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Received: with LISTAR (v0.128a; list 61-79-list); Fri, 21 Apr 2000 22:16:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 22:16:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Ford Truck Enthusiasts List Server To: 61-79-list digest users Reply-to: 61-79-list  ford-trucks.com Subject: 61-79-list Digest V2000 #75 Precedence: bulk ========================================================== Ford Truck Enthusiasts 1961-1979 Truck Mailing List Visit our web site: http://www.ford-trucks.com To unsubscribe, send email to: listar ford-trucks.com with the words "unsubscribe 61-79-list" in the subject of the message. ========================================================== ------------------------------------ 61-79-list Digest Thu, 20 Apr 2000 Volume: 2000 Issue: 075 In This Issue: Headers Leaking ROLLBARS ANYONE?????? Door Panels for 77F250 Re: Door Panels for 77F250 Re: 78 4x4 engine swap The Muny Pit Re: The Muny Pit Swap Meet in WI FS Carburator Re: Door Panels for 77F250 Re: Door Panels for 77F250 Strange Message Re: Strange Message Re: Strange Message I hate long weekends or murphys law. Re: I hate long weekends or murphys law. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Chuck White" Subject: Headers Leaking Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 12:06:27 -0700 Matt wrote I have a friend that has a 351M with full length headers in his truck, and > he can't get them to seal against the head. He changes the gasket and it > seems that the problem goes away for a day or so, but then it starts leaking > again. We have looked for copper gaskets for the M block be we can't find > any.... I had the same problem with my truck and one of the fixes I tried was the copper - they leaked too. What I finally did was put in a set of the paper gaskets and let them leak for a couple of days. I then removed them and if you look real close you can tell where they are leaking from. Look for blackened areas that extend beyond the edges of the gaskets and/or beyond the areas where you can see the impressions of the headers and exhaust ports.. It turns out that all the different gasket types and mfgrs. just did not fit correctly between header and exhaust port openings. (I don't know the mfg. of my headers but they are probably made by Acme - remember the coyote!) Then, I bought a sheet of Mr. Gasket gasket material and fabricated a set of gaskets and not a single leak and that was about 6 or 8 months ago. Chuck '71 F-250 390 C-6 ------------------------------ From: Bad4dFilly aol.com Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:33:46 EDT Subject: ROLLBARS ANYONE?????? Hi guys! I hate to sound like a broken record, but has anyone found any rollbars for sale? If so, I'm in southern California I'm looking for a chrome double or triple hoop and single kickers preferrably with light hook ups. Keep yer ears and eyes open for me, ok folks? Thanks a bunch! If there are any internet bulletin boards that would have them on there let me know! *~*~Lisa and Envy~*~* *~*~Silly boys...trucks are for GIRLS!~*~* ------------------------------ From: "Chris Dains" Subject: Door Panels for 77F250 Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 18:29:42 -0700 Hey Guys--- I'm 2 weeks into the list and lovin' it already. When people find out I'm restoring a 77 Ford they look at me like I'm nuts---my answer is simple--- "I'd rather be nuts and drive a Ford than be RETARDED and drive a Chevy" Anyone know where I can find replacements for the inside plastic door panels for my 77 F250?? Mine are dry/brittle from 20 yrs of Texas heat and I broke the armrest of both. Junk yards and some of the catalogs don't carry my year model. Thanks again, Chris D. Dallas, TX 77 F250 4x4 ------------------------------ From: JUMPINFORD aol.com Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 19:21:18 EDT Subject: Re: Door Panels for 77F250 JC Whitney has em. Any panal from 73-79 should fit, regardless of being a half ton or 2 ton! Darrell Duggan 74 F-350 "Tweety" ------------------------------ From: "Serian" Subject: Re: 78 4x4 engine swap Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 21:04:56 -0400 > Next question..will a 300 I6 fit on the NP 435 4spd? > The truck currently has a dead 390..I have a live 300... Yessir, it will ! Got that kind of a setup in my '83 F150 You will need a different bell housing though, as the 300 uses the same bell housing pattern as the small block (255, 289, 302, 351W), and the 390 uses its own specific (FE block) style. ------------------------------ From: JefriHansn aol.com Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 21:16:34 EDT Subject: The Muny Pit For those of you wondering what happened to The Muny