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Received: with LISTAR (v0.128a; list small-list); Tue, 22 Feb 2000 03:25:52 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 03:25:52 -0500 (EST) From: Ford Truck Enthusiasts List Server To: small-list digest users Reply-to: small-list  ford-trucks.com Subject: small-list Digest V2000 #13 Precedence: bulk ========================================================== 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 Mon, 21 Feb 2000 Volume: 2000 Issue: 013 In This Issue: Stuck again... Undercarriage Guards Re: v6 vs V4 Re: matching paint Re: Matching paint (was litigious society) Re: Matching paint (was litigious society) Re: Stuck again... 97 Explorer Alignment Re: 97 Explorer Alignment Matching Paint Re: Matching paint (was litigious society) Re: v6 vs V4 Re: 2.8 V-6 Re: Marble Sounds ion 4.0 Rear End Swap Windshield crack... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 04:51:07 -0500 From: J Cope <88biixlt fncool.com> Subject: Stuck again... I gone done it again. My truck is once again spending the night stuck. This seems to be an annual, albeit unintentional, event. The problem this time is that I'm basically highsided on a pillar of ice. This wouldn't be a problem if I had lockers... So my next major auto investment is going to be differential related. I'd love to hear any suggestions for what I should look for, differences in brands and types, and any experiences anyone has had intalling and using them. I'm diggin' her out tommorow, and you can bet the pictures will be on my website. I'll keep you all posted, and thanks in advance for help with the differential. JC '88 BII XLT 10k tow hooks 40ch CB K&N Light bar Headlight Stone Guards 30x9.5 BFG A/T TA KOs http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://88biixlt.web.com/ "Bigger tires dig bigger holes" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 04:59:04 -0500 From: J Cope <88biixlt fncool.com> Subject: Undercarriage Guards Something I noticed while I was jabbing at ice under my truck with a shovel this evening was that the tie rods and other relatively small pieces of important parts are in a perfect position to take a heck of a beating on my 88 BII. I was wondering if anyone knew of any companies that make undercarriage guards, particularly for the front of my truck. Thanks for any help! JC '88 BII XLT 10k tow hooks 40ch CB K&N Light bar Headlight Stone Guards 30x9.5 BFG A/T TA KOs http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://88biixlt.web.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 06:30:35 -0500 From: Dwight & Tina Varnes Subject: Re: v6 vs V4 The Saab V4 is a shorter version of the German V6, you are correct. It was used in early Saabs and also was popular as an industrial motor for forklifts, towmotors, etc. and as a stationary powerplant. Dwight Varnes ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 06:48:31 -0500 From: Dwight & Tina Varnes Subject: Re: matching paint There are a lot of factors in dealing with paint, and it gets more difficult all the time. As mfgrs continue to come out with irridescent, tri-stage colors that the consumer barely notices but shops need hours of time to get right it becomes less easy. Black is normally pretty simple. However, there ARE several blacks out there that have a tint of color in them, or some metallic. That throws the 'black is black' theory out the window, I agree. The person who posted about having a 'blue tint' to one part of their black car was probably dealing with a tinted black color. Or, there was a problem with the clearcoat which would have nothing to do with the color itself. I would have thought the black on a GN was simply black, but since I don't spend time working on GM cars I don't pretend to be an expert on memorizing their paint codes. Also, I don't appreciate smart-aleck listers telling me how I do my job as regards to 'my only criteria is to save the insurance company money'. Any time you'd like to try my job for a day my camera and laptop are ready for you. There are a lot of stupid, untrained, uncaring appraisers out there (most work for Progressive) but I am not one of them. I take pride in working with shops to put the car 'right'. Matching the paint is not really my problem, it is the shop's. I need to pay them only for reasonable time to perform the paintwork and tinting to match. Some are really good at it, others are not. Sometimes there is trouble with the paint. Sometimes our wonderful mfgrs make colors in 6 different shades and leave it to the shop to figure out which one it is (dealing with this right now on a Jeep). There is a lot more to this than just pouring paint out of a can into a gun. As regards the unibody comment, the structure can take a fair amount of pulling back and still be sturdy. However, the Mustang is one of the biggest pieces of crap ever built as a unibody car (and I LIKE Mustangs, so this isn't personal). More often than not, a Fox chassis Mustang if hit in the front becomes junk; it simple has no strength in front of the firewall, particularly in any kind of side hit. The floorpans also like to tear at the seat mounts, which is why they all have lopsided seats. When the car came out in 1979 Ford USA didn't exactly have a lot of years in building unibody cars, so this is what you got. Luckily they've learned a lot since then. Rant over, return to playing with trucks. Dwight Varnes 90 2.3 5 speed 4x2 auto damage appraiser ------------------------------ From: Bakend