fordtrucks80up-digest Saturday, February 21 1998 Volume 02 : Number 066



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In this issue:

Re: Parts / Car Wax [JSC721 aol.com]
Re: 302 hp? [ACMERCG aol.com]
Re: Re: 302 hp? [Hitman6136 aol.com]
81 F100 302 w/automatic trans [Seadog1965 aol.com]
RE: 81 F100 302 w/automatic trans [Sean Winters
Re. Radio Problems [JDavis1277 aol.com]
Gas Mileage [David Anderson ]
Parts / Car wax [rockinghorse webtv.net (Randall Goolsby)]
'95 F150 Exhaust System ["Giddens, Scott" ]
Bronco tire carrier [FPonzani aol.com]
Re: turbo charged 94 Ranger [BLURangr94 aol.com]
fuelpump doesnt shut-off [Croth2 aol.com]
1998 expedition chip for trans,motor [JEFF WHITE/PA
Re turbocharged ranger... ["Jeff Wey" ]
noisy valves [William Woodie ]
ADMIN: Survey Results Working (Beta) [Ken Payne ]
Re: '95 F150 Exhaust System [Lehmandp aol.com]

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 10:48:07 EST
From: JSC721 aol.com
Subject: Re: Parts / Car Wax

hey pete,
if you need parts for your ranger , get a jcwhitney catalog you can
find it on a newstand or call them at 312 431-6102, they have everything for
your truck. if you are looking for a good wax, check this out its called flash
liquid paste wax, its made with carnuba and teflon, i used to have a detailing
company and this wax is the best on the market and you will wax your truck in
about 20 minutes with it. its made by malco, i will give you the number to the
headquarters, and they will tell you where there is a distributor in your
area. the number is 330 753-0361. 1 gallon costs about 12 or 13 dollars, but
you can wax your ranger about 30 times with it. believe me its worth the phone
calls.its so easy to wax your truck with. this is high tech wax, that the
professionals use. well good luck, if you have any questions e-mail me at
jsc721 aol.com
jo
e

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 11:15:47 EST
From: ACMERCG aol.com
Subject: Re: 302 hp?

In a message dated 98-02-20 01:13:55 EST, you write:


requiring an extensive rebuild. Your AOD can handle more power, but if it's
got some miles on it, be prepared for an over-haul.
>>
I'm not sure if I have an AOD or an E4OD..How can I tell? How did your
Eletrical work out to be? I'm especially intrested in the firing order. So
the HO and truck short blocks are the same? physically and internally?

thanks again,

Joe

acmercg aol.com

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 11:44:43 EST
From: Hitman6136 aol.com
Subject: Re: Re: 302 hp?

no the 302 in the f series and bronco is not a roller cam engine an the 5.0
from a stang will bolt up to an aod the bottom end isa basically the same they
used the aod in the 86-90 mustang gt and 5.o lx

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 12:43:57 EST
From: Seadog1965 aol.com
Subject: 81 F100 302 w/automatic trans

hey folks, i need some help. I have an 81 F100 302 w/ automatic trans. It was
given to me by my bother-in-law, it had an etlbrock 600 carb on it. I live in
stockbridge Ga. I am presently restoring the emmisions controls to it. no one
seems to be able to tell me the exact motorcraft part number for the oem carb,
can anyone help.
please e-mail me at Seadog aol.com if you have any info for me Thanks, Mike

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 12:13:41 -0600
From: Sean Winters
Subject: RE: 81 F100 302 w/automatic trans

There were no less than *six* different carbs for my '82 six banger;
just for that year. Without the original I think it would be difficult
to find the *exact* one. However, it seems that any of the carbs from
that year for that engine would suffice.

Another thing to consider is that if you go with the FoMoCo stuff, that
carb will probably cost more than the truck. Consider going with a
rebuilt unit from Napa or some other supplier.

Sean Winters

> -----Original Message-----
> From:Seadog1965 aol.com [SMTP:Seadog1965 aol.com]
> Sent:Friday, February 20, 1998 11:44 AM
> To:fordtrucks80up listservice.net
> Subject:81 F100 302 w/automatic trans
>
> hey folks, i need some help. I have an 81 F100 302 w/ automatic trans.
> It was
> given to me by my bother-in-law, it had an etlbrock 600 carb on it. I
> live in
> stockbridge Ga. I am presently restoring the emmisions controls to it.
> no one
> seems to be able to tell me the exact motorcraft part number for the
> oem carb,
> can anyone help.
> please e-mail me at Seadog aol.com if you have any info for me Thanks,
> Mike
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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 13:16:59 EST
From: JDavis1277 aol.com
Subject: Re. Radio Problems

Jram swbell.net suggested removing the radio top and cleaning the volume
control with contact cleaner. That worked like a charm and saved me about
$100. Thanks for all the other great tips from list members. All were valid.
This list is a super means of sharing common problems and offering solutions
and advice. It is the first thing I read each day. Thanks again, Butch
Davis-

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 13:23:36 -0600
From: David Anderson
Subject: Gas Mileage

My recently purchased F-150 seams to be getting about 13 MPG town and 16
on the road. EPA lists 16/20 and in my past experience is usually
conservative. It's an XLT 4x2, 4.9L six, E4OD, 8 ft bed, 2 tanks,
standard cab with 90K miles in very good running condition. It does
have 235 tires instead of 215's. I was expecting better out of the six.
Anyone know what I should expect? - David

