how times have changed..

[Maverick Country Club]

At least we still have oil dipsticks.
Steve

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[Chops]

Follow-up question - do you think we should still change the oil at 3mo/3k miles?

I would NEVER wait 3000miles on my turbo EB. Strictly a 6 month oil changer here. My OLM will hit 0% by 2500 miles…

 

[Fcnrwy]

I stopped looking for "Carburetors" after my First Ranger (1985), got his "T-bird" engine.. (With it's Throttle-body).

Doing my 5th Oil Change (I am averaging 4,400 miles between changes, since WE are keeping score ).
I finally found where the A/C pump was... Right Front, right behind the bumper (Or What passes for a "Bumper" these days...)

Jerry

 

[Meeka]

My 25 Lobo is my first turbo.

Finally figured out if the air flows clockwise or counterclockwise from my intake through my intercooler into the throttle body. Happens so fast!

Curious as to how those holes you drilled next to air intake are working out for you.

 

[Chops]

Curious as to how those holes you drilled next to air intake are working out for you.

Just updated my OP on that subject

 

[zen_]

If you found that view under the hood a bit different, you should look at the engine bay of a hybrid...

25+ MY 2.0L bay

22-24 MY 2.0L bay

2.5L hybrid bay

All I will say is I didn't let car care nut's commentary on how the hybrid engine bay was put together deter me.

I don't really care that much as long as things that are likely to need service can be serviced without 20 hours of labor, and plastic engine covers that look "tidy" but just trap more heat in the engine and float around in the ocean decades later have always been stupid.

 

[Chops]

25+ MY 2.0L bay

22-24 MY 2.0L bay

2.5L hybrid bay

All I will say is I didn't let car care nut's commentary on how the hybrid engine bay was put together deter me.

I don't really care that much as long as things that are likely to need service can be serviced without 20 hours of labor, and plastic engine covers that look "tidy" but just trap more heat in the engine and float around in the ocean decades later have always been stupid.

None of our Mavericks have plastic engine covers - but the Atkinson & the 22-24 EB’s have plastic valve covers.

Edit…Refreshed EB has aluminum valve cover.

 

[Darryl]

I have a 25 Lariat, it is my second Mav and i just love it.. I was a ford mechanic way back when and for some reason decided I should go out and look under the hood of my Mav, after staring at it for a few minutes, I could not even figure out where the spark plugs were.. About the only thing i recognized was the windshield washer fill tube.. So I laughed at my self and shut the hood..

Interesting, I'm 61. And I've been working on cars since my young teen years. So I've seen the transition from points to electronic ignition to coil on plug. From just a pcv to ever to smog pump to catalytic converter, to variable valve timing. From carburetor to throttle body, port, sequential, and direct injection. And so forth. I had the advantage of learning as I went along. I'm impressed by these young guys who have to learn the complexity of the modern engine all at once.

 

[Darryl]

I have a 25 Lariat, it is my second Mav and i just love it.. I was a ford mechanic way back when and for some reason decided I should go out and look under the hood of my Mav, after staring at it for a few minutes, I could not even figure out where the spark plugs were.. About the only thing i recognized was the windshield washer fill tube.. So I laughed at my self and shut the hood..

While I admit that the under hood of a modern vehicle is complicated, I recently looked under the hood of an 1980s carbureted engine during the spaghetti maze of vacuum hoses and smog pump with its extra plumbing days. Sometimes I believe that today's under hood view is a bit simpler . I also remember trying to reach the spark plugs on some v8s of the same era.

 

[zen_]

None of our Mavericks have plastic engine covers - but the Atkinson & the 22-24 EB’s have plastic valve covers.

Edit…Refreshed EB has aluminum valve cover.

It's not a cosmetic cover, but there is more plastic ducting over the 25+ 2.0L, I assume for the port injection and misc. components that go with that on the intake. Wires and pipes are also obviously routed much nicer.

 

[Cancunbadlands]

why do you ask ??

Just asking

 

[Bigbw]

Just asking

Since you asked, I am very much for real.. In my high school days, we could swap the small block in my 55 Chev in about an hour.. Now days about all I would try and do is add washer fluid.. But i do get better mpg then that 55..

 

[Cancunbadlands]

Since you asked, I am very much for real.. In my high school days, we could swap the small block in my 55 Chev in about an hour.. Now days about all I would try and do is add washer fluid.. But i do get better mpg then that 55..

That's for sure! Old days were fun

 

[MaverRick]

While I admit that the under hood of a modern vehicle is complicated, I recently looked under the hood of an 1980s carbureted engine during the spaghetti maze of vacuum hoses and smog pump with its extra plumbing days. Sometimes I believe that today's under hood view is a bit simpler . I also remember trying to reach the spark plugs on some v8s of the same era.

My 2004 Dodge Ram with the 5.7 Hemi engine had 16 plugs some of which were
very hard to reach. I remember feeling like I paid somebody to beat me up after doing that job!

 

[Fcnrwy]

Since you asked, I am very much for real.. In my high school days, we could swap the small block in my 55 Chev in about an hour.. Now days about all I would try and do is add washer fluid.. But i do get better mpg then that 55..

I too remember those days..
Swapped Fords and Not Chevys...
Doing the Brakes was more "Labor" intense...

Jerry

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