Recent content by rocks

Wow! 152 recalls are somehow spun into a good thing. 😂

Nice job on the work but it looks like aftermarket and off.

What I find weird is, like today, the BS goes into sleep mode when not used for a while with the battery maintainer connected with the battery at full charge.

Yes, with full synthetic.

I'll join you guys with about 3500 miles per.

Have you done any maintenance on the trans?

Is 80K highway miles severe duty? Maybe, maybe not. I don't follow automanufacturers' recommendations on many things. Oil and trans would be two. I do many sooner.

Many owners read this and fail to perform any transmission maintenance. AI Overview For a Ford Bronco Sport, Ford officially recommends changing the automatic transmission fluid (ATF) at 150,000 miles for normal driving,

I did a change at about 2K miles and went with a full synthetic Motorcraft dealer change.

True. With that number of miles, other things may pop up but he is in a very tough position but being retired means less miles per. Like you say, the only option may be the $8200 trans job. He can also try a buy another vehicle now and let Ford pick up the BS. Credit shot but he would have...

130K is a lot of miles on a BS. I'm curious if you ever had any maintenance done on the trans. If I were a on road salesman, I would never have gone with a BS. I would have gone with a Toyota or Honda. You are lucky you never had issues with the 1.5L. You are in a tough position. I wouldn't put...

I have two NOCO G40 jump starters. I used them for neighbors a couple of times with no issues.

Eyelet on the positive side of battery and my ground is connected to the Red Line hood lift bracket. My BS sits a lot and I ran a wire connect with cap to the cowl area of the windshield. Easy, quick off and on connection. I have used a Deltran Battery Tender Plus and have for over 20 years. I...

You should buy some lottery tickets.

Big bucks.