this video is proudly supported by my friends at rock auto a little more on that a little later but today we are fixing everything on this my NUMBER_TOKEN ford f-NUMBER_TOKEN svt lightning everything except a gigantic engine job i think guys strap in for this one this is very weird this is a very weird situation it has me wondering why i strayed away from the ls gm trucks that i know so well for a ford and this can only really go one of two ways kind of sort of okay or horribly bad and right now i'm leaning towards horribly bad so i've always loved the second generation svt lightning i've always wanted one in this color so i don't regret buying this truck but i did pay top dollar for it thinking that it probably just needed some normal repair work some maintenance work which we're gonna finish up today and then the truck would have been done except i believe this engine needs to be removed for some major surgery and i've learned this engine does have a few big issues some factory defects if you will and i'll never know but i find it hard to believe that the previous owner did not know about this engine issue but i paid the man this was my decision i inspected the truck it's my baby now that is the world of buying used cars from private parties there's no one to cry to this is my truck now i have to fix it i did reach back out to the guy and he said he would help with parts but then he kind of disappeared on me so it's fine it's fine it's my truck i'm gonna fix it i'm gonna make it right but this is kind of a big deal so i've ordered a special tool that'll be here in a couple days same video for you guys so we're gonna know a hundred percent if this engine needs to come out for this work so in the meantime i'm gonna put a smile on my face i'm gonna try and forget about this while we fix all the other issues and while i wait for the special tool but i always try to look at the positives even in a really bad situation and if this engine has the issue i think it has this is going to give me an excellent opportunity to show you guys something that you should definitely be looking out for when you're inspecting a car when you're doing a pre-purchase inspection it's something that i knew to do something i told you guys to do i knew i wasn't doing it and it ended up biting me and if i can save even one of you from what i'm about to go through with this thing it'll be totally worth it so without further ado let's get right to work on the svt lightning we're gonna fix it up as if the engine's fine
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