Gary Lewis

Cool story, Bill! I like it.

That's cool to have your truck in movies or TV shows.

Yep!

Interesting to ask a question in the thread's title and not have any "body" in the post. Anyway, I think the answer to the question is no. Here's a snippet from the 1986 Rapid-Spec Price List and the F350 tab. Note that there's Standard Trim and XL Trim, but no XLT Trim. But that's only 1986. There's a chance that prior years had the XLT in the Crewcab, but I don't think so. The 1985 pricing guide, which is the only other one I have on-line, shows things differently. But here's a snippet of it, and you can see that there's only Regular and Supercab under XLT.

Yes, there's a difference. The regular antenna has one lead, but the CB antenna has two - one to plug into the CB and one to the radio. However, there's another, more important difference. When you use an antenna for receiving the receiver takes what it can get in the way of a signal. But when you use one for transmitting there's inevitably a wave of signal, a standing wave, reflected back at the transmitter. And if that standing wave gets too large it'll fry the output (final) section of the transmitter. Plus, the larger the standing wave the smaller the transmitted wave, so you get lots less distance. Given that the CB antenna has a balun, which is a matching transformer to tune the short length of antenna to the transmitter and minimize the standing wave. (The ratio of the standing wave to the transmitted wave is the Standing Wave Ratio.) A regular antenna doesn't have the balun and w/o that the CB transmitter wouldn't last long. And, the size of the transmitted wave will be very small, so it won't transmit far. Sorry for the technospeak, but I've not had my first cup of coffee yet.

Yes, she is. No doubt about it. But only one kid loved it - our son. Our daughter could care less about racing, of any kind. He was and is into F1, so he's the one that figured out why we were seeing the barriers and stands. However, I'm the one that twigged to where we were when we hit that turn. And the reason I mentioned the size of the engine on the rent car is 'cause it didn't go very far very fast. But, it was a manual so I was able to keep it in lower gears and pretend we were going somewhere quickly. And now I have a picture of that turn during the race hanging in my shop, courtesy of our son.

I've not been to see any racing there, but I've driven the circuit, or part thereof. Several years ago our family was taking a tour from Seville, Spain to Rome. I was driving our rent car and as we got into Monte Carlo we saw all of the Armco barriers and grandstands that were going up. Then it dawned on us that the next weekend was the F1 race. About that time we rounded a rather tight turn and I realized where we were and floored the little 2L rent car knowing what was ahead - The Tunnel! Here's the "rather tight" turn we were in:

I searched for "how does a mechanical water temp gauge work" and this page says: And it has this drawing:

I've had an "other" project of late that might qualify. It was brackets for an electrically-operated gate. The day we left Nicaragua about three weeks ago my SiL came back to the house as he was leaving for work with the news that the gate had broken. So I went down to check it out as it is critical to keeping their dogs in and to the safety of my grandkids. Turned out that a plastic link on one of the actuators had broken and it was no longer connected to the post. After quite some time of Googling and calling we learned that the actuators were imported from Europe and the parts are no longer available anywhere, and replacement actuators are $550/ea and then weeks to get them in.. So, the question quickly became how to fix it. I realized that the broken link had a horizontal pin inside the actuator and a vertical pin in a flange on the post. So if I could find the right chain, two links would do it. Off to the hardware store we went, and with my daughter translating we found the right chain. Back to the house, and here's how it worked: But obviously that isn't going to work very long, even if my SiL keeps it thoroughly lubed as I asked him to do. So when I got home I made replacement links out of aluminum. Turned out that I had just the right piece of aluminum, and with two days of work on the mill I had these made. They are now on their way to his employer and the next person that goes to Nicaragua will hand carry them in. While they aren't "exactly" the same size as the plastic one, they are within .020" of the originals.

If there's a long metal tube going into the cab then that's a mechanical gauge with the bourdon tube that Jim mentioned.

You are right, not a bad price.

The advert is correct, 1980-82

Wow! Those are 'spensive! Nice, but....

That's a very nice truck! It looks great just the way it is.

The thermactor bumps were huge, and I took them out, or almost out. That in and of itself should have made a big difference. But I also did a lot of other porting and polishing. However, when I had them flow tested Eric, that did the testing, showed me how he could get better flow with just back-cutting the valve.

