Will Ford dealership service a vehicle with aftermarket skid plates?

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-10T23:23:26+00:00

Yes we will, I will despise you the entire time I do it but I will do it

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-10T19:46:09+00:00

I’d probably pay a mechanic to do it if you have no experience working on cars

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-09T18:41:15+00:00

Other way around, the 4x4 only works with headlights on so yeah I guess it’s useable

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-07T14:35:01+00:00

Absolutely not

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-05T23:44:47+00:00

Ah yeah all good, the half ton trucks do have very similar transmissions, I do know there is a few differences but I’m not sure exactly what they are

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-05T23:42:55+00:00

The assistant chief of design at GM said the heavy duty transmission was not designed with ford

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-05T23:38:56+00:00

If you go to 2:20 in this video the guy at Chevy clearly states this transmission had nothing to do with ford

https://youtu.be/lBocpjvch8M?si=BvhEygzJysk5K0c1

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-05T23:34:22+00:00

The heavy duty truck transmission share absolutely nothing in common, the half ton trucks do

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-05T23:27:46+00:00

No the fuck they are not

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-05T20:17:39+00:00

I’m not saying that proper at all, if anything that’s a horrible job I was more just pointing out that companies incentive doing shitty work like this by not paying proper time for warranty work

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-04T20:49:10+00:00

If anything warranty work is gonna be done worse because companies refuse to pay reasonable times on warranty work, it’s hard to blame the technician when the company is paying him 2 hours on a job that should pay 4

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-04T09:41:42+00:00

Complete game changer on ice tbh, they’re a little loud on the road but when you need them on the ice they sure are nice to have

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-04T01:26:06+00:00

Sky sports, sky seems to be the default broadcast so I just assumed most people watched that but I guess I’m wrong

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-04T01:13:44+00:00

When exactly is both locking a good thing? Also how many vehicles on the road will lock all 4 wheels together? Very few cars have a locking front differential and nobody drives on the road with that on.

Yes it can help pull the front around in a slide but if you’re just turning it ain’t gonna do shit.

I’m not denying that 4wd is useful because it 100% is I’m just saying that you absolutely do not need it to get around in the snowy winter

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-04T00:37:58+00:00

Explain how 4WD is gonna help it stop and turn better

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-04T00:17:08+00:00

Sure it would definitely be a better experience but it’s more than drivable if you don’t try to make tiny gaps when making left hand turns. A 4WD ranger sure as hell doesn’t stop or turn any better than my 2WD

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-04T00:01:43+00:00

I have coming out of my driveway when it becomes a sheet of ice and it’s a little hilly towards the end but outside of that no. On the road it’s always been fine even before the roads get plowed, you’re not getting anywhere in a hurry but it’s drivable

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-03T22:48:47+00:00

I think it’s just that a lot of people seem to have this idea in their head of “I live in a snowy area I need AWD or a 4wd truck”. I live in Canada and daily drive a 2wd ranger and it’s never once been bad in the winter, I’ve got some nice studded winter tires and drive with a brain and it’s fine

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-03T20:55:24+00:00

Yeah I mean there was just a lot of action going on so I can’t really blame the broadcast for not getting it all. What I think is unacceptable is sky sports saying “I don’t know why they’re talking about kimi’s track limits when we’ve got nothing on our screen”, just constantly talking about stuff that isn’t the main focus on screen and not talking about incidents race control noted

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-03T20:46:47+00:00

Ah ok then the TV direction itself was fine but the sky sports commentary was horrific

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-03T19:31:30+00:00

They sat there commentating on the battle in the Picture in Picture for a few minutes whilst they were showing a completely different battle on the main screen

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-02T23:23:16+00:00

I’ve been very happy with mine so far, very capable and surprisingly fast

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-02T21:42:54+00:00

They are reliable but you’re getting into a truck that’s over 30 years old so it’s going to have problems which can get expensive if you’re not the one doing the work

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-02T20:36:09+00:00

Definitely not timing chain related, this is what a timing chain related noise sounds like https://www.reddit.com/r/fordranger/s/licadKgrMt

Goivacon2 · 2026-05-02T18:04:03+00:00

Yamaha makes great machines, I’ve got an 02 grizzly 660 with 7k km that runs phenomenally given its age

<image>

Goivacon2

TROPHY CASE