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I really do appreciate this testing and believe it provides significant value. There is one variable missing for me in these kinds of tests - thermal cycles. When you compress wear and tear into a short time frame, these vehicles never really go through anything close to the typical number of...

I've had a '99 Tacoma and '06 XTerra both with standards. I bet the Ford 7-speed would feel like luxury compared to those old sods, and I loved both of them.

I know it's a niche interest point, but given these rigs are built on the same assembly line as the Bronco, how about optioning that 7-speed? Couldn't be too hard to consider. Between that and an N/A cyclone engine, I'd be a happy boy.

Option for the pfdi 3.3 cyclone engine 6’ bed with supercrew ability to change default drive mode, or just let it retain your lasting setting flat floor under rear seats for more storage no more seat belt notifications

If it makes you feel any better, I regularly worry about my open deck 2.3 in my 24 stx and yearn for a more robustly engineered 2.7, and yet anyone on here would tell me the same.

Did you end up doing this @superj? I know we have the same 24 STX. I didn't see any harness blanks anywhere either. My plan, at the moment at least, is to use a method from another guy on here to put in a Curt tow harness to give myself 7pin tow (which I don't have yet) and some repinning from...

Thanks Bill W. It is unavoidable in my world to have mostly short trips, so I have always gone with 3k changes, which is actually about 6 months for me anyway. I've had comments saying I am too OCD but figured it's easy insurance. Plus I am lucky my dealer gives free oil changes for life...

Since you seem to know what you are talking about.. given that it's good old knowledge that short trips are harder on engines, is there any amount of increased oil change service that can offset damages from city life, or is it simply a fact that frequent short trips will shorten an engines life?

Excellent! Glad to hear it worked out. Thanks for sharing

Your setup is identical to mine. I had to do a double take. White 24 stx with the WIldtop. Nice!

@TexasCajun did you end up getting that OEM 4/7 plug installed? Curious if you got it mated into the bumper nicely!

Not that it means much, but I asked one of the Ford techs making Youtube repair videos his thoughts on 10r60 vs. 10r80 since a lot of his content touches on related issues and he said he had seen none of those issues translate over to the 60 - just occasionally hard shifting. Just another...

This I think is a pretty big part of it. I pretty much do the same, at least for first start of the day. The ULV fluid needs a minute to get flowing before the trans works correctly I am quite certain. Another thing I read somewhere in those transmission enthusiast forums is that this spec...

This is a common conversation point on all the F150 and Transit forums for the 10r80 for several years now. If you dig into some of the transmission enthusiast sites, there's talk of the way the valve bodies are built on the 10r series that means solenoids commonly stick. Machining variance...

When I checked behind the blank on my XL there was no such harness. Any chance that orange harness taps into the body harness somewhere near? I figured XLs just had inferior body harnesses?

How do you ensure waterproof connection at the back of the panel with the Scanstrut? They seem like they expect a dry environment at the back?

in your case, are you running a black down to the rear bumper and splicing inline to the tow harness there? And is this an OEM tow package or aftermarket? I know the Curt 7 pin kit asks you to run a black straight to the battery.

Was thinking of doing this on my XL as well, but I was hoping not to trigger the computer upstream for any reason. And is your trailer harness OEM or aftermarket? Keep us posted.

Are we talking low coolant like you keep popping the hood and looking at the reservoir or like low enough to get a message at the cluster?

So even the Westin needs you to run wiring to the battery rather than tapping off a downstream harness or the taillight? I was looking at those caps and liked them. Also thinking about running 12v to the blank panel on my STX.