80-96-list-digest Sunday, April 4 1999 Volume 03 : Number 094



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In this issue:

RE: FTE 80-96 - Re: Oil Pump Pressure
FTE 80-96 - Brakes & ABS
Re: FTE 80-96 - Fw: l985 Ford F-250 (High Altitude Flooding)
FTE 80-96 - Clicking and Rough Idle
FTE 80-96 - Re: 80-96-FTE: 85 F-250 High altitude flooding
FTE 80-96 - F250 with under drive
FTE 80-96 - Re: Starter
FTE 80-96 - FS: Polished B&M 144 supercharger for SB
FTE 80-96 - Re: FS: Polished B&M 144 supercharger for SB
FTE 80-96 - 302 vs. 351W

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Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 06:03:42 -0600
From: "Chuck"
Subject: RE: FTE 80-96 - Re: Oil Pump Pressure

>
> How do you check oil pressure?
> My guage reads real low and my 81 F150 is starting to sound like a
> diesel truck.
> But only when I'm on the road applying the gas pedal.
> I have plenty of oil in it. Any ideas?
>

I changed my oil pressure switch and my pressure gage jumped back up to
above half where is use to be, of course this may not be your problem, but
its a cheap try!

Chuck
'92 F150 Flare Side
302 EEC/IV, 103k miles

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Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 06:10:19 -0600
From: "Chuck"
Subject: FTE 80-96 - Brakes & ABS

Is there any special way to bleed a brake system that has ABS? Should I
have the truck running when bleeding? Do I need to bleed at the ABS module?

Chuck
'92 F150 Flare Side
302 EEC/IV, 103k miles

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Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 08:36:35 -0600
From: "Stephen W. Hansen"
Subject: Re: FTE 80-96 - Fw: l985 Ford F-250 (High Altitude Flooding)


Pass -- I-70 Tunnel -- Vail Pass -- Colorado>>
I feel for you guys "Up There" I drove over those passes one day with my 92
F-250 w/351 and a slide-in camper on it. I don't know how long I would have
to drive in that altitude to get the computer to tweak itself, but one
afternoon wasn't enough. All I know was that I was flooring it to go down
hill. It felt like that area doesn't abide by the rules of physics.
Steve

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Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 06:46:40 PST
From: 2insane excite.com
Subject: FTE 80-96 - Clicking and Rough Idle

Just put in a quart of oil about a week or so ago that should be fine.
I got 89 F-150 v8 302 efi 4x4. Any other info you need?




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Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 07:30:27 -0800 (PST)
From: rokkinhorse webtv.net
Subject: FTE 80-96 - Re: 80-96-FTE: 85 F-250 High altitude flooding

Bob, what size primary jets does your 4180 have in place? Is it possible
to go one or two sizes smaller on the primary jet sizes to lean it out
some? How does it do under "normal" conditions? Is the iside of the
tailpipe colored gray or black? I have the reverse problem with my
(similar truck,same carb) rebuilt Holley.I suspect the primary jets are
too small,and was curious as to what size yours were for comparison
purposes.I haven't pulled the front bowl and looked yet but that's
next,along with an accelerator pump cam replacement.

Randy Goolsby-94 Bronco EB/85 F250 4x4

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Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 12:30:22 -0600
From: Tom Wiggins
Subject: FTE 80-96 - F250 with under drive

Hi! I live in Wichita, Ks, I was courious about your under drive. What
is your rear end gear ratio? What final ratio do you have with the
underdrive? I been running a 79 F250, 460 w/410 gears. Got plenty of
power most of the time. I usually pull a one car gooseneck, but
sometimes I'll pull a 30' gooseneck with about 17 round bales of hay and
it groans pretty hard. I have a 81 F250 with a 400 in it with a bad
valve. I'm doing some soul searching on either putting in a a HO351W or
a 460. I have both sizes on hand. Will the HO351 get better fuel
mileage, would it have enough power to pull a car trailer 70mph. I know
the 460 will do this, but getting about 8mpg.
Any thoughts will be appreciated, Tom

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Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 14:06:18 -0500
From: Andre Roy
Subject: FTE 80-96 - Re: Starter

"Smeins, Larry" wrote:
>
> If your 81 is anything like the 300 six in my sons 95 it is the easiest
> starter I've ever worked on. I can replace it in 15 minutes.
>
Ok, so I'm slow ;-) From heading to the basement to get the tools to
finishing my shower and firing up Linux, it took me about 1:15. Not too
bad.

> Disconnect
> the ground lead on the battery. Go under the truck. Remove the wires from
> the starter. Remove the two starter attachment bolts.
>
But why is one 1/2" and the other 9/16th? Start one off, try the wrench
on the other and &*&*$#$ ???? Crawl out from under the truck (and now
it's raining and the ground is even more wet). Get the right socket. Not
bad at all.

> Slide the starter
> out. Slip the new one in place and reverse the procedure. The 95 has a
> permanent magnet starter which is smaller than the electromagnet starter
> that you probably have so our starter is smaller and a bit easier to handle
> than yours.
>
That's one king-sized starter, for sure. Thanks for all the help,
everyone.


> WAS:
> Andre (crank-crank-whiirrrr, crank-crank-whiirrrr), Somewhere ...

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Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 15:16:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Ken Woods
Subject: FTE 80-96 - FS: Polished B&M 144 supercharger for SB

I don't have: lower manifold ($325 from B&M)
upper pulley ($117 from B&M)
Lower pulley ($65 from B&M)

In other words, all I've got is the charger.

$500, OBO

Again, in other words, supercharge your truck for less than $1100.

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Ken Woods
kwoods kens.com

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Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 15:23:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Ken Woods
Subject: FTE 80-96 - Re: FS: Polished B&M 144 supercharger for SB

Also, buy the charger, and I'll throw in a MSD BTM.
(note, not a 6BTM, just the retard box)




On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Ken Woods wrote:

>
>
> I don't have: lower manifold ($325 from B&M)
> upper pulley ($117 from B&M)
> Lower pulley ($65 from B&M)
>
> In other words, all I've got is the charger.
>
> $500, OBO
>
> Again, in other words, supercharge your truck for less than $1100.
>
>

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kwoods kens.com

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Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 23:46:41 +0000
From: Ben Craig
Subject: FTE 80-96 - 302 vs. 351W

hi all,

I am thinking about switching my '85 F-150 from a 302 to a 351W. I am
wondering if I can get a long block 351W and just switch things straight
across from my 302, intake manifold, distributor, pan, valve covers. I
think I read somewhere that the 351W takes a wider intake with a different
bolt pattern than the 302, but I don't know for sure. Any info you can
give me would be greatly appreciated. I don't want to end up having to buy
a bunch of new parts for a 351W because the ones I have won't fit.

Thanks for your time
Ben
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