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Re: Dear Ford engineers...
« Reply #25 on: November 30, 2021, 06:25:24 PM »
"Dude, I'm really sorry, but it looks like doing this takes a special tool, which is only available at dealers, and people say the dealers won't sell them."
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Re: Dear Ford engineers...
« Reply #26 on: December 01, 2021, 06:58:44 PM »
Observation on the simple battery change:
 
With a LOT of American vehicles, it is... time consuming or awkward. Far back under the dashboard, you have to take a wheel off, that sort of thing. Braces (yeah, like that little screw is gonna do a lot...) and stuff in the way.
 
Most Hondas and Toyotas? Five minutes.
 
Some Hyundais and Kias? The computer is on top of the damn battery. Nope. Too many things to have go wrong.

Last year, the radiator in my son’s civic sprung a leak. It took us a 1/2 hour to change the radiator out and refill the coolant- 20 min of that time was spent running into town to the hardware store to buy a couple of bolts that had rusted up on the original radiator.
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Re: Dear Ford engineers...
« Reply #27 on: December 02, 2021, 03:24:39 AM »
Ford Escape Battery Change.
https://youtu.be/4j_9Ys8YavI
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