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Gary Lewis

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I added illustrations for the front sway bars to the existing rear sway bar illustrations, and then added the part number info for both. Then, realizing that it was now a "Sway Bar" page instead of a "Rear Sway Bar" page, I moved the page out of the Suspension & Steering/Rear Suspension section and put it in Suspension & Steering/Sway Bar.

(Yes, Chris, I know that changes the URL and that people who have links to the Rear Sway Bar page wouldn't be able to find it, so I created a re-direct from Rear Sway Bar to Sway Bar. The joys of being a webmaster.

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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

Ford F834

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Great addition Gary! And I have always been told that there was no such thing as a front sway bar for the F350 moonbeam D60... but there it is!!! 😀

I don’t know if I want or need one after hearing what you said about the ride stiffness, but it’s good to know, and if I found one I might grab it just in case. I’ve never seen one so they must be uncommon.

SHORT BED 4-DOOR DIESEL: 1986 F350 4x4 under construction-- 7.3 IDIT ZF5+GVOD

STRAIGHT SIX 4X4: 1981 F150 2wd to 4x4-- 300 I6 close ratio diesel T19, hydroboost brakes, Saginaw steering

BIG F: 1995 F-Superduty under construction— converting to 6.9L IDI diesel ZF5+DNE2

Gary Lewis

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I really don't know if it was the front or the rear sway bar that stiffened Big Blue up so much, but one did for sure. But once I remove a couple of leafs in the rear I'll put that link back to see.

I think where the sway bars are really needed is when you have a tall load on, like a camper.

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Gary Lewis

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Since Cinamon was asking about crossmembers I put up a new page: Suspension & Steering/Crossmembers. It has the info for all 1980 - 1989 trucks so you can cross-reference and see if a later truck has what you need.

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Gary Lewis

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Thanks to Vinny we now have Ford's service manual on the 4180C on the site.

I added it to the existing page on the 4180C: Fuel Systems/Carburetors, Chokes, & EFI/Holley 4180C.

And, I learned something - the trucks with a GVWR of 8600 lbs or greater didn't have a bowl vent.

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Gary Lewis

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Thanks again to Vinny, we have a second official Ford publication on the 4180C. But this one includes the generic 4160. Check it out here: Fuel Systems/Carburetors, Chokes, & EFI/Holley 4180C. Thanks, Cuz.

And, note that the file is OCR'd, which means you can actually search for a term within the document. Hopefully some day Google will find all of the info there so an external Google search will find it as well.

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85lebaront2

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In reply to this post by Gary Lewis

Damn, could have fooled me, mine had vacuum closed bowl vents that went to the evaporative canisters, it was all part of the snake's nest of plastic rubber and metal that hid a lot of the engine.

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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

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I was surprised about it as well. All I know is what I read in the publications. Or, was that newspaper?

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Gary Lewis

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I put info up on the cap, rotor, & adapter on the tab by the same name on this page: Electrical/Ignition. But I thought it was simple and it isn't.

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Gary Lewis

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Added info and an illustration on the front hubs and rotors for 4wd trucks here: Driveline/4wd Front Hubs & Rotors.

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grumpin

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Thanks Gary!

I researched the fuel sender/pump on my truck with the aid of your documentation here!

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

Gary Lewis

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That's why I'm doing this - so people can do their own research. Glad it is working.

I grew tired of answering the same questions and decided the better way to do it was to put the documentation out there and let people find their own answers. Works MUCH better.

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Gary Lewis

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With Bill's help we've added 278 acronyms that, for the most part, apply to EFI installations, although some of them also apply to the feed-back carb systems as well as other, less complex, installations. And, we have pin-outs for most of the EEC-IV and EEC-V installations.

All of this is on the Acronym and Pin-outs tabs on the page at Fuel Systems/Carbs, Chokes, & EFI/EFI.

And, since this info also is frequently needed in electrical and emissions work I plan to link to that page from those sections - once I figure out the best way to do that. (Suggestions would be appreciated.)

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85lebaront2

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This post was updated on .

There are also the early MCU and EEC-III systems included. I included up through the 1996 EEC-V systems on the 7.5L as those are the only MAF/SEFI systems for that engine. The 4.9L, 5.0L and 5.8L had MAF/SEFI by 1994 and 1995 so someone putting a later engine or EFI system in a Bullnose will be able to see what changes were made and what may be needed.

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Gary Lewis

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Good points, Bill. Thanks for the clarification.

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Gary Lewis

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Thanks to Vinny we have a new TSB/MIL Introduction.

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vjsimone

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BTW - I got that from Steve83...

Vinny... "Do All Scheduled Maintenance Prior To Troubleshooting" "Resolve All Known Issues Prior To Troubleshooting"

Gary Lewis

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Well, thanks to Steve!

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Gary Lewis

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There's a sorta hidden page on the website regarding manual transmissions. You get there via Driveline/Transmissions/Manual Transmissions and clicking on Manual Transmissions twice. (I know, it is odd.

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Anyway, I hadn't been on it for a while and didn't realize that several things were broken on it. What I'd done is take the transmission application chart from the master parts catalog and turned it into a spreadsheet that I can sort. Then I sorted it by year, model, and transmission so you can have different views of it.

Unfortunately I'd broken some links on my Google Drive and things went away. But, today I fixed it and updated the pages. See what you think.

Any suggestions?

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Gary Lewis

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Well, apparently no one out there has any thoughts.

Anyway, yesterday I pointed someone on FaceBook to the HVAC page, only to discover that it was a mess. The logic of the layout for the page was suspect, some illustrations were on the wrong tab, and the Parts List tab had very few parts listed.

So I spent a lot more time than I should have re-organizing the page and adding tons of parts to the list. So, please see what you think: HVAC Systems. It isn't done, but I could use some other eyes looking it over. Please?

Also, I added the TSB for the hydraulic clutch/firewall cracking issue: TSB's: High Clutch Effort.

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