230,875 miles......

[geonc]

DOA CPS went (*) (*) up....6 pm today

Dead in a parking lot of the tire store where white womans Dodge was getting new shoes.

Of course every stealership closed early and my spare has not yet been replaced from saving someone elses bacon a few mos ago.....ME=



There IS a bright side stealership 25 mi away deep in farm country.......5 blocks from the horsepistol my daughter works at......got lucky and the parts guy was cleaning up after Christmas party....said he would wait for my daughter to come buy and pick it up

Paid $155 for my procrastenation of replacing my spare......

we need a "boot in the ***" smiley

 

[Mike]

Bummer geo, was that the first CPS?

 

[geonc]

Bummer geo, was that the first CPS?

As far as I can tell...YUP!

When I did the water pump a while back, I took loose the bolt and coated it with never sieze having heard the horror stories about rounded heads, broken bolt etc.....

 

[Mike]

Wow, 230K out of a CPS (that some people change on a yearly basis?) is good. Still sucked that it happened at this time of year for ya tho.

 

[geonc]

Wow, 230K out of a CPS (that some people change on a yearly basis?) is good. .

Considering I'm prolly in the top 5 for yearly miles...avg 60k.....

Changing one every 12k/20k mi...........

Definatly gonna get another for der glove box

 

[towcat]

Considering I'm prolly in the top 5 for yearly miles...avg 60k.....

Changing one every 12k/20k mi...........

Definatly gonna get another for der glove box

I thought that is a required accessory with these motors? that and a 10mm wrench? Anyhow, the "knight of darkness" has struck and he's telling you to return to the "fold".....

 

[Mike]

I thought that is a required accessory with these motors? that and a 10mm wrench? Anyhow, the "knight of darkness" has struck and he's telling you to return to the "fold".....

The thin air upstairs must be making you dizzy........... you better run on back to the basement now.

 

[hheynow]

Wow, 230K out of a CPS (that some people change on a yearly basis?) is good. Still sucked that it happened at this time of year for ya tho.

225K on my original CPS. Yes, I have a spare...but the trick is to have it in the truck with the 10mm socket...not in my spare parts box at home.

 

[Mike]

I *think* my CPS is the original as well. I'm going to turn over 160K this week also. I do carry a spare and a socket set yust in case.

 

[dieseldummy]

Funny you brought the CPS up... I helped a buddy put gauges in his pickup today, it's a '95 w/140K and has had 4+ CPS's in it's life. 2 of which were in the last month... That's almost as bad as the FSD on a 6.5

 

[NJKen]

Im one of the yearly guys I think. Ford changed mine at 5K to fix a drivability problem under warranty. I then changed it myself at about 40K because the truck died at a redlight. I have a spare and the wrenches! It will probably never go bad again since I have the parts in the truck!
Merry Chrstmass everyone
Ken

 

[hheynow]

It will probably never go bad again since I have the parts in the truck!

Yes folks, another example of Murphy's law.

 

[geonc]

Yes folks, another example of Murphy's law.

Rule#1

:Sly Don't mess with Mrs. Murphy