Gary Lewis

I got most of the wiring for the PDB done, save for the headlight wires as I don't appear to have the right gauge wire, and thought I'd see what happened if I powered it up. But I basically had two choices - my lab power supply which is limited to 1 amp, and the huge starting battery. To be on the safe side I chose the power supply, and sure enough it said "No way, Jose!". So I started pulling fuses. And when I pulled the one to Circuit 38 things went to normal - 14v and no current. Hmmm, is the headlight switch on? Oh wait! There's no knob in the switch, and the way you get it to come out is to pull it to On! Found the knob, and the one for the wipers, and installed them and turned them off. Turned the supply back on and it went to 14v but 750ma. Hmmmm... Wait! The doors are open!

Well, apparently iPads and iPhones don't support Wingdings 2 font, which is the one I used for the check mark. Instead I get a P in the place of the check mark. We will sort that out later - if we decide to use this. But I also note that the width doesn't work very well on my iPhone's limited space. So I may have to play around with that as well. Thoughts?

I have an idea I want your thoughts on, please. Currently there's no way to get a good overview of what literature we have, nor an easy way to poke around in the literature. That's because you have to click on the menu, go to Documentation, then Literature, and then the year of the literature you might want to see. That brings up a page with pics of the cover of the literature for that year, and you can click on the pic to be taken there. What if we had a page at the front with a spreadsheet on it like the one below. But instead of just having green check marks showing that we have that particular piece of literature on the site, there's a blue check mark that is a link to the document's page? (Try clicking the check mark on Service Highlights - Chassis.) Wouldn't that serve both the purpose of having a list of what we have, and therefore what we are lacking, as well as provide a much easier way to get to literature? Also, I'll be providing some organization to the spreadsheet as I populate it, like a section for Brochures, one for Advertisements, one for Service, etc. But we may find that the page gets rather long, so we may want to go to tabs for the various types. We shall see, but your thoughts would be appreciated.

The carpet looks GREAT! And I'm sure the heat will soften the backing and let it lay in even better. On the GVOD, is it possible that there's no voltage there until the unit goes into a certain mode, and it isn't at the moment? As for the DS-II box, if you bolt them together the bottom one will sink some of its heat into the top one through the bolts. Or you could put the top one upside down and against the bottom one, with some compound between them. And maybe an aluminum plate to cover the bottom of the top one?

Matthew! Good to see from you! Truck looks good, but lonesome. Are you taking classes from home?

I think it will help, but I did/am doing it because I think it looks cool and will cause the old timer's to . I used a 5.8L HO air cleaner housing and grafted on a matching snorkel, so it looks factory. And I discovered that if you turn some of the cold air inlet tubing upside down it'll fit so you can plumb the 2nd snorkel to the radiator support - with factory pieces.

Yep. Check out the first post now. I'm not done with the spreadsheet by any stretch, but I think this will be a good way to keep track of what we have and don't have. I'll work on it over the next few days as I get time and then let y'all know when it is done. Then, as we find things I'll add the check marks and we'll all know what we have and, therefore, what we are looking for.

You are right. I saw that it got added. Good call! But I'm doubting that the emoji selection on Gmail will come through on the form. Here's what people are looking like today: 😷

That is an excellent score! You couldn't build it for many times that. And it looks very solid! In fact, how are you going to unload and handle it? As for the core support, what will you have to do to fix it? Hacked wiring? I thought I had two good wiring harnii on the shelf, and as I've started trying to pull wires out of them I've discovered all sorts of hacks. Today I found several instances of wires twisted together and then taped over. Not even a wire nut!

Ok, I'll give it a try. The extraneous stuff is gone. But, I think, IIRC, the signature doesn't come through. Let's see.

Blue looks to be your color. I guess I should have know - Gsmblue. But it is looking good. However, I'm curious what differences you've found with the accumulators.

Jim - Yes, I love onions. Or, maybe better said, I love peeling onions. Because the Bloomin' Onion at the end is so good! (My stomach is revolting at the thought of all that grease. ) Yes, my son knows me. He didn't call this evening on his way home from work 'cause he worked from home, but I planned to tell him how well they worked out. And I'm glad you suggested doing it that way. Scott - You have a very valid point about the earlier diagrams and comments thereunto. I think I'll leave them. Having said that, having the one I posted today being "correct" has an advantage for me. I have that old iPad laying on a stool by the truck and it is open to that diagram. So now if I spot an error, as I did today when it showed a 10a fuse instead of the 3a I put in today, I can change it on the computer at the desk, go back out and refresh and it'll be updated.

