80-96-list-digest Friday, May 29 1998 Volume 02 : Number 190



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In this issue:

RE: FTE 80-96 - RE: Removing Rearview Mirror Button
Re: FTE 80-96 - 300 I-6 Performance
FTE 80-96 - '94 Bronco- warped brake rotors
> FTE 80-96 - Re:'94 Bronco- warped brake rotors
> Re: FTE 80-96 - Re:'94 Bronco- warped brake rotors
> FTE 80-96 - STAR tester
Re: FTE 80-96 - '94 Bronco- warped brake rotors
> FTE 80-96 - RE: Brake Vacuum Booster Testing
FTE 80-96 - Re: Ranchero List
FTE 80-96 - Re: mirror button
FTE 80-96 - Re: mirror button

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Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 13:58:50 -0500
From: "Beaman, James"
Subject: RE: FTE 80-96 - RE: Removing Rearview Mirror Button

J.A. Bowman wrote:

> Another option is going to your local auto glass shop. My rearview
> mirror fell off last winter and they replaced it FREE in about 10
> minutes!
>
This sounds like the best idea yet. I am having some glass shelves cut
right now at such a shop so I'll ask about this when I go to pick those up.

James Beaman
james.beaman lmco.com
Houston, Texas
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Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 15:40:11 -0700
From: Gene Ball
Subject: Re: FTE 80-96 - 300 I-6 Performance

Mike, Thanks for gettin back with me. Does your distributor have vacuum
advance?
Did you have to take a smog test in your state, is your pollution stuff
still hooked up?
Can you recomend a good performance muffler that is quite! I want to keep
the big round type muffler on it. Thanks Geno

Mike Johnson wrote:

> >Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 19:00:28 -0700
> >From: Gene Ball
> >Subject: FTE 80-96 - 300 I-6 Performance camshaft?
>
> >So, I have 1984 4x4 300I-6 32in tires 3.55 gears. This truck >has 57000
> miles on it. I'am making some performance upgrades. It least I hope
> thats what they'll be!!
> >First does anybody know how much HP this truck makes stock, it >has a
> carb on it.
>
> I have a 1986 and I think it makes 120hp & 250lb/ft torque.
>
> >I have purchased a 4 barrel intake and a header from clifford
> >performance.
>
> I did the same thing to my truck, you will love all the extra power you
> gain. Lots of low end torque.
>
> >I also got a distributor from them with vacuum advance and an >advanced
> curve!
>
> I still have my stock distributor, let me know how the new one turns
> out. I thought of doing this myself.
>
> >I will be running a edelbrock 500 carb.
>
> I have the carter 500cfm carb and I like it a lot more than the holley
> 390cfm that I originally put on (what a piece of junk). If you have an
> auto trans and get the kick down hooked back up let me know how you did
> it. I couldn't figure it out. But with all the extra power you don't
> even need it.
>
> >I got a couple of different suggestions on camshaft size?
> >So I went with a 260 grind from comp cams! I got the whole kit >cam
> lifters springs ex.... Is this cam fit for everyday >driving? What can I
> expect out of all of this? MPG?
>
> Haven't done the cam either, let me know how it works.
> Believe it or not my mileage did not change at all after I installed the
> new parts.
> If you have any other questions I'll be glad to try and answer them. It
> only took me a weekend to install my parts, and the truck has ran great
> ever since. That was two years ago and the truck is a daily driver.
>
> Mike
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Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 16:51:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ben Havens
Subject: FTE 80-96 - '94 Bronco- warped brake rotors
>
Hi all- new subscriber here, and I got a few questions...:)

Has anyone here had problems with warping brakes? Specifically anyone
with the 4- wheel ABS. I've got a '94 Bronco with severely warped front
rotors. The rear brakes were serviced a couple years back under some
factory service bulletin. I have heard mixed reports of the ABS system
actually ruining the brakes. Has anyone else heard this?

Ford wants upwards of $625 for a front brake job, including replacing the
rotors. the rotors alone are ~$300 (!!), presumably because they have
this sensor ring for the ABS attached to the backside of them. I'm
considering just using normal rotors from the parts store which DON'T come
with this sensor ring and cost 49 bucks. I'm just wondering if the ABS
system will go haywire with no input from the front sensors? In which
case I'm also considering pulling a couple of the 5 or 6
fuses/breakers/relays relating to the ABS. Am I nuts for wanting to do
this? This is the first vehicle I've had with ABS on it, so I'm not
personally attached to the idea of having it. Will I regret "pulling the
plug"? If it is the ABS attacking the rotors, I don't want it to ruin the
new ones.

I know the truck's history, because my mother bought it new. It was not
driven hard or abused in any way. It took several complaints of the
brakes "pulsing" for the dealer to fix the rears. Now it is the fronts
causing problems.

Any thoughts? Suggestions? Anything would be helpful (and appreciated)
at this point.
Thanks--
Ben Havens
94 Bronco XLT 5.8
benh mediastation.com


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Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 16:58:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ben Havens
Subject: FTE 80-96 - Re:'94 Bronco- warped brake rotors
>
On another note, I've gotten alot of responses telling me that Ford used a
lot of bad rotors and drums on their trucks for a while, and that they
warp pretty easily. Have any of you had yours replaced for this reason?
And if so, how much did it run you? (or did FORD foot the bill, like they
ought to, assuming this is true?)

Ben Havens
bhavens online.emich.edu


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