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fordtrucks-digest Digest Volume 97 : Issue 76

Today's Topics:

350 in a '64? [John Strauss
Re: 350 in a '64? [Christopher Rogers
Re: 350 in a '64? [Mike Young ]
Low sulfur diesel questions [wrd pacbell.net ]
Re: lowering kits [silent.bob juno.com ]
SOHC 427 [Stuart Varner
gas mileage [fjm ]
RE: Powerstroke Breakin [Larry Smeins ]
93 F150 Xcab Driveline Vibration [John Strauss
Re: gas mileage [dherzog fv.stlcc.cc.mo.us (David He]
Re: Two 9" Rear Questions -Reply -Re [PAYNK (Ken Payne)
Re: Low sulfur diesel questions [GEDAVE aol.com ]
HUH?!? -Reply [PAYNK (Ken Payne)
Re: PowerStroke Break-In [GEDAVE aol.com ]
Detergent Multiweight vs ND straight [JRFiero aol.com ]
Re: Engine sizes. [JIM HURD ]
Al's email address? ["chita" ]
Re: Detergent Multiweight vs ND stra [dherzog fv.stlcc.cc.mo.us (David He]
'61-'64 engine paint [John Strauss
64 Pickup FOR SALE! [Gardner ]
Re: Advice for rebuilding 360 [John Macnamara ]
Re: Detergent Multiweight vs ND stra [GEDAVE aol.com ]
RE: SOHC 427 [mcat epix.net ]
Re: Backup lights don't work [rick adc.com (Rick Larson) ]
dash ["Neil Weidner" ]
Re: '61-'64 engine paint [Christopher Rogers

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 08:12:32 -0500 (CDT)
From: John Strauss
To: Ford Trucks List
Subject: 350 in a '64?
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>I've actually have the whole 262 for sale. I'm sticking a 350 into my 64
>F100 (huge sin I know). The engine ran when it was pulled, but it was
>tired, I have know idea what shape the crank is in, however, the truck
>only had around 60K miles on it. If your interested in the engine, I've
>got the starter, H20 pump, etc. I'd like to get rid of the whole engine,
>make me an offer if your interested.
>
"Huge Sin" doesn't cover it in my book. Please rationalize for me WHY you
would want to do such a heinous thing. I would really like to hear this.
Why not put in a nice 302 other fine F-O-R-D engine????????? For the life
of me I cannot see why anyone would do that. I really take this one
personally because I also have a '64 Custom Cab (292 Y-block, thank you
very much). Please explain the reasoning here - maybe I am just hard-headed.

John

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 09:22:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Rogers
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Subject: Re: 350 in a '64?
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My reasoning is as follows: I had the 350 block, I've got friends with
350 knowledge, and you'd be amazed by what is actually powering a lot of
vehicles out there, namely 350's. There cheap, parts are available almost
anywhere, and it's different, I've never been main stream.

Chris
>
> >I've actually have the whole 262 for sale. I'm sticking a 350 into my 64
> >F100 (huge sin I know). The engine ran when it was pulled, but it was
> >tired, I have know idea what shape the crank is in, however, the truck
> >only had around 60K miles on it. If your interested in the engine, I've
> >got the starter, H20 pump, etc. I'd like to get rid of the whole engine,
> >make me an offer if your interested.
> >
> "Huge Sin" doesn't cover it in my book. Please rationalize for me WHY you
> would want to do such a heinous thing. I would really like to hear this.
> Why not put in a nice 302 other fine F-O-R-D engine????????? For the life
> of me I cannot see why anyone would do that. I really take this one
> personally because I also have a '64 Custom Cab (292 Y-block, thank you
> very much). Please explain the reasoning here - maybe I am just hard-headed.
>
> John
>
>
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 09:30:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mike Young
To: fordtrucks lofcom.com
Subject: Re: 350 in a '64?
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My dad has a 57 ranchero with a 312 Y block with a 4 bbl and a t-bird 3sp
w/overdrive. In my book that beats any motor gm makes. Sounds great! lots
of horsepower (sets you back in the seat) and it runs whenever you want to
drive it several thousand miles per year, plus it gets about 18 mpg. Use a
F-O-R-D in a FORD. What's the story with the 262? In my 53 F100 I have a
223 with a hand built stainless 3 1bbl intake and hand built split stainless
headers with the original 3 sp... Wow is that truck fun to drive and it is
more reliable than anything I own, it also gets about about 20mpg. If you
want to get rid of the 262 e-mail me at myoung sojourn.com
Mike

