[Caforddude]

I have been in limbo for a bit so I waited to update.

I got the news a few days ago that the engine was toast. It needed either a complete rebuild or a whole new engine.

Service writer said they had to call Ford to get approval and that prolly meant sending out one of their engineers to look it over. They had to get the final tear down done early this week and hoped to have the engineer out by Friday and a decision by Monday.

This morning the service writer called and said the ole good news/bad news. Good news was that Ford gave them the authorization for a brand new engine. The bad news is that it would take a few days to get and then a few more days to install. She said when she initally called Ford they said ahhhhh NOPE. Her service manager called back and did whatever it is he did and came back with an authorization number for a new engine.

She is supposed to call back with a few more details this afternoon, maybe I can persuade them to drop in a 6.4....

Anyway, needless to say I am happy with the news.

I had some friends ask me over the last week or so if I would buy another Ford if they denied my warranty claim and I said YOU BET. I still feel that Ford makes the best OVERALL truck on the market and would have a hard time seeing myself in another brand. They all have their good and bad points but I really like Ford. I use the "don't throw the baby out with the bathwater" analogy to them. Every brand has an issue at some point in time.