mjr46

sounds like the mechanic that told the person who now owns your ride is a clueless bafoon to sbf fords and has no clue how to identify the heads on the car.......typical lube a dube dube know nothings, the new owner needs to run from that place and quick!!!!!!!

CW

Thats kind of what I told him but he apparently believes him over me. He pulled the heads and bought E7's to put on the car instead.
I asked what he wanted for the heads he pulled since he thinks they are junk that no one makes plugs for. Lol!
I would have thought even the dumbest mechanics could figure out to check casting numbers and do some research. Guess I was wrong.

mjr46

lol, Guess he didn't run quick enough before they socked him, holy crap....what 2 facking retards ...here this ones for them: sorry, couldn't resist.....I've never seen/heard of such bafoonery I mean couldn't they of taken the plugs that were in there and crossed them?? Cause obviously what you had in there worked fine.................oh nevermind lol

CW

I hope thats meant for his mechanics and not me?

mjr46

which is why I said "this ones for them" meaning the guy who now owns the car and the monkey mechanic

CW

Haha! Just making sure.
I thought in order to become a certified tech you had to be able to read. Maybe they dont teach them to look things up on their own anymore.
What........... Theres nowhere to plug in a scanner!!!!! You mean I have to get dirty to diagnose and identify this?
Thats it throw it away and buy new stuff..............

mjr46

What gets me is the whole......ford doesn't make a plug for a "ford" head therefore we need to take those heads off, put a lesser performing head on that we know we can get a plug for............this thread almost ranks right up there with the "joke thread" of a guy who flushed his engine with a garden hose.......now if you are totally serious about what is going on, then I feel really bad for the guy who bought your car and has put his blind faith in that shop......anyone and I mean anyone that has a head on their shoulders would of come back with a comment to the service advisor of something like this: Are you crazy?? red flags should of gone up in the new owners mind......oh well to him, guess he has more money than sense.

CW

Oh im completely serious. Apparently its a licensed heavy duty mechanic friend of his that works for the local Kenworth shop. I guess they even had another tech that works with him look at it and both came to the conclusion that its not a 5.0 because the two different plugs that they tried from napa and another parts store didnt fit.
I was even told that they said it had to be a triton truck engine because it cant be a 5.0L.
Now I understand that a HD mechanic might not know much about Ford engines but really?
Common sense says read the numbers, do your research, etc. If all else fails find someone who has a little ford knowledge.
But its not my money they are wasting. Haha!

mjr46

which is why they should not be working on it ie.. "heavy truck mechanic" things must be slow for them to step outside of their element.......heck even I know my limitations such as a few f-350 6.0/7.3 diesels that come into my shop, while I do a lot of stuff to them, when it gets into tearing the motor apart or working on the internals of them.....I send them up the road to a diesel specialist, I mean I hate to sub out work but rather than cost my customer twice as much, I send it to someone who knows what they are doing rather than throw a dart with a blindfold on

CW

My first response was that I think he needs to find a new mechanic but he got offended and said that this guy knows what he is doing, he is a licensed mechanic not some back yard guy. My response was if he knows what he is doing he would have ran the numbers, and found the proper plug.
Even after I told him to try plugs for a 93-95 Cobra or a 96-2000 Explorer he still said I was wrong and he wasnt going to waste his time or money on more plugs. Guess heads and unknowledgeable mechanics are cheaper than even one plug......
I even offered to take a plug over and put it in myself just to show him. But he didnt feel like going over to the shop and waste his time.