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I have been looking but I have not seen any dealers advertise one in stock to go and see. I want to do a test drive.

All the Gears in that Transmission have synchros. The one going into first works hard if the driver is impatient and makes the syncrhro change the shaft speed. A new clutch and matching the engine and transmission speed carefully will allow the useful life to be extended to almost unlimited mileage.

The newer cars use the engine oil for more than lubrication. The oil is the actuation fluid for the Cam timers, changing the viscosity can cause a malfunction in the engine operation. Motor oil that meets the API certifications will not hurt the engine if you match the specs in the manual. Valvoline, Napa, Super Tech, Pennzoil Mobil 1 and most others will meet the Ford spec.

The parts rebuilding has changed to mostly replacement because the Manufacturing process is so advanced . The other thing is Rebuilt is not new, if the cost is the same then it should be new.

I use a scan tool, the trans runs around 175 degrees. It hold this on a reasonably flat highway, even pulling a trailer.

I Won't be near my service manual till the weekend will post a picture then. I Think the Transmission cooler is on a thermostat so some of the fluid will be mixed any way.

That depends on how annoying the lack of syncro is for you?

When I change the oil on all of my vehicles I open the filters up with a filter cutter to drain them and recycle them. The motorcraft ,napa, purolator , super tech, are all better than the fram. All oil filter's have a bypass to protect the engine in case of filter plugging, cold starts and sudden full throttle operation.

Neat! No chance of a picture of the failed part?

My long term highway average is 25.5. It drops in the winter and depending on the load. City Driving could lower it to under 20.

The CNG definitely helps it is a very clean fuel. The other thing that helps is Orange county Ca!

What are the cold start issues you are having? Do you have a 12 volt test light? if you do then if you separate the glow plugs and hook the test light to the positive battery post if the light lights when you touch the glow plug terminal then there is continuity . It won't tell you if the glow plug is shorted.

That sounds promising. The passenger side axel is long and has a hanger bearing so it could raise a racket. Looking forward too the answer

The rear seating uses the foot well under the floor deck. If the only large thing that is going to be transported is the motorcycle. Then the seating added could be set so that the front wheel of the cycle could ride in between the rear seats on a narrow fabticated platform.

Not sure what else you haul with your van. If the motorcycle is the only large thing you haul, and the seating would be in all the other time. You could fabricate a center floor that would allow the motorcycle too load easily, leaving room for the seat to go in and leave good room for the passengers legs and feet.

I will join the group on this topic. Ford spent enough time on moving the air and no time on the airflow and fan noise !

The install difficulty will depend on if the mounting reinforcement is already on the vehicle . If not then it is more involved. As for the resale it is less important to me as the end result of most of my vehicles is the scrap yard after long service!

I am with you mrtn, they are getting thin and narrow is better for snow.

Here is a link too one in Mass i know it is a hike but it is exactly what you are looking for. https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=498420808&zip=05660&referrer=%2Fcars-for-sale%2Fsearchresults.xhtml%3Fzip%3D05660%26startYear%3D1981%26sortBy%3Drelevance%26incremental%3Dall%26firstRecord%3D50%26marketExtension%3Don%26endYear%3D2019%26modelCodeList%3DTRANSCONN%26makeCodeList%3DFORD%26searchRadius%3D300&startYear=1981&numRecords=25&firstRecord=50&endYear=2019&modelCodeList=TRANSCONN&makeCodeList=FORD&searchRadius=300&clickType=spotlight

Just a holiday greeting. Home from a freight run, 6 degrees here.

I test drove a Gen 1 XLT Passenger model a year and a half before I bought the Gen 2 . Front bucket seats and rear 60-40 bench, has glass in the sliding doors, and the rear doors had glass and wipers. There was no glass in the rear body panels . Living in the Vermont Hills it felt like you needed your foot in the corner all the time. Just got home after a freight run

The interior height of the Gen 2 is with in 2 inches of the Gen 1 so you are not giving up much inside .

I use the Autel units as they work with the TPMS tool I have. If they have the right frequency they should work with the TC. The warning light comes on on My TC if the pressure drops below 36 Psi.

I bought these from E-trailer, under $15:00 Nice job on the hitch! Looking forward to the scooter on the TC picture.

If you want to disable the ABS any wheel sensor will do, once the computer senses that one of the wheels is not reporting in it will disable the system. If the shudder goes away then there is a problem in the ABS. If you have a scan tool with ABS you can read the wheel speed sensors and get that information.