80-96-list-digest Saturday, May 9 1998 Volume 02 : Number 163



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In this issue:

FTE 80-96 - leeky oil
RE: FTE 80-96 - exhaust
> FTE 80-96 - Lost mail
Re: FTE 80-96 - leeky oil
Re: FTE 80-96 - F-250
FTE 80-96 - Exhaust Routing
FTE 80-96 - Nerf Bar suggestions
FTE 80-96 - RE: Front Differential... & Engine Change
FTE 80-96 - Re: Engine Change
Re: FTE 80-96 - Nerf Bar suggestions
FTE 80-96 - Re: F-250 Farm Truck
FTE 80-96 - RE: Ken's rebuilt carb problems
FTE 80-96 - oil leak
RE: FTE 80-96 - oil leak
FTE 80-96 - transmission oil for cold weather
Re: FTE 80-96 - RE: Ken's rebuilt carb problems
Re: FTE 80-96 - oil leak
FTE 80-96 - Truck Beds

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Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 06:32:36 EDT
From: Mad Poodle
Subject: FTE 80-96 - leeky oil

I changed my 93 F250 to Amsoil 70k miles. For the first 5k miles, I thought
I was gonna die! No leaks visible, but sucked a qt. every 3 - 400 miles. At
these prices, was starting to hurt. Truck never used oil b4, so I have no
explanation. Finally, it settled down and now uses a qt. every 1.5k miles or
so. Have noticed a marked improvement in fuel economy, and it runs cooler now
with the Amsoil. We have a small fleet of trucks, and have now converted all
of them to Amsoil. So far, we love it. The extended oil change intervals are
great.
One of the reasons I switched all our trucks was that a couple years ago I
started overseeing the fleet. I decided to review the maintenance records of
our three shops, and discovered one shop had less engine problems than the
other two. The only difference I was able to see was the synthetic oil. So, we
are now about a year and a half into the experiment, and so far, sold!

my .02, your mileage may vary......

Scott

92 F250 S/C 351
93 Bronco XLT, 351
Liter: Small electrical device you take out so you can plug the radar detector
in
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Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 17:11 -0600
From: "Chad D. Cassetty"
Subject: RE: FTE 80-96 - exhaust
>
Hey there!

Whereabouts in Kentucky are you?

Chad
Bowling Green



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Subject: FTE 80-96 - exhaust
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What do you think about Dynomax mufflers?
My truck has a 400 in it,and has glass-pak mufflers.
What are the down side to them. Cost is a real concern since it is dual
exhaust,
but i really want a good sound.
Thanks for your help, Blaine in KY.
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Date: 8 May 98 09:37:33 -0500
From: "Todd Johnston"
Subject: FTE 80-96 - Lost mail

Hi People
Everyone looking forward to the upcoming weekend.
I sent a message yesterday about a second battery installation and i got a
couple of returns on the subject but one of them got lost dew to my e-mail
couldn,t handle all the postings. If possiblr the person who wrote a message
titled sec.bat.installation.inst. could you either resend it to the list or try
to send it to me directly todd_johnston sony.ca
If anyone could help i would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks Again
Todd
Bronco Bustin
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Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 09:49:16 -0400
From: Ken Payne
Subject: Re: FTE 80-96 - leeky oil

At 06:32 AM 5/8/98 EDT, you wrote:
>I changed my 93 F250 to Amsoil 70k miles. For the first 5k miles, I thought
>I was gonna die! No leaks visible, but sucked a qt. every 3 - 400 miles. At
>these prices, was starting to hurt. Truck never used oil b4, so I have no
>explanation. Finally, it settled down and now uses a qt. every 1.5k miles or
>so. Have noticed a marked improvement in fuel economy, and it runs cooler now
>with the Amsoil. We have a small fleet of trucks, and have now converted all
>of them to Amsoil. So far, we love it. The extended oil change intervals are
>great.

I'm curious, at the price of Amsoil, how much are you coming ahead
or falling behind with the milage increase. Perhaps the reason your
milage has gone up is because you're using Amsoil has extra fuel!

What about using Model 1 with an extended change interval?



