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Received: with LISTAR (v0.128a; list 80-96-list); Fri, 26 May 2000 22:16:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 22:16:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Ford Truck Enthusiasts List Server To: 80-96-list digest users Reply-to: 80-96-list  ford-trucks.com Subject: 80-96-list Digest V2000 #97 Precedence: bulk ========================================================== Ford Truck Enthusiasts 80-96 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 80-96-list" in the subject of the message. ========================================================== ------------------------------------ 80-96-list Digest Thu, 25 May 2000 Volume: 2000 Issue: 097 In This Issue: Starter or Snakebit pt.2 Vacuum gauge uses Re: Towing with an F-350 Temp Sending Unit Re: Towing with an F350 Re: Engine Swap Re: Engine Swap Re: Starter or Snakebit pt.2 Dome light remains on Re: Towing with an F350 Re: Towing with an F350 Re: Towing with an F350 Re: Starter or Snakebit pt.2 Re: Starter or Snakebit pt.2 Re: 4.9L gas mileage ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Moe Gendron" Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 21:49:24 -0500 Subject: Starter or Snakebit pt.2 Dangit! Well crap, my starter just quit. Some of you might remember I was havin a hellofatime with rebuilt starters (went thru 7) and I bought a new "superstarter" ($200+) from Ford about 6 mos. ago. Thought my problem was over but the other day she turned over a little slow but I didn't think anything of it. Well tonite I was havin trouble (carb. adjustment was useless) with the idle and I wanted to check the distributor at TDC and to see if the timing was off any, so I hooked up my remote starter switch to the selinoid on the fender, bumped it a couple of times and noticed the ground cable coming off the battery was gettin warm, then I noticed the ground wire to the fender was smoking! (small 16 gauge wire off the ground cable to the back of the selinoid) I took of that wire and tried the key, clickedy click click, like a dead battery would sound, checked the voltage on the battery and she reads 13vdc. I shut the hood and came inside, before I got the gas can and caused a neighborhood scene. The motor, for those who don't remember is a 95 crate 302HO, new AFB, new everything I could replace, there are no junky parts on this truck and I'm gettin tired of workin on it. I guess I should have left the 300/6 in it and just burnt it up. There's a late model "Chebby" down the street for sale that's starting to look pretty good, if it was a extended cab I'd stop and check it out. Shame on me Huh? Any Ideas? I've got 5000mi. on the superstarter, It's most likely the selinoid on the starter, but why? and "why me?" Moe pissed off in Houston ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 20:36:16 -0700 From: chuck sanborn Subject: Vacuum gauge uses Just found out tonight that the blvd I have been driving for the past 13 years has a slight drop when traveling East. The vacuum gauge I just put in the truck the other night reads 15" at 45mph steady when going to the auto store. It reads 20" at the same speed when coming back from said store. Doncha just love little tidbits and newfound uses for gadgets?? Chuck Sanborn Torrance, CA 86 F150 300 cu in six banger FAX 1-310-822-6815 ------------------------------ From: BRIGANDBAR aol.com Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 23:48:14 EDT Subject: Re: Towing with an F-350 In a message dated 5/25/2000 9:51:50 PM Central Daylight Time, listar ford-trucks.com writes: << If my stepson's car is ready I'll be towing that back too. The car is a 67 Porsche 912(?). >> Tim: After trailering cars around the country behind my F-350 (4x4CC Powerstroke) many times, I would have to say, without question, trailer the P-car. I wouldn't even consider a tow dolly or flat towing. Steve ------------------------------ Subject: Temp Sending Unit From: craig n eggerman Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 00:13:33 EDT Anybody know where the temp sending unit is on an 89 460 fuel injected E350? I want to replace it with a new temp gauge and sending unit. Ford service tech said the temp gauge and sender might control some of the emissions stuff. anybody in the know on this? He said too T the new one in with the old one or put the new sender in a different spot. Anybody done this? Craig Eggerman juno.comCasper,Wyoming O|||||O ________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ From: "Mark Salvetti" Subject: Re: Towing with an F350 Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 01:12:26 -0400 Hi Tim. When you say your stepson's 912 will be "ready", do you mean restored? At the very least I would go with a flatbed trailer, but you have to be careful