aol.com Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 10:08:39 EST Subject: Re: Matching paint (was litigious society) In a message dated 2/20/00 6:20:36 PM Mountain Standard Time, n5xmt bellsouth.net writes: > Depends on what you look at... If it is light, white is the combination of > all colors. darkness (Black) is the absence of any color. On an object, > the color we see is what is not absorbed by the object. therefore a black > object absorbs all colors and reflects none. > Ok now! What colors do you mix together to make white paint? And what colors to make black? D Baken ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 10:22:56 -0500 From: David Cooley Subject: Re: Matching paint (was litigious society) At 10:08 AM 2/21/2000 , you wrote: >In a message dated 2/20/00 6:20:36 PM Mountain Standard Time, >n5xmt bellsouth.net writes: > > > Depends on what you look at... If it is light, white is the combination of > > all colors. darkness (Black) is the absence of any color. On an object, > > the color we see is what is not absorbed by the object. therefore a > black > > object absorbs all colors and reflects none. > > >Ok now! What colors do you mix together to make white paint? And what colors >to make black? Depends on the shade of white. Mostly white pigment (which reflects all colors and absorbs none) but some have a bit of yellow, blue or red in them to offset the tone. =========================================================== David Cooley N5XMT Internet: N5XMT bellsouth.net Packet: N5XMT KQ4LO.#INT.NC.USA.NA T.A.P.R. Member #7068 We are Borg... Prepare to be assimilated! =========================================================== ------------------------------ From: "mikah vosekuil" Subject: Re: Stuck again... Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 08:42:59 PST if your looking for a locker and can afford one i'd say go with an ARB Airlocker. it's like having two rearends under your truck. with it disengaged it operates like an open differential, but when it is engaged it locks the rear end. it locks it, it's not a limmited-slip. it really save on tires and other components when your driving down the road. you use it only when you need it so you don't hear the snapping and popping all the time that automatic lockers do. on ice it works great. i suggest you use it on ice ONLY when you get stuck. haveing the rearend locked on ice is harder to control than and open or limmitedslip rearend. the only major draw abck fir this is the cost. plan on spending over $1200. detroit lockers are very reliable too. >From: J Cope <88biixlt fncool.com> >Reply-To: small-list ford-trucks.com >To: Small Trucks Mailing List >Mailing List >Subject: [small-list] Stuck again... >Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 04:51:07 -0500 > >I gone done it again. >My truck is once again spending the night stuck. This seems to be an >annual, albeit unintentional, event. The problem this time is that I'm >basically highsided on a pillar of ice. This wouldn't be a problem if I >had >lockers... >So my next major auto investment is going to be differential related. I'd >love to hear any suggestions for what I should look for, differences in >brands and types, and any experiences anyone has had intalling and using >them. >I'm diggin' her out tommorow, and you can bet the pictures will be on my >website. >I'll keep you all posted, and thanks in advance for help with the >differential. > >JC >'88 BII XLT >10k tow hooks >40ch CB >K&N >Light bar >Headlight Stone Guards >30x9.5 BFG A/T TA KOs >http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://88biixlt.web.com/ >"Bigger tires dig bigger holes" > >========================================================== >To unsubscribe, send email to: listar ford-trucks.com with >the words "unsubscribe 61-79-list" in the body of the >message. > ______________________________________________________ ------------------------------ From: "Bobby Herring" Subject: 97 Explorer Alignment Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 11:18:07 -0600 I have a 97 Explorer. It has never been aligned. When I took it in, the mechanic said I needed to buy a "Camber adjustment kit" before he could adjust the camber. I called Autozone and some others and they have never heard of it. It only consists of 4 washers with round corners instead of square corners. Is this a dealer only part? Thanks, Bob Herring ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 12:30:31 -0500 From: David Cooley Subject: Re: 97 Explorer Alignment At 12:18 PM 2/21/2000 , you wrote: >I have a 97 Explorer. It has never been aligned. When I took it in, the >mechanic said I needed to buy a "Camber adjustment kit" before he could >adjust the camber. I called Autozone and some others and they have never >heard of it. It only consists of 4 washers with round corners instead of >square corners. >Is this a dealer only part? That is definitely a dealer only item... A little over $100 for the kit. installing it with an alignment (If the front end shop buys the kit) will run near $250.00 Had to have one on my 97. =========================================================== David Cooley N5XMT Internet: N5XMT bellsouth.net Packet: N5XMT KQ4LO.