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Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 04:00:50 -0600 (MDT)
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fordtrucks-digest Sunday, September 21 1997 Volume 01 : Number 230



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In this issue:

ADMIN: New list [Ken Payne ]
RE: semi-metallic shoes [DC Beatty ]
Cool Pics ["Dale and Donna Carmine" ]
BTUs 'R' Us..! [sdelanty sonic.net]
Re: Compression Ratios [Daver ]
Re: BTUs 'R' Us..! [MEB8100 aol.com]
Draining Yer 9"... [sdelanty sonic.net]
Re: Compression Ratios [Daver ]
Re: Acronym [Daver ]
Re: Acronym ["deconblu" ]
Re: Assorted questions [danadeb pacbell.net]

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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 21:55:17 -0400
From: Ken Payne
Subject: ADMIN: New list

Just came back from dinner and was giving the new list some
thought. I think performing the split this weekend is a mistake.
A good deal of the members get the list at their work or school
email address. I'm going to postpone the split until Tuesday
evening. This will give everyone a chance to response.

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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 22:35:47 -0400
From: DC Beatty
Subject: RE: semi-metallic shoes

No Gary, it didn't improve. I had excellent braking before and it's still=

the same. They felt a little different for a day or so, but I assume that=
's
because they had to seat themselves like most brake shoes. Now the pedal =
is
real hard and it stops great, except for the obnoxious squealing of cours=
e.
Hell, try 'em. Couldn't hurt, except in the wallet. I paid $55 for one
set!!! And now they squeal!!! Arrrggghhh!!!

DC Beatty
1967 F100 352
1974 Maverick 302 =


> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 12:29:03 -0400
> From: DC Beatty
> Subject: semi-metallic shoes

> I recently installed semi-metallic front brake shoes on drum brakes.
> After a couple hundred miles, they began to squeal when stopping.
> It's annoying. I was wondering if anybody on the list had experience
> with these. Does it go away after awhile? =


Did they improve the stopping power? My brakes are horrible IMHO and =

everything is in good condition so metalics might be my next step?

The swift of foot and slow of wit
have more off road experiences

- -- Gary --

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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 22:07:38 -0500
From: "Dale and Donna Carmine"
Subject: Cool Pics

Check out http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://truckworld.com/Street-Scene/97-Ford-Panel/36-Ford.html
Nice Pics!

later
dale c

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Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 20:42:44 -0700
From: sdelanty sonic.net
Subject: BTUs 'R' Us..!


Thanks to all the people who gave tips on how to fix my '71 F100 heater a
couple months ago...

I've got a new heater core, new valve, new hoses, blower moves plenty of air,
no pine needles in vents, etc, and still the heater is marginal, even with
these mild/chilly fall mornings. When COLD gets here it will suck again.
I have to accept the fact that the stock F100 w/FE390 heater doesn't work
worth beans...

It's funny, from the people I've talked with, the 302 guys seem to think
the early
truck heaters work good, while many FE truck owners think the heater is
marginal..
It takes a long time for the FE to warm up enough to get some heat going,
and even then it isn't very warm. A 195F thermostat helps a little, but
not enough. (run 180F in summer)
I wonder if there is a problem with heater coolant flow on FE's?

Is there less pressure differential across the inlet/outlet hoses
on FE than on 302? (Moves coolant thru heater core slower?)

Something is up, cuz mine's ALL new and still just doesn't cut it...
A bigger heater core isn't gonna fit my box and ducting, and Pick'N'Pull
hasn't had any useful housings that will fit mine, so I decided to quit
fooling around and put a Bosch gas fired heater in it. (I have 2)

This is a non-Ford fix but should be VERY nice.. (-:....

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