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Help Number Dummy!
Ive acquired a 1983 F250 6 cyl. 4 speed manual. VIN: 2FTHF25Y
CA58173
Vehicle has been painted and door tag is not there.
I need to buy an master cylinder and there are two options. (1) GVW under 8500 (2) GVW over 8500
Really need to decode this truck....
CA58173Vehicle has been painted and door tag is not there.
I need to buy an master cylinder and there are two options. (1) GVW under 8500 (2) GVW over 8500
Really need to decode this truck....
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Sorry to say Bill has been MIA for at least a couple of weeks now. With luck he'll be back for business now in the new year, but we've been not-too-patiently waiting already!
So good luck to you, and to NumberDummy too!
Paul
So good luck to you, and to NumberDummy too!
Paul
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Here you go, courtesy of Bullnose VIN Decoder - Gary's Garagemahal (the Bullnose bible)
2FT - Ford Motor Co Canada Ltd. - Complete Vehicle
H - Class G - 8,500 - 9,000 lbs
F25 - F250 2/w/d
Y - Fuel:G Cyl:6 CID:300 Litre:4.9 Type:EFI
8 - Check Digit, internal FOMOCO use only
D - Year Code - 1983
C - Assembly plant Ontario Truck
A58173 - Numerical sequence of assembly
2FT - Ford Motor Co Canada Ltd. - Complete Vehicle
H - Class G - 8,500 - 9,000 lbs
F25 - F250 2/w/d
Y - Fuel:G Cyl:6 CID:300 Litre:4.9 Type:EFI
8 - Check Digit, internal FOMOCO use only
D - Year Code - 1983
C - Assembly plant Ontario Truck
A58173 - Numerical sequence of assembly
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If you have some free time, take a look around garys site. The drop downs up top have a ton of resources, lot of great info on this era of truck. Too bad about your door sticker, lot of good info on that like paint and color schemes inside and out.
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Here you go, courtesy of Bullnose VIN Decoder - Gary's Garagemahal (the Bullnose bible)
2FT - Ford Motor Co Canada Ltd. - Complete Vehicle
H - Class G - 8,500 - 9,000 lbs
F25 - F250 2/w/d
Y - Fuel:G Cyl:6 CID:300 Litre:4.9 Type:EFI
8 - Check Digit, internal FOMOCO use only
D - Year Code - 1983
C - Assembly plant Ontario Truck
A58173 - Numerical sequence of assembly
2FT - Ford Motor Co Canada Ltd. - Complete Vehicle
H - Class G - 8,500 - 9,000 lbs
F25 - F250 2/w/d
Y - Fuel:G Cyl:6 CID:300 Litre:4.9 Type:EFI
8 - Check Digit, internal FOMOCO use only
D - Year Code - 1983
C - Assembly plant Ontario Truck
A58173 - Numerical sequence of assembly
Y - Fuel:G Cyl:6 CID:300 Litre:4.9 Type:EFI
D - Year Code - 1983
Also does your truck have duel piston front brake calipers?
If so I want to say they were only on the 8500> trucks when I checked but could be wrong.
Dave ----
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What gives? Did not think EFI came out on the300 till after 86 for 87 model year? Is that how they marked the feed back systems = EFI?
Y - Fuel:G Cyl:6 CID:300 Litre:4.9 Type:EFI
D - Year Code - 1983
Also does your truck have duel piston front brake calipers?
If so I want to say they were only on the 8500> trucks when I checked but could be wrong.
Dave ----
Y - Fuel:G Cyl:6 CID:300 Litre:4.9 Type:EFI
D - Year Code - 1983
Also does your truck have duel piston front brake calipers?
If so I want to say they were only on the 8500> trucks when I checked but could be wrong.
Dave ----
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First I heard of over lap of carbs & EFI.
I know the 300 starting about 83 went with a feed back carb system.
A computer adjusts the fuel mixture but the system AFAIK still uses the low PSI fuel pump on the side of the motor where a TBI would be a high PSI pump either in tank or a booster on the frame rail like the late v8 EFI trucks did.
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I know the 300 starting about 83 went with a feed back carb system.
A computer adjusts the fuel mixture but the system AFAIK still uses the low PSI fuel pump on the side of the motor where a TBI would be a high PSI pump either in tank or a booster on the frame rail like the late v8 EFI trucks did.
Dave ----
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My truck has twin piston front calipers and a carburated fuel system with lots of tiny vaccum lines running everywhere. Hoping to find a carb from a 1970 F350 with a 6 cylinder and replace the spaghetti monster carb
Also going to change out the exhaust manifold with the twin separated manifolds off of a later 6 cyl. Cant remember what year those came on.....
Also going to change out the exhaust manifold with the twin separated manifolds off of a later 6 cyl. Cant remember what year those came on.....
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My truck has twin piston front calipers and a carburated fuel system with lots of tiny vaccum lines running everywhere. Hoping to find a carb from a 1970 F350 with a 6 cylinder and replace the spaghetti monster carb
Also going to change out the exhaust manifold with the twin separated manifolds off of a later 6 cyl. Cant remember what year those came on.....
Also going to change out the exhaust manifold with the twin separated manifolds off of a later 6 cyl. Cant remember what year those came on.....
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Buy a Marty Report (https://www.martiauto.com/martireports.cfm), and reproduce your door tag (https://www.martiauto.com/tags.cfm).
Mine looks identical to the original, same font, etc.
Mine looks identical to the original, same font, etc.
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