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fordtrucks-digest Digest Volume 97 : Issue 63

Today's Topics:

Obsolete FORD Parts [Glen Pace ]
'63 Question - Door Locks [John Strauss
360FE engine code [John Strauss
RE: new engine break in [Drew Beatty
Re: Gotta Fix my Ranger [silent.bob juno.com ]
RE: Milestone [Drew Beatty
Re: Obsolete FORD Parts [John Macnamara ]
Re: Obsolete FORD Parts [John Macnamara ]
Re: Inline 6 vs. V8 [LanceWaldn aol.com ]
Re: Milestone ["James A. Doty" ]
Re: 90 Bronco Mileage ["WILLY M, ALBRECHT"
1997 Ranger XLT acceleration [John Strauss
new engine break in [John Strauss
Re: '63 Question - Door Locks [Karl Cunningham ]
Re: Obsolete FORD Parts ["Tanya Wagger" ]
desubscription -Reply [PAYNK (Ken Payne)
Rubber seals [Sam Rule ]
Re: Holley Carb [marko helix.net (marko maryniak) ]
Re: desubscription ["WILLY M, ALBRECHT"
Re:desub ["Byers, Dennis"
Re: new engine break in [William Sabers


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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 09:48:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Glen Pace To: fordtrucks lofcom.com
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I saw in a previous post that a co. called obsolete ford parts may have or make new wiring harnesses for 77 ford trucks does anyone have an E-Mail address or a phone number for this Co.?
Does anyone know of other places that I can get a wiring harness?
I have been having major electrical trouble and I would love to just get a new harness.
Thanks in advance
Glen

96 F-350 4x4
77 F-250 4x4

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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 08:49:48 -0500 (CDT) From: John Strauss To: Ford Trucks List Subject: '63 Question - Door Locks
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> I have a quick question.....My '63 F100 Flareside only has a key
>door lock on the passenger side, but not on the driver's side. Was this
>common back then? Does anyone know why they did not put door locks on
>the the drivers side? Could the truck have been ordered without door
>locks?
>
Well, now, here is a quandry. My '64 has locks on both sides but my '61 has one on the DRIVER'S side only. In addition, I remember my dad's '64 had a lock also on the driver's side only. I just paged thru a bunch of old pictures of Ford trucks from '46-up and I see some with and without on BOTH sides. This is somewhat of a mystery to me. I have assumed from my personal experience of 3 trucks from the '60s that the driver's side was standard and the passenger side was optional. Apparantly it is not this simple. There's a lot of these trucks on this list - what does everybody else have on their trucks as far as door lock cylinders?

John

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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 08:49:52 -0500 (CDT) From: John Strauss To: Ford Trucks List Subject: 360FE engine code
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>D was a 352 2V in 1965
>K was a 361 2V in 1965
>
>Y was a 352 2V in 1966-67
>E was a 361 2V in 1966-67
>
>Y was a 360 2V in 1968-72
>D was a 330 2V in 1968-72 (Heavy Duty)
>E was a 361 2V in 1968-72
>and the 352 is no longer listed.
>
Your book must include the heavies because the 361 and 332 were for F-500 up only.

John

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Date: 24 Apr 97 10:07:37 EDT
From: Drew Beatty To: "'INTERNET:fordtrucks lofcom.com'" Subject: RE: new engine break in
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Jerry & Lisa:
I have always followed the advice my crusty old high school auto shop teacher told me:

To help seat the rings, keep it in first gear (low one if auto), bring it up to about 15 MPH, and take your foot off the gas and let the engine slow the truck down to idle speed. Do this about ten or fifteen times (the midnight Wal-Mart parking lot break-in technique!!). Then, do the same in second gear to about 25 MPH, let it come back down, then third gear to about...you get the point. The engine back pressure helps seat the rings. I have always changed out the break in oil at about 250 miles and then again at 500 miles (people tell me this is overkill, but I'm good that way). Keep it under 50 MPH for the first 500 miles.

