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New truck time- looking for a raptor.

My local Ford Dealer has a Raptor in stock @ $112,000++ plus $4,000 in paint and fabric protection...... must be some pretty special paint......
 
The other day I hired a guy off hours to buff out my boat. He has been head detailer at my local dealership for 20 years. My 2014 Ram 4x4 is covered in brush rash head to toe and I asked if one day he could clean it up. He said he could get rid of most of it wet sanding but if it had been a new model he would not be able to because they paints are so thin on all the new trucks.That I didnt know and now we know!
 
$4000 for something that probably doesn't cost the dealer $400. Friend long ago was a service writer and told me that his dealership at that time charged $800 for the "paint protection" scheme and that the dealer had less than $80 in their cost. So cost was less than 1/10th. of what they were asking, and I would imagine that the same ratio still applies today.
Thanks, but I will keep my 2007 duramax. Don't need all the new bells and whistles
 
Brians356 said:
Thought I'd tag this on the off-topic thread, since there are some Ford guys here):

My neighbor's 4x4 Ranger has a rear differential leak. (8.8" Trac-Lok) After spending considerable time cleaning it up, I now see where oil is coming out. What is the device on top of the diff. housing, above the fill plug? There's a rubber boot on it and an electrical wire sheath heading off somewhere.
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A relief valve that keeps the pressure from building up. Something is cause it to blow out the top. Is the diff over full? Is it full of water from water crossings? Change the fluid and only fill to the spout.
 
ronsatspokane said:
A relief valve that keeps the pressure from building up. Something is cause it to blow out the top. Is the diff over full? Is it full of water from water crossings? Change the fluid and only fill to the spout.
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Good questions. The oil is just slightly below the fill hole. On a sloped driveway, parked pointing downhill it dribbles out, slowly but steadily. Parked uphill, nothing comes out. The truck has never been treated to water crossings, the long-time owner is a woman, and a timid driver. The truck makes occasional trips to the landfill and to Home Depot and the like.

So you're saying the leaking ABS sensor is a pressure relief valve?
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Brians356 said:
Good questions. The oil is just slightly below the fill hole. On a sloped driveway, parked pointing downhill it dribbles out, slowly but steadily. Parked uphill, nothing comes out. The truck has never been treated to water crossings, the long-time owner is a woman, and a timid driver. The truck makes occasional trips to the landfill and to Home Depot and the like.

So you're saying the leaking ABS sensor is a pressure relief valve?
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It may not be what I thought it was. The ABS sensor and the relief valves are different. The ABS sensors are usually at the end of the axle near the hub while the relief valves are either on top of the differential tube or the differential itself. But if it is leaking out the top, something is causing the pressure to push it out.
 
ronsatspokane said:
But if it is leaking out the top, something is causing the pressure to push it out.
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It's not leaking much, just several drops after a highway drive, then it stops. It's definitely coming out around the base of the ABS speed sensor, which has an 'O' ring around its stem. There are videos online dealing with a leaking sensor on Ford 8.8" diffs. It seems reasonable that if the axle speed gets high enough (highway speed) it could sling oil up at the sensor, and a disintegrating seal or a sensor not bolted down completely could let some get past. There is a vent hose coming out of the top of one axle tube, still pliable but I suppose there could be a blockage down in the orifice on the axle tube.
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Check the vent tube. Mud dauber wasps are bad to pack them full of mud if the little vent falls off. The sensor on top of the rear housing should have an oring sealing it
 
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