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 17:01:20 -0800
From: rockinghorse webtv.net (Randall Goolsby)
Subject: Parts / Car wax

Peter, I have also used Zymol in the past,but it doesn't hold up as
frequently as I wash my truck. In the last year or so,I have gotten into
the habit of using the one step waxes immediatly after washing and
drying the truck.I like the "Black Magic"products the best,although
armour-all has a pretty good one too if you can stand the
smell.(perfumy) This keeps it looking freshly waxed all the time.The
more you use this kind of stuff,the better seems to work.Give it a
try;it'll only cost you about 5 bux to check it for youreslf. Randy
94 Bronco EB 85 F250 4X4

















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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 16:05:39 -0700
From: "Giddens, Scott"
Subject: '95 F150 Exhaust System

Hi all,

I would like to give my truck a little more sound and more power from
the exhaust system.
I have the 351, 5.8 liter engine with the longer cab and 6-3/4' bed.

I was wondering if this is such a good idea or not. I don't particularly
like a loud exhaust system
but just having the sound of rushing air coming out of the tailpipe
seems a little funny (and restricting).

Scott

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 20:52:37 EST
From: FPonzani aol.com
Subject: Bronco tire carrier

My Bronco does not have the swing away spare tire carrier. The spare is
inside the truck. I called around for after-market units, and the only one I
found costs about $170. A used factory unit is impossible to come by. I
heard that Kayline has a unit that also holds spare gas cans.

Does anybody have advice on this? I'd hate to spend $170 and find out that
it's junk.

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 00:41:37 EST
From: BLURangr94 aol.com
Subject: Re: turbo charged 94 Ranger

I'm thinking of putting a turbo-charger from a 4-cyl porsche in my 2.3 liter
Ranger. If anyone knows any badsides to this, please let me know.
Todd T.

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 00:42:54 EST
From: Croth2 aol.com
Subject: fuelpump doesnt shut-off

I have an 89 F-150 with a 302. after I shut the engine off, The fuel pump
still pumps and buzzes loudly for 5 minutes before it shuts off, I'm almost
positive its the fuel pump because when I switch to my empty tank I can hear
it sucking air. I cant figure out why it does this, does it have something
to do with my fuel filter or my fuel pressure regulator??? The truck also
idles anywhere between 400 and 2,500RPM and sometimes dies when it idles, and
it gets bad gas mileage.
I just bought this truck and I want to get it running great. Any
suggestions???

Tim Walsh

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 00:58:52 -0500
From: JEFF WHITE/PA
Subject: 1998 expedition chip for trans,motor

RE: 1998 expedition chip for trans,motor

my brother has a 98 expedition with a 4.6 and wants to put a power chip o=
r
reprogram the one that is in there so the trans shifts are firmer and get=
s
in the torque range of the motor.does anyone out there use one yet,and wh=
at
kind.does it change shift points in the trans??

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 01:15:27 -0500
From: "Jeff Wey"
Subject: Re turbocharged ranger...

Are you trying to turbo a 2.3L ?? Go to a junkyard and get an SVO 2.3 turbo
motor or a Mercur 2.3 or a turbo T-bird motor all are easier than adapting
a Porsche turbo...You need to build and fabricate special exhaust manifold
cooling and oil lines...computer?? wastegate valve???...will it effect EFI
??? I put an SVO 2.3L from a Mustang in a 94 ranger it'll keep up with a
strong 5.0 mustang!!!

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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 13:29:25 -0500
From: William Woodie
Subject: noisy valves

Sean Woodie wrote:

i have an 87 f-150 300 I-6 4.9. under moderate aceleration you hear a
clicking noise from under the hood.it sounds like the valves are causing
the noise. do they need to be adjusted, replaced? the timing gears have
just recently been replaced. the engine has 130 thous.on it. any ideas
of what could be wrong, thanxs.

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 01:38:59 -0500
From: Ken Payne
Subject: ADMIN: Survey Results Working (Beta)

I've finally got the survey results working. Rather than continue
to use the brain-dead CGI script for results (it was giving very
bizarre results) I wrote a C++ program that sorts a 450k file
into survey percentages and builds a 300k+ HTML result file.
Your browser displays this file. Fairly quick considering that
its doing about several million parses (takes about 10 seconds) on
a multi-user Sun Workstation. This is a beta version. Although
I've been programming for years this is my first complete dynamic
web content program. It took about 1 day of coding. I think most
everyone will like it. It will be greatly enhanced over the course
of the weekend, with sorting and better catagorization.

Give it a try (its not directly linked on the web site so you
have to use this URL):

http://www.ford-trucks.com/survey/results/t.shtml

Let me know what you think and give me any suggestions.

I'm also working on a program which will allow password protected
access to the web site. This will allow me to give free web
space to users, within reason. Lastly, I hope to replace the
Java chat server with my own C/C++ program. Both these projects
are considerably harder than the survey program.

Ken Payne
Admin, Ford Truck Enthusiasts
http://www.ford-trucks.com

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 02:06:42 EST
From: Lehmandp aol.com
Subject: Re: '95 F150 Exhaust System

In a message dated 98-02-20 20:13:35 EST, you write:

> I would like to give my truck a little more sound and more power from
> the exhaust system.
> I have the 351, 5.8 liter engine with the longer cab and 6-3/4' bed.
>
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