loading the car to get it balanced properly, with the engine in the back and all. You might consider backing it on. You might also consider having it shipped. May not be as much as you think, especially considering the nuisance of doing it yourself, and the additional fuel you'll need. Check out http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://www.buxtonmotorsports.com/links.htm (about half way down) for some companies to try. And make sure your stepson visits http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://www.rennlist.org/ and joins the 912 mailing list. There's also one for early 911's ('65-'73, almost identical to his 912). I don't know how much traffic those lists have, but I suggest starting in digest mode. The digest for the main 911 list (1965 to present) is usually over 100 messages a day. Have a good trip. Mark Salvetti 1986 F150 1979 911SC Targa ------------------------------ From: "Bruce C. Anderson" Subject: Re: Engine Swap Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 20:57:50 -0700 Howdy Bob ----- Original Message ----- Subject: [80-96-list] Re: Engine Swap > 29" from bell housing flange to harmonic balancer pulley. Thanks, Just went out and measured the Trooper, its 30 inches from the firewall to the radiator mount. See Ya Bruce Prescott Valley, AZ USA www.cableone.net/bcanderson ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 23:21:12 -0700 From: Jason Derra Subject: Re: Engine Swap Pulley mount? Do you mean water pump? I can measure tomorrow for you if you'd like. I've got my 5.0 out of the Bronco hanging on my hoist ready to go back in tomorrow night. Jason Bruce C. Anderson wrote: > Howdy Bob > ----- Original Message ----- > Subject: [80-96-list] Re: Engine Swap > > > It's holding up very nicely in our family truckster, Ford Explorer XLT, > 1993, > > 4.0L A4LD transmission, 101K miles. > > Hey, don't get me wrong, I really don't know a thing about it. A guy at > a shop told me that. Since I have no personal experience, I have to ask. > > But while I have you, do you know the length of an assembled 5.0L > engine, from the back of the cylinder head, to the front of the Pulley > mount? > > Bruce > > Prescott Valley, AZ USA > > www.cableone.net/bcanderson > > ========================================================== > To unsubscribe, send email to: listar ford-trucks.com with> the words "unsubscribe 80-96-list" in the subject of the > message. ------------------------------ From: "Steve Schmeckpeper" Subject: Re: Starter or Snakebit pt.2 Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 06:58:36 -0500 Moe, The odds of getting that many 'bad' starters are astronomical. You probably got a voltage drop across one or more of your battery/starter cables. Replace 'em with BIG ones! And, since cables are cheap...........why not replace them all? Low voltage will burn out a starter motor EVERY time. My .02 Smeck -----Original Message----- From: 80-96-list-bounce ford-trucks.com[mailto:80-96-list-bounce ford-trucks.com]On Behalf Of Moe GendronSent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 9:49 PM To: 80-96-list ford-trucks.comSubject: [80-96-list] Starter or Snakebit pt.2 Dangit! Well crap, my starter just quit. Some of you might remember I was havin a hellofatime with rebuilt starters (went thru 7) and I bought a new "superstarter" ($200+) from Ford about 6 mos. ago. Thought my problem was over but the other day she turned over a little slow but I didn't think anything of it. Well tonite I was havin trouble (carb. adjustment was useless) with the idle and I wanted to check the distributor at TDC and to see if the timing was off any, so I hooked up my remote starter switch to the selinoid on the fender, bumped it a couple of times and noticed the ground cable coming off the battery was gettin warm, then I noticed the ground wire to the fender was smoking! (small 16 gauge wire off the ground cable to the back of the selinoid) I took of that wire and tried the key, clickedy click click, like a dead battery would sound, checked the voltage on the battery and she reads 13vdc. I shut the hood and came inside, before I got the gas can and caused a neighborhood scene. The motor, for those who don't remember is a 95 crate 302HO, new AFB, new everything I could replace, there are no junky parts on this truck and I'm gettin tired of workin on it. I guess I should have left the 300/6 in it and just burnt it up. There's a late model "Chebby" down the street for sale that's starting to look pretty good, if it was a extended cab I'd stop and check it out. Shame on me Huh? Any Ideas? I've got 5000mi. on the superstarter, It's most likely the selinoid on the starter, but why? and "why me?" Moe pissed off in Houston ========================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to: listar ford-trucks.com withthe words "unsubscribe 80-96-list" in the subject of the message. