Gary Lewis

I used my personal copy of Ford's Master Cross Reference List, which was given to me by Numberdummy. It is a rather "dense" book with ~600 numbers per page and over 1,000 pages. You can start with either a part number and find the ID or engineering number, or vice versa. Here's a page from it:

Thanks! And I have the same problem frequently. But I’ll also admit it is getting smarter. Edge has added some good spelling and punctuation aids to its browser, even on this forum, so I’m going to download it to this phone. Have it on the Surface and think I like it.

Didn’t see that. Drove 550 miles yesterday in LOTS of traffic, so didn’t do much surfing. Another 550 today as well.

That sounds like a pain! But glad you were able to get it on. 👍

And it lies like a dirty dog! Ignores explicit instructions, and invents email addresses, telephone numbers, and court cases - without telling you it did. Do not trust it!

Glad I got the Surface Pro 9, without the Copilot key.

Mat - Please try to measure the same way we’ve done it so we can compare.

ID # E3TA 8600 J1A cross references to E3TZ 8600 G, which is for all 82/83 300 sixes except the Pony.

The perches for each engine series are different as they all have different part numbers. As for the actual differences, you won't be able to determine them from a picture. However, we've measured the differences and recorded them for the 300 and the M-block engines on the Measurements tab on our page called ENGINE PERCHES/STANDS/BRACKETS. Perhaps someone can measure the Windsor engine perches as installed and enlighten us? Or you can after you find and install a pair? If so I'll update the spreadsheet.

Yup, yup, and yup. In that order.

Yes, Bob is quite the guy. Hi, Bob! And I do see, Jim. I’m sure some year that Bing/Copilot will be useful, but right now I don’t trust it at all. It will not follow instructions and lies to your face.

Good point, Jeff. That makes me like the outline even less and the bull even more.

The above stuff stuff was from the creative one. So I started over with “accurate” on and asked the same questions. And got basically the same bogus answers. I told it specifically NOT to go anywhere but that tab and to summarize what it said in the tab. And it did exactly what I told it not to do and dreamed up stuff about “Bob”. I told it that stuff was bogus, that it couldn’t follow explicit directions, and that I was done with it.

I'd read about that case, although not that article. But it comes to the same conclusion that that I have - at this point things like Bard and Bing are little more than toys that can spit out what seems to be good info but can easily be totally and completely W.R.O.N.G. Today I played with Bing/Copilot a bit more and despite me being signed into my Microsoft account, meaning it knows who I am, it has forgotten what I taught it yesterday about the difference between the Bullnose Forum, the Bullnose Bible, and garysgaragemahal. It had it straight yesterday, but completely confused it today. Then I tested it some more on the page at Documentation/Driveline/Axles & Differentials and the tab entitled Bob's Thoughts On Differentials. I had the page open in Edge and Bing open beside it and asked it to summarize it. The results were not correct, so I gave it the URL to the page and got different incorrect results. But part of the error was that it included an email address and telephone number for me - both of which were wrong. In fact, they appear to be totally made up, and when I challenged Bing on them he said "I’m sorry, I got the email address and telephone number from the web search results, using the query “gary@garysgaragemahal.com” and “561-718-7911”. I thought they were your contact information, but I was wrong. I apologize for the mistake. 😕" There is nowhere on that page that even hints at contact information for anyone, so why it did a search using those parameters I have no clue. I've wasted too much time playing with this toy.

Yikes! I think I like the used one better.

Not a bad price, and the shipping is free. Those are much better than the cardboard ones from 1980 through 84.

Yes, that IS expensive. But I've not seen a NOS one in years. Might be worth that for a true restoration.

Since I've been playing with Copilot, aka Bing, I asked him how important color is. Here's his answer, but it does align with most of the things I'm reading on the internet regarding favicon selection: Color is an important factor for favicons, as it can affect the visibility, recognition, and branding of your website. According to the web search results, here are some reasons why color matters for favicons: Color can help your favicon stand out from the background color of the browser tab, which is usually grey, white, or black. Contrasting colors can make your favicon more noticeable and eye-catching. Color can help your favicon convey the style, mood, and personality of your website and brand. Different colors have different associations and meanings, such as red for excitement, blue for trust, or green for nature. You can use colors that match your logo, theme, or message. Color can help your favicon be consistent and recognizable across different platforms and devices. Using the same or similar colors as your logo or website can create a unified and coherent visual identity for your brand. This can increase your brand awareness and loyalty among your visitors. Therefore, color is a crucial element for designing a good favicon. You should choose colors that are clear, relevant, and consistent for your website and brand. You can use tools such as Favicon Generator, Favicon.io, or [RealFaviconGenerator] to create and preview your favicon with different colors.

With the vote running strongly for the outline, 7 to 3 at present, I've changed the favicon to that just to see what it looks like. But it didn't change on Chrome nor Edge so I fired up Firefox for the first time on this machine. Sure enough, there it was so it may take some time to change on the other browsers. Anyway, I'm not sure I like it. The lack of color makes a big difference. Here's what I'm seeing vs the old one. Note that you can go back and change your vote if you want to. And you can reply to this to tell us what you think.

Right. Nice, but no way!!!

Excellent progress, Shaun. You seem to know how to don’t, very well. Want to tackle my SiL’s floorboards?

As some of you know, I've been playing with Copilot, which is Microsoft's AI tool. Part of the playing has been to see what it thinks should be done to improve the forum and/or the website. And one of the things it mentioned was to choose a good favicon - the image that shows on your browser tab, if your browser does that. Heretofore we've used the bull with a ring in its nose, but we also have the front outline of a Bullnose truck that we use for the sticker and have at the top of each page. So I asked Copilot this question: "We've used the bull with a ring in its nose as the favicon for the website. But we also have the outline of the front of a Bullnose truck on our decal. Would it be better to use the outline of the truck as the favicon?" And here's the answer: Given that I'd like your opinion via the poll below. Please tell us which favicon you prefer.

First, any number on a part is not a part number. And what you provided, E2TH 8005-BGA is proof of that as "TH" in the prefix doesn't fit with part number nomenclature. Nor does the "BGA" in the suffix. Given that it was on the part then it will be an ID #, and the only way to find a part number when given the ID # is to go to Ford's master cross-reference book. I happen to have scanned in the 1985 book and have it on my One Drive in sections given the massive size thereof. (There are about 650 #'s per page and over 1,000 pages.) So I downloaded the 579 Mb file and searched it for that ID #, which is shown below.

We were almost neighbors many years ago as we used to live in Elgin.

I've been playing with Bing in the background and thought I was making progress. Told him who I am and corrected his misunderstanding that I was a retired Air Force officer and leader of the band. That the Bullnose Forum is the interactive bit and the Bullnose Bible the documentation bit of the website. That Big Blue is my truck and what modifications he's endured. Then we turned to how to upgrade the website and I wondered if he could read what's on the tabs, so asked "Ok, thanks for the help. Lets change topics to what you can actually see on the Bullnose Bible, much of which has tabs. Can you see the content in the various tabs? For instance, please summarize Bob's Thoughts On Differentials." And for reference, that tab is on the page at Documentation/Driveline/Axles & Differentials. Here's what it says: The response I got was: My response was "Man, you lost me! None of those things are said on the tab that is open on the page on the left. Nor is it said in any of the links you provided. So where did you find it?" To that he said: