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Received: with LISTAR (v0.129a; list small-list); Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:40:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:40:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Ford Truck Enthusiasts List Server To: small-list digest users Reply-to: small-list  ford-trucks.com Subject: small-list Digest V2000 #108 Precedence: list ========================================================== Ford Truck Enthusiasts Small Chassis Truck Mailing List Visit our web site: http://www.ford-trucks.com To unsubscribe, send email to: listar ford-trucks.com with the words "unsubscribe small-list" in the subject of the message. ========================================================== ------------------------------------ small-list Digest Tue, 18 Jul 2000 Volume: 2000 Issue: 108 In This Issue: ADMIN: 2001 Ford Lightning Re: Explorer-manual trans. - downshifting won't work Re: Ford & Chevy Owners Re: Ford & Chevy Owners Re: Ford & Chevy Owners Re: Explorer-manual trans. - downshifting won't work Re: Explorer-manual trans. - downshifting won't work Need auto-locking hubs Re: Ford & Chevy Owners Re: Need auto-locking hubs Re: Ford & Chevy Owners ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 21:53:20 -0400 From: Ken Payne Subject: ADMIN: 2001 Ford Lightning An artist rendition of the 2001 Ford Lightning, supplied by Ford Motor Company, can be found in the news section of the web site. I've also included a high resolution version suitable for printing. Ken Payne Admin, Ford Truck Enthusiasts http://www.ford-trucks.com ------------------------------ From: "Raymond C. Gray" Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 21:57:47 -0400 Subject: Re: Explorer-manual trans. - downshifting won't work I posted this problem - and have larned the tranny is wreaked. 65K miles $2400 repairs, including new clutch. The transmission repair shop told me the Mazda 5sp was low on fluid...leaking from the top cover plate. He tells me this is a common problem. ( I just had the oil changed at a full service shop; they gave me no warning the tranny fluid was low.) Anybody know of a consistent problem, e.g., design flaw, with the Mazda 5speed transmissions? Anybody aware of Ford providing any compensation for this problem? Thanks Ray ------------------------------ Date: 18 Jul 00 22:04:09 EDT From: Tim Turner Subject: Re: Ford & Chevy Owners Back when I first got the '85 B-II my neighbors across the way decided they wanted a "SUV" and got a 89 full size Blazer (Bronco would have been a better choice!) About a year ago I was asked for help getting the oil filter off during an oil change; came right off for me.. Not wanting the male to lose face in front of his fiancee I said he got it loose before I got there. ;-) Today I see the hood up when I get home and think about popping over for a look-see but given the previous 8 Hours of vehicle repairs I decide to go inside and answer overdue e-mail, pop a beer, wait and see if they want help. Sure enough 3 Hours later I hear a soft knock on the door and it's the female of the house asking for advice. To (hopefully) make a long story short it was a plug and wire replacement but now sounded like a machine gun when started. He was sure that all wires were in the right place from doing one at a time... Quick look saw two places where *THREE* wires were going to each bank in a row rather than the usual 1,2,1,1,2,1 per side. Got it back in order and all was well; Fiancee there again so I talked about how easy it was to mix 'em up and happens to me all the time too. (Of course I just rip 'em all off, but I was trying to save face for him..) As I was typing this she was nice enough to knock again and drop off 6 of my favorite beverages unasked so I'm not going to complain! (Doesn't hurt she's pleasing to my eye either.. umm.. anyways..) From what I've seen this isnt typical of Ford owners; are they just smarter or do the 'G'reat 'M'istake owners need a web-site like this one for help? Interesting anecdote.. swiped a Ford coil wire from an inebriate's truck once to keep him from driving home and he swapped the #1 wire over to the coil and drove home on 7 cylinders! (Gave him the coil wire the next day.) Ingenious of him and I didnt expect it. Once in a while I see a Ford in the bays that's been mangled by 'well intentioned' repairs but I think it's primarily Chevy crap that gets the serious 'improvising'. Comments? Tim ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://webmail.netscape.com. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 22:25:24 -0400 From: Stephen Bozzone Subject: Re: Ford & Chevy Owners Did it once when I first tuned-up my 88 Bronco II with my friend. me: "Are you sure we don't need to label them" ? friend: "nah, we'll just look at the firing order" On the diagram in the Chilton's, it's a bit confusing. There are two brace type things that we figured were the screws but actually weren't. Still don't know what they were. We eventually figured it out. As far as whether it's just Chevy owners, perhaps.. but I haven't had a lot of experience with owners who repair their own vehicles. Steve Tim Turner wrote: > > Back when I first got the '85 B-II my neighbors across the way decided they > wanted a "SUV" and got a 89 full size Blazer (Bronco would have been a better > choice!) About a year ago I was asked for help getting the oil filter off > during an oil change; came right off for me.. Not wanting the male to lose > face in front of his fiancee I said he got it loose before I got there. ;-) > Today I see the hood up when I get home and think about popping over for a > look-see but given the previous 8 Hours of vehicle repairs I decide to go > inside and answer overdue