The thing to remember is that when brand new a motor is as fragile as it is ever going to get in it's life. What you do in the first 1000 miles or so will shorten/lengthen it's life down the road. With proper attention to break in you will be slamming around town in this thing well into the 21st. century!!!

Good luck,

DC Beatty
1967 F-100 352
1974 Maverick 302

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We have just completed reinstallation of our 351M .060 since rebuild.
Anybody with some helpful hints on breaking in, what to do/what not to do... please share!!! Thanks in advance.


Jerry & Lisa
'77 F-150 FLARESIDE (351M Torque Monster 20mpg!)


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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 10:08:49 EDT
From: silent.bob juno.com
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On Wed, 23 Apr 1997 22:06:12 -0600 Eddie Torres writes:
> All questions in this have to do with a 1997 Ford Ranger XLT.
>If
>you suggest I need to do something, and it willl void my warrenty -
>please
>specify that I must do this after the warrenty is up...thanks. If you
>have
>any information about this, any ideas, or any interesting comments,
>please
>email me: NetRanger ThePentagon.com
>
> I am not too happy with the acceleration speed from 0 to about
>20
>mph. How can I increase this?
>
> I am thinking of adding a spoiler on the back, and getting
>those
>bars for the top of the back that extend on each side in between the
>two
>holes. Where can I buy these and should I get them?
>
> I also need misc. parts such as ground noise, (or is it ground
>effects?), and lock guards...
>
>TIA
>|----------------------------------------------------------------|
>| Jeff Denman NetRanger ThePentagon.com |
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Ground F/X, Bed Rails, find a place that sells camper tops for trucks, they should have these in stock and many to choose from. {if you are in Houston, do NOT go to Leer. (i was unhappy with them)}

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Date: 24 Apr 97 10:07:42 EDT
From: Drew Beatty To: "'INTERNET:fordtrucks lofcom.com'" Subject: RE: Milestone
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Thank you, Ken. There is a-lot of wasted space on the Internet (this is me...click here to see my dog...I like fishing, etc.) and it's good to see it put to a legitimate practical use. Knowledge is power!!

Thank you again,
DC Beatty
1967 F-100 352
1974 Maverick 302

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Tonight we reached a major milestone. First, some history:

This list started in late December/early January as a bunch of us who sent email to each other using standard email and a little use of the "cc" email field. All of us (about 12 or so) met via the usenet newsgroups. One day I gathered my names, sent all of them email and asked about a Ford truck list. No one knew of one so I started one, I believed that if we could get 100 hundred members we would be huge. After 3 weeks of operation it became obvious (we had 25 members and real buggy software) that we would need a list server to host us. I found LOF Communications, a lost cost high service company to host us - show them your appreciation and visit their site (www.lofcom.com). This is the only company I have no problems with endorsing in such a way on the list. Without their help none of this would be possible. (Thanks Charlie)

We went on line with LOF in early February. Two weeks later it became obvious that we would need a digest version of the list as the traffic was high and steady. Three weeks after moving to LOF, we had 100 users - this was due in part to Charlie (with LOF) sending me an email which listed sites and ways to promote the list/web site.

Now, our milestone..... 500 users!!!!! Thanks everyone for being a part of this! At this rate of growth we may be forced sooner or later to split the list into pre-1980 and post 1980 trucks - alot of users are having problems with the volume of email sent some days. Once again, this would be up to the group as a whole.

Its been fun (most of the time!),
-Ken Payne
1967 Ford F100 Custom Cab, 390 FE V8
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 07:00:08 -0700
From: John Macnamara To: fordtrucks lofcom.com
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Glen Pace wrote:
>
> I saw in a previous post that a co. called obsolete ford parts
> > may have or make new wiring harnesses for 77 ford trucks does
> anyone have an E-Mail address or a phone number for this Co.?
> Does anyone know of other places that I can get a wiring
> harness?
> I have been having major electrical trouble and I would love to
> just get a new harness.
> Thanks in advance
> Glen
>
> 96 F-350 4x4
> 77 F-250 4x4
>
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Glen: Obsolete Ford ....

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