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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 06:50:30 -0700
From: wrd pacbell.net
To: fordtrucks lofcom.com
Subject: Low sulfur diesel questions
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In SoCal we are forced to use a new low sulfur diesel fuel. Fleets with
the 7.2 and Power Stroke engines are finding premature wear on injector
springs and injector pumps. Anybody else having these problems? Any
solutions, such as adding 10 weight oil to the fuel?

Randy
San Diego

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 10:10:49 EDT
From: silent.bob juno.com
To: fordtrucks lofcom.com
Subject: Re: lowering kits
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On Mon, 28 Apr 1997 18:23:39 -0600 lorraine smith
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>I was wondering if anyone out there has done anything like lower a 95
>=
>ranger or similer to this and if so what type of kits are good? Also
>I =
>have no idea of cost involved I am a student and can not afford to do
>=
>this if it outragously priced
>
>Thanks=20
>
>Derrick Smith


Your looking at somewhere around $1200.

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 08:58:28 -0700
From: Stuart Varner
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I saw a brand new SOHC 427 motor...still in the crate...all 600 + HP
(Excuse me, I must go change my clothes......)
in the Ford Trader Magazine, June Isuue. The offering price.
$18,000.00
So much for dreaming BIG!
If you're seroius I could probably find the number....I may have drooled
part of it away.

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 07:25:29 -0700
From: fjm
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I have a recently acquired 73 F-100 with a 3 speed manual and the 240
6. I'm getting about 11.5 mpg in town and wonder if this is the best I
can expect. The motor's new (less than 3,000 on a rebuild) and it's
recently tuned and seems to run ok. Is it best to stick with the Carter
or is there a better setup. Again I really only care about mileage, I'm
a plumber and it's emptying my wallet to buy gas for this thing.
Thankls for any tips info. Richard

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 08:37:00 -0600
From: Larry Smeins
To: FordTrucks
Subject: RE: Powerstroke Breakin
Message-Id:

I have a '95' Powerstroke and followed the breakin recommended by Ford
in the information packet you should receive with your truck. From what
I remember there was no special procedures although it is always good to
accelerate and decelerate a lot in the early miles. I have 26k miles on
the engine and it never needs additional oil between 5k mile changes.
As far as power I haven't compared it with other Powerstrokes but have
compared it with a friends 460 powered motorhome that has a full Bank's
kit installed. When I am loaded with a large camper, a comparable load
to his MH, I can out accelerate and out climb him. Can't say that
breakin had anything to do with how my engine performs but whatever I
did it seems to have worked. One thing I did notice was that it took
over 10k miles for the fuel mileage to reach its maximum. My experience
is that modern engines that were properly manufactured need little
breakin but when an engine is rebuilt breakin is much more critical.

Enjoy your Powerstroke. I seriously looked at the Dodge before buying
and am not sorry I chose a Ford.

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

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 10:32:40 -0500 (CDT)
From: John Strauss
To: Ford Trucks List
Subject: 93 F150 Xcab Driveline Vibration
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>93 Ford F150 Xcab 4.9L 5 speed 2wd 50,000 miles
>
>The vibration occurs from 40-65mph. It is not felt through the steering
>wheel. Most annoying decelerating at 45mph.

My '90 F150 does this. You can really see it if you look at the bed
shaking. I've got a rear tire out of round.

