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  1. Selahdoor

    Fuel tank filler neck hose removal.

    My tank is off right now. Everything is apart. Now is the time to do this, before I start putting everything back together. I have been reading about mixed results from removing that inner hose. Some people say it makes a difference, some people say it makes no difference at all. The...
  2. Selahdoor

    Fuel tank filler neck hose removal.

    1st of all, is there any reason NOT to remove the little hose that is inside the filler neck? I could see maybe too much backwash, or something. But I have never had problems with filler necks on older vehicles that never had that extra hose inside... 2nd... Has anyone ever removed ALL of that...
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    Front tank sending unit.

    Went to my local mom and pop auto parts place, looking for a good sealant that wouldn't break the bank. I found this stuff. A little more spendy than the amazon price, but it looks like it will do the job. https://www.amazon.com/Permatex-PermaShield-Resistant-Dressing-Sealant/dp/B01M164DO0/
  4. Selahdoor

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    My brother from another mother!
  5. Selahdoor

    Front tank sending unit.

    I can find an o-ring to go under the sender plate. I could even cut a gasket from a piece of that old inner tube. Then I need some sort of thick solid washer to go on top of it. A rubber o-ring or washer on top of the plate, and under that jar lid looking lock ring, will not hold the sending...
  6. Selahdoor

    Front tank sending unit.

    One last pic tonight. When it turns black like that, the OSPHO has worked. It is sealed.
  7. Selahdoor

    Front tank sending unit.

    Judging by this pic, there IS supposed to be quite a thick ring there. (# 10)
  8. Selahdoor

    Front tank sending unit.

    Thank you. I suspected that was the case.
  9. Selahdoor

    Front tank sending unit.

    Those are the standard metal lock rings. This has a groove under where the sender plate will rest. A place for a thick rubber O-ring. Possibly even a flat rubber o-ring. Then the sender sits on top of that. Then like I said, the plastic "lid" of this thing is like the lid on a canning jar...
  10. Selahdoor

    Front tank sending unit.

    Here is the sending unit. That rust is very deep. You can see why, while it was still on the steel tank, I thought it was about to rust completely through. Although, in this pic, I have already scraped around the outside edge, with a screwdriver. Here is the back, or inside of the plate...
  11. Selahdoor

    Front tank sending unit.

    This is what I did with the vent. The one on the right is as original. On the left, you can see that I took off the metal ring. Inside is a piston and a very light spring. The piston has a sharp point in the center. The bore that it rides in has a pinprick hole in the bottom. I took out the...
  12. Selahdoor

    Front tank sending unit.

    Well, I got the sending unit out of the bad metal tank. Inside the tank, the unit is pristine. Including the showerhead. I am going to clean the outside of that plate the best I can. Then use ospho to treat the rust that is left. Give that a while to cure. Then I will either paint it with a...
  13. Selahdoor

    Front tank sending unit.

    I am doing this now. I dropped the front tank on the old truck. It is badly rusted. Almost rusted through on the sending unit plate, etc. Almost rusted through in 4 other places on top of the tank. Back to wanting to put the plastic tank back in. Now comes the time when I figure out whether I...
  14. Selahdoor

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Retarded. Meet up in the mountains. Burning hot dogs.... Whole lot of no good could be made from that there post, by a really motivated individual... LOL
  15. Selahdoor

    RABS delete?

    Yesterday, just for kicks and grins, while I was already in Everett... I went to a hydraulics supplier. The kind of place that makes hydraulic hoses. I asked them to make me a short flexible brake hose with 1/2-20 inverted flare on one end, and 3/8-24 inverted flare on the other end. This is...
  16. Selahdoor

    1992 rear axle

    I'm just going to go with a light coating of synthetic grease on the bearings. Not going to actually pack them.
  17. Selahdoor

    1992 rear axle

    It's a full floater. I figured that one out last night. :) For the 92, I believe only the 150s had the clip. The 250s and 350s all had full float. And yes, would be the HD I'm pretty sure I have 3.55 gears. (3.54??) Because I am only doing ~ 1300 to 1700 rpm at 65MPH. (The 89 is doing ~ 3000...
  18. Selahdoor

    1992 rear axle

    Looks like I am out of luck on the tag. Way too rusted to read. I'm about to go take it off, and see if maybe it is embossed instead of printed. If so, I may be able to just clean it up. Here is the door tag. I think all I can get from that is that it is the ford spicer 10.25...
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    I would just use whatever was at hand, those logs, some scrap lumber, some scrap steel tubing or angle iron, etc... And make a 'rack' for the bed. Do what it takes to get the bed up onto the rack, and leveled off at the right height. Then back the truck underneath it.
  20. Selahdoor

    1992 rear axle

    Tomorrow, I am going to take my rear axle apart as far as I can without any special tools. Just the driver's side. I want to have a look at what I am dealing with, before I begin to gather parts. And that is also the reason for this thread. I need advice. I believe it is a 10.25 rear end. Not...
  21. Selahdoor

    RABS valve bypass. A completely different take.

    I suppose an even easier way to make it a bypass might be to just cut the two wires going to that coil. Then it won't pull the plunger away from the teeny hole. I just think there is a chance that it will develop a leak, anyway. And I suspect that particular leak may be the reason these valves...
  22. Selahdoor

    RABS valve bypass. A completely different take.

    Everyone has their favorite method of bypassing the rabs valve. Plenty of pics and explanation available here, too. I am going to suggest that you use the valve itself to bypass the valve. And no, I don't mean what everyone on the net suggests, by taking out that spring. You'll see in a...
  23. Selahdoor

    RABS delete?

    Ok, here's mine. Let's start with the rabs valve itself. Look at the picture of the installed rabs delete, above. You see those two fittings on the valve, that the brake lines screw into? I pulled those, to take them to town with me, to be sure I got the right fittings, in town. Here are...
  24. Selahdoor

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    And no pictures, so no evidence, right? LOL
  25. Selahdoor

    RABS delete?

    I'm going to try this myself pretty soon.

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