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Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 08:05:46 -0600
From: David McDonald
Subject: Re: FTE 80-96 - F-250

Tristan McCann wrote:
>
> ---Chris Hedemark wrote:

> > hood to a 94. That said, you can get an 87-ish truck for MUCH
> cheaper,
> > partially because they weren't very pretty trucks (shaped roughly
> like a
> > brick with about as many curves).
> >
>
> Heyhey, don't say that...I think the 87 truck is about the nicest
> looking truck, if it's in good condition. I have an fire- engine red
> F-150 4x4 5.0 liter and the body is the nicest I've seen in a while.
>
> ==
> Tristan McCann
> York, Maine, USA


I couldn't agree more... I've got a '90 F250 and it looks like a solid
truck rather than the squishy jelly bean lookin imitations they're
pumpin out now :^)

Dave McDonald
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Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 10:50:04 -0400
From: Andrew T Vincitore
Subject: FTE 80-96 - Exhaust Routing

Hi Folks,

I've been on this list for a while now. I have a question about
another of my toys. My 1972 Starcraft motorhome on a Dodge Chassis with t=
he
413 truck motor.(Sorry Ford wasn't building M-home stuff back then) I wan=
t
to improve the exhaust efficiency and am familier with the basics of that=
=2E
What I don't quite get is the best way to route a single exhaust to avoid=

fumes entering the windows. Now this thing is like a brick aerodynamicly =
so
it creates some strange air patterns around it. Also limiting it is the
available choices underneath what with the various tanks and plumbing etc=
=2E
What I think I'd like to do is have it exit in front of the right rear
wheel. This would provide a shorter exhaust and what I hope would be enou=
gh
of a disturbance air-wise to disipate the fumes. Anybody got any BTDT's?
All help much appreciated.

Andrew
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Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 08:21:24 -0700
From: "Shivers, Bret"
Subject: FTE 80-96 - Nerf Bar suggestions

I'm looking to put a set of nerf bars on my 97 4X4 Powerstroke Supercab.
It is deep blue with white down the middle.
I was thinking of maybe Smittybilt sure steps in black for $170.00.
I have seen some Westins' in black that look OK. Anyone have any
recommendations or photos? I don't want anything that sticks way out
from the truck or that hangs very low, just something that gives good
sidebody protection and a bit of a step for passengers!

Thanks,
Bret
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Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 09:31:50 -0700
From: Steve Faust
Subject: FTE 80-96 - RE: Front Differential... & Engine Change

Randy & Sven:

Another resource that you may want to try (thanks to Rick for this one)
is contacting Ford Customer Service at 800-392-3673. Have your VIN handy
and they can check/verify the model and major components originally
shipped on your truck. I tried this to confirm a couple of things, the
rep told me that he didn't have the information available in front of
him (my truck is an '88) but that someone from their research department
would call we next week -- I'll let you know what they come up with when
they call.

Steve Faust
'88 F-250

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Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 12:25:25 -0600
From: "Dave Resch"
Subject: FTE 80-96 - Re: Engine Change

>From: Sven Setterdahl
>Subject: FTE 80-96 - Re: Re: Engine Change
>
>My info, Standard Catalog of American Light-Duty Trucks,
>show the '80 F100 did have available 4x4. The 351 was
>available in '80 but not in the F100. I don't know how picky
>they are on that.

Yo Sven:

Our references seem to disagree. According to my books, 1976 was the last
year the F100 was available with 4x4. After that, the F150 was the
lightest F-series w/ 4x4 available. The F100 was discontinued altogether
in 1983.

My 1980 Ford service books show no F100 4x4 option available. Even the
factory books are occasionally wrong about the details of configurations,
since things can get out of hand on the assembly line, or the books are
sometimes written before the engineers actually figured out what to do, but
other books corroborate the 1976 ending of the F100 4x4 option, at least in
the US.

It is possible, I suppose, that F100's were available w/ 4x4 in Canada or
elsewhere?

Dave R. (M-block devotee)


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Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 13:32:40 -0500
From: "Rick Wojciechowski"
Subject: Re: FTE 80-96 - Nerf Bar suggestions

Shivers, Bret wrote:

> I'm looking to put a set of nerf bars on my 97 4X4 Powerstroke Supercab.
> It is deep blue with white down the middle.....

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