John

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 10:50:20 -0500
From: dherzog fv.stlcc.cc.mo.us (David Herzog)
To: fordtrucks lofcom.com
Subject: Re: gas mileage
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At 07:25 AM 4/29/97 -0700, you wrote:
>I have a recently acquired 73 F-100 with a 3 speed manual and the 240
>6. I'm getting about 11.5 mpg in town and wonder if this is the best I
>can expect. The motor's new (less than 3,000 on a rebuild) and it's
>recently tuned and seems to run ok. Is it best to stick with the Carter
>or is there a better setup. Again I really only care about mileage, I'm
>a plumber and it's emptying my wallet to buy gas for this thing.
>Thankls for any tips info. Richard
>
>
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>Richard.....
Something has to be drasticly wrong, unless you carry 3 or 4 tons of stuff
around with you. I have owned several 6 cyl ford trucks, and they genrally
get around 16 to 17 mpg. I would suggest having your carburetor looked at
or may the fuel pump has too much pressure...good luck
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 11:58:01 -0500
From: PAYNK (Ken Payne)
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>>> Randy Zeilinger 04/28/97 08:16pm >>>
-snip-
>> I'm running 3.25:1. It works really well. I have 35x10.5-15 tires
>> though. I have a pretty good balance of accel vs economy. If I want
>> more acceleration I could put smaller tires on it. The 390 gives it
>> plenty of pep though.

>3.25:1?!?!? And I got grief for 3.55's w/ 35's?

>Randy Z

It depends on your engine and what you're looking for. You said you
wanted more "umph." I'm running a souped up 390 that really snaps
your neck. With 3.25 I can still get off the line pretty quickly, but
I can't smoke the tires (at least not too much!). My next set of tires
will be smaller as I went to 35s to try to improve my milage - it didn't.
Because of the tire size most of my performance comes between 30-60mph.
The 390 is a gas hog any way you look at it. If I wanted to smoke Mustangs
I would definately run around 3.7+

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 12:18:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: GEDAVE aol.com
To: fordtrucks lofcom.com
Subject: Re: Low sulfur diesel questions
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There are additives for low sulfur fuel for diesel engines, but the
Powerstroke and engines since that time are designed to operate on low sulfur
fuel. California is not the only state to require the use of that fuel.
Most of the additives for increased lubrication are avaliable at truck
stops, fuel inj shops ect.. use of 10wt and autotrans oil is not recomended
by most inj pump manufactures. I can say that I used autotrans oil in Alaska
with #1 diesel for years in a 6.2 diesel that went over 200,000 miles. And
have used it in 6.9 and 7.3 engines as well. I would not try it in a Pwr
Stroke engine though.

Dave

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 12:21:30 -0500
From: PAYNK (Ken Payne)
To: fordtrucks lofcom.com
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>>> Charlie Allison 04/28/97 10:00pm >>>
>Removing heads on an FE to change the intake? HUH?
>I just swapped two and got no closer to the heads than loosening the
>rocker shafts and removing push rods.

You are correct. Brain fart on my part. If memory serves correctly
(my truck is at home right now) it looks like this:

intake-------------|
______V______
/\ /\
/\_\_________/_/\
block---> / \ / \
\ \ / /
^----^-----------------pushrods through intake
(actually closer to center of
the valve covers than I can draw)

So, to be correct, the push rods come out, the distributor comes off
and the _valve_ covers are removed.

>Twenty MPG?!? HUH?
>M motor 14 mpg when dropped from C-130! Burning premium!

I don't recall what the original poster was talking about so I can't
comment on this specifically. I've heard of more than one V8 getting
20mpg. My mother with her 0-60 in two days and feather foot driving
did it all the time.

>'66 Mustang!?!?! HUH???

Again, don't recall what the original poster said.

