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Windguy what is the tread depth compared to your spare? Looks like they have at least a year left for you. You do not see any Snow in your driving?

Electric fan Switch or Circuit ?

In Vermont we call this the Good News Garage!

Nice Job on the truck are you going to turbo the 170!

The Continentals on My TC were thin at about 35000 miles .Most of the tirerack reviews are between 30000 and 40000 miles . My experience with road hazard seems to be dealer dependent. Windguy Did your dealer tell you the tread depth? Give us a picture of a front and Rear tire. Last Year I got a great deal on a Tire machine . Between the cars and trucks and Trailers in my fleet I have already paid for the machine. The Internet and free shipping has really made the tire experience much better.

Still sounds like Ford and the dealership have work to do. The fact that there is no way for either operation to keep track of the recall does not speak well of the process.

It is great that the Tc is repaired. I think that both the dealer and Ford are responsible for the mess up. The fact that corporate did not ask for the latches to be returned would allow a shifty dealer to skimp on the repair. It sounds like the dealer should do the other side sooner than later. I hope the next dealer is better. Maybe waiting to do the recall once the latch fails is the right approach. That way they must do the recall! Anyway great your issue is solved. Nice job with the rear reflectors

Every body is correct here. If there is s combustion leak into the cooling system the Tester I have will tell you for sure.

Well that is good to know . Just another thing that I will have to worry about !

The heater's that go in the water jacket are usually 400 watts , because they heat the engine water directly. I put mine on a timer that comes on at 4:30 Am and runs for about 4 hours so the cost is minimized.

I got the Deflectors from ford. The front ones blew off, but the rear door deflectors are hanging in there so far!

They make a tester that sniffs the radiator for the presence of combustion gas. It is a good way to test for a head gasket problem. Compression leaks do not always show up in the exhaust. There was an overheat Recall on the 1.6 engine. You should check to see if yours is covered, if so take it to ford.

That is good to here. Here is a fuel heat comparison chart for all the fuels. The fuel mileage will follow the chart pretty closely . I I hope you have a good radio and the AC is in good shape for your trip! fuel_comparison_chart.pdf

Sounds like the Propane is a winner for you where you are considering the Gasoline cost. Have you had any other issues other than the tank corrosion issue . It will be good when we can test the Diesel and have a real world test . You will have to be the 1.6 turbo Gas and propane control and I will have to be 2.5 Gas control! The energy difference between Gas and Diesel is about 25% which will translate to the 30.2 Mpg the 2019 diesel claims and the 25.5 I am averaging.

mrtn does the propane do better than gas for cost even if it won"t match the diesel cost? The other up side for you is the propane should keep the Intake valve carbon issue better.

The full size spare tire on mine does not have a Tpms unit .

I am not entering the fuel debate. On the Towing and diesel debate I will say this . The current Medium and light duty diesels do not seem to have the reliability and longevity that the Class 7-8 truck engines have. The advertised hp of the transit connect Diesel is 120Hp. The current 2.5 liter engine in my TC has 169 hp. I have done lots of towing . The higher Torque will not make up the 49 less Hp . I will drive a diesel when I find one as I am very interested to see how it drives.

Have you shifted into neutral and tried to crank the engine?

If the engine has normal compression and no mechanical noises you should be able to find out what is going on. Please let us know what you find.

I guess before the heaters they gave the horses more oats on cold days. I have a tractor with a Kubota diesel. The heater makes a huge difference when it is below zero.

Since I posted the parts picture I have not really looked to see how hard it would be to install the heater. Next time I have the Tc up on the lift I will take a look. I am in northern Vt . With synthetic oil and a good battery I have had no issues At minus 25 degrees. The plug in your picture is the block heater.

Sorry to hear that ford is not holding up their end of the stick. It still looks to me that the new latch was not installed correctly. Is the repair being done at the same dealer that did the recall? If so it could be a conflict of interest! Looks like if I replace the latches it will be done by me.

I will have to take a test ride in the Diesel before I would consider one. Hopefully some one gets some on spec.

Great News At least the outcome is positive

Good Call PhotoAl I have seen lots of motors and transmissions for under a 1000. Finding the right shop is the Test.