96 F-150 4.9 Straight Six 5-speed Just Purchased...any problems I should worry about?
#31
Still searching for mpgs
I've got an old friend with the same truck from 94. He says he gets 20mpg and he can't put it in OD under 65. I can drive around all day in OD at 40. The difference has to be the rear end, but he's in no shape to be crawling underneath to check.
I'm on a VA pension so I REALLY want better mpg.
Isn't there anybody out there with a higher geared rear?
I'm on a VA pension so I REALLY want better mpg.
Isn't there anybody out there with a higher geared rear?
#32
#33
Swap to ZF
As I have stated before many many times, you simply cannot go wrong with the 300 six. I have two of them both in 4wd F150s with manual transmissions, I absolutely love em. The Mazda 5 speeds are garbage IMO, it didin't take me long to break the one in my 96 F150. I did one better though, when the Mazda trans broke I dumped it and stuffed a ZF 5 speed out an F350 in there and never looked back. Frame rust is a problem on these trucks keep it clean underneath, it wouldn't hurt to slap some cheap paint on there just for a little added protection. I had to replace all the spring hangers, shackles, and front coil spring towers on my 96 due to rust. They're great trucks I still see tons of them running down the road today.
What was involved switching to the ZF?
Thanks
#34
#36
I have one to. Great pickup on take off .I've had a few minor problems that you can correct your self.
#37
I have a 1991 F250, 4x2 302 efi with the M5OD. I feel like I may have seen a video on YouTube about the M5OD and an alternative to those rubber plugs, was it in the form of a freeze plug? I don't want to have to remove my trans from the truck if I don't have to for something like those plugs, but thankfully this weekend I put some more fluid in the trans. This last time I changed the trans fluid, I used the Redline D4 ATF.
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