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afmedic · 2015-12-12 01:36:24

Glad to hear you got it done! :-drink

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Dec 14, 2016 | 09:13 PM

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Glad to hear you got it done!

Dec 15, 2016 | 12:16 PM

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Same here. You make me really not want to do mine lol. But I will wait till the weather warms. Being cold would just make me that much angrier lol

Dec 15, 2016 | 02:46 PM

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Same here. You make me really not want to do mine lol. But I will wait till the weather warms. Being cold would just make me that much angrier lol

I wanted to do it while it was warm, but I kept putting it off. I couldn't wait anymore because the exhaust was filling up the cab woke driving! I had some old bunker pants from the firehouse,so I was nice and toasty! that plus my torpedo heater

Dec 20, 2016 | 06:35 PM

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So today was valve cover gasket day, which turned into oil change day (my fault) which turned into pcv and grommet day.

I forgot to take to coolant hose off on the passenger side before I took the valve cover off. It won't come out with the house across the top, but when I took the hose off I got quite a bit of coolant into the valves. Yay me. Went to get oil for an oil change. After I got the valve cover off, I was inspecting the pcv grommet because I have a Leak there too, and sure enough it was torn. I had to go to the local dealer to get it because it is a ford only part, but they ordered it and ill have it tomorrow.

more work than I wanted today, but it's progress. Tomorrow I'll tackle the drivers side and then be driving again! I haven't got to hear how quiet it is after doing the manifold gaskets yet.

Dec 30, 2016 | 09:25 AM

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New steering parts came in finally!

Mar 1, 2017 | 08:22 PM

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Well i finally got started on my new steering linkage. I'm too cheap for an alignment, and it was fine before, so here is my home made alignment rack!

Mar 1, 2017 | 11:10 PM

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Looking good!

I used the tape measure from center of tire to center of tire; front and back of tires.

Looking from the driver-side tire to passenger side tire, CW on the center link causes toe out; CCW causes toe in. Same technique to straighten the steering wheel, but use the center link (upper) going to the steering box.

Mar 2, 2017 | 05:47 AM

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my alignment was good as far as toe was concerned, so instead of fooling with it on the vehicle (the new linkage) i pulled the old out all together, and made the new one match lengthwise.