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fordtrucks80up-digest Tuesday, October 14 1997 Volume 01 : Number 163



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In this issue:

Re: Tailgate Weight ratings? [bigguy ]
RE: Oils for PowerStroke [David Hertzberg ]
Re:need more power! [greg.medert gsa.gov]
RE: 99 F-250,350,450 and 550? answers ["Beaman, James"
more electical questions / supercharger stuff.... [Geoffrey Hoffman
wanna topper? [John Beerbower ]
2.9 fuel injection: ["S. HALL" ]
tranny trouble [Jared ]
RE: info required on 97 Ford Ranger XLT 2WD Ext. cab [Brian Pynn
[none] [Jared ]
OIL [bigguy ]
RE: OIL [David Hertzberg ]
Re: more electical questions / supercharger stuff.... ["David J. Baldwin"]
Re: OIL [Ken Payne ]
flooding in '82 F100 ["Peter A. Richards" ]
Re: info required on 97 Ford Ranger XLT 2WD Ext. cab [Thom Cheney

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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 08:55:52 -0400
From: bigguy
Subject: Re: Tailgate Weight ratings?

Andrew T Vincitore wrote:

> On my 92 f-250 I am concerned about the capacity of the tailgate when
> open
> and suspended on the cables. I can't find any referance as to the safe
>
> capacity of it. I load and unload pianos using a ramp and the
> combined
> weight of piano,equipment and manpower can get high. Does anybody know
>
> where I can find this out ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew
>
> (Glad we didn't go with Truck Suck?.... )
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I have a 94 Ranger and it told me that 500 pounds was the limit in
the owners manual. I don't know what your limit is but I would look in
your manual.

Jim

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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 97 07:45:31 PDT
From: David Hertzberg
Subject: RE: Oils for PowerStroke

Chris:
If you are going to use synthetic--which is superior to conventional oil in
many respects (cold weather starting, somewhat better engine performance) but
still needs to be changed, along with the oil filter, as often, since it
breaks down just as quick--you should do it sooner rather than later.
Switching to synthetic after prolonged use of conventional could well lead to
leaks, since the syntehtic is more "slippery" and likely to permeate small
openings which conventional will not. I have an 88 f250 with a 7.3
international diesel and have been using conventional Fleetrite 15w-40 for
years. I used to get it in 5 gal containers, but switched to 1 gallon
bottles; on sale they are about the same price. I'd rather pay $17 for an
oil/filter change (doing myself, of course) than the estimated $45 it would
cost with synthetic. Good luck, David


>Hello fellow listers,
>
>Don't quite have enough miles to do the first oil change but, I am starting
>to do some homework.
>I went to the Ford PowerStroke Diesel web page and there is some mention
>about synthetic oil. Is synthetic worth the extra cost? Is there any
>significant fuel improvement or performance? It seems kind of costly given
>that oil changes are done every 3,000 miles.
>Also, how are you purchasing your oil and how many gallons at a time?
>Local distributor, gas station? Local distributor sells in 1gal, 5gal and
>then 55 gallon. I can't really store the 55 gallon so, that's out of the
>question.
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Chris
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David and Leila Hertzberg
Greystoke Farm
Gaithersburg, Maryland
301-482-0016
ACdhertz us-state.osis.gov


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Date: 14 Oct 97 09:17:00 (-0400)
From: greg.medert gsa.gov
Subject: Re:need more power!

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Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 17:35:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: JOUZA1 aol.com
Subject: need more power!

I am a 18 year old college student with a 93 Ranger. It has
the 4.0
and 5 speed trans. I am looking for some power upgrades in the
300-400
dollar range. They have to be boltons. Somthing local mechanics can
put on
or easier. I already have a K&N and Hypertech Power Module. I am
saving to
put true duals on. Other than those few options what else could I
purchase?
I am looking for a total of around 300 horspower when all done.
Thanks for
all your time to those who reply.


Sincerly
Josh Jouza

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Josh, even with a supercharger $2700, reworked heads $600, camshaft
$150, larger throttle body $200, larger mass air $200, exhaust $250,
chip $300 etc and this is doing everything yourself, you will be lucky
to get 280 HP. As for true duals, unless Ford has changed the exhaust
> configuration, you will not be able to put true duals on. The 4.0
uses only one oxygen sensor(at least in 91 they did) located in the
y-pipe. This means that the pipes have to come together first and then
split. I think the best you can hope for is to use a dual outlet
muffler after the cats. For $400 you could get a larger mass air and
throttle body and install it yourself. This would probable net you
around 10-15 HP.
Hope this helps. Greg

greg.medert gsa.gov
Atlanta, Ga.