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 08:48:00 -0400 From: Allen Baldwin Subject: Dome light remains on Same problem with my 95 Ranger which turned out to be the electrical switch inside the drivers side door at the latch had become unplugged from its electrical harness. Not too difficult to correct. Allen ------------------------------ From: Lwskywalk aol.comDate: Fri, 26 May 2000 11:16:17 EDT Subject: Re: Towing with an F350 dont use a dolly i towed a thunderbird with one wasnt fun. i used u haul get a trailer if you can alot better luke 94 f150 351 ------------------------------ From: Lwskywalk aol.comDate: Fri, 26 May 2000 11:16:02 EDT Subject: Re: Towing with an F350 dont use a dolly i towed a thunderbird with one wasnt fun. i used u haul get a trailer if you can alot better luke 94 f150 351 ------------------------------ From: "Mark Corboy" Subject: Re: Towing with an F350 Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 10:30:02 -0500 2 cents worth, Don't use a dolly. Everything under a Porsche is extreamly expensive. The age of porsche makes it a valuable car. When we tow something that expensive (our scca race car) we use a 4 wheel trailer that has a shield for the front of the trailer. Looks like a wind blocker Uhaul has these in Texas. -----Original Message----- From: 80-96-list-bounce ford-trucks.com[mailto:80-96-list-bounce ford-trucks.com]On Behalf Of Ledskiaol.comSent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 3:31 PM To: 80-96-list ford-trucks.comSubject: [80-96-list] Towing with an F350 Well, little more than I week and I fly out to Washington State from Ohio to buy my father-in-laws truck and camper. A 94 F 350 SC dually with the 460 (get this..14,000 miles) and a 12 ft Caribou camper (3000 lbs?) in the bed. If my stepson's car is ready I'll be towing that back too. The car is a 67 Porsche 912(?). Anyone have any good advice on how to tow that? With a Dolly, or Trailer (Penske? or Uhaul?) The Hitch has a 48" extension and according to the camper manual the extension can be bolted to the bottom of the camper bumper. There are holes there; I looked last time out. With just the camper we got 8 1/2 mpg last month so I'll probably have to get a loan to buy gas on the trip back. Tim 94 EB Explorer ========================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to: listar ford-trucks.com withthe words "unsubscribe 80-96-list" in the subject of the message. ------------------------------ From: Spruce1495 aol.comDate: Fri, 26 May 2000 20:28:33 EDT Subject: Re: Starter or Snakebit pt.2 And by all means check all connections. Sandpaper or scotchbtite any bolted connections and use some non oxidizing paste on them. DC is odd stuff, voltage drop, amperage and all that stuff! ------------------------------ From: Spruce1495 aol.comDate: Fri, 26 May 2000 20:28:50 EDT Subject: Re: Starter or Snakebit pt.2 And by all means check all connections. Sandpaper or scotchbtite any bolted connections and use some non oxidizing paste on them. DC is odd stuff, voltage drop, amperage and all that stuff! ------------------------------ From: kb9odg.mark juno.comDate: Fri, 26 May 2000 19:18:21 -0500 Subject: Re: 4.9L gas mileage I'm getting anywhere from 12 to 14 with my '87 300 EFI. I have a really bad exhaust problem though, it pops like something else, so I'm thinking I need to fix something. - Mark Reimers KB9ODG '66 Bronco 170 I-6, 3-speed, 3.5" suspension lift, 3" body lift, 35" tires ... with an '88 5.0L and AOD waiting to go in! '87 F-150 XLT 4x2 300 I-6, 4-speed, straight pipe... > Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 08:56:25 -0700 > From: chuck sanborn > Subject: 4.9L gas mileage > > Can I get the six banger groups gas mileage...? > I have filled this truck now 4 times since getting > the carb rebuilt and smogged and I am averaging > 10.5 MPG. This sux! I'd be better off putting in > a 351W. > Thanks, > Chuck > Chuck Sanborn > Torrance, CA > 86 F150 300 cu in six banger > FAX 1-310-822-6815 > > ________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ End of 80-96-list Digest V2000 #97 ********************************** ---------------------------------------------------------- Ford Truck Enthusiasts 80-96 Truck Mailing List Send posts to 80-96-list ford-trucks.comIf you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, send an email to: listar ford-trucks.comwith the words "unsubscribe 80-96-list" in the subject of the message. Visit Our Web Site: http://www.ford-trucks.com ---------------------------------------------------------- .... To access the rest of this feature you must be a logged in Registered User Of Ford Truck Enthusiasts
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