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It is amazing how much difference that makes in the exhaust sound. Glad the drone went away, those can be obnoxious.
 On the pipe, I like to use a PTFE goo, but I have used Teflon tape. However, I make sure to keep it two turns back of the end so it can't get into the oiling system.
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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
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Hi. A new little report. After I had put back the pipe and the oil pressure sensor I still had a oil leak manifesting it self as oil outside the oil filter and on the side of the oil pan.
 Then I found the real source of the leak was at the front of steering pump. So found out I had to fix this 5 days before going on vacation. I had a rebuild set for the pump already. First I tried to pull the pulley like this. Not a great idea. The puller started tearing the edge off the pulley where it grips the pulley. Monday morning I ordered a puller for these pulleys. I got it on wednesday morning. The puller worked ok and I got the pulley off. Heres how I pressed the cover on the pump down to get the locking ring out. Here is the parts And dont let the pump slip out off your hands  I did and one of the 10 small springs vanished. I managed luckily to find all 10 small plates on the floor. Found a spring in a box that looked and felt good enough after trimming to a fitting lenght. So reassembled the pump with new seals and o-rings. Put the pump back in , started up and listened for the big crash.. But it works flawlessly. So Thursday thos week we left this weather Its been chilly and raining for almost 4 weeks. Went to Notodden in Telemark for this Its a 11 hour ride. Yesterday we listen to Shemekia Copeland She has been on my radio at home many times under my work on Eddie.We are still at Notodden Blues Festival. Were we are going later is unclear. Riding after the sun.
Greetings Stein
Stein.
1986 Bronco Eddie Bauer, 5,8L, 3 speed Autom.Tr 1996 F350 , 7,3L Powerstroke, 4wd, 5 speed Man. Tr. |
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Hi. Here is Eddie visiting Stavkirka i Heddal. Buildt by the vikings around year 1200.
 Here is a church in Dovre. Buildt in 1736. Later covered with plates of skifer, stone.  Yesterday we crossed a lake in Telemark with Norways smallest ferry Eddie runs like a champ. 15mpg is good I think. We are around Skien south in Norway. Warm and sunny.
The oil pressure gauge is at the top of Normal at cruising. What do you think about that ? Greetings Stein
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1986 Bronco Eddie Bauer, 5,8L, 3 speed Autom.Tr 1996 F350 , 7,3L Powerstroke, 4wd, 5 speed Man. Tr. |
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Eddie is still running with out problems. We are now in Kil, Sweden. Ferry from Sandefjord, Norway to Strømstad, Sweden.Que in Sandefjord  The main roads in Sweden are much better then the roads in Norway. But you must hit the more local roads to find the nice places.Here is nice gas station. Our cabin for the knight At this place you can rent a place for a car, tent, rv. Here is also lots of families stationery trailers. Sun is still shining. Internett connection is really bab here in the woods.
Greetings Stein
Stein.
1986 Bronco Eddie Bauer, 5,8L, 3 speed Autom.Tr 1996 F350 , 7,3L Powerstroke, 4wd, 5 speed Man. Tr. |
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Great pics! And I like the little station also.
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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
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Hi. Now we are back home. The last run was 367 miles. From Kil, Sweden to Skodje, Norway. Eddie consumed 97 liters of gas.
About 15 mpg. Max speed 50-55 mph. Tire pressure 42 psi. Orange spring for the metering rods. Goodbye to the Swedish lakes.  Swedish amcar  A hunting post for elg, moose. From the west of Sweden and into the east of Norway the terrain is much the same. Norway  Norwegian amcar At home it had still been raining some   Now Eddie needs a good wash before his next adventures.
Greetings Stein
Stein.
1986 Bronco Eddie Bauer, 5,8L, 3 speed Autom.Tr 1996 F350 , 7,3L Powerstroke, 4wd, 5 speed Man. Tr. |
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Beautiful pics!
 Congratulations on a successful trip. How far did you drive?
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That's a loooong trip. Glad Eddie is running so well and the trip was uneventful. Good job preparing.
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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
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Stein, nice trip, thanks again for the pictures!  Just for fun, at this time of the year, is there a complete sunset followed by a complete "black" night, or jut a kind of twilight? Or maybe no sunset at all? Last month, we had a family trip at James Bay (north extremity, at its junction with Hudson Bay). Two pictures below, one at sunset (midnight), the other just before 03:00 AM. I figure that the full black night is no longer than about one hour.  
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Now past the middle of August we have a few hours dark night. Sunset is 21.30 and sunrise 05.40. Between 00.00 and 04.00 its dark. One month ago there was no part of the night that was really dark. This picture was taken 21.31.  The deers were photographed 22.05. Hunting season starts 1. of September. In the forest I usually have to quit hunting around 21.30 because of the fading light. In the morning you will usually be able to visualise the deers around 05.30. But that is of course at the beginning of the hunting season. Before Christmas we have 5 or 6 hours of day light.
Eddie got a new Power Steering Pump. The tool I used to change over the pulley worked ok.  If I ever find the lost spring from the old pump I will fix it and keep the old pump as a spare or sell it. Started out today trying to figure out how to avoid the dome light turning on when opening the doors. Understood soon enough that is not a simple procedure. Any suggestions ? Since the map lights doesnt work I took down the dome light. The two contacts for the dome light and the map light were broken / almost broken. And no power in the green/ yellow wire for the map lights. And dont remove all these panels looking for the wire. The wire is not accesible behind the panels any way. The wire was corroded off down at the floor under the seat belt. I pulled the wire out with a rope connected to its end. Then it will be possible to pull the wire back up to the dome light after repairing the connection. The problem is finding a new "she pin" for the connector down at the floor and new connectors for the dome light. Any suggestions where I might get these ?
Greetings Stein.
Stein.
1986 Bronco Eddie Bauer, 5,8L, 3 speed Autom.Tr 1996 F350 , 7,3L Powerstroke, 4wd, 5 speed Man. Tr. |