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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 09:04:31 -0500
From: "Beaman, James"
Subject: RE: 99 F-250,350,450 and 550? answers

Josh wrote:

>F250 is rated at 8600 # GVW
>F350 is rated at 9700-11000 # GVW
>F450 is rated at 15000# GVW
>F550 is rated at 17500-19000# GVW
>
>4X4 IS available with everthing but 19,000# GVW

Thanks, Josh. Any chance you could tabulate a matrix showing the GCWRs
for the engine, transmission and rear end ratio combinations available
for these, especially the F450 and F550? What I am trying to determine
with this is the tow rating of each.

James Beaman
james.beaman lmco.com
Houston, Texas

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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 10:09:34 -0400
From: Geoffrey Hoffman
Subject: more electical questions / supercharger stuff....

At 1:28 AM -0400 10/14/97, warren wrote:
>Look for any Red with a Green tracer, this has 12v when key is on.

well, i am now curious about one last thing? is there a line anywhere that
is powered when the engine is powered, not just the key? i can hook it up
to ao keyed line, but i don't want this to turn on if i just turn on the
car to listen to my radio.

is this what the regular fuel pump does, or does it turn on when the car is
just on (with the engine not running)

thanks for your help.


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Geoffrey Hoffman gch2 cornell.edu
Cornell University http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://www.pobox.com/~hoffy

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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 09:25:59 -0500 (CDT)
From: John Beerbower
Subject: wanna topper?

I rescently bought I 1996 Ford Ranger, It was preowned by an older man and
only had 4,000 miles. I am a college students who drives to drives an hour
and a half every day for school and football practice. The ranger has been
great!! It gets great gas mileage and It looks kool.. Its bright red and
flare side. When I bought the truck the old man had a topper put on it.
the topper is sweet. It matches the truck perfectly. It is has tinted
windows on it. I would leave it on but I want to sell it and get running
boards... since I really don't need the topper. Here's the probem...I have
contacted several topper dealerships...They have all told me that the Small
Ranger flare side toppers are not in demand so no one wants it... Especially
sense it is a spacific color. Does any one know were or how I sould go
about selling this thing!!!????
Thanx
John Beerbower

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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 10:02:32 -0600
From: "S. HALL"
Subject: 2.9 fuel injection:

Help! -I've got an 87 ranger supercab 4X4 with the 2.9 ltr
fuel injected V-6 and I've developed an interesting problem:
I split a bottle of one of the gas treatments between my two
gas tanks (mistake number 1 -forward gas tank had only 4 gallons
in it but got enough treatment for 15 gallons) and after running
all the gas out of the rear tank (without incident) I switched
to the front tank and after approximately 2-3 minutes a load
"tapping" came from beneath the hood! -I've had it at three
mechanics (I thought the valves had collapsed!) And they all
reached the same conclusion: my fuel injectors were making the
noise! They said the injectors are OK and the truck drives fine
but I've owned it over a year and I've never heard the injectors
sound like that before. I've put two new tanks of gas in it and put
40 miles on the new gas but I'm having mixed results -it still
knocks some of the time and at high rpm all the time. Will this
go away with time as I run normal gas through it? If theres a

quick fix for it I'd like to know it this sound is driving me CRAZY!
Thats the first (and LAST) bottle of gas treatment I ever run through it!
Thanks for your help, -REALLY enjoying this list...

-Sam H (shall nmsu.edu)

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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 11:21:48 -0500
From: Jared
Subject: tranny trouble

I have an 88 Ranger 4X4, about five months ago I lost overdrive and it
would shift at a high rpm. It had 130,000 miles at the time so I decided
to rebuild the whole trans. My uncle did the actual work on the tranny. I
bought a rebuild kit from napa and an intermediate clutch pack and a thrust
washer. We where very clean about our work area. When we had it all
together, it would shift good but I still didn't have overdrive. I then
took it to a Ford dealer to have it checked out. The problem was the
throttle control sensor. I now have the same problem again. What did we
do wrong?

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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 09:24:51 -0700
From: Brian Pynn
Subject: RE: info required on 97 Ford Ranger XLT 2WD Ext. cab

Hey Adrian...I think you'll be real happy with your purchase...but I'd
avoid the four banger if I were you. For an extra 300 bucks or so you
can move up to the V6 and be much more satisfied. I have a 97 Ranger....

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