Pit on my trip back from Missouri to Chicago the 8th - went back to Lexington, IL last Saturday - was a combination of things. Yes - the gear pin had sheared again and spun on the shaft - but the burr caught on the opposite side so - once the engine had cooled down - the cam was able to turn the distributor - which had obviously locked up again. Once out - it couldn't be turned without nothing short of grabbing the shaft with a pair of visegrips. This is the THIRD time this distributor has done this to me - and with only 4000 miles on this rebuild and since I dismantled it also and cleaned it spotless. It's a Mallory Unilite. If anybody is interested in it for free - you can contact The Great Lakes Naval base - ask who handles the local garbage pickup - and ask them where there take our &^(*&%^(* too to dump. I have the stock Motorcraft in now - and at least made it back the last 150 miles to Chicago. Now I've got som! e bug in the wiring - turn on the lights - radio goes off and on..... it never stops. NOW I know where they come up with that slogan "The Best Never Rest" GOT THAT DAMN right with THIS truck........Paid the $781 today to have it shipped to Norfolk, VA. I'm flying. ------------------------------ From: "rich" Subject: Re: The Muny Pit Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 22:03:03 -0400 From: To: <61-79-list ford-trucks.com> > For those of you wondering what happened to The Muny Pit on my trip back from Missouri to Chicago the 8th - went back to Lexington, IL last Saturday - was a combination of things. > ! > e bug in the wiring - turn on the lights - radio goes off and on..... it never stops. NOW I know where they come up with that slogan "The Best Never Rest" GOT THAT DAMN right with THIS truck........Paid the $781 today to have it shipped to Norfolk, VA. I'm flying. Jefri get that rascal to Norfolk. We'll get it fixed! Give me a hollar when you are ready. Rich ------------------------------ From: "Terry L. Rahn" Subject: Swap Meet in WI Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 21:17:07 -0500 The Jefferson, WI Spring swap meet car show organized by Madison Classics is April 29-30. The link is: http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://www.jeffersonswapmeet.com/ . There is also a swap meet and car show on May 21 in Waukesha, WI. Just thought I would pass on the info. Terry L. Rahn 78 E250 Quadravan ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 20:23:57 -0700 From: "James A. Doty" Subject: FS Carburator Hi all: A friend of mine has an Edelbrock 1407 carburator and adaptor plate for a Ford 460 for sale. It's got 3,000 to 4,000 miles on it. He wants $180.00 or best offer for it. His name's Clint and his e-mail address is n7xkj moselle.com. Thanks. James A. Doty dotyj home.com ------------------------------ From: GMontgo930 aol.com Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 23:24:08 EDT Subject: Re: Door Panels for 77F250 In a message dated 4/20/2000 7:19:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cdains earthlink.net writes: > > Hey Guys--- > I'm 2 weeks into the list and lovin' it already. When people find out I'm > restoring a 77 Ford they look at me like I'm nuts---my answer is simple--- "I' > d rather be nuts and drive a Ford than be RETARDED and drive a Chevy" > Anyone know where I can find replacements for the inside plastic door panels > for my 77 F250?? Mine are dry/brittle from 20 yrs of Texas heat and I broke > the armrest of both. > Junk yards and some of the catalogs don't carry my year model. > Thanks again, > Chris D. > Dallas, TX > 77 F250 4x4 Look in JC Whitney or LMC Trucks. They both have em. George in Fl. ------------------------------ From: "Tim and Pam Allgire" Subject: Re: Door Panels for 77F250 Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 23:51:37 -0400 Check out LMC Truck Catalog. For a FREE Catalog you can go to www.lmctruck.com or you can call them at 1-800-222-5664.This catalog covers 1973-79 1/2 ton & 3/4 ton trucks.They are in Lenexa,Kansas. It is a really nice catalog with lots of parts.They have replacement door panels in Red,Grey,Blue,Black & Saddle(Tan) for $140.00 for the pair. