I think checking it at 86 and capping it off at 90F is where Iād have it. 120 is on the far side of the window I wouldnāt want to have the oil level at ā¦but it is in the window.
I also have a 21 JTR and after retorquing the ball joints 3 times in the first 3 years, they had to go. The factory ball joints fit in a plastic sleeve or cup and are just the worst ever. Steel is real and I upgraded to TeraFlex HD greaseable ball joints and was a night a day difference. I...
Did you check torque values on your factory plastic ball joints or did you make sure to turf those for a set of steel āheavy dutyā aftermarket ones with the bigger tires?
Did you by chance ever water ford or have the TCM connector under water? (You may know its location) behind the passenger wheel well liner and located just under the AUX battery. In case you know where it is, have you disconnected it, inspect it for water ingress or and cleaned it out or done...
Hereās a little FUN FACT for all you Americans that would appreciate this little info. I once heard many years ago that the cars that race NASCAR donāt run with any coolant and it dawned on me yesterday as I was concerned I was running more water and Red Line Water Wetter and less coolant in my...
Iām nervous. Everything Iāve learned about keeping the mixture at 50/50 is telling me to put more concentrate in but Iām seeing what Iām seeing and Iāll hold off and keep the solution diluted as Red Line and the summit racing report suggests.
UPDATE: So, wanting to try the Red Line Diesel Water Wetter product on my 3.6, I did 3 coolant flushes today using 3 - 4L bottles of distilled water. I didnāt tamper with the small plastic drain valve at the bottom driverās side corner of the rad and just went with pulling the bottom main hose...
Iād phone their customer care number and ask.
Also, if you havenāt done a flush yet, Iād highly recommend doing one if only to rid the system of assembly sand and other debris floating around in there. I did the flush on my second 3.6 at just 10k klms. ā¦well actually, I ran 5 jugs of distilled...