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WTF....I was expecting some badass parking lot drifting or something like that.
He probably didn’t want to pull a stunt like @Onebad1983 and hit a pole after all he’s been through lately.
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He probably didn’t want to pull a stunt like @Onebad1983 and hit a pole after all he’s been through lately.
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That was sad. BUT--I'd like to think that's where experience would come into play and I'd avoid hitting a pole.
Where's he been lately? Probably has his nose buried in a book instead of yucking it up with the big boys :D
 

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That was sad. BUT--I'd like to think that's where experience would come into play and I'd avoid hitting a pole.
Where's he been lately? Probably has his nose buried in a book instead of yucking it up with the big boys :D
Yessir. Not sure we got the whole story either, but I’m not sure if I ever shared the whole story when I did stupid stuff as a kid either.

I am confident that you would be a little more astute in performing any shenanigans.

He did say something about trying to be a responsible kid and focus on school, if I recall correctly.
 
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Yessir. Not sure we got the whole story either, but I’m not sure if I ever shared the whole story when I did stupid stuff as a kid either.

I am confident that you would be a little more astute in performing any shenanigans.

He did say something about trying to be a responsible kid and focus on school, if I recall correctly.
Lol, as younger dumber kids, did we ever tell the whole story when we messed up lol?
Good for him trying to better himself.
 

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Lol, as younger dumber kids, did we ever tell the whole story when we messed up lol?
Good for him trying to better himself.
Back then we told the stories in a way to make them sound not so crazy. Now we might embellish a little but really we were pretty crazy and used a few free lives along the way.
 
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Ack then we told the stories in a way to make them sound not so crazy. Now we might embellish a little but really we were pretty crazy and used a few free lives along the way.
Oh yes. All the dumb car related things I did when I was younger.......I DEF had a guardian angel on my shoulder.
 

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Tony found out some interesting things. I was out a month ago to replace my weak ass ground cable. But all they had for premade ones were 4 guage. But at Napa I asked (for some reason they didn't tell me) I asked for bulk wire and they have 2 or zero gauge. Much cheaper as well. So next month I am buying the wire and connectors and replacing that ground wire been meaning to. This all started due to my stereo losing power for 8 months. Was going to replace it till I found they have one these vehicles about 8 grounds. One is under driver's door between rails and the other by the left driving light.

Hope that helps. I thought my stock stereo was dead. The cd changer never worked. Once I cleaned thosr grounds I heard my stereo and the cd changer works now. Plus there were times other funky things would happen, like my locks and windows would not work, or lose power for a couple hours to my windows. Ever since no more weird electrical problems.

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Tony found out some interesting things. I was out a month ago to replace my weak ass ground cable. But all they had for premade ones were 4 guage. But at Napa I asked (for some reason they didn't tell me) I asked for bulk wire and they have 2 or zero gauge. Much cheaper as well. So next month I am buying the wire and connectors and replacing that ground wire been meaning to. This all started due to my stereo losing power for 8 months. Was going to replace it till I found they have one these vehicles about 8 grounds. One is under driver's door between rails and the other by the left driving light.

Hope that helps. I thought my stock stereo was dead. The cd changer never worked. Once I cleaned thosr grounds I heard my stereo and the cd changer works now. Plus there were times other funky things would happen, like my locks and windows would not work, or lose power for a couple hours to my windows. Ever since no more weird electrical problems.

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Yeah, before joining this forum I never realized how important grounds are to a vehicle. I did the grounds on the lower front driver side, it's an easy one.
 
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Went to my mother's for Christmas today and took the Hoe. She lives on a really quiet street--and it is loud. We were talking and she said she heard what sounded like a miss--kind of--as I was driving down the street. I was going less then 10 miles an hr. I knew I was hearing what sounded like popping from the exhaust when I drive--I can also feel it in the truck. I knew I wasn't imagining it, since my mother confirmed hearing it too.
Funny--when in park I can rev the hell out of it and it sounds fine, only happens when I'm driving. Doesn't matter if I'm on the highway or local streets, same thing.
 

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I used to have a 02 F150 with the 5.4 and it would do something similar to what you're describing. It ended up being a weak coil. I know our LS engines don't typically have coil issues, but maybe you have a weak one that isn't bad enough to set any codes yet.
 

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