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Read what TSB you posted.... no start means the engine will turn over but not fire.... he has a no crank situation..... and his fuel pump comes on. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Honestly my old GM was all buddy, buddy with the "fast" car owners, and a lot of stuff would be warranty that wasn't. I put plenty of ring and pinions in under warranty that weren't the stock ratio. So ask the techs around the shop sometimes tip them. Feel them out. Most the master certified...

I meant it has never been a problem found with how that head lines up. On the 2 valve engines they had problem with the headgaskets leaking oil onto the top of the starter/back side of the head because of a high pressure oil port. The 3 valve engine design eliminated those leaks. Even though...

On that your gonna have to talk to someone else to figure out exactly why it doesnt line up..... but in my experience it has never been a problem.

I normally disassemble and clean out everything with metal parts cleaner and compressed air to blow out all oil galleries and what not.

When you unbolt the first cam cap you will see a its actually a metering block. Ford says the cause is debris from aftermarket oil filters breaking up, but I've seen it with engines that have only used motorcraft filters too. It looks like slag from where the blocks/heads were cast, to me. It...

Been to the same schools in Georgia as you. And the passenger side cylinder head seems to be the most common one with the #2 and #3 cylinders. A lack of oil to the lash adjusters which causes the rocker arm to beat out the needle bearings causing it to scar up the cam an rocker arm.

did you take the pick up tube loose?

The two plugs where you test these airbags are right underneath your seat.

You can go in through the cluster and turn off the light and disconnect the airbags....... not that technical.

I feel dumb for assuming you were going to wire in resistors instead of using the testing dummy plugs. All apologies for that.

I'm sure when they do the tuning for the program they load into your car it can be done. But simply using the hand held tuner and going through the menu it doesn't have a option for it. Make more sense that way?

Quick question, by doing this your just getting a better rod/stroke ratio correct? Or are you still better off going with a 3.700" bore block because of the smaller stroke of the 4.6 and the bigger bore un-shrouding the valves??

Ive actually done this with a couple cars using Fords IDS. You can bypass it in the programming.

Are you sure about that?? when it comes to airbags I do not suggest wiring in a resistor when you can pretty much go through the PCM and delete the various circuits that go to the RCM. Wiring in a resistor into the harness which will be under the seats of the vehicle is just begging for...