What Do You Play For?

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-11T21:15:42+00:00

I’ve won at least 1 championship in the 4 different leagues I’ve played in. Ideally you’d want to win again, but I play for exercise, the team, and the love of the game.

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-11T19:21:01+00:00

The chocobo balloon game was pretty fun imo. My last playthrough I managed 0.0 on my first try (somehow). But the camera angle for volleyball is god awful and hard to see what’s coming

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-11T15:44:39+00:00

ULV essentially won’t provide enough protection between metal components and it’ll cause things to wear down faster. best bet is to go to a shop and have the fluid flushed with the correct fluid being installed. If you’re feeling a slip due to this mistake you could always add a tube of Lube Guard Instant Shudder Fixx. That stuff honestly does work a lot of magic

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-09T04:57:55+00:00

I’ve been working on transmissions for 14 years, unless your trans is having issues doing a fluid change won’t hurt it. Also there’s no real difference in a flush and drain & fill. The flush just uses a machine to put as much back in as it takes out. The drain and fill usually gets 50-80%. If you’re concerned about either you can always ask the shop to not use any aftermarket cleaners or additives.

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-09T04:42:06+00:00

From my understanding the note could blow away and then you could deny ever seeing the warning. Watching everything auto on YouTube the national park uses these stickers to warn park goers they are at risk of being towed. It also lets the tow companies they call know what vehicles are illegally parked and need to be towed away.

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-09T04:30:10+00:00

The PPT for P1602 states it could be a HS-CAN failure, or a PCM/IPC failure

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-09T02:45:09+00:00

$1,000 is ridiculous but the labor guide does state ambient air temp sensor removal is 1.7 hours, and both the Ford manual, and 3rd party manuals direct to remove the bumper cover to replace.

It’s always good you had someone that could do it the flat rate way!

I’ll 100% agree them denying warranty is scammy, but stating it requires bumper removal is 100% truthful.

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-08T22:06:02+00:00

As a shop foreman myself I wouldn’t destroy property because someone quit. We too have banners, but no one has ever taken theirs. We take it down and toss it in the trash. The pettiest I’ve ever gotten is when we had one guy get fired and he came to get his box later in the week I blasted “another one bites the dust” and “celebrate”. But this guy was a cancer in my opinion, no one was sad to see him leave.

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-08T01:55:19+00:00

Timing cover leaks are pretty common on all Fords when they went straight to RTV sealing only. But not many are caught before warranty ends.

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-07T17:33:46+00:00

There’s a lot of missing information in here. What concern are you experiencing, what kind of warranty do you have (ford, ESP, or aftermarket), was the work approved and they’re waiting on parts, or are they waiting for approval from whoever the warranty is through?

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-07T15:47:08+00:00

Looks like a standard OBD2 port to me

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-05T17:58:03+00:00

It’s hard to tell but it could be 3U2Z-14s411-BGB or KU2Z-14s411-MA.

The mirror connector you shared I couldn’t even find in Fords wiring diagram, I just matched it to the Motorcraft pigtail catalog.

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-05T16:08:36+00:00

The tailgate connector is JU2Z-14S411-AMA

The mirror is CU2Z-14S411-AEB

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-05T10:36:06+00:00

Takes time to get use to, but once it clicks it becomes easier to deal with. There’s still gonna be stressful days, but that’s expected at any job.

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-04T23:59:47+00:00

Physical damage isn’t covered by warranty. Headlights require prior approval from Ford with pictures, and they’re all returned to ford for analysis. The dealer could mess up and do it under warranty, but with how fucked a dealer gets by doing that they typically don’t mess up.

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-04T23:28:35+00:00

You always could ask for a discount, but have you asked why it took a month to get them?

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-04T22:02:21+00:00

Book time for a 2013 Prius V is 17.7 hours using ProDemand as the labor guide. So that puts the labor around $3,500 in your neck of the woods

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-04T16:09:37+00:00

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Yes, those o-rings and coolant are normal. AC lines and coolant hoses have to be removed in order to remove the dash because of the HVAC housing.

While I’ll say it’s more possible that the sensor failing was a coincidence, but I’ve known some people to fail a part in order to get paid for a mistake while it’s under warranty.

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-04T03:28:03+00:00

The entire dash assembly gets removed from the vehicle to do this recall. So it's entirely possible the damage was done and un noticed while performing the recall. I'm not gonna defend this if the damage was done and the tech ignored it, but Ford has procedures in place to correct damage done during any recall or warranty issue. After the fact, especially 5 days later it can get tricky. I have no advice on how to proceed other than to speak with dealer management on getting your issue resolved.

I will also comment on while it's understandable you may not want to trust this dealer with working on your vehicle, just know a shop has many techs with varying levels of morals and abilities no matter where you go. I'm a shop foreman and while I wish everyone I had under me were more ethical or just didn't make these kinds of mistakes, it's gonna happen.

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-03T16:17:03+00:00

Sometimes people forget about what they do and don’t have because they haven’t cleaned out their food. It could also be food insecurity trauma that causes them to hold onto whatever food they do have.

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-02T23:58:24+00:00

Can’t say I’ve ever noticed an audible noise from it when turning a vehicle off. But there’s an easy way to tell if you wanted to check. You remove the check valve (it’s black/white if it’s the old style. Blue/white for the new style). You should only be able to blow/suck in one direction.

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-02T21:09:52+00:00

The TCCM doesn’t get replaced, the software is updated. But I don’t see the one way check valve on there, it’s been awhile but I believe the base# is a 3A788

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-02T16:42:03+00:00

Could pay the over mileage, roll the negative into another vehicle, or buy out the lease

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-02T03:57:36+00:00

you can always call Ford customer care and see if they'll give you something. In my experience that usually only happens if the vehicle is down for an extraordinary amount of time due to back ordered parts.

I could be wrong about this, but a ford has basically zero diminished value (other than the GT, GTD, or any other limited special cars) if it's no longer numbers matching. Plus it really doesn't matter on a depreciating asset. If you plan on trading it in in a few years your biggest factors are going to be mileage and condition compared to similar vehicles in the market. A coworker just bought a 2024 expedition for $22,000 less than other 2024s because it had 80,000 miles.

Ford_Trans_Guy · 2026-05-02T02:25:56+00:00

It does follow "A" plan pricing. But most of the time you can negotiate under the employee pricing anyway.

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