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Hello all, my name is David Senter and i recently bought a 1966 F100 2wd styleside about a month ago that I have been working on and using the forum for any issues that have arisen. This is the second classic i have bought the first being a 64 galaxie 500 that's in mid restoration. I have done a bit a recoup work on the truck so far getting it back to good reliable standards fixing what the previous owners have done.
My main problems now are the carb which is a uremco which would like to replace with the best one possible as it appears to have been drilled into and patched at some point so i am not sure i trust rebuilding it.
The other problem is on the instrument cluster where two hole have been drilled. One i think to be for the red emergency flasher light. No clue what the other is for except maybe a switch that should be to turn the roof marker lights off.
The emergency flashers also do not work properlyas of right now. I found a 20 amp fuse behind the cluster blown so that is the first to be replaced then the flashers but I'm hoping the po didn't cut and splice the flasher circuits into the emergency flasher setup that is supposed to be plug and play.
And pics of the truck.
Remanufacured carb
Split exhaust manifold from something. Not really sure.
Welcome to FTE, David! That's quite a clean looking truck you have bought. Hope you have good luck with it. I appreciate that you included a picture of your '64 Galaxie, which is also beautiful. I'm in the middle or restoring (restomodding, really) a '63 Galaxie. Haven't found anything like this website for Galaxies, unfortunately. There is a lot of help here for you on your truck. Enjoy it!
i dont know whats going on there....not sure why the split exhaust. Nor the carb. From the outside it looks like the carb i had on my original 223 single exhaust 1 barrel, 1 exhaust out. I started on a rebuild for it as it leaked, finished the rebuild and fixed the leak but then stripped the fuel line in beyond my repair abilities. Apparently it was missing the little piece that goes in between the carb and the fuel line screw in piece.
Anyway, i went through mikes carbs and they sent me basically a new appearing (of course rebuilt) carb in great condition, hooked it up with no adjustments and worked great. You could google that web site, they are very responsive and do good work from what ive seen. Its strange but it looks like the second attachment goes past the float bowl/storage area for fuel....im no carb guy though.
Anyway, id send your pics to them and see what they think.
Didn't mean to hijack David's introductory post. Sorry 'bout that. Thanks for the website info, sgettin, I 'preciate it. Lost my photo attaching priviledges when I quit sending FTE annual money so you'll have to be content with the picture David included of his '64 Galaxie, yellodog, but thanks for the interest.
Hello all, my name is David Senter and i recently bought a 1966 F100 2wd styleside about a month ago that I have been working on and using the forum for any issues that have arisen.
The other problem is on the instrument cluster where two holes have been factory punched out.
Upper is for red emergency flasher light, lower is for the 4 way flasher switch.
The emergency flashers also do not work properly as of right now. I found a 20 amp fuse behind the cluster blown so that is the first to be replaced then the flashers but I'm hoping the po didn't cut and splice the flasher circuits into the emergency flasher setup that is supposed to be plug and play.
Welcome to FTE
Post the BODY code stamped on the Warranty Plate, riveted to the left door face below the latch.
Your truck has the Custom Cab stainless steel windshield reveal mouldings and 1966 Custom Cab anodized grille, but...
There's no Custom Cab nameplate on the left door, the left front fender emblem is from a 1965 (it's also missing the red plastic insert).
This painted instrument cluster bezel is incorrect for your truck, if it's a '66 F100 2WD Custom Cab (BODY code will determine what it was originally).
It appears to have been swapped in, as its seal is missing, the one (visible) screw doesn't line up properly. Painted clusters were only installed in 1961/66 Standard Cabs.
1965/66 F100/250 2WD Custom Cabs & Rangers have a plastic chrome sweep speedo cluster. The 4 way switch and lamp located next to the choke cable below the cluster.
The exhaust manifolds are from a newer 4.9L (300 cu in) engine. They do breathe quite a bit better than the older style exhaust manifold on the earlier engines.
It might have been around the time they went to fuel injection on that motor.
Thanks for the info so far. From what the po told me the truck had been restored to its current color/scheme in the 80's or 90's. Upon looking at the vehicle closer after having it for a few days it looks like it might have been at least resprayed a second time before the current color.
Po had painted over plate completely so no fancy fomoco logo or other info for what the numbers mean.
Still has its 240 in it.
