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fordtrucks80up-digest Saturday, August 23 1997 Volume 01 : Number 076

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juno.com (Charles R Van Hooser)]
Re: fordtrucks80up-digest V1 #8 ["Mike Jones"]
Re: Superchips [Marcelo Peralta ]
Re: Superchips [Marcelo Peralta ]
ranger help [Dan Simoes ]
Re: Intro And Of Course, An F-250 Question [Rick Wheeler
Re: Intro And Of Course, An F-250 Question [John Yee ]
Re: Intro And Of Course, An F-250 Question [Joe Maleski
Re: Intro And Of Course, An F-250 Question ["J. Martin"
Re: AOD not working! ["J. Martin" ]
Re: Bronco II info ["J. Martin" ]

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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 09:35:21 -0600
From: cvanhooser

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Subject: Bronco II info

I have a 89 Bronco II Eddie Bauer edition with a 2.9 V-6 and 5 speed
transmission that is experiencing a strange problem. The problem is
intermittent, it usually manifests itself when going over railroad tracks
or a pothole, etc. What happens is I feel the tracks, hole etc and the
engine justs dies, depending on the speed I'm going the engine catches
and continues on as if nothing happened. Its like the electrical goes out
because when it happens all electrical devices stop also, the one that I
notice the most is the radio. Has anyone heard of this before and can you
give me some advice of where to look to correct this problem.

I am also interested in putting headers on this truck, does anyone have
any recomendations on brand and a place to purchase them.

And I am looking for a good source for replacement Ford parts, mostly
trim parts and stuff like that.

Any help on the above items ill be greatly appreciated.

Chuck
cvanhooser

juno.com
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etgn14.webo.dg.com writes
>...Finally, if anyone is interested, Rieder racing makes a Trac Lock for
the Dana 50
>front on the F-250. Their number is 313-946-1330 and it costs $350.00. I
will
>probably be putting this in my F250 HD once my vehicle comes in.
Is the Trac Lok a manual device, engaged by the driver or is it a
limited-slip like what is found from the factory? If it is the later, I'd
think twice about installing one unless you spend most of your time in
loose material/dirt roads. A limited-slip in the front diff. can produce
some weird steering including huge amounts of understeer.

Mike J.

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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 16:36:54 -0700
From: Joe Maleski
Subject: Re: Intro And Of Course, An F-250 Question

>....I threw away the puny OEM fuel tanks and installed two Aero 45
>gallon tanks in their place and ....

>Aero 45 gallon tanks? Where can I get these tanks? How much are they?
>Will they fit on a 97 F-150?

My fuel tanks are from Aero, which is in Corona, CA. I think that the
place in Placentia is Arrow Tanks. I could be wrong, though. I currently
don't have the phone number handy, but they advertise in Fourwheeler
magazine every month so they're easy to find.

There is another company in Chico, CA called Transfer Flow that makes tanks
similar to Aero. Their prices are about $200 per tank *more* than Aero's.
I've heard of a place in Texas and another in Florida that do the same
thing but I don't have any pricing info on them.

I've never crawled under a '97 F-150 (I'm assuming that you are talking
about the new body style, and not what I call the "Classic F-Series" which
is the '80 - '96 style.) I have no doubt that if they don't offer a tank
for it they will soon. But would I buy one from Aero? Maybe not. Let me
explain...

I had ordered my fuel tanks in 1994 shortly after purchasing the truck. I
had thought that the front tank was an off-the-shelf unit, but I later
found out that it was the first one they had ever made. When I got under
the truck I found out that there was no way it was going to fit, the new
tank was simply too long. There was no way I was going to be able to
modify it in my driveway so I had to drive down to L.A. and have Aero lop
off six inches from the tank, reweld everything and install it for me.
This they did, and I was happy up to the point where I had to fill the
tank. The original venting was not adequate for the design of the tank and
I had to use slow fill on the pumps just to get the gas in without it
clicking off every three seconds. Back to Aero for them to modify the
venting. Then things worked OK, at least for the time being. I could get
the first 20 gallons in at high speed and then I'd have to slow down the
pump on the rest. Then later that summer, on a trip to Lake Powell I had a
fuel line separate from the front tank pouring fuel all over the place and
stranding me out on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere. I made an
emergency fix that got me going as far as the local Ford dealer in Page.
They looked at it and told me that the job Aero had done on the fuel lines
was completely wrong. Back to Aero I went. Pissed.

In Aero's defense, I will say that every time I went back the guy was
apologetic and they did all the work for free. But I was having to take
800 mile round trips to L.A. every month for this! I eventually threw in
the towel and designed my own fuel routing and fuel venting system for the
tank and it has worked perfect ever since. Until the OEM Ford fuel pump
went bad. The rear 45 gallon tank has worked flawless, though, I'm very
happy with that.

If I ever do this again I will reconsider the wisdom of carrying 90 gallons
of fuel. Why? 1.) It takes over twenty minutes just to fill up from empty
at the local Chevron station. 2.) 90 gallons of gas plus the 150 pounds
the empty tanks weigh adds up to some serious weight. 3.) All that gas
along the bottom of a 7 1/2 foot long fuel tank on a hot day boils easily.
Can you say vapor lock? 4.) Having to relocate the spare on a swing-away
on the bumper was fine for a while, but when the Camper is on the spare has
to go on the roof. Big pain.

I sure hope this helps,

Joe

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Joe Maleski
Santa Clara, CA
1994 F-250HD SuperCab, 460/5-spd, The Silver Camel

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