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> line workers must have loved getting it all over themselves when the trucks were being assembled.
When I was working at a Ford dealer about 1999/2000 there was a recall for Expeditions (?) where we had to scrap the factory rust proofing goo off the frame under the receiver hitch and then reattach with new plates and bolts, if I correctly remember. The deal was the undercoat prevented the hitch from being properly mated and torqued down and they were coming loose. Many of the flat rate mechanics refused to do the job, between the mess and measly .3 or whatever it was. Worse were people that would only replace the plates, run the bolts through with an impact, and call it good.
I guess if only 1/2 your frame was done, maybe it was a Friday truck, they ran out of goo, and decided only to do the right curb side of the frames?
When I was working at a Ford dealer about 1999/2000 there was a recall for Expeditions (?) where we had to scrap the factory rust proofing goo off the frame under the receiver hitch and then reattach with new plates and bolts, if I correctly remember. The deal was the undercoat prevented the hitch from being properly mated and torqued down and they were coming loose. Many of the flat rate mechanics refused to do the job, between the mess and measly .3 or whatever it was. Worse were people that would only replace the plates, run the bolts through with an impact, and call it good.
I guess if only 1/2 your frame was done, maybe it was a Friday truck, they ran out of goo, and decided only to do the right curb side of the frames?