Ken

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 12:27:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: GEDAVE aol.com
To: fordtrucks lofcom.com
Subject: Re: PowerStroke Break-In
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Hi All

As far as the engine goes, it doesnt really require an extensive break in.
The engines are fully dynoed at the navistar plant before shipping. The
Powerstoke is the name for chose for the navistar T444E that international
uses in its 2 ton trucks http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://www.navistar.com) They dont require any
breakin for the engine other than good warmups and cooldowns. Most of the
breakin (varying speeds ect..) is for the rest of the drivetrain. You
should be happy with your PS, I know I am, and I have seen what the StarPower
marine powerstokes can do in boats, and they are impressive. Starpower
offers the marine version of the powerstroke up to 330hp and 720 ftlbs of
torque. International offers the T444E at ratings of 225 hp and 630 ftlbs of
torque in 2ton trucks.

Dave

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 12:32:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: JRFiero aol.com
To: fordtrucks lofcom.com
Subject: Detergent Multiweight vs ND straight (oil)
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Okay, all you ol' Farts -
What happens when you put a modern detergent multiweight oil, say a 20W50
racing oil, in an old flathead V8 designed for straight weight non-detergent
oil?
My Merc flathead has some oil pressure with 40 weight ND & STP, and the
oil's black as coal as soon as I put it in. Bearings sound fine under load,
etc, but you can hear them for a split second on startup, till the
aforementioned 'some' oil pressure builds up ('tween 15 and 30 cold,
occasionally 15 warm). This is with new oil and filter. I don't remember
hearing the bearings on startup when I got the truck a couple weeks ago, with
what appeared to be prehistoric sludge, I mean oil.
Any and all comments appreciated.
More questions coming!

Jonas
'51 F1

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 12:43:21 -0500 (EST)
From: JIM HURD
To: fordtrucks lofcom.com
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the 351

(name withheld)
'79 F-150 (302!)

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 09:36:53 -0700
From: "chita"
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> I have a '86 F250 6.9 diesel with 178000 miles on it. I
have collected alot of info. on the 6.9/7.3
> diesels if you or anybody else would like to write.---thanks for reading
> Al

I have the F-250 with 6.9L diesel engine and I'd really like any and all
data on it. Sorry to bother the whole list with this but I couldn't find
Al's address to write email.

chita worldnet.att.net

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 12:01:54 -0500
From: dherzog fv.stlcc.cc.mo.us (David Herzog)
To: fordtrucks lofcom.com
Subject: Re: Detergent Multiweight vs ND straight (oil)
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At 12:32 PM 4/29/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Okay, all you ol' Farts -
> What happens when you put a modern detergent multiweight oil, say a 20W50
>racing oil, in an old flathead V8 designed for straight weight non-detergent
>oil?
> My Merc flathead has some oil pressure with 40 weight ND & STP, and the
>oil's black as coal as soon as I put it in. Bearings sound fine under load,
>etc, but you can hear them for a split second on startup, till the
>aforementioned 'some' oil pressure builds up ('tween 15 and 30 cold,
>occasionally 15 warm). This is with new oil and filter. I don't remember
>hearing the bearings on startup when I got the truck a couple weeks ago, with
>what appeared to be prehistoric sludge, I mean oil.
> Any and all comments appreciated.
> More questions coming!
>
>Jonas
>'51 F1
>
>
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>Dear Jonas,

Engines were never designed for non-detergent oil -- it was all that was
available at the time. Any engine can bemefit from the newest oils!

Racing oils have some unusual properties, too -- they are generally not
intended for norma driving and in many cases they are not as good for your
vehicle than regular high quality oil.

I think I would recommend a straight weight oil for your car if it is
burning oil or has little compression -- both symptoms indicate mechanical
wear and tear, thus indicating an overhaul. Good luck.
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 13:15:20 -0500 (CDT)
From: John Strauss
To: Ford Trucks List
Subject: '61-'64 engine paint
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Anybody have a book or just a memory that tells what color the engines were
painted in the '61-'64 pickups? I did the 292 in my '64 from memory - it's
black with red intake and valve covers. This is what I remember from my
dad's '64 that he sold in 1979 and what I gathered from the engine I took
out, purported to be the original (but it was so grease soaked it was hard
to tell). I am pretty sure this is right, tho. Now I am getting ready to
rebuild the 223 Six in my '61. It's already been out at least once and is
currently painted blue.

