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fordtrucks80up-digest Thursday, October 23 1997 Volume 01 : Number 184



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In this issue:

New F150 Questions [tgstoner umich.edu]
Powerstroke vs. 4 Runner [Larry Smeins ]
re: 1999 F250&F350 ["Dale Ellis" ]
Re: cow magnets ["Dave Resch"]
re: New F150 Questions [KNBD87D prodigy.com (MR JOSH J TENNEY)]
4x4 Hubs, Problem with [ILuvTruks aol.com]
Re: Powerstroke vs. 4 Runner ["David J. Baldwin" ]
Re: Dual Tanks and Oil Pressure Gague ["David J. Baldwin"
Re:Winter Tires ? -> tire sizing info[A] [Geoffrey Hoffman
Re: Winter Tires ? [Midwest96 aol.com]
block heater ["Casey Vandor" ]
95 F150 Transfer Case problems [Steve ]
Re: Winter Tires ? [Geoffrey Hoffman ]
spring diff. [Mobleaudio aol.com]

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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 15:17:25 -0400
From: tgstoner umich.edu
Subject: New F150 Questions

I'm currently driving my third Ranger, a 1996 XLT Supercab, but lately I've
been wishing for a more conventional back seat arrangement. At first I was
waiting to see what the 4-door Ranger was going to be like when it's
introduced next spring, but I'm beginning to wonder if that version won't
be close to the same price that I'd have to pay for a Supercab F150. The
stepside F150 is a great looking truck, and of course with it I'd still
have a full sized bed to haul things in. So I've started visiting my local
dealers and looking at what's available. This has led to a couple of
questions:

First, should I break with tradition and get an automatic rather than a
5-speed, if I buy a new F150? All three of my Rangers have been 5-speeds,
and this seems to be one of the weaker points of the truck. I don't know
all that much about the bigger trucks though. I'm sure that they use a
different manual transmission, but is it any better than the Mazda-produced
box used in the Ranger? What experieces, pro or con, will anyone share?

On the specifications page, there doesn't seem to be a great deal of
difference between the 4.2 liter V-6 and the 4.6 liter V-8 used in the
F150. This is the same reason that the Ranger I'm currently driving has
the 3.0 engine rather than the 4.0, and I've not been disappointed with it.
Still, I'm leaning toward the 4.6 engine if I get an F150. I tow an 1,800
pound boat fairly often, and also occasionally haul a bed full of firewood.
Which engine would you recommend, and why? Is the EPA fuel mileage rating
of 15/20 anywhere near accurate for this engine in this truck?

Finally, does anyone know of a good reason that the PowerStroke engine
> isn't offered in either the F150 or F250, other than because Ford just
doesn't want to do so? I doubt that I'd opt to get one with the diesel
> engine, but I think that it would be nice to at least have that choice.

Thanks for your replies and opinions.

Tom Stoner
Ann Arbor, MI
1996 Ranger XLT Supercab
1996 Taurus LX

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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 13:34:32 -0600
From: Larry Smeins
Subject: Powerstroke vs. 4 Runner

This past weekend I headed up into the Colorado mountains with a couple
of buddies to elk hunt. I was driving my F-250 Powerstroke with a 6,000
pound horse trailer in tow. One of the buddies was driving his 91
Toyota V6 4-Runner. I hadn't towed the trailer for quite sometime and
it seemed that the engine wasn't pulling as strong as expected and the
fuel gauge was dropping a little faster than normal. Even so, I noticed
that whenever I got to a large grade the 4-Runner dropped back. When we
got to our destination the Toyota owner came up to me and said , "I
couldn't keep up with you on the hills". A little later he said "I
brought the 4-Runner instead of the Cruiser because it has better fuel
range, I only used half a tank." I asked how big his tank is and he
said he didn't know but thought between 16 and 18 gallons. I couldn't
help but exclaim that I had used only half of one of my 18 gallon tanks.
I don't know what was going on with the apparent power and fuel
deficiencies in my rig on the way up but going home it seemed to be back
to normal. ie good power and mileage. It seems everytime I take that
Powerstroke out I become even more enthused over its performance. Sure
pleased I went with Ford and Navistar diesel.

Larry
If you don't care where you are, you ain't lost.

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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 16:00:44 -0600
From: "Dale Ellis"
Subject: re: 1999 F250&F350

Josh,

Maybe this has been asked, but do you know what kind of axle and
suspension will be on the 1999 F250 and F350?