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Dains To: 61-79-list ford-trucks.com <61-79-list ford-trucks.com> Date: Thursday, April 20, 2000 7:29 PM Subject: [61-79-list] Door Panels for 77F250 > >Hey Guys--- >I'm 2 weeks into the list and lovin' it already. When people find out I'm restoring a 77 Ford they look at me like I'm nuts---my answer is simple--- "I'd rather be nuts and drive a Ford than be RETARDED and drive a Chevy" >Anyone know where I can find replacements for the inside plastic door panels for my 77 F250?? Mine are dry/brittle from 20 yrs of Texas heat and I broke the armrest of both. >Junk yards and some of the catalogs don't carry my year model. >Thanks again, >Chris D. >Dallas, TX >77 F250 4x4 > > > >========================================================== >To unsubscribe, send email to: listar ford-trucks.com with >the words "unsubscribe 61-79-list" in the subject of the >message. > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 01:54:00 -0400 From: j arnold Subject: Strange Message Did anyone else on the list get a "message" from someone calling themselves troyster78? had no subject and addressed simply ' for-trucks.xxx'. Content not important, but how did this get past filters? stoney ------------------------------ From: "G & J Boling" Subject: Re: Strange Message Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 03:24:05 -0400 > > Did anyone else on the list get a "message" from someone calling themselves > troyster78? had no subject and addressed simply ' for-trucks.xxx'. Content > not important, but how did this get past filters? > > stoney > > ========================================================== HI STONEY NOPE i did'nt get anything like that here gordon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 01:08:28 -0700 From: "Kiernan, Denny" Subject: Re: Strange Message > HI STONEY > NOPE i did'nt get anything like that here > gordon Me, neither. DK ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 02:13:40 -0700 From: John Lord Subject: I hate long weekends or murphys law. So i have been up late every night this week rebuilding a special 390 for a friend so he can get his 74 F250 Ranger to the body shop on May 1st (he hates spot rust and likes to spend money). It has all the usual stuff, (not) Forged steel crank, ( the owner purchased it a few years ago). everything tinkered with... polished, balanced oil restrictors for the heads, even had the passage in the block between the oil pump and the filter assembly enlarged to 1/2 inch (matches the pump and filter). 10.5 to 1 compression , I rebuilt The heads with hardened seats (for propane) some new valves, springs and bronze guides. Its all in a 391 (FT) block. (stronger main bearing webs) Copper header gaskets, Etc... Etc.... Etc... I have been working on this thing for two weeks getting everything just right (my friends say im a bit anal). I was hoping to get the block in place tomorrow and i got to the point of installing the new double roller timing chain only to find it was missing a tooth on the cam sprocket right out of the box, and there isn't another one i can get till at least the middle of next week. As a side note.... I took apart the new high volume oil pump and checked it's clearances I found that it had almost double the minimum clearance (.0025 is best if life was perfect, it had .0045 measured across the face with the cover off). This may not seem important but i found the same thing when i took the new pump i put in my 351W (thought i would look when i changed oil pans a week after putting my new engine in). To make a long story short, by taking the few thousandths of an inch off the pump housing i gained almost 20 pounds oil pressure at at cold idle and 15 when warm giving me 65 psi idling hot and i have never had a problem with it in 15 thousand miles. ------------------------------ From: GMontgo930 aol.com Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 23:16:27 EDT Subject: Re: I hate long weekends or murphys law. How'd you get those few thousands off of it? Milling at a shop? hand lapping or honing? Im curious. George in FL In a message dated 4/21/2000 5:16:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, thelord home.com writes: > > I was hoping to get the block in place tomorrow and i got to the point > of installing the new double roller timing chain only to find it was > missing a tooth on the cam sprocket right out of the box, and there > isn't another one i can get till at least the middle of next week. > > As a side note.... > I took apart the new high volume oil pump and checked it's clearances I > found that it had almost double the minimum clearance (.0025 is best if > life was perfect, it had .0045 measured across the face with the cover > off). This may not seem important but i found the same thing when i took > the new pump i put in my 351W (thought i would look when i changed oil > pans a week after putting my new engine in). To make a long story > short, by taking the few thousandths of an inch off the pump housing i > gained almost 20 pounds oil pressure at at cold idle and 15 when warm > giving me 65 psi idling hot and i have never had a problem with it in 15.... To access the rest of this feature you must be a logged in Registered User Of Ford Truck Enthusiasts
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