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Me and the warden....err...wife are planning a little 3 day vacation to sault st marie (in the upper penisula, about 5.5 hrs or so) at the end of the month. Since her escape has the worst seats known to man (in my opinion) and she wont let me take rusty im getting the F250 ready for the trip.
Now besides the obvious expense of feeding a 460 for 300+mi one way at 75-80mph i dont really have any worries about the truck.
But one thing thats been bugging me for 2 years is my mirrors. The drivers side one (its the old school swing away with the big square heads, not the ranger style ones) was stuck out, and the passenger side one was so loose as soon as you hit 40mph itd blow in.
So i got out the mapp gas, heated up the pedestal, and broke the friggin bolt off inside. No matter how hard i tried it wasnt coming out. Of either mirror.
So, i call my buddy whos good at extractions, take the mirrors over and he welded a nut on one and was able to turn it out, but the weld ash burnt little specks all over the mirror (shit), and the other stud broke off flush and he said he didnt wanna even try drilling and tapping stainless.
Sooooo now my3 dollars in bolts just turned into 120 dollars in mirrrors.
Now, when i got the mirrors, of course the pedestal is too short, by about an inch. Ran to hardware got longer bolts, and stainless spacers.
New bolts are to long.
Back to hardware store...
anyways....to save a long winded story, a 30 minute, 3 or 4 dollar job turned into a 2 day, 150 dollar cluster**** because ford couldnt antiseize a damn bolt.
Now besides the obvious expense of feeding a 460 for 300+mi one way at 75-80mph i dont really have any worries about the truck.
But one thing thats been bugging me for 2 years is my mirrors. The drivers side one (its the old school swing away with the big square heads, not the ranger style ones) was stuck out, and the passenger side one was so loose as soon as you hit 40mph itd blow in.
So i got out the mapp gas, heated up the pedestal, and broke the friggin bolt off inside. No matter how hard i tried it wasnt coming out. Of either mirror.
So, i call my buddy whos good at extractions, take the mirrors over and he welded a nut on one and was able to turn it out, but the weld ash burnt little specks all over the mirror (shit), and the other stud broke off flush and he said he didnt wanna even try drilling and tapping stainless.
Sooooo now my3 dollars in bolts just turned into 120 dollars in mirrrors.
Now, when i got the mirrors, of course the pedestal is too short, by about an inch. Ran to hardware got longer bolts, and stainless spacers.
New bolts are to long.
Back to hardware store...
anyways....to save a long winded story, a 30 minute, 3 or 4 dollar job turned into a 2 day, 150 dollar cluster**** because ford couldnt antiseize a damn bolt.