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Gary Lewis

Re: F150 towing

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See what you think: Specifications/Towing.

And, I'll see if I can OCR them.

Thanks again.

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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

Gary Lewis

Re: F150 towing

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Ok, I OCR'd the files and put them on. That will let me strike through the errors and put corrections. And, I put that on the page so can correct it in the background and it'll show up automagically.

See what you think and let me know, please.

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85lebaront2

Re: F150 towing

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Looks good sir, sorry about some of the smudges, book is 24 years old, it was missing when I bought Darth.

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"Getting old is inevitable, growing up is optional" Darth Vader 1986 F350 460 converted to MAF/SEFI, E4OD 12X3 1/2 rear brakes, traction loc 3:55 gear, 160 amp 3G alternator Wife's 2011 Flex Limited Daily Driver 2009 Flex Limited with factory tow package Project car 1986 Chrysler LeBaron convertible 2.2L Turbo II, modified A413

Gary Lewis

Re: F150 towing

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No prob on the smudges, they prove it is authentic.

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FuzzFace2

Re: F150 towing

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ScubaSteve wrote

With NC your tags are the standard tag or they say weighted on the bottom. If your pulling a trailer of any size its easy for any cop thats paying attention to check your tag and write a ticket.

Have you known any one to get pulled over because of the plate?
The cops should pull over all the trailers without lights running in the dark and /or plates to start with.
They would make the roads safer and make more money in taxes.

Then pull over everyone on their phones or the tail gaters.
Make the roads a LOT SAFER!

For the plates you want to get I bet they are more $$ for each renewal. How much will you be towing, every weekend or maybe 3 or 4 times a year?
My F100 will be a back up to my Durango (normal plates) to pull my car trailer when needed and it will get normal plates.

And unless you are pulling the trailer for money you don't have to go over scales and even then then unless the truck & trailer are marked for hauling for money you do not need stop.
I drive a truck for a living and hauling for money is why you have to scale.
Dave ----

Dave G.
81 F100 flare side 300 six / AA OD / NP435 / 2.75 gear
http://cars.grantskingdom1.com/index.php/1980-Ford-F100?page=1
81 F100 style side 300 six/SROD parts truck -RIP
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ScubaSteve

Re: F150 towing

No I don’t know anyone who has been pulled for it and I agree 100% about the lights. It is more money than the standard plate but I don’t think it’s much. I do pull a 3500lb trailer several times a year and I’m looking at small toy haulers about 5000lbs. I seriously doubt it would ever be a problem and I have been towing it this way for a year but I’m going to check on it for my renewal next month.

1986 F150, XLT Lariat, 5.8, AOD, 8.8 limited slip, 4.10 gears

Sully69

Re: F150 towing

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I too, have an '86 owner manual, I finally opened the glove box on one of the f250's I got... Now I'm really curious as to the model year of the truck. Mfg date is 09/86, which should make it an '87 model year but I seem to keep finding '86 parts & paperwork everywhere. Maybe I'll eventually find the title in all the junk in the cab. Too bad it's an extended cab, the PO was able to cram lots of crap in the back seat area.
Sully

Gary Lewis

Re: F150 towing

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You can decode the certification label here: http://www.garysgaragemahal.com/certification-label.html. And you decode the VIN plate that is under the windshield here: http://www.garysgaragemahal.com/vin-decoding.html. They will tell you the real year of the truck.

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Sully69

Re: F150 towing

Gary,
That info has been there all this time? I have to do better with my searches, I had started going through boxes in the attic looking for service manuals & whatnot. I knew the manufacturers would build the old model year vehicles late in the year but I thought Sept was too late. Guess you never know, got to use up the parts if possible.
Again I say a big thank you to you!!
Sully

Oh, vin code G - truck is an '86. No wonder I found so many '86 parts on it!

Sully69

Re: F150 towing

Oh yes, I don't know which was worse, trying to get the outside glass clean enough to see the vin or pulling the dash pad & trying to clean all the crud off the plate. The latter turned out easier as I realized, while cleaning crud, that the windshield was cracked and had turned cloudy. I never would have cleaned the glass enough to see the vin. Of course, I could have just broken the glass I reckon.
Sully

Gary Lewis

Re: F150 towing

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Yes, that info has been there a long time. And, lots more as well.

Pulling the dash pad isn't hard and makes reading the VIN easier. But if you decide to replace the windshield, make sure that the replacement is correct for a Bullnose truck. Not long after '86 the position of the VIN changed and many windshields are masked for the new location. But you can't read our VIN through them. So make sure you get the right windshield.

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Steve83

Re: F150 towing

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Only '92-up windshields have the blackout ring, and that's when the VIN tag moved. So any w/s with the ring is wrong for a bullnose.

Gary Lewis

Re: F150 towing

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Good to know.

I had someone put a new windshield in an '82 and later was selling it. They couldn't read the VIN so I had to pull the dashpad and they read it that way. But many (most?) DMV personnel wouldn't be that flexible.

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ScubaSteve

Re: F150 towing

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I just put a new windshield in my truck and the only one the glass company could get was the newer style with the black ring that obstructs the VIN tag. Does anyone know if the original style are available anywhere?

1986 F150, XLT Lariat, 5.8, AOD, 8.8 limited slip, 4.10 gears

Sully69

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Well, I guess my 1980 f150 has the '92 glass I noticed that the vin plate is not lined up with the space in the glass for it. The PO had a receipt in the truck for a windshield install but I don't recall what it said about the glass used. It's not a big deal to me, here in Va I run it with "Farm Use" tags, no dealing with the DMV, ONLY Insurance.

Sully

85lebaront2

Re: F150 towing

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1987 is when the VIN plate was moved. A friend had a new windshield installed in his 1986 and they installed a 1987 up windshield obscuring the VIN plate. He made them change it.

On Darth, I discovered that if I wanted a newer dash, I was going to have to either cut the dash or move the VIN plate. I was able to find some hex head pop rivets and the lip are was long enough to move it over the roughly 1" to the left. I did that, but when Safelite replaced my windshield after I cracked it, they managed to damn near destroy the plate with their piano wire when cutting out the old windshield.

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