e-mail, pop a beer, wait and see if they want help. > Sure enough 3 Hours later I hear a soft knock on the door and it's the female > of the house asking for advice. > > To (hopefully) make a long story short it was a plug and wire replacement > but now sounded like a machine gun when started. He was sure that all wires > were in the right place from doing one at a time... Quick look saw two places > where *THREE* wires were going to each bank in a row rather than the usual > 1,2,1,1,2,1 per side. Got it back in order and all was well; Fiancee there > again so I talked about how easy it was to mix 'em up and happens to me all > the time too. (Of course I just rip 'em all off, but I was trying to save > face for him..) As I was typing this she was nice enough to knock again and > drop off 6 of my favorite beverages unasked so I'm not going to complain! > (Doesn't hurt she's pleasing to my eye either.. umm.. anyways..) > > From what I've seen this isnt typical of Ford owners; are they just smarter > or do the 'G'reat 'M'istake owners need a web-site like this one for help? > Interesting anecdote.. swiped a Ford coil wire from an inebriate's truck once > to keep him from driving home and he swapped the #1 wire over to the coil and > drove home on 7 cylinders! (Gave him the coil wire the next day.) Ingenious > of him and I didnt expect it. > > Once in a while I see a Ford in the bays that's been mangled by 'well > intentioned' repairs but I think it's primarily Chevy crap that gets the > serious 'improvising'. > > Comments? > > Tim > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://webmail.netscape.com. > ========================================================== > To unsubscribe: > http://www.ford-trucks.com/mailinglist.html#item3 > Please remove this footer when replying. -- Stephen Bozzone Administrative Director - http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://www.rockzone.com ICQ: 196843 / AIM: RudeSkam69 "Don't ask me to justify my life..." - Bad Religion ------------------------------ From: "Chris Oostveen" Subject: Re: Ford & Chevy Owners Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 22:51:44 -0400 > Once in a while I see a Ford in the bays that's been mangled by 'well > intentioned' repairs but I think it's primarily Chevy crap that gets the > serious 'improvising'. > > Comments? Not to bash Goofy Motors owners or anything, but I have seen more hack jobs on a GM than a Ford. I sold a 77 Chevy 4x4 a couple of months ago after I tired of repairing all of its previous repairs. NONE of the bracketry was right for the motor, improvised at best (hacked is not even the right term). I went to the junk yard (guy who owns it is a Ford FREAK) after some serious ribbing about owning a Chevy I went out to the yard and scavenged all the *correct* brackets I needed for the 350. Took me all of an hour and a half to drive out there get what I needed BS a little and drive back. Cleaned them up painted them and installed them later that afternoon. The carb, a seriously out of tune Holley, pulled it off raped the *decent* parts off it and threw the rest in the trash. I then pulled an old in need of rebuild Holley off the shelf and installed it fired right up and ran better than ever, set the idle and mixture screws and left it alone. I rewired the fan (yes it had an electric) so the wires could go around the perimeter of the engine compartment instead of over the motor wrapped around the valve cover wing bolts to keep them in place. Oh I could go on and on, but who cares anyway, it was just another 350 in a 4x4 (it could burn all 4 tires after I was done *tuning* it though). See the Chevy here. I should have gotten *after* pictures before I sold it, but I forgot. http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/lemans/924/photos2.htm Chris PS sorry so long and not about Fords!! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 06:28:41 -0700 From: "Michael D. Sheridan" Subject: Re: Explorer-manual trans. - downshifting won't work Raymond C. Gray wrote: > > I posted this problem - and have larned the tranny is wreaked. 65K miles > $2400 repairs, including new clutch. > > The transmission repair shop told me the Mazda 5sp was low on fluid...leaking > from the top cover plate. He tells me this is a common problem. ( I just > had the oil changed at a full service shop; they gave me no warning the tranny > fluid was low.) > > Anybody know of a consistent problem, e.g., design flaw, with the Mazda 5speed > transmissions? > > Anybody aware of Ford providing any compensation for this problem? > > Thanks > > Ray Hi Ray: What year model are you running there man? Michael ------------------------------ From: william.hickey bankofamerica.com Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 09:49:57 -0400 Subject: Re: Explorer-manual trans. - downshifting won't work I used to have a 93 Ranger with the same problem. I think it started leaking at about 45K. Bill "Raymond C. Gray" Please respond to small-list ford-trucks.com To: small-list ford-trucks.com cc: (bcc: William R. Hickey/USA/BAC) Subject: [small-list] Re: Explorer-manual trans. - downshifting won't work I posted this problem - and have larned the tranny is wreaked. 