#INT.NC.USA.NA T.A.P.R. Member #7068 We are Borg... Prepare to be assimilated! =========================================================== ------------------------------ From: JaWise aol.com Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 13:19:09 EST Subject: Matching Paint In a message dated 2/21/2000 01:07:12 Central Standard Time, listar ford-trucks.com writes: << Black is black. Unless it has metallic in it there is no 'matching' required, since it is the abscence of any color. >> That absence of any color is caused by what colors the paint absorbs. Different mixes of paint are going to absorb different colors. If the paint was perfectly black it would reflect ABSOLUTELY no light. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 20:18:04 -0500 From: Ken Payne Subject: Re: Matching paint (was litigious society) At 10:08 AM 2/21/00 -0500, you wrote: >In a message dated 2/20/00 6:20:36 PM Mountain Standard Time, >n5xmt bellsouth.net writes:> > > Depends on what you look at... If it is light, white is the combination of > > all colors. darkness (Black) is the absence of any color. On an object, > > the color we see is what is not absorbed by the object. therefore a black > > object absorbs all colors and reflects none. > > >Ok now! What colors do you mix together to make white paint? And what colors >to make black? >D Baken I've never heard of a prism breaking up black into the primary colors, but it will break up white light into the primaries. Take a look at your monitor, when a pixel is black, what colors are on? None of them! When a pixel is white.... ALL OF THEM. When you turn off the light switch, are you saying that the room is suddenly flooded with all colors? Or is there an absence of all colors? Don't let pigmentation of reflected light hide the physics. :-) Ken ------------------------------ From: "James Steele" Subject: Re: v6 vs V4 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 19:23:08 CST Dwight, That's why I asked. My dad has been having a heck of a time trying to find parts to re-build his Ford skid steer loader, which used the V-4 in the late 1970's. I have done a bit of web surfing, and some sites seem to indicate that the 2-liter in-line four cylinder uses the same pistons, etc. Do you happen to know where I could find specifications for interior engine parts to determine which parts may interchange? > >The Saab V4 is a shorter version of the German V6, you are correct. It >was used in early Saabs and also was popular as an industrial motor for >forklifts, towmotors, etc. and as a stationary powerplant. > > ______________________________________________________ ------------------------------ From: "Jim Bielecki" Subject: Re: 2.8 V-6 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 20:30:13 -0500 > Do you know whether this 2.8 V-6 is related Dimensionally (bore, stroke, > etc.) to the V-4 which was formerly used in the Taunus and the Saab? > > > >The 2.8 was the next generation of the German Ford V-6 which started > >life as a 2.6 in the Capri (and for those who know their obscure Fords > >the German Taunus). This was discussed a few years back on this list. The "Cologne" V-6 actually started life as a 2.3 and was the parent platform for the V-4 model that was available in the Taunus. I'm not sure if it was available in a Saab, but I do know that this V-4 was available in certain ski groomers that were sold in Canada and the U.S. back in the 1970's. It soldiers on today as the 4.0 V-6 that's standard in the Explorer. Jim Bielecki ------------------------------ From: "William Hickey" Subject: Re: Marble Sounds ion 4.0 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 19:27:54 PST Hi, I have been searching for info that was originaly posted on this board many months ago.. It had to do with marble type sounds coming from 99 Ranger 4.0 engines. I have a 99 ranger SC 4x4 with the 4.0 engine in it. At the time this info was posted, I did and still have a intermitent light knocking sound but I originaly attributed it to the small catalitic converter on the drivers side. The truck has 27K on it now and the sound has not gotten worse but I am starting to think that perhaps I should take it to the dealer before the warrenty runs out. I did find TB SB608880 but would like more info on it. Can someone who has experienced the problem please explain it further for me. From what I remember, I thought it had to do with the pins in the pistons (???). TIA Bill ______________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 20:57:00 -0800 From: Adam McLaughlin Subject: Rear End Swap I know that someone, somewhere and now on either of these lists knows what I am talking about. I would like to swap in a 4.10 gear ratio 8.8" rear end from a Ranger to my 1988 bronco II. Which year rear end works best? And, what will I have to change to make this work? Can I carry over my brake components, lines, pads, etc? I have never tried this before and I would like all of the information that I can get. Adam ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 20:43:27 -0800 From: "Tom Watson" Subject: Windshield crack... Oh, well... It happened. I got a crack in my windshield. It started at the top of the windshield, and has made a dogleg to the right. I will get it replaced, but a question is who pays for this?? Is it a defect in the windshield (it doesn't appear to be from a rock, as it started at the edge)?? Or is it something else?? If it IS a defect in the windshield then (hopefully) it is covered by warrenty (I don't have 36k miles yet!!). If not, I call the insurance company and write a check for my deductable on the comprehensive coverage. Thankfully there is no accident involved. My questions to the list are what makes windshields crack?? p.s. The rate of the cracks progress across the windshield is very interesting. 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