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hi guys, first time here. I have a 2012 F450 that I bought new. Rarely drive it so only have less than 8k on it. I use it to pull my horse trailer. But I wanted to join this group because I do have questions. At 63 years young I have still learning.
Hello and welcome, janjan! You should be able to find all the help you'll ever need with your F-450 in the Super Duty/Heavy Duty section of the forum. Outside of that, feel free to check in at the BS thread and make a few friends
Hi Alex, and welcome! Believe it or not, I'm a little envious of the BII; I'd love to own one for a third vehicle. Come stop by the BS thread and make yourself at home
Hello! I'm Jon from Woodford, Va. I found this forum while looking for instructions on how to do a DS-II conversion on my new to me 86 F150 with a I6. She was sitting for a while and not running but has a good body so I got her pretty cheap on Craigslist. A friend and I have already got her running but the carb is in pretty rough shape hence the conversion.
Hello! I'm Jon from Woodford, Va. I found this forum while looking for instructions on how to do a DS-II conversion on my new to me 86 F150 with a I6. She was sitting for a while and not running but has a good body so I got her pretty cheap on Craigslist. A friend and I have already got her running but the carb is in pretty rough shape hence the conversion.
Hi Jon! Good to have you. Feel free to drop by the BS thread and chit chat
Hi all
I have just joined this site as I have not long ago imported a 1965 352 F100 over her in Australia. I am about to put a 460 with a C6 combo into it and thought I would have a snoop around in here as I'm sure I will need some help with advice from you knowledgeable guys and girls.
I am currently still getting together the remainder of my parts ready for the swap. I will keep you all posted
Thanks
Dan
Good afternoon. My name is Jim Grindstaff. I bought my F-150 new back in 1991 (4.9 L engine, full-size bed). It has been a great truck for many camping trips, helping friends move (amazing how many friends move when you buy a truck), 4 years in Panama, and many kayaking trips. Currently, it has about 96,K miles on it.
Other than a starter that burned out when the solenoid stuck and my wife just ignored the noise, I really have not had any big issues. I have noted the problem with the fuel recirc going to the stand-by tank and I bought two new fuel assemblies (just haven't had time to install yet).
I posted a new thread about needing an EFI wiring harness to get it back on the road. Please take a look at it and let me know if you have any suggestions on where to find one.
I am retired Navy--still working as a civilian though. Just moved out near Pungo.
Jim, welcome from a Marine, and thank you for your service. Since you are in VB, try Pick-n-Pull, I am pretty sure I saw an EFI 4.9L in there last Sunday when I was over there. When you are scaring up parts, there was a Ford recall in the early to mid 90s for the fuel recirc problem, it involved putting an outlet check valve on each pump module.
Bill,
I worked with a lot of Marines over the years. Aside from good-natured ribbing and some extreme practical jokes, we usually got along (except when we drove our trucks on the lawn down in LeJeune one time--you would have thought we had desecrated Chesty Puller's grave).
The recall on the recirc issue expired. After researching, I found that the recall fix was not a great fix (except that it was free, once upon a time). The new fuel modules I have are complete with the check valves installed.
I was at pick n pull last week (or the week prior) and got the EFI harness, but it wasn't the same year and there were three things that were not a simple plug-and-play. So, the guy at Art Walker's garage says it won't work and I am back to square #1. I checked the inventory yesterday and there are two--one 1989 and one 1992 F-150s at P&Pull. I just hope one of them is a 6-cylinder engine. Going to go there in about an hour to see.
Thanks for the welcome aboard message. Good to see a Marine that knows how to write :-)
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