BAWC Forums

Reno Steve mentioned putting stuff in those plastic totes for that reason.

Duck Vader wrote: ↑Wed Jan 18, 2023 5:18 pm Parasitic draw.

Hook up my Innova 3320.

Set to dc10a.

Put wires into dc10a setting

Unplugged everything I had hooked up.

Attach positive lead to negative cable (unhooked from battery)

Attach negative lead to battery.

Reads 1.65A

What else could be causing that draw?

You'll have to wait for all modules to shut down. I don't know about newer ones but older Ford Ford's take 45 minutes to shut down. Opening the door, hood, or doing anything will wake them up. I will often have the meter already installed inline and have a secondary jumper in parallel with it because sometimes just the act of turning the meter back on will wake something up so you have to start over

Install meter, install jumper, wait, turn meter on, remove jumper, wait a few seconds to stabilize, record draw.

Let it sit overnight. As soon as I touch the multimeter between negative terminal and negative cable something kicks on and all the lights flash on the truck and something kicks on under the hood. If I switch to mA it reads 0.015 and no weird kick on.

Taking it today to get the front windows tinted. Going with 3M color stable. Was debating between Color Stable 20 and Color Stable 35. 20 would match factory backs better but is illegal in most states so going with 35. Still illegal in Oregon but it is what I have on the front of my subaru and never had any issues. 32% light transmittance. Oregon law is 35% and Washington is 24%. Color Stable 20 is 15%.

Was also thinking about 3M FX Premium as you can get a better match and closer to the 24% but the infrared rejection, one of the main reasons I am getting it done, is no where near as good as the color stable ones.

Color Stable:



FX Premium:

Hard to tell with the sun shining in the windshield but went with color stable 35

Driving it around today I do wish the exhaust had a little bit of growl at times. Nothing crazy loud, but enough to give a bit of a bark. Oh well. Not needed. Just a nice want.

THat truck cleans up real nice.

I agree. It looks nice.

Out of curiosity I looked into swapping in an oem center console instead of a jumper seat. Crazy expensive even on ebay. Most sellers are asking $700-800+. Might see if I can find one at the local junker eventually. Not needed, but would be nice.

Still looking at exhaust though. Every time I drive it I really want just a little bit of noise. Nothing crazy. Thinking I might go with a Magnaflow system. Swap mufflers and delete last resonator. See how it sounds without getting rid of the rest of the resonators.

Been really enjoying the new radio, speakers, and subwoofer. Definitely a major upgrade over stock. Problem is trying to find a happy medium. Bass is set perfect for pop, rap, and some country, but a bit too high for rock/metal and hate having to constantly adjust it.

How is it with a billion of those trucks on the road, parts are still that expensive?

No idea. Most parts are not that bad, but ya, the center console price is ridiculous.

Jeff V. wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 3:35 pm How is it with a billion of those trucks on the road, parts are still that expensive?

I assume the interior for the Super Duty is different than the F150? I don't think there are as many Super Dutys as there are F150s right?

aaronatstate wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:21 pm

Jeff V. wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 3:35 pm How is it with a billion of those trucks on the road, parts are still that expensive?

I assume the interior for the Super Duty is different than the F150? I don't think there are as many Super Dutys as there are F150s right?

At some point they did start building them all with the same cab, but pretty sure it was in the SD gen that just ended in 22

Averaging 11 mpg with majority city driving.

Had about 2600 lbs in the bed today. Between the air suspension and in haul mode it felt like nothing was there. Could barely feel the difference other than a smoother ride.

Not sure what this thing likes to destroy more. Miles or dead dinosaurs.

400 mile trip felt like nothing. So easy to drive.

13.6 mpg average though. 70 mph cruise on I84 in Oregon and 60-65 cruise on the mountain pass on US 97.

Oof that's rough for highway.

Quick Google search shows that's normal for going that fast with the 6.2. Saw up to 17 mpg cruising around 50-55

That's still better than our Hummer