I had no idea people wanted that kind of money for them.

Close. Let me try it this way: 1996: 1997: 1998: 1999: And for what it's worth, there was never a "light duty" F-250. There was an F-250 3/4 ton truck just like there was an F-100 1/2 ton truck Then there was a heavy duty 3/4 ton truck just like there was a heavy duty 1/2 ton truck. But while the heavy duty 1/2 ton truck was badged differently (F-150) from the 1/2 ton (still F-100), the heavy duty 3/4 ton was badged "F-250" just like the 3/4 ton. The "F-250HD" only showed up on the order sheet (until 1997 when it was put on a badge on the tail gate) Unlike the 1/2 ton (F-100) which was discontinued, the 3/4 ton continues to be made. But starting in 1999 it was badged "F-150" and was only differentiated on the order form where it was called "F-150 7700" or something like that (7700 being the GVWR of the 3/4 ton truck that now had the name of a heavy duty 1/2 ton) Like the heavy duty 1/2 ton (F-150), the "heavy duty" part of the name pretty much fell away from the heavy duty 3/4 ton. So now we call an F-150 a "1/2 ton" even though it's really the successor to the heavy duty 1/2 ton and 3/4 ton trucks. And we call the F-250 a "3/4 ton" even though it's the successor to the heavy duty 3/4 ton trucks Ford never does anything the simple way! Good way to explain it. Thanks, Bob. As for there not being a "light duty" F250, maybe not in name. But, if it wasn't an F250HD then it must have been a ?????

No gear swap needed... just bolted it up to the I6 bellhousing. I forgot that the T-series transmissions had separate bell housings.

First, please make sure you go to the New Members Start Here folder, as asked in the email you were sent, read the guidelines, and then start a new thread in that folder to introduce yourself. It is important that you understand the guidelines as all members are bound by them. As for your transmission, is it just a noise or do you seemingly go into neutral? How does the transmission shift? And, have you checked to see if the transfer case might have slipped out of gear?

The 2004 Standard & Utility Parts Catalog says: 7/16" 14 1-1/4" B-104-B 56561-S2 (I really need to put that catalog on here.)

Here's the jumper. All it contains is a 2 amp fuse in both legs. And note that the label says the fuse is "not serviceable". I guess people aren't capable of taking the one turn of electrical tape off the fuse holder and replacing the fuse? (Actually, I'm sure it is because if the fuse is blown there's a deeper problem, like the switch is bad. But why not tell people that? Or is "If this harness is damaged, or if the fuse is blown, remove and discard this harness and install service kit #9F924" what the lawyers came up with so they don't admit guilt?) And, here's the '96 EVTM page showing that in Ford's infinite wisdom they put a switch that just provides a "high" to the ECU on a 15 amp fuse. (You can't see from this that Fuse #13 also supplies the brake on/off switch, hazard flasher, and rear anti-lock brake module.) Obviously the 2 amp fuse was adequate, so..... Plus, why have a fuse in both the supply and ground legs?

Yes, but his brand of "snake oil" was quite effective. Loved the movie, but understand there's quite a documentary on the Le Mans effort. I'm not sure if Shelby American is it or not. Perhaps it is the 24 Hour War? Car And Driver says this about them: Guess I'll have to watch both and see.

I am shooting for 1.5 years from now. Plenty of time to finish the shop, or get it functional. Holly was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation a little over a year ago. Heart ablation didnt help, she has to take medications. The heart monitor recorded an episode of 200bpm. They said its the worse case they've ever seen in a thin, fit healthy woman. She is only 38. Ive seen her pass out and watched her veins popping out of her neck during an episode. Shes lucky to not have heart damage. So sorry to see that. I'll keep her in my prayers.

You are now, quite literally, on the map!

Welcome!!! Glad you joined. We have a map (Bullnose Forum/Member's Map in the menu) and I'd be happy to add you to it if you'd like. Slow windows are fairly normal for these trucks. I've helped them somewhat by installing new window seals, which tends to keep them going up straighter, and lubing the motors. But that didn't make them FAST.