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1986F150Six

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It looks like it has been converted for car hauling.

Rembrant

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1986F150Six wrote

It looks like it has been converted for car hauling.

Well, if a fella had a couple hundred old cars on a farm, I guess he'd need a tow truck huh?...lol.

1994 F150 4x2 Flareside. 5.0 w/MAF, 4R70W, stock.
1984 F150 4X2 Flareside. Mild 302 w/ 5spd. Sold.
1980 F150 4X4 Flareside. 300i6 w/ 5spd. Sold in 2021.
1980 F100 4X2 Flareside. 351w/2bbl w/NP435. Sold in 1995

Gsmblue

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I have been married for only 11 years. Mostly we love each other and get along great, but sometimes we try each other like no one else.

One of my hot buttons is being punctual.. Oh boy does my wife not get that! She is running AT LEAST 45 mins late right now..

I am certain, given the chance she would have a longer list of complaints then I do, she has a better memory!

1985.5 F-150 XL Explorer standard cab 5.0 EFI AOD 4x4
Daily Driver. We call her Eunice the Ute.

1982 Bronco XLT Lariat 351W AOD 4x4
Code name Esperanza, or Espy to her friends. Please see my Project thread for the blow by blow.

1984 F-350 XL Centurion crew cab 460 T19 4x4
"Eylza Dual-little"

Rembrant

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Gsmblue wrote

One of my hot buttons is being punctual.. Oh boy does my wife not get that! She is running AT LEAST 45 mins late right now..

Haha! Ya know, Dr. Phil talked one time about people that are always late...lol. According to him, if you're a person that is always late, then you like being late. People often have an excuse for being late, but if it was unintentional, then of course every now and then person would be early, right??...lol.

I get the punctuality thing though, and my wife is exactly the same. I like being early, and she likes planning things so that she arrives exactly at the required time, or shortly afterwards...lol. We sometimes both leave work to meet at an appointment, and if its at 2:00 pm, I'll arrive at 1:40, and she'll arrive at 2:05, every single time!

Gary Lewis

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My opinion is that people who are habitually late are selfish and don't have respect for others. Just my opinion.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

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

1986F150Six

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Gary Lewis wrote

My opinion is that people who are habitually late are selfish and don't have respect for others. Just my opinion.

It is a method of control.

kramttocs

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Gary Lewis wrote

My opinion is that people who are habitually late are selfish and don't have respect for others. Just my opinion.

I hear the best time to bring up this view point is after repeatedly telling one's wife that they are running late

Scott
'Camano' 1986 F250 Supercab XLT Lariat 460/C6
'Chanute' 1980 F350 C&C 400/NP 435 - Gin Pole

But there ain't nothin' wrong with the radio

ArdWrknTrk

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I don't know about selfish, but it IS disrespectful.

I can understand that things happen, but if it's habitual, I've got no time for that.

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

salans7

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So it appears that Terrapin Manufacturing has shut down as of August 8th.

http://www.terrapinmfg.com/

Looks like I'm going to have to find another option for the firewall reinforcement plate.

kramttocs

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Bronco Graveyard still has the big one in stock. Not sure which one you were looking for.

Scott
'Camano' 1986 F250 Supercab XLT Lariat 460/C6
'Chanute' 1980 F350 C&C 400/NP 435 - Gin Pole

But there ain't nothin' wrong with the radio

salans7

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Did you buy one from them? I'm a bit weary since their listing shows the part number for the factory Ford brace which is hardly enough to fix the issue.

ArdWrknTrk

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Ford made both size braces.
Check the TSB for the numbers.

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

kramttocs

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I haven't as my 80 is manual linkage but I did plan on buying one from terrapin for future use. Ford offered the small and large so you should be safe with the one from BG. You're saying yours needs the large one at this point?

Scott
'Camano' 1986 F250 Supercab XLT Lariat 460/C6
'Chanute' 1980 F350 C&C 400/NP 435 - Gin Pole

But there ain't nothin' wrong with the radio

salans7

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I don't really need it since my cab was originally an automatic cab and hasn't been subjected to that force yet. But I'm looking towards the future and since it's a 1990 cab and I can't seem to find the small bracket for a bricknose, I'll have to go with the large bracket.

Gary Lewis

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salans7 wrote

So it appears that Terrapin Manufacturing has shut down as of August 8th.

http://www.terrapinmfg.com/

Looks like I'm going to have to find another option for the firewall reinforcement plate.

That's a huge shame! Glad I have the patch from him as I'll use it on Big Blue.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

kramttocs

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Ok, if you are wanting a small one, let me know. I haven't looked at the tsb in awhile but I assume the bracket remained the same until 97.

Scott
'Camano' 1986 F250 Supercab XLT Lariat 460/C6
'Chanute' 1980 F350 C&C 400/NP 435 - Gin Pole

But there ain't nothin' wrong with the radio

Gary Lewis

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The TSB I have, 90-16-07, was published in '90 so naturally the range of affected trucks ends in '90 for it. Was there a later TSB? Did the problem continue past '90?

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

ArdWrknTrk

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This post was updated on .

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That's exactly how I felt when RJM vanished (and with them ALL the photos and documentation!)

3G swaps still get done but I can't point someone at one of Ryan's backpages and hand them the grail they are looking for.

Arrgh! Autocorrect. 😖

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Rembrant

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Gary Lewis wrote

That's a huge shame! Glad I have the patch from him as I'll use it on Big Blue.

That is a shame. I have a Terrapin brace on my truck. It is a beautiful piece, but oddly didn't fit my truck quite right and I had to cut/modify it a little bit to get the contour to fit the cab nicely. It wasn't a big deal, and I didn't think much of it at the time. The way the firewalls are stamped and spotted together I'm sure there are some variances in them.

My truck had the small Ford brace in there originally. I personally don't think they were much help.

ArdWrknTrk

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I've got the small brace, and over 400,000 on my truck.

I installed it when I was trying to figure out my lack of clutch disengagement .

So, my firewall was never torn, but the bracket that bolts through the tunnel does seem to do something anyway

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

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