OK, the verdict is in. I got my truck back from the dealer yesterday and all that was wrong with it was there was air in the fuel line. The mechanic at the dealer said all he had to do was bleed out the air and road test the thing...everything checks out now. So apparently the first mechanic (not a Ford dealer) just didn't know what the heck he was doing. I also say this because he advised me to change my air filter. I told him to go ahead taking his word that it needed it. Well, come to find out from the dealer the stock air filter is designed to go up to 100K miles and the replacement cost at my dealer is well over $100
. Now I'm really feeling like I got the shaft. I paid the original mechanic over $400 to change the oil and filter, air filter (which did not need to be replaced), and fuel filters. Then I had to go more than a week without my truck which ruined our river trip, have it towed to Ford, and pay another $85 to Ford to bleed the fuel line.
Word to wise, if you find a "good" mechanic stick with him and go nowhere else for ANYTHING.