dollars from from my bank I have a tendency to take care of what I buy with it. Every service was done at each recomended mile from the owener's manual. It just got the transmission fluid changed and the oil in both axles changed at 49K miles. Never a single drop of oil in the drivway and no water in the block. Were the manifold bolts that snaped, the power steering bracket that broke, the horn that rusted and fell off, wiper transmission that failed, the radio that doesn't work, tow.haul switch that refuses to work and the transmission linkage that twice fell off the transmission from abuse too? The only abuse I've given it is not cleaning out the empty coffee cups on the floors.

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    My 2005 F-350 just broke down again for the third time in a month. Out of nowhere I am getting serious problems with the 6.0 liter Turbo Diesel engine. This is not good. My two other fords are 7.3 liter diesels and the engines are phenominal. Never any problem yet with them and one truck is a 2001 F-250 with around 140,000 miles and the other is an 89 Ford F-350 Bucket truck with around 125,000 miles.

    My next door neighbor has a newer f-450 dump with a 6.0 turbo diesel. That has given him several problems too. Strange, his mpg fully loaded isn't that much better than my friend's 18 wheeler dumper hauling rock. I will never understand that.

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    Hi all,

    I recently purchased a new machine that is setup for downstreaming. The ratio on the injector is 7:1. I normally use outdoor bleach which i've been told is 7% sh. Should 7:1 be strong enough using outdoor bleach to kill mold, mildew etc.? Asking this because i'm having to go back and spray some by hand to do a good job. I haven't tested what the actual ratio is. I'll be doing that today. Maybe I'm not letting the chem dwell long enough. (my mix in a 5 gal bucket is 3 gal outdoor bleach and 1 gal simple green.)

    Thanks for any input.

    That "outdoor bleach" is a total scam. Stay away from it.

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    It's the V8 gas 5.4 Seems to have plenty of power for me, I don't need that big of a motor. The one I have now is a 6.0 and it has a lot of power too. Dealer said 7000 for a trade in with the plow. I don't know, I guess that's alright. Got to buy a new plow before winter.

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    That's what I'm driving now, a 2500 4X4 but its getting there in age (11 years old) and starting to ask for repairs now and then. A few weeks ago the starter quit right after handing a bid to wash an apartment building. Had to have it towed. Felt like an idiot. Also, brake lines broke (all 4 rusted through), transmission line broke, horn rusted off and fell in the street somewhere, exhaust manifold bolts snapped off engine block (7 bolts, no kidding) fuel pressure regulator went twice, power steering pump bracken broke, all 4 roters and 2 calipers went (at 30K miles) antifreeze keeps vanishing... have to top it off every week or so, tow/haul switch never worked, weird noise from the front axle as if the axle was engaged (I don't know what the noise is) and a unknown problem that causes the enging to really start bucking at highway speeds. It's not a fuel filter. These are the things off the top of my head. I'm sure there's much more. Did I mention the truck only has 50K miles on it? The tires are nice but that's because I had to replace them after some as#&*@e stuck a knife in them after he stole my Jetskis. Not all my memories will be good ones of this truck.

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    Looks like I'm going to buy a new truck and the F-250 looks pretty nice. I found a left over XLT 4X4 2009 extended cab with all the toys (power everything, sat radio, etc,etc) and 8 foot bed for 30K. I didn't want all the toys but I guess they are trying to move this one. A "basic" version is only 2K less. Being someone that's never owened a Ford truck I thought I'd ask for opinions here. Anyone???

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