20 amp fuse location
Black blue wire in upper left fuse in lower right<br/> Sorry about flash over exposure.
I have a reproduction manual and wiri g book for the truck so i will give it a shot myself but thought i would put them up for those that might know just from sight.
Looks like a blue and red or orange wire but there is lots of over spray.
Cut wire. Looks brown and I am almost positive this is for the heater switch add it had been jumpered with another wire and the wiring diagram i have says a brown wire.
The emergency flasher switch and flasher in the dash next to the choke cable as opposed to the cluster for some reason.also not sure how to take it off to move it or what should take its place from the factory if anything.
I'll give you a quick rundown of what your warranty plate codes mean. Number Dummy will give you a more complete one. F10 = F100 2 wheel drive truck. A = 240 cubic inch I-6 1 bbl carb engine. L = assembled at the Michigan Truck plant, Wayne, MI. 821XXX = built in February, 1966. 129 = your wheelbase in inches. BM = two tone exterior paint. B =Caribbean Turquoise. M = Wimbledon White. F100 = 5000 pound Gross Vehicle Weight rated ½ ton truck. L81 = here my magic decoder is broken, but your interior upholstery color was green and I'm betting was a Custom Cab. Number Dummy will correct this. C = Ford 3 speed manual light duty synchromesh transmission. 09 = Ford 9 inch non-limited slip differential with 3.70 gears. 5000 = GVW rating. 129 @ 4000 is the NET engine horsepower rating and the rpms where it was achieved. 33 = Detroit - the District Sales Office from which the truck was ordered. It was not a special order vehicle. Some other information for you, according to the '66 Truck Factory Workshop Manual, your truck would have come with a Ford Carb Model 1101-A 1 bbl carb, part number C5TF-9510-G, should you be looking to try to find an original one. As Number Dummy has pointed out, it appears your truck has a mix and match of Custom Cab and Standard Cab bits on it which will help explain your confusion regarding the emergency flasher. You have a Standard Cab instrument panel with holes punched in it for the flasher light and switch. But if your truck came as a Custom Cab, the factory flasher would have been located to the left of your choke cable, which is where yours is. Usually, the flasher indictor light would have been located to the left of the flasher switch. For some reason you don't have that. The turn signal flasher and the emergency warning flasher (EWF) are two separate systems as the EWF was an option. The orange/yellow, red, and blue wires in your picture look to me like the ones going to the standard turn signal flasher and would have nothing to do with the EWF. Having said that, the wire colors for the wires to the EWF seem to be the same as the ones to the T/S flasher. My wiring diagram does show a 20 A inline fuse in the EWF circuit with orange/yellow wire, as in your picture. I also agree with you that your cut brown wire probably goes between the heater fan switch and the fuse box. Even though you have some incorrect trim pieces on your truck, you are fortunate to have the '65 F100 Fender Emblems because, even though they are incorrect, they are not reproduced and scarce as hen's teeth so you will have no problem at all selling them should you choose to get the '66 emblems which ARE reproduced. Have I overwhelmed you with BS? Hope this helps!
L81 = here my magic decoder is broken, but your interior upholstery color was green and I'm betting was a Custom Cab. Just as I suspected, it was not a Custom Cab originally.
L81: L = Medium Green Crush Vinyl & Medium Green Cody Pattern Woven Plastic / 81 = 81A Standard Cab.
The OP's Standard Cab has been pieced together using some parts from Custom Cabs.
1961/66 ALL: The 4 way flashers were a factory installed option or a dealer installed accessory.
The OP's painted steel instrument cluster bezel is not original to the truck, due to the factory installed punched out holes for the 4 way switch and lamp.
A previous owner either bought a NOS dealer installed 4 way kit, or got the parts from a junkyard. Installed the switch in the correct location, but where is the lamp?
4 way flasher switch located below the instrument cluster in a hole to the left of the choke cable. If there was no switch, the hole was plugged with a chrome steel button.
The 4 way flasher lamp hole was located to the left of the switch, was punched out if factory installed, drilled out if dealer installed.
Look at the pic below, this is the correct plastic chrome sweep speedometer instrument cluster bezel that came on 1965/66 F100/250 2WD Custom Cabs & Rangers; 1966 F100 4WD Custom Cabs.
The oil (9273) and amp (10850) gauges were a factory installed option, so some trucks have warning (idiot) lamps instead.
07-26-2015, 03:25 PM
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