ok, I was going over some maintinance on by bronc and just saw this. I dont know how to post pics on here, so youl have to go to the galleries and look, but it looks like a coffee can behind the battery, can anybody tell me that this is not a ford part, and is just a byproduct of some clever mechanics.

 

vacume canister, ford part

 

how can you own a ford and not know about the coffee can lol

 

Vacuum can? I thought it was the charcoal canister for the emmisions.

 

wow. thanks, This is my first ford and the mechanict that had controll of it are pretty wierd. you might be able to see the mouse trap on the fuse box if you look closely, if not ill get a pic for you guys. lol

 

I don't know about yours, but under my 89, thats where I keep a spare can of pork & beans when I go off-roadin'....that hose sticking out the end is used like a straw when you want to suck out a couple of mouth-fulls!

 

Billybob-
There is a charcoal canister but what is pictured isnt it. The charcoal canister is located on the passenger side closer to the frame rails. It is somewhat square in shape and is white with a black top.

 

Ive heard of wrapping hot dogs in tin foil and heating them on the manifolds, the beans make a nice combo.

 

Yea, I got nice memmories of heating things on intake manifolds.

My dad used to have an air boat, it was about 18' brown w/ duel rudders and a wooden prop, It had a built for torque chevie 327v8.
This thing would fly over the water like nothin else, of corse he sold it about 2 years ago, I still miss it.
Anyway, we would go out fishin in the mornings and take along some sauege and biscuit sanwiches, every time we would stop to fish at a spot, we would lay the tin foil wrapped biscuits and sauege on top of the intake manifold. Well, there was a couple of times were we forgot to take our breakfast off the manifold before we fired up the engine to go to another fishing hole.
We would be going for about 100 yards and then there would be this noise you could hear slightly over the prop and engine, we would shut off the engine reall quick cause we would think there was something wrong with the engine or prop. So, we would turn around and see tin foil, sauege, and biscuit, splattered all over the prop, and rudders. Ahh, those were the good old days.


Ohh, sorry for the long story, that happens when I remember those days.

 

speaking of cooking.......we on the paving crew cook everything on the screed of the paver, from cans of soup, to raw trout wit lemon pepper, tasts good when its done. for those of you who dont know, the screed is what makes the asphalt smooth and determines the level, thickness, and width

 

Well it looks like everyone has a unique way of cookin' grub around here so here's mine.On the railroad we put our food on the water tank of the engine and in about an hour its too hot to eat sometimes.

 

I believe that vacuum canister supplies vacuums to the A/C and heater controls. There is another one under the windshield washer reservoir.

 

Yea, its a vacume canister
I've cooked all sorts of stuff on trucks
Ive put a soup can full of snow on a manifold to make water once
I've even used exhaust pipe to cook my arms a few times.