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    Rock Auto discount code

    How much discount is this good for ? % off or X-many dollars off ? Thanks.
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    A/C Compressor Blowing Off Refrigerant ???

    Lengthy update and diagnosis of the situation. I will never waste money on another variable orifice, ever, for now and all time to come. When I very gently tugged on the orifice, before I even got a squeeze on the pliers, the entire screen portion came out by itself; at this point, my...
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    A/C Compressor Blowing Off Refrigerant ???

    Thanks for the part numbers. I intend to head to the local parts store sometime today and hopefully tackle the situation between lightning storms sometime this weekend. Thanks.
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    A/C Compressor Blowing Off Refrigerant ???

    Does anyone know these numbers ? Thanks. :)
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    A/C Compressor Blowing Off Refrigerant ???

    Does anyone know the part-numbers for the red and orange FIXED orifice tubes that fit these trucks ? I have spent the last couple hours looking and have not found them yet. The 4-Seasons number for the blue is 38621 or just 8621. All Rock Auto is showing are the blue ones and some...
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    A/C Compressor Blowing Off Refrigerant ???

    The evaporator was exposed and thoroughly cleaned when all the rest of the stuff was replaced and I honestly don't see how any air at all got past the mess; I pulled a wet woven mat of hair, needles, and leaves about 3/4" thick from the surface before I even began cleaning. I was getting...
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    A/C Compressor Blowing Off Refrigerant ???

    The entire A/C system is original 1985 Ford factory air, with some new direct replacement parts here and there; it still has the original compressor and clutch. I never even evacuated/disturbed the refrigerant charge when I swapped engines.
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    A/C Compressor Blowing Off Refrigerant ???

    Both pusher fans were howling like banshees and there is no clutch on any of my fans. Due to the circumstances, I am tending to lean toward typ4's diagnosis, or a restriction somewhere else, although the most likely point of restriction is the orifice valve. I was a good boy and done all...
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    A/C Compressor Blowing Off Refrigerant ???

    Which one do you recommend ? I thought the one I had was the one to get, but that don't mean it couldn't fail.
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    A/C Compressor Blowing Off Refrigerant ???

    I am no expert; but, at least on this truck, when it frosts the line, the gauge readings don't ever indicate high pressures; in fact, once it starts frosting, the numbers start going down and also the dash vent temperatures go down as well; when I have no frost, I have poor dash temperatures...
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    A/C Compressor Blowing Off Refrigerant ???

    Last year, I installed a new condenser, new accumulator, new variable orifice valve, and all new o-rings. I removed all lines and flushed them thoroughly; I flushed the evaporator. I pulled a vacuum overnight and added new oil and R134a, which the system had been converted to several...
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    Group 31 batteries in 80-86?

    Group-31s fit in my 1985 like they were meant to be there. Get the "stud" batteries instead of the post type. If you can't or don't want to mess with altering the cables right now, tell the battery man that you need lead post adapters; they usually provide them free for the asking...
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    Clear Fuel Bowl for your 6.9 or 7.3!

    After Christmas and a few weeks reading and practicing, I fully intend to plaster this place full of pictures; I've been dumb about it too long.
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    Clear Fuel Bowl for your 6.9 or 7.3!

    If you have room, just get a second Goldenrod with the 10-micron and plumb it next-in-line after the existing one.
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    Need a Radiator

    It looks like it has been six-and-a-half years since my new Ready Rad radiator and it is still going strong.
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    Clear Fuel Bowl for your 6.9 or 7.3!

    I forgot to add that I also have genuine New Zealand "DE-BUG" magnetic "algae"-killing units as a last line of defense between everything else and the O.E.M. filter. Those that have never used the DE-BUGs often cry "snake oil"; but, I was plagued with a terrible "algae" infestation in the...
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    Clear Fuel Bowl for your 6.9 or 7.3!

    The picture of the Goldenrod is like the ones that I use; there are so many advantages to these that it would be hard to list them all, the obvious being DEEP, see-thru, bottom drain-valve, water-separating cartridges available, huge in/out openings, etc. As for the LUCAS units that I have...
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    Can only get air through defrost vent or floor vent

    I am afraid this is my new problem. Just all of a sudden, regardless of switch position, I only get air through the vents. When I move the selector from position to position, I can hear all the little vacuum gizmos changing around in there, but the air still only comes out the vents. I...
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    Diesel rated fuel line

    30R7 is diesel rated.
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    Clear Fuel Bowl for your 6.9 or 7.3!

    I have genuine Lucas glass-bowl water-separating sediment bowls on our stuff. First line of defense is a Goldenrod clear DEEP sediment-bowl/filter; these are wonderful. The Goldenrod and Lucas together don't leave much for the O.E.M. filter to worry about, thus they last forever. You...
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    Fuel Selector Valve Nightmare

    If the original plastic lines are still there, BLUE 3/8 = DRAW and GRAY 5/16 = RETURN
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    Winter is here! Thoughts on cold, hard starts?

    About the only real remedy for a better chance of starting under dire straits is MORE BATTERIES. There is only a given amount of capacity (some call it amp-hours reserve) in a battery; add a battery and that capacity doubles; add another battery and you have triple the reserve that the one...
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    Let's talk charging systems.

    V-belt or 8-rib serpentine, both have their short-comings. I have more trouble with the 8-rib serpentine slipping than I ever did with properly tensioned V-belts; a serpentine system can only be as tight as the spring-loaded tensioner makes it. A few times, I have removed the V-belt from a...
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    Check your throttle cables!

    Most people temporarily cure the stretched cable by crimping on lead split-shot fishing-sinkers until all the slack is taken out. When a cable is stretched enough to require doctoring, it is subject to break or hang-up at any time. I always cut away that useless plastic sleeve at the...
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    Not bad for a 29 year old truck....

    That bit of swaying you were experiencing was a warning that the tail was fixing to start wagging the dog, which is why I avoid even moderately heavy bumper-hitch trailers. The same load on a goose-neck wouldn't have even been noticeable. Enough about that ---- When I win the...

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