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    the worst engineering part of your Ford?

    Dorman makes metal replacement interior door handles. The parts stores around here quit carrying the plastic ones and only carry the metal ones. They are available in chrome and BLACK. Part #'s are 77177M right and 77178M left for the black metal ones. The style matches the 80-86 handles I...
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    Transmission swap from a "c6" to a "e4od"

    My 90 E350 came factory with a C6.
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    Its Been 5 Years....

    Has anyone tried a Snap-on socket instead of the Rotunda or OTC "special" socket? They make deep flare nut socket that look basically like the special socket. FRXM19 is a flare nut socket in 19mm and FRX201 is a 5/8". The online list price is $51.50 for the 19mm, which is still not cheap, but...
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    91 with rearend change, now speedometer is off.

    If you can't find the correct transmission speedometer gear, you can always get a gear adapter made that goes in the speedometer cable. GM (Chevy, GMC) used gear adapters on some of their pickups in the 70's and 80's. The GM adapters connected to the transmission and then the cable connected...
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    My county just OK'ed emissions testing....

    RLDSL - I too like to see all the wild critters -- but skunks? really? I really hate skunks. Ronnie
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    fold flat front or reach bench?

    +1 on the rear seats in conversion vans I have seen a lot of those in junkyards over the years and they would be close dimensionally to the rear seat in a CC and probably the easiest to adapt. Ronnie
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    ATS Turbo id and info needed

    Thanks for the info so far. What about the downpipe? Is it made as one piece with the turbo or relatively easy to replace? Any chance it would with a manual trans (ZF5 or a Spicer in a IH Uhaul), or would it have to be cut and welded? Are there any checks I can do to ascertain the...
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    ATS Turbo id and info needed

    A local guy has an 85 or 86 F250 6.9 C6 with ATS turbo for sale. I don't know anything about the ATS setups and haven't found much of anything online for a reference with pictures so I could identify it. It was probably installed close to when the truck was new. Any help with a model number...
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    Curb weight?

    I just got an 87 F250 reg cab long bed 2wd 7.3 zf-5 for parts. It is complete other than no drivers door. It scaled at 5260 with unknown fuel amount. My 95 F150 reg cab long bed 5.8 weighs 5100 full of gas and toolboxes.
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    93 F350 4x4 crew cab parts mule

    Gotta love transport yellow. Park it anywhere in Wally World and lot find it easy. My 95 F150 is that same color. It is a factory equipment enamel style paint, not basecoat/clearcoat. I thought that was weird on a 95, but Ford did make it that way.
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    what year beds will fit my truck?

    80-86 have the crease that goes up and over the wheel wells. 87-96/7 have the same crease at the bottom but have the flare over the wheel wells. F150-F250-F350 doesn't matter. The only difference is long vs short bed. As long as you are replacing a long with a long, the mounting points...
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    Aftermarket radio wiring

    If the big wire is factory, it looks like it might be a CD changer connector cable. I have seen even a reg cab truck with a factory 6 disc changer mounted to the back wall of the cab behind the drivers seat. If it is a factory changer control cable, it is basically useless with the end cut...
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    Wheel painting

    Paint wise, I have always had very good luck out of the acrylic enamel Martin Seniour spray paint (NAPA) or Dupli-Color spray paint. These are both packaged/made by Sherwin Williams. They both have the flat fan nozzle that you can turn for a vertical or horizontal spray pattern. This is a...
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    Anyone run Rotella 15w40

    The 91 my dad bought new had about 200k on it when I sold it. We used Rotella in it from new. It used about 2 quarts in a 5k oil change after about 100k. We also had a 86 Chevy K1500 with a carbed 305. It also got Rotella and used about 1.5 quarts in a 3k oil change and is still running with...
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    Tires: Bias/steel side wall/radial/steer/traction/all terrain/etc?

    Blanket statements about bias tires not being able to handle high speeds are misinformed. The highest speed tires in the world are BIAS. The top Bonneville Slat Flats cars all run bias tires to handle the high speeds. Many of these tires are decades old before intial use, but they have been...
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    Snap on or Craftsman tools?

    One thing I have noticed about sockets (not impact) - you can generaly tell the quality of any them by the thickness of the wall and how well centered it is. If they have a decent warranty, thinner walls is a better socket. Many older quality brands used to make good thin wall sockets out of...
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    90 ford f350 stake truck with 5.8 disaster

    I have a 95 F150 with a 5.8 and E4OD. I was having random running problems for a couple of years - might be fine for 6 months - then bad for a day - good for a week - then bad for 10 miles and NO CODES. I also couldn't get a code scanner to connect either. When it would run bad, it just might...
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    My truck. Oh yes

    One of the very first things I do on any new to me used vehicle is to have a front end suspension check and alignment done at shop I trust. Bad tie rod ends or ball joints can easily make these trucks a handful to drive and unsafe. These trucks also only run about 1/16" to 1/8" of toe in and...
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    reseting speedo meter conversion constants ??

    This started in all F-series in 92 with the digital odometers. The information below was taken directly from a 95 Ford service manual. PINPOINT TEST F: SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER READS INACCURATELY F4 VERIFY CONVERSION CONSTANT AND DISPLAY TYPE l Check tire size and type or vehicle...
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    S1600 Rebuild

    My S1600 has a Spicer ES42 in it. That is just the newer version of the 4054. PM me your email and I will send you a 3 page pdf from transmission digest that includes some good info on your trans ie oil weights, ratios, dimensions, etc. I am not on here daily, so it may take me a few days to...
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    Idle Fuel Consumption

    Yep, windchill only affects living beings, but combing the intense cold and especially the wind will cool down everything it can blow around. The wind puts more molecules of cold air against everything warm, which then radiates that heat away.
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    Front Jump seat?????

    Geniusloerts is correct. As far a center seat making the seats lean outward - that is how the factory did it. If it does bother you all it takes 1 standard washer on the outside edge of the seat bolts to put it back level. A bit more info.... The ebay link you posted is a center seat off...
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    gauge cluster questions

    I think your unknown resistor is what makes the battery light come on if the alternator quits charging.
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    gauge cluster questions

    The "thing" in your first and second post is a low fuel light circuit board. I didn't know any were ever installed from the factory in our trucks, but Ford included the spot to put it. The circuit board is easily added to the 92-96 clusters from a donor Crown Vic/Grand Marquis cluster. The...
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    Looking for a needle in a haystack

    A shot in the dark but, would any of the needles from other gauges in the same style cluster work? i.e. a speedometer or temperature needle.

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