no, prolly not...took me, shoot, i don't even remember how many years til i had money AND found the right truck at the same time. but she's worth every penny

 

i think i found it...just to the right of the filter bowl- not sure yet what "it" is, maybe one of those !@#$ sensors that seem to be notorious for leaks. it's a fast steady drip; i'll take a picture tomorrow and gonna go look at my service manuals next

john- i left her with both tanks full, so you didn't have to fill her up on the way down, right?

 

i assume that "to the right" is while you are standing on the bumper looking down. if so then my guess is that its the fuel filter restriction sensor, half aluminum, half plastic with a single wire on it. if so you can buy a new sensor or get a pipe plug

 

Sounds like it got bumped when they put the new filter in then?
those half plastic things are usually such crappy plastic.

 

yes both tanks were filled. we could have made it but stopped to fill the front anyways

 

yeah, driver's side...i'm still gonna take a picture at some point today when i feel better

and that's why i hate letting people work on her when i'm not there to watch; plus it's an autozone filter

ouch, i'm sorry...how much did she take? if you didn't reset the trip odometer then this has gotten to be a fairly bad leak

 

we never reset it. we got to the va border and put 11 gallons in

 

nothing wrong with autozone filters, cost 18 bucks and work just fine. i saved my ford cap just incase i ever got another one.

 

my last one leaked when it got installed

and if she took 11 gallons...that's putting my mpg at about 13. she usually gives me about 17...although i def wasted some fuel on monday night. do i have a prayer in the world that the sensor (or whatever "it" is) is leaking that badly?

 

its a fairly common part to leak, they are cheasy and cheap.

 

cheap is good...it means stacks sooner

 

oh and how much should i expect/be willing to pay for the diff by itself or the entire axle?

 

cheaper to just put a plug in it, you wont ever see the light unless you dont beleive in changing fuel filters, then when it plugs solid the light comes on.


you getting the 36's too?

 

i paid 150 bucks deliverd for a complete front axle, end to end.

 

ok, the little thing in the rightmost third of the picture about in the middle is what's leaking...profusely


...don't u just love my descriptions lol?? maybe i should edit an arrow in there!