Would love any/all of those. But, I'm sorry to say that I really like things scanned well as I want the site to look good. Having said that, I've also realized that 300 dpi is the sweet spot. I have some scanned at 600 dpi and they not only take longer to load, the first page comes out fuzzy due to some compression that the site tries to apply. But not at 300. Another reason is that I then run the files through my optical character recognition software so instead of them just being pictures of letters, there are actual letters there that can be searched and copied. And 300 dpi OCR's much better than anything lower in resolution. As for the owner's manuals, I really need to cut them apart to scan them as it is a whole bunch faster. However, most people don't want their manual's binding cut off, so I'm not sure what to do there. But we do need owner's manuals. Suggestions, guys?

Yes, Jim, I like that idea. Scott - Are you going to carry a spare? How 'bout mounting them one above the other as I did? Changeout is easy.

Do you edit the email reply to get the extraneous stuff out? On your truck, did you notice if the forged axles have king pins or ball joints? We were just discussing that, and the MPC seems to say that forged had king pins. We have a section for advertising things: Marketplace/For Sale, Trade, or Free To A Good Home and you could advertise the stuff there.

I have the 1980 Four Wheeling With Ford brochure. What year is yours? If other than '80 I would like to have a copy. If you can scan it cleanly at 300 dpi that would work. But you'll probably have to share it with me via a cloud drive as it will be large. Is the owner's guide the owner's manual? A good scan of that would be helpful as well.

You are, quite literally, on the map. And, as you've seen, you can reply via email. But it brings a fair amount of extra characters with it. Your thread, your call.

I found two instances of idler pulley bearings, but neither fit your truck. So from an MPC standpoint it looks like the answer is no. But does yours look like it can be replaced?

Glad you are essentially "there". Gotta be a good feeling. On your questions, the one about the fan is certainly different between A/C and non-A/C trucks, and that is shown on the page at Documentation/Cooling Systems/COOLING FAN #'S & ILLUSTRATIONS. The non-AC fan is 18 1/4" in diameter and the AC one is 19". But there's also a difference in the clutch, which is also shown. And, there's a chance you will need a different shroud, as shown on the page at Documentation/Cooling Systems/Shroud Part #'s. On the idler pulley bearing, I don't know. I do know that the serpentine ones can be replaced as I've done that. But I've not tried the vee-belt ones. I'll go look .....

Welcome, Clifton! Glad you joined. We have a map (Bullnose Forum/Member's Map in the menu) - may I add you? (All y'all - I know where he lives.) How 'bout telling us what truck(s) you have? And, maybe add them to a signature? The directions on adding a sig are in the FAQ's: Bullnose Forum/Forum FAQ's. By the way, this forum is unlike some others in that unless you either post in a thread or subscribe to it, or the folder it is in, you'll not get notified via email for new posts. That's explained on the Email Notification tab on the FAQ's page.

You did it!

A gentleman by the name of Clifton contacted me to see if I wanted a couple of books to put on the site. I certainly accepted and he's shipped them, but he also asked if we have a literature wish list as he frequently finds Ford lit. So this thread is to create that list. Please chime in with things we are missing but should have. And note that I have a lot of things "on the shelf" that I've not added, like all of the "other" EVTMs, so I won't add things I already have to the list. I've created an Excel spreadsheet and put it here so the list will be evergreen and ever present.

Got more wiring on the PDB done today. Still have four wires left to go, but should get them done tomorrow and then move on to testing.A few things to point out. First, note the temp wire ties. Jim suggested the velcro ones, but I have the ones shown as a gift from our son, so thought I'd use them and they work perfectly.Second, the bundle coming up from the lower right, and which has the blue wrap on it, is long enough that it will go around the back side of the vacuum reservoir instead of running diagonally across the fender the way Ford did it. I've always thought that looks ..... poor.Last, the two wires not in that bundle yet are for the marker lights and the right turn signal. I'll have to lengthen them to get enough length to join the others, but I really want to clean that area up.

You need the aluminum to have some air over it to cool the components. Would it get air that way? If so, then I don't see a problem.