Servicing cylinder heads & leaking gaskets

[Skywalker]

If I were you, I'll let them fix your truck then sell it after that. Buy a Jap vehicle and try to forget all your nightmares with Ford.

[TFR]

enot: Sana nun pa kita nakilala para naman may napagreklamuhan ako! Hahahaha! At that time wala maniwala sa akin kasi ako lang ang ata naka experience nang ganong problem. Ngayon it appears na may deperensya talaga sya. Alam mo at one time sabi pa sa driver ko ng sales rep nung pianpunta ko sya dun yung alarm daw na pina install ko ang posibleng naka cause ng problem kasi puro electronics na daw yon. Ngek, tinawagan ko nga at pinagmumura ko, mukhang di nya alam yung product na binebenta nya.....Di naman EFI ang WL engine nila ah, kaya di makaka epekto yon. Tapos nung nalaman nila na sa AER ginagawa pina pa pull out unit kasi baka di daw sigurado gawa, eh sa AER din sila nagpapagawa eh, may utang pa nga sila dun hanggang ngayun sabi sa akin ng management dahil sa isang ford ranger din. Puro talaga sila BullS#It! hay nako dami pa problems nyan!! I ended up spending almost 80k on a new pick up.

[enot]

mga sir, i can't assure you na magiging maganda yung outcome kapag naiforward ko sa kanila yung problem nyo.
ang gusto ko lang ay medyo matulungan kayo and to alarm them.
i'm sure na they don't want to ruin their name. sana lang na they don't let us down.

[S-works]

I think there will be a happy ending to this...at least for me :-)

Ford Makati, has agreed to give me a good deal on a new 4x4 ranger (made in Thailand hehehe). They agreed on a fair value for my old defective unit, and very attractive payment scheme for the amount I need to shell out for the new unit.

All things considered, and considering the alternatives (long and nerve-wracking law suit, or selling it too cheap to a third party) , I'm pleased with the outcome of this incident.

I liked the ranger...and I like the new hilux too. But the numbers are in favor of a new ranger in my case.

Anyway, thanks guys for sharing your thoughts on this....really appreciated it.

More power to tsikot!!!

[S-works]

I think there will be a happy ending to this...at least for me :-)

or maybe not....seems Ford is backing out and leaving out to dry again. maaan, i can't wait to get back to Toyota.

TOYOTA is the BEST!

...and Ford, well, Ford Philippines sucks. :butt2:

[Skywalker]

or maybe not....seems Ford is backing out and leaving out to dry again. maaan, i can't wait to get back to Toyota.

TOYOTA is the BEST!

...and Ford, well, Ford Philippines sucks. :butt2:

How about your agreement to fix the problem for free?

[S-works]

How about your agreement to fix the problem for free?

i'll believe it when i finally pull the unit out. and that's nothing given that i didn't give them fake or faulty money for this unit. kung tutuusin, they should give me a new vehicle free. but this is the Philippines and i can only dream of that ever happening.

the most recent disappointments so far is their having backed out of the agreed trade-in value...a value w/c i assumed their customer svc. manager had the authority to ok. mukhang di pala sa kanya manggagaling kaya binitin na naman ako. tapos yung pyesa, dapat nung 8, ngayon sabi naman sa 18. this sucks.

[S-works]

on the bright side, the worse they make me feel about them, the closer i am to a new toyota!

[Skywalker]

on the bright side, the worse they make me feel about them, the closer i am to a new toyota!

Hilux na ba or Fortuner?

[S-works]

Hilux na ba or Fortuner?

hehehe, puede nga maging problema yun. my wife wants a fortuner and i want the hilux

but either way, once i get out of the ford trap, i know i'll be happier person!

[ARB]

to add to your problems is the very low resale value of the Ranger.

[S-works]

to add to your problems is the very low resale value of the Ranger.

yup you're right...but i knew that when i bought it back in '02. so as long as someone is willing to take it off my hands so i can get on with my life, masaya na ako.

[ARB]

Anyway I think it more beneficial for you na they wont take you old unit and give you a new one since its the same brand and type of car na in the future might also breakdown.

anybody remeber Gene Orejana with his pajero?

[Field Master]

Latest news about Gene and his lemon SUV is that he already sold his Pajero and is now satisfied with his latest car - Toyota Landcruiser Prado.

[S-works]

Yesterday i finally got some good news from Ford Makati, dumating na daw yung new cylinder head ko!!! pinuntahan ko nga agad and you don't know how relieved i was to see it hehehe.

here are some pix of that "emotional" moment....

I ALMOST WEEPED hehehe...




THE BUSTED PART IS ON THE LEFT (NOTE BURNED UPPER SECTION) AND THE NEW REPLACEMENT ON THE RIGHT...




you should have seen the happy looks on the faces of the customer svc manager and the service manager hehehe....sabi siguro nila "ay salamat, siguro di na kami kukulitin nito" sabay hinga ng malamim.....hehehe. so my truck should be out early or mid-next week with a double-warranty on the engine....yahooo!!!! life goes on!!!

[S-works]

just to tie up loose ends...

i finally pulled out my ranger from ford makati last saturday. they made me sign a summary of the job order and the costs totalled over 100,000 pesos...and told me I didn't have to pay a thing. 100,000 pogi points for Ford Makati hehehe

After 2 days of use, the engine is purring like a cat...so much so i re-installed the OME suspension...tuwang-tuwa na ako. am glad its working fine now, especially since Toyota is being so hard-to-get and promising deliveries 2-3 months down the road pa.

Bottom line, Ford Makati came through for me, my ranger is again back on its feet, este wheels, and she feels great! i hope nothing else goes wrong....

so tanong ko na lang....does anybody know where can i sell the busted cylinder head (ford mkti gave it to me), and the stock suspension of my ranger? :-) are there good junk shops out there hehehe

[Mojo]

hehehe
sana maging sobrang dilegent ka pag check up ng engine mo, wag naman oras oras hehehe.

[S-works]

hehehe
sana maging sobrang dilegent ka pag check up ng engine mo, wag naman oras oras hehehe.

yun na nga. habang hindi pa siya naka 5k kms, palagi siguro ako sumisilip sa temp gauge, sa tambucho at sa radiator hehehe

[S-works]

almost a month and 1500 kms after Ford returned my Ranger...she's purring nicely and making me want to keep her again hehehe. drove her at hiway speeds but kept the tach in the 2-4K rpm zone. think i'm now satisfied with the work Ford did on it :-)

lets see how it does 10K kms from now...

[TFR]

Im Happy that things worked well with you, Too bad I cannot spare a single good word for ford for what happened to me! Happy motoring and drive safe bro.