61-79-list-digest Tuesday, May 19 1998 Volume 02 : Number 287



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In this issue:

Re: FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel
Re: FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel
FTE 61-79 - Frame Compatibility
Re: FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel
Re: FTE 61-79 - 203 Transfer Case problems
Re: FTE 61-79 - ADMIN: Another list vote
FTE 61-79 - '79 F-100 problems
Re: FTE 61-79 - Frame Compatibility
FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel
Re: FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel
FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel
Re: FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel
Re: FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel
FTE 61-79 - Spare Tire Rack
> Re: FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel
Re: FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel
Re: FTE 61-79 - Spare Tire Rack
> Re: FTE 61-79 - Good-bye and see ya next fall
Re: FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel
Re: FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel
FTE 61-79 - Tire Shopping
FTE 61-79 - New list member and new owner of a '78 F100 Ranger

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 15:48:13 +0000
From: Garr&Pam
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel

Ken Payne wrote:
>
> Just picked up a medium riser 4 bbl intake for my
> FE V8 at the F100 Supernationals.
>
> Should I stick with a Ford 4bbl carb and not have
> to deal with the kick-down lever problems or go with
> the Edelbrock? Or do you prefer something in a Carter
> or Holley?
>
> -Ken
>
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Try it out and see if it works for you...if you don't like change back.
Chris
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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 15:48:23 -0400
From: Ken Payne
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel

At 03:48 PM 5/19/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Ken Payne wrote:
>>
>> Just picked up a medium riser 4 bbl intake for my
>> FE V8 at the F100 Supernationals.
>>
>> Should I stick with a Ford 4bbl carb and not have
>> to deal with the kick-down lever problems or go with
>> the Edelbrock? Or do you prefer something in a Carter
>> or Holley?
>>
>> -Ken
>>
>
>Try it out and see if it works for you...if you don't like change back.
>Chris

I currently don't have a 4bbl to try. I bought an intake but I
haven't purchased the carb yet. BTW, anyone want a recently
rebuilt 2150 carb cheap?

Ken


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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 14:51:56 -0500
From: John Strauss
Subject: FTE 61-79 - Frame Compatibility

Will a '68 body bolt up to an '85 frame? I just bought a '68 F250 with a
great body and now am seeing an '85 F350 4x4 rollover victim for sale. Can
I put the '68 body on the '85 frame without too much trouble? Or is this a
rat's nest I ought to stay away from? I seem to remember reading that, I
think in '73, the frame was widened and the wheelbase lengthened, or
something of the like. This might put an end to the proceedings right
there. But I am just in the dreaming stage right now, so does anybody
know? A '68 F350 4x4 with a diesel would be pretty cool.
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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 16:10:00 +0000
From: "Gary, 78 BBB"
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel

> Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 10:29:55 -0700
> From: John MacNamara
> Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel

> For whatever it's worth, awhile back I bought a 4100 autolite
> carburetor which I think I will like better than my Holley, and
> recently found a list member with a Offenhauser 360 degree dual
> plane manifold. I also am in the process of buying a set of 429
> Police Interceptor heads which have the small 429 cobustion
> chambers, small runners for low end torque and larger than stock
> intake and exhaust valves. Next winter, after I smog it, I'm going
> to pull the motor and install the heads, intake and carb.


Sounds pretty cool! Is the Offy the one they have in the PAW catalog
with a separate plane for the secondaries?

78 F-150, 2wd, 460, C-6, 235's
78 Bronco 351M, Np 435, Np 205, 33's
78 Lincoln Town Car, 460, C-6, 19.5' long!

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 14:18:38 -0600
From: Ryan Dorman
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - 203 Transfer Case problems

It sounds like the chain is worn out. I had the same problem with 3 203's
(adventures in chevy ownership, Trust me it wont happen again!!!) just before I
grenaded them... If at all possible
find a 205 (cheaper in the long run)...

Mike & Evan wrote:

> Hi all, I need some advice from you.
> While 4-wheeling in the mud on Sat. my full time 203 transfer case began to
> make some really nasty noises. If I was gentle in 4wd there were no noises,
> but if I gave it some gas and started to work the truck it made a “clunk
> clunk” noise. Both in forward and reverse but only in 4wd.
>
> I also found out that it would not stay in 4 low, it kept popping out of 4wd
> low. But in 4 high it stayed in gear but made the clunk noise. It made the
> “clunk clunk” noise in 4 low and 4 high.
>
> Just a while back I installed a Mile Marker 203 conversion kit with hubs.
> This is the first time I really used the 4wd hard since I installed it. I
> did notice the same noise before a little bit, but only under HARD
> acceleration and not only in 4wd.
>
> My questions are: Any idea what could be wrong? Is the chain slipping a
> cog?
> Is a 203 worth repairing or should I find a 205?
> How hard is it to find a divorced 205? Or a 203 for repairs.
> How hard is it to convert to a divorced 205?
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Mike Vonhof
> yasky netins.net
>
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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 16:18:10 +0000
From: "Gary, 78 BBB"
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - ADMIN: Another list vote

> Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 14:11:04 -0400
> From: Ken Payne
> Subject: FTE 61-79 - ADMIN: Another list vote

> As requested several times over the last few months, a vote
> to start a performance oriented list has been added to the
> voting center on the web site. This list would be for

Dang! Now I'll have to be on 3 lists! :-) Wonder how much
redundancy there will be? How can you be a truck enthusiast without
performance becoming an important issue? I suppose it may be a forum
for all lists to come together in a sense tho for a good cause :-)
Probably get a bunch of bronco guys on there too. I see OX is on
this list now along with several other bronco guys.