Is this engine supposed to be black with red valve cover too, or is it all
red? Or neither? Anybody know?

John

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 14:42:39 -0500
From: Gardner
To: fordtrucks lofcom.com
Subject: 64 Pickup FOR SALE!
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My dad has a 64 Ford pickup for sale, the body is solid, bought it to
fix up but just don't have the time! It had a straight six in it but we
put a 302 in it, its mounted just needs finishing, 3 spd on the column,
if interested call (410)671-6460, ask for Mike. $500.00

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 12:05:13 -0700
From: John Macnamara
To: fordtrucks lofcom.com
Subject: Re: Advice for rebuilding 360
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Richard Cherico wrote:
>
> Thanks to everyone who lent advice on the bearings for my 360. I've decided
> to go ahead with the rebuild, and I've got some plans as well as some questions.
> I plan to enlarge the oil passages for better flow, as well as put in a
> stronger oil pump and a windage tray. I'm probably going to do some porting
> on the heads and have hardened seats put in.
> Now for the questions
> -Does anybody recommend a good oil pump for the FEs?
> -Does anybody recommend a windage tray?
> -Does anybody recommend bearings?
> -Valve train components?
> I'm also considering using a 390 crank. Any pros/cons to either the 360 or
> 390 setups?
>
> bigric mail.utexas.edu
> '68 Ford F100 Custom Cab Flareside 360 FE
> '66 VW Beetle 1300->1500
>
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Hello: Ford Power Parts of Norwalk California specializes in FE engine
parts. They have the oil pump of choice in any high performance engine
and also would have the other parts you need. I don't have the number
handy, but if you can't find it through information, I can get it when I
get home.

John
78 F250 4X4 Supercab
67 GT500

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 15:53:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: GEDAVE aol.com
To: fordtrucks lofcom.com
Subject: Re: Detergent Multiweight vs ND straight (oil)
Message-ID:

A word of caution in putting a det oil in a engine that has burned ND oil.
If you do this and the engine has a high amount of buildup of sludge and
other things the detergent oil will set alot of this stuff free at once. To
switch over an old engine like that I have removed the oil pan cleaned it out
and on OHV engines removed the intake and the valve covers and removed the
buildup there as well. Then only ran the engine only 100 miles or so and C/O
the oil. The new generation oils are much better than the old oils and offer
alot better protection for the engine. It is worth the effort cleaning out
the engine to switch over

Dave

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 97 16:13:54 PDT
From: mcat epix.net
To: fordtrucks lofcom.com
Subject: RE: SOHC 427
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Aguy down the road from me has one. He bought it when Ford was clearing
there warehouses out in 73. Only paid 1800 for it. Been offered a hell of
a lot more but refuses to sell it. It`s still in the crate too.
Garry
--- On Tue, 29 Apr 1997 08:58:28 -0700 Stuart Varner
wrote:

>I saw a brand new SOHC 427 motor...still in the crate...all 600 + HP
> (Excuse me, I must go change my clothes......)
>in the Ford Trader Magazine, June Isuue. The offering price.
>$18,000.00
>So much for dreaming BIG!
>If you're seroius I could probably find the number....I may have drooled
>part of it away.
>
>
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>

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Date: 4/29/97 Time: 4:13:54 PM

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 16:51:05 -0500 (CDT)
From: rick adc.com (Rick Larson)
To: fordtrucks lofcom.com
Subject: Re: Backup lights don't work
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Len,
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> Your backup light switch should be located someware close to were the shifter
[snip]

Thanks for the two posts. I did check the fuse and I did need
to adjust the neutral a couple of years ago to get *that* working.....

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