Dale Ellis

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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 15:55:03 -0600
From: "Dave Resch"
Subject: Re: cow magnets

>From: Geoffrey Hoffman
>Subject: Re: cow magnets
>
>At 3:19 PM -0400 10/21/97, Bill Funk wrote:
>>The magnets attract cows to the air fuel mixture, which produce methane,
>>a much cleaner-burning fuel than gasoline; this helps reduce emissions.
>>Yeah, that's it... The cow one is definitely the right answer.
>
>dang, well i am in vermont, so it would be particularly effective up
there.
>better go get them!!! :)
Actually, this cow magnet thing has piqued my curiosity and I decided that
I just had to try it to see if it would stop all those exposed exhaust
> valve stems (which just happen to be in the direct path of the intake
air/fuel mixture in my cylinder heads) from warping. Now I am simply
amazed by the astounding improvement in performance! Wow! Even more
intrigued by the amazing 46 mpg I was getting with my F250 and how I was
blowing away all those D*dge C*mmins weenies and Powerstrokes and 460s
climbing up Loveland Pass while towing a gooseneck horse trailer w/ 10
Clydesdales and a tag-along tri-axle w/ a 22 ft cabin cruiser (now there's
a real man's bass boat!) and at the same time not just meeting but
exceeding all the new 2003 California UZLEV emissions standards for a tin
can that weighs less than half what my truck does and puts out only...
well, now it would be only a tenth of the horses that my 351M puts out, I
had to get to the bottom of this.

Now, I'm no salesman or MLM guru or infomercial junkie, but I got to tell
you guys (& gals) that these dad-gum cow magnets are just plain amazing. I
know, you're probably thinking right now, "This guy is not just nuts, he's
gone right over the deep end." And maybe you're right, but you know,
before I found these babies, I would have sworn that there's just no way
you could evade the laws of Newtonian physics (except for quantum
mechanics, but I don't trust them anyway, what with all their darn
quasi-charming sub-mesons and all that pseudo-philosophical mumbo-jumbo and
hyphenated things) and thermodynamics, but I'll tell you what, these cow
magnets are just nothing short of magical.

Here's how it works (according to my step brother's Toyota mechanic, who
knows all about these things and has only been indicted twice for fraud) --
In our modern high-tech engines with computers and fuel ingestion, the
"normal" gas molecules and air molecules mix are divided into atoms for
just a couple of nanoseconds in the pre-combustion process, right after
they are swirled in the intake port and just before they "quench" on the
intake valve seat and tumble willy-nilly into the chamber where they trip
all over those dang Splitfires and get all clogged up on all that PTFE
stuff that forms an invisible (and virtually undetectable) coating that
mysteriously bonds to the metal so your engine would run forever on one
tank of gas without any oil at all and defies gravity and turns your whole
vehicle's electrical system into a superconducting dynamo of power that
will blast your socks off when you turn on the radio and... whooeee... I'm
getting ahead of myself. Well anyway, apparently the magnets attract cows
(really!), and dang it if those cows don't flow better than any dog-back
exhaust system, even a fifteen-incher with dual SnortMaster mugglers and a
DynoBlast harmonic inducer with triple-chrome tips for that stylish (yet
modern) racy look that your brother in-law envies every time he comes to
visit in that yuppity smug little H*nda *ccord that he claims will get two
or three times better mileage than your proudly American-made Ford truck.
Well, Bucko, these cow magnets will not only knock his socks off, they will
scald his feet! Not only that, but with a special (optional) ultrasonic
implant, they actually repel deer, racoons, marmots, and other cute and
environmentally friendly little animals, and if everybody in the state of
Montana used them, we'd cut road kill (and probably that new-fangled "road
rage") by two-thirds in the United States alone! Why, think of how the
greenhouse effect would be reversed and the ozone layer would thicken and
everybody in the whole world would join hands and sing together and all
mankind (oops, personkind) would live forever in harmony if we could get
just another 100,000,000 people or so to use these cow magnets. Utopia?
Could be... and all because you were smart enough to order your cow magnets
today at 1-800-HOGWASH

Dave R. (cow magnet devotee)

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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 18:47:05, -0500
From: KNBD87D prodigy.com (MR JOSH J TENNEY)
Subject: re: New F150 Questions

I would get the 5.4L, but I aint buying the truck. The 4.6L is
better than the 4.2 V6, but if 1800 lbs is all you tow, the V6 will
do that easily. The 5 speed is still a Mazda 5 manual, so it is your
choice to decide.
The power stroke is too heavy to put in a 1/2 ton frame, and it has
way too much torque.

Josh
KNBD87D prodigy.com
'98 Ranger 4x2 4.0L 5 speed manual reg cab

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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 19:02:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: ILuvTruks aol.com
Subject: 4x4 Hubs, Problem with

hey, y'all,
I just want to get something cleared up. Could somebody please explain to
lil old me what exactly the front hubs do when 4x4 is engaged, not engaged,
and why it is so important to drive with them locked. A buddy of mine drove
his 88 Bronco II like a moron and really screwed up something in the 4x4. He
says he has shift-on-the-fly and doesn't need to lock the hubs if he is only
going a short distance. I told him he was crazy. Am I wrong? I don't know
why, but I know it is important to have the hubs locked when you shift into 4....

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