78 F-150, 2wd, 460, C-6, 235's
78 Bronco 351M, Np 435, Np 205, 33's
78 Lincoln Town Car, 460, C-6, 19.5' long!

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 15:22:23 -0500
From: "Don Yerhot"
Subject: FTE 61-79 - '79 F-100 problems

My first car was a 55 chev with a 425 horse 409 in it. Well, needless to
say, with all the power this thing put out, I knocked out a lot of rear
ends. Also got pretty good at replacing them too! Anyway, the chevy used
a removable 3rd member, similar to a Ford 9". The trick my Dad showed me
for getting the axles out was this. Get all your bolts unhooked, find a
nice stout log chain about 10 feet long and attach one end to the axle
using one or more of the wheel studs, then give the chain a good snap!
Be prepared, the axle may pop out pretty quick.

HELP! I have a 1979 Ford F 100 pickup. My fiance is trying to get
the drums
> on the rear wheels off, and he can't seem to do it. Everyone we
have talked to
> said to "beat" them off with a hammer. ? Also, what is the right
way to get
> the rear wheel axles out?

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 13:32:34 -0700
From: Keith Srb
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - Frame Compatibility

At 02:51 PM 5/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Will a '68 body bolt up to an '85 frame? I just bought a '68 F250 with a
>great body and now am seeing an '85 F350 4x4 rollover victim for sale. Can
>I put the '68 body on the '85 frame without too much trouble? Or is this a
>rat's nest I ought to stay away from? I seem to remember reading that, I
>think in '73, the frame was widened and the wheelbase lengthened, or
>something of the like. This might put an end to the proceedings right
>there. But I am just in the dreaming stage right now, so does anybody
>know? A '68 F350 4x4 with a diesel would be pretty cool.
> _
> _| ~~. John Strauss
> \, *_} jstrauss inetport.com
> \( Texas Fight!
>

In Pigeon Forge there was a 50's vintage truck that had been made into a
crew cab and placed on an F-350 Chassis. This guy even took the interior
out of the F-350 and used in the 50's vintage truck. It was cool seeing a
50's vintage crew cab dually with the power stroke diesel go by in the parade.


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Mesa, AZ
1986 Ford Bronco II, 2.9L (I HATE LITERS) V-6, Mitsubishi 5-Speed.
1980 Harley Davidson, XLH, Rebuilt from the frame up.
1974 Ford F250 Ranger XLT, Camper Special, 390ci 4bbl, Automatic, Long Box,
Style Side.
1966 Ford F100, 240 C.I. Straight Six, Model 1100 1bbl carb, Oil Bath Air
Cleaner, Warner T-18 4-Speed, Short Box Style Side.
My Blood runs "TRUE BLUE FORD on Four Wheels and Pure HARLEY on Two Wheels!"
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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 15:25:48 -0500
From: John Strauss
Subject: FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel

>As I keep saying, if you have to change your manifold and economy is
>important as well as decent performance then why not go for the best
>combination ever invented and get the Rochester and Offy setup?
>
I second Gary's motion - the Quadrajet cannot be beat for economy and
relibility. Damn shame GM thought of it. :-) As for the kickdown lever,
on my '64 292 the linkage for that is attached to the manifold, not the
carb. It does not need an extra lever on the carb. I wonder if that sort
of setup could be adapted to a later engine to eliminate this problem?
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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 14:28:46 -0600
From: Ryan Dorman
Subject: Re: FTE 61-79 - Recommend a 4 barrel

Depends on the use, best setup for a 4x4 is either a rochester quadrajet (a
pain to setup,but will run on it's side & is fairly inexpensive) or a holly
4DI system (pricy but tuneable beyond reason,
plus It's TBI so it'll work upside down).. For a 2wd street truck I would
recomend the same 2
setups, as the quadrajet has relativly small primaries (better mileage) and
huge secondaries (better
acceleration) , and the holley 4DI has smooth accelleration & excellent
mileage (depending on how you program it)...
Good luck... (the kickdown brackets/linkages aren't very hard to make/find)

Ken Payne wrote:

> Just picked up a medium riser 4 bbl intake for my
> FE V8 at the F100 Supernationals.
>
> Should I stick with a Ford 4bbl carb and not have
> to deal with the kick-down lever problems or go with
> the Edelbrock? Or do you prefer something in a Carter
> or Holley?
>
> -Ken
>
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