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    80-91 tilt column rebuild

    I spent most of three days trying to reduce free play. It does have a real U joint. I am guessing it is something they stuffed in a non tilt unit, and that was the best they could do with the space that was available. There are are four balls. They are not all the same size. How they are...
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    2001 E350 brakes

    Are you sure? My 84 cracked both rotors but had no issues with the drums.
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    2001 E350 brakes

    Ah yes, the parking brake. I am guessing a spring broke. I was on the other side of the country. I have since removed all the parking brake parts. I have a 4R100 with a drive shaft brake that I need to check/rebuild and install. No thank you.
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    2001 E350 brakes

    I have two E350s; one is a 1984 that I modified with a dual wheel rear and a 94 IDI turbo engine. It weighs 9K#. The other is a 2001 PSD. It weighs 12K#. It used to be a bus, is now RV. Both have disk front brakes, and the same DANA 70, dual wheel rear. The 9K rear has drums and the 12K...
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    Fluid change or rebuild?

    I currently have six Fords that run, two more in work, and two waiting. I stopped using in-radiator coolers decades ago. I found they are often trans heaters, not coolers. I now get triple pass radiators that do not even have a trans cooler. The pic is my current favorite trans cooler. The...
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    Fluid change or rebuild?

    I did build the trans. It has an F5 pump with a metal drain back valve - I melted a plastic one once. I used a Transgo Tugger kit, with the selective hole size the smaller of the three suggestions. It has a 6 planet somewhere, I forget where. The convertor is a triple disk billet. The pan...
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    Fluid change or rebuild?

    I have an E4OD that I built eleven years and 95K miles ago. I have never changed the fluid. It was red, it is now brown, which I assume is friction material. Is it fluid change or rebuild time?
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    Looking for a rust bucket IDI truck

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    Looking for a rust bucket IDI truck

    I found an engine near home. It is a 93, is serpentine, and seems to have all the accessory brackets, and a flexplate and block/trans spacer.
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    Looking for a rust bucket IDI truck

    I have apparently been too busy to think. We have my 63 F100 stripped to the shell. We have been to car shows the last two weekends. Hot Rod Power Tour is coming up. And I seem to had forgotten there is an 89 E350 in my back yard. It is what I bought for it's 7.3 IDI for my 84 E350. It is...
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    Looking for a rust bucket IDI truck

    I am looking for a 7.3 IDI truck. I need a title, a good frame, and would like a ten foot wheel base. I don't actually need anything else. I would rather not pay for a good body because the whole point of this is to use a body I already have. I have a 76 Mercury Montego wagon. CA is...
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    Supply/Lift pumps

    But I also carry: Belts Water pump IP and line stuff Two alternators Brake pads Air filter Fuel filter Electric kit Baumann transmission controller Plumbing kit A couple hundred # of tools There are two batteries for the engine, four batteries for accessories, an inverter, and sometimes solar...
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    Supply/Lift pumps

    I would hope you would understand, that my point is, if I can move 9K#, 60 MPH, up a rather steep hill, with no supply pump at all, it should not take much of a supply pump to run properly.
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    Supply/Lift pumps

    Which gold pump, the one on the frame or the one on the table? They are both currently available. The one on the counter is by Carter, and is available both "real" and knock-off. The one on the frame, I have used a bunch of over decades and only had to replace two. They cost so little I...
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    Supply/Lift pumps

    On the subject of getting fuel from the tank to the IP, I think many of you are spending too much time and money on the subject. Based on the request for a dead horse emoji, I assume the common talk about a Facet pump it is a 40223 that people are referring to. A brief look at eBay shows...
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