80-96-list-digest Friday, June 5 1998 Volume 02 : Number 200



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In this issue:

FTE 80-96 - 460 oil pan - will it fit???
FTE 80-96 - C-6 fixed, cool!
FTE 80-96 - 300I-6 performance...
FTE 80-96 - Helms - where to buy?
Re: FTE 80-96 - 82 F250 4x4 problems
Re: FTE 80-96 - 5.8 mods.....
FTE 80-96 - FTE 80-96 5.8 mods...
FTE 80-96 - Low oil pressure
FTE 80-96 - Low oil pressure

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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 00:03:25 -0700
From: Randy
Subject: FTE 80-96 - 460 oil pan - will it fit???

Stacey,
If I understand the question correctly, you are going to REPLACE the
cars' 460 oil pan, with a trucks' 460 oil pan thereby making the deep
part of the pan in the rear of the motor to clear the trucks'
crosmember, right? If so, then how will you clear the oil pump and
pickup in the motor??? I don't know anything about 460's, but I
assume the dipstick enters into the bottom end of the block and not
the side of the pan. Maybe the pan you'd use (supposing you figure
out the pump/pickup thing) would have a dipstick mount on the side (my
351W is like that) therefore you'd just have to tap & plug the
original hole.
Hope this helps, be sure to let me know
Later,
Randy (Brew)

> Stacy Fisher wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have a question about a 460 engine that I am hoping someone can
> help me with. I have a 1984 Ford F-150 4x4 that I am currently in
> the process putting a 460 into. The 460 motor that I have came out
> of a 1978 Mercury Marquis. Because the engine that I have came out
> of a car, the oil pan is wrong. As I'm sure you all know, in the
> car, the oil pan is shallow in the rear and deep in the front, and
> for the truck it is the exact opposite. The problem is that the oil
> diptick is located on the front of the 460, and when I replace the
> oil pan to put the motor into the truck, the diptick will no longer
> be sticking into the deep end of the pan like it should. Does
> anyone know of a solution to fix this problem?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stacy Fisher
>
> "'84 Ford F-150 4x4, Ford Trucks Built Ford Tough"
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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 00:06:36 -0700
From: Randy
Subject: FTE 80-96 - C-6 fixed, cool!

Pat,
Glad to hear you got it, trust me, been there, done that!!! NO CUP
and NO BEARINGS, though (on one of the four, others were fine)!!! Had
no idea you could make dust out of those things!! Nice how easy a fix
that is, isn't it? And how cheap! win/win Woo Hoo!!!
Later,
Randy (Brew)

pat daniels wrote:
>
> Thanks to the readers who responded to my tranny problem. Turns out it was
> a bad u-joint. I mean real bad, broken cup and toasted needle bearings.
> No more clunk, go figure.....
>
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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 00:16:24 -0700
From: Randy
Subject: FTE 80-96 - 300I-6 performance...

SMACK!!! I could have had a V-8!!! :)

Gene Ball wrote:
>
> Ryan I will admit it did get a little out of hand $$$$.
> At first I was just adding the intake,carb and header.
> Then I find out after I got that stuff my distributor will not work with
> it!!!!!!!!
> So then I am thinking a cam would be nice, so that turned in to a cam kit.
> So then I tell myself, I can't do all this work and money and not know
> for sure what kind of shape my head is in??? And its a good thing I did pull
> the head off!!!! I would have been bolting all those nice new parts onto JUNK!
>
> Mike at HI FLOW HEADS in Alsip IL, #708-396-0505 explained to me what
> was wrong, and give me several options and his better judgment as to what needs
> to
> be done. Yes I could have had a V8, But Iam not racing!!! I bought this truck
> in february, I looked for a long time to find one in good shape body wise!
> I did want a V8, but this truck was to sharp to pass up!!!!!
> It will run better than a stock V8 small block!! And it might run forever!!!
> I think I'll be pleased !!! GENO
> 1984 4x4 XLT 2 tone blue 32 by 11.50 tires 57000 original miles
>
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Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 00:25:32 -0700
From: Randy
Subject: FTE 80-96 - Helms - where to buy?

I've seen alot of you guys praising the Helms manuals on the list and
was wondering were to purchase them. You guys better be right about
the amount of money being worth it. :)
Later,
Randy (Brew)
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Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 22:30:51 -0600
From: Ryan Dorman
Subject: Re: FTE 80-96 - 82 F250 4x4 problems

PhilDyson aol.com wrote:

> Hard shifting is a very common problem with new process transfer cases.

It is ? I've owned 4 trucks equipped with the np 208, 3 with a 205 and 2 with
203's and have never had this problem, and neither have any of the countless
t-cases in any of my friends trucks. Keep in mind that 90% of these trucks spend
50% or more of there time with the hubs locked in.
( We buy and use 4x4's for the intended purpose of 4wd OFF-ROAD use... (the main
reason 90% of our trucks are Ford. Everything else breaks like glass in this
environment))

> Trying to "gorilla" it into and out of the 3 ranges can bend the shifter....

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