65K miles $2400 repairs, including new clutch. The transmission repair shop told me the Mazda 5sp was low on fluid...leaking from the top cover plate. He tells me this is a common problem. ( I just had the oil changed at a full service shop; they gave me no warning the tranny fluid was low.) Anybody know of a consistent problem, e.g., design flaw, with the Mazda 5speed transmissions? Anybody aware of Ford providing any compensation for this problem? Thanks Ray ========================================================== To unsubscribe: http://www.ford-trucks.com/mailinglist.html#item3 Please remove this footer when replying. -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Listar -- -- Type: application/octet-stream -- File: att1.eml ------------------------------ From: "Walter Scott" Subject: Need auto-locking hubs Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 08:20:27 -0600 Any one know where I can find some auto-locking replacement hubs for my 92 Ranger or a fix for broken ones? E-mail me at sprocket aros.net or post. Walter Scott 92 Ranger 88 Bronco II 69 Mustang 70 Mustang 73 Mustang ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 10:53:21 -0400 From: Jean Marc Chartier Subject: Re: Ford & Chevy Owners Tim Turner wrote: > > Back when I first got the '85 B-II my neighbors across the way decided they > wanted a "SUV" and got a 89 full size Blazer (Bronco would have been a better > choice!) About a year ago I was asked for help getting the oil filter off > during an oil change; came right off for me.. Not wanting the male to lose > face in front of his fiancee I said he got it loose before I got there. ;-) > Today I see the hood up when I get home and think about popping over for a > look-see but given the previous 8 Hours of vehicle repairs I decide to go > inside and answer overdue e-mail, pop a beer, wait and see if they want help. > Sure enough 3 Hours later I hear a soft knock on the door and it's the female > of the house asking for advice. > > To (hopefully) make a long story short it was a plug and wire replacement > but now sounded like a machine gun when started. He was sure that all wires > were in the right place from doing one at a time... Quick look saw two places > where *THREE* wires were going to each bank in a row rather than the usual > 1,2,1,1,2,1 per side. Got it back in order and all was well; Fiancee there > again so I talked about how easy it was to mix 'em up and happens to me all > the time too. (Of course I just rip 'em all off, but I was trying to save > face for him..) As I was typing this she was nice enough to knock again and > drop off 6 of my favorite beverages unasked so I'm not going to complain! > (Doesn't hurt she's pleasing to my eye either.. umm.. anyways..) > > From what I've seen this isnt typical of Ford owners; are they just smarter > or do the 'G'reat 'M'istake owners need a web-site like this one for help? > Interesting anecdote.. swiped a Ford coil wire from an inebriate's truck once > to keep him from driving home and he swapped the #1 wire over to the coil and > drove home on 7 cylinders! (Gave him the coil wire the next day.) Ingenious > of him and I didnt expect it. > > Once in a while I see a Ford in the bays that's been mangled by 'well > intentioned' repairs but I think it's primarily Chevy crap that gets the > serious 'improvising'. > > Comments? > > Tim > > Tim, If we were smart enough to buy a Ford in the first place then were are smart enough to fix them "if" they break. ;-) Shows you that an inebriated Ford owner is smarter than a sober GM owner. My brother in-law is one of those mechanically inapt types. Brake lights wouldn't work on his 76 toyota. Asked him what he had done. "Nothing", he said. Finally he admitted to riveting a panel to the floor to hide some holes. Yup. Nicked the wire. :-( Regards Jean Marc Chartier ------------------------------ From: "Stephen Bozzone" Subject: Re: Need auto-locking hubs Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 13:11:33 -0400 Yes... convert to manual hubs. Much better.. won't die on you.. if you don't mind getting out to engage them. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Walter Scott To: Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 10:20 AM Subject: [small-list] Need auto-locking hubs > Any one know where I can find some auto-locking replacement hubs for my 92 > Ranger or a fix for broken ones? > E-mail me at sprocket aros.net or post. > > Walter Scott > 92 Ranger > 88 Bronco II > 69 Mustang > 70 Mustang > 73 Mustang > > ========================================================== > To unsubscribe: > http://www.ford-trucks.com/mailinglist.html#item3 > Please remove this footer when replying. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:43:06 -0500 From: Buck Shoff Subject: Re: Ford & Chevy Owners Great post, Tim. Gave me a good laugh. Buck Shoff Tim Turner wrote: > > Back when I first got the '85 B-II my neighbors across the way decided they > wanted a "SUV" and got a 89 full size Blazer (Bronco would have been a better > choice!) About a year ago I was asked for help getting the oil filter off > during an oil change; came right off for me.. Not wanting the male to lose > face in front of his fiancee I said he got it loose before I got there. ;-) > Today I see the hood up when I get home and think about popping over for a > look-see but given the previous 8 Hours of vehicle repairs I decide to go > inside and answer overdue e-mail, pop a beer, wait and see if they want help. > Sure enough 3 Hours later I hear a soft knock on the door and it's the female > of the house asking for advice. > From what I've seen this isnt typical of Ford owners; are they just smarter > or do the 'G'reat 'M'istake owners need a web-site like this one for help? > Interesting anecdote.. swiped a Ford coil wire from an inebriate's truck once > to keep him from driving home and he swapped the #1 wire over to the coil and > drove home on 7 cylinders! (Gave him the coil wire the next day.) Ingenious > of him and I didnt expect it. > > Once in a while I see a Ford in the bays that's been mangled by 'well > intentioned' repairs but I think it's primarily Chevy crap that gets the.... To access the rest of this feature you must be a logged in Registered User Of Ford Truck Enthusiasts
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