Your crazy.... :crackup:
Good luck my friend, enjoy the great north for all it's worth. You'll be on here again with another one, I'll keep watching for ya. Lol.
Welp sounds like its junk, I'll give ya 1500 for it. Ok, fine 2000 for parts. Lol.
Seriously though probably just a small fuel issue. Warranty work, good luck...
Oh i here ya on the black, pretty much given up on mine. have to wait till i move off the dirt rd and then a repaint... lol
Funny thing i have found though, dirt doesn't affect performance all that much. ha
Ouch, and to think I thought about water jacket supports and decided against them since you have to drill the block. I might regret that decision looks like.... I would think sleeves would be on your must have list now.
Edit: must have "new block" lol
One of your sentences struck me and I can tell you with out a doubt there is nothing you missed and not to dwell on it, but to remember people for who they are in the good times. Sounds callused but it's how we need to be able to move on. I have learned in a 27 year military career (and still...
I see a lot of people mounting these in the trunk. What happens when you have a battery short or electrical short (cause of most fires) an the trunk wont pop open?? I hope you dont crawl through the backs seat to get to them... Mount them some where inside an easily accessible.
Batteries from Ford are garbage. do yourself a favor, chuck it and buy a good one. I dont know why, mine lasted a year from brand new bought a new one an never looked back.
Maybe try some seafoam with the first oil change. Never have I added it but they say you can. 🤷‍♂️
https://seafoamworks.com/knowledge-base/how-to-add-sea-foam-motor-treatment-to-crankcase-oil/