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Jun 2, 2015 | 03:41 PM

5Fingerride

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Clearly, I'm missing something

I just noticed a bolt in what appears to be a heater hose near the firewall:

Taken from the drivers side

Since I'm a bit of a bone head, when I ordered a manual I got a 1997 and up manual. Useless since my '97 F-250HD is essentially a '96 F-250. Can anyone tell me what should be between these hoses?

Jun 2, 2015 | 03:56 PM

timbersteel

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I'm betting that and the other hose went to the Combination Air Diverter/Bypass valve. It was part of the smog equipment.

One hose came off the wishbone on the back of the heads. The other hose is connected to the exhaust.

Maybe someone has a pic of it they can post.

Jun 2, 2015 | 05:53 PM

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Convenient timing

Jun 2, 2015 | 06:39 PM

Puddy

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Also this is a better pic

Jun 3, 2015 | 09:15 AM

5Fingerride

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Thanks Puddy. Seeing the picture I recognize the set-up from doing the trans on my 89. Shouldn't hurt anything to leave it as is then right?

Jun 3, 2015 | 10:01 AM

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Well is all the smog equipment removed?

Jun 3, 2015 | 10:57 AM

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near as I can tell without a manual. in two weeks my wife and kids will be gone for 6 weeks. I plan to spend some time crawling around then engine then to fix a few things, I'll look closer then