Gary Lewis

The brochure says: So this one just appears to be missing the bumper guards. As for the Handling Package, you can see the rear sway bar, which was part of the package, but can't tell in front. Yes, save for the bumper guards and they may have been left off for some reason, this appears to be a Free Wheelin' B.

Another REALLY nice Bullnose! It sure looks nice. And well worth the money. On that switch, I see it but don't know anything about it. And, there were auto-locking hubs, but they had problems with them - just like they still do as Blue had to have them repaired not long after I bought him.

That's a really nice truck, and especially for the money and with the options. I agree - clean it up and drive it.

I agree - excellent deal. So, fly out and drive it home?

Here's the Type 9 entry from the page, and from the MPC, and there were 6x9's in black - the "single position" ones.

Wow is right! Nice, but..... Personally, I'd rather have a similarly-nice Bullnose. I'd still be afraid of driving it, but would do it. That one? No way. Couldn't use it.

I'm betting it goes bonkers at 6:55 PM Central.

I had a fraternity brother in college that had a '65 Corsa, so got to hear that snarl. Loved it!

Shaun - Interesting! I didn't realize those "angular" mirrors weren't used after '82. I'm going to have to look at the dealer facts books to get my head around the mirror options. May have to put that info on the page as well.

I would say "...some form of circuit protection is absolutely necessary." That's awkward & wordy. You might reduce it to "...you may lack a solid ground." Typo (missing space), and I'm not sure what you're saying is the same. But more importantly: adding a ground wire to a painted/powdered case won't help because it will still be insulated. And painting/powdering the mount & ground bosses is OK. They just have to be CLEANED down to shiny metal before they can actually ground the case reliably (either by the mounts or by an added wire). Typo (missing space) I haven't looked at the other tabs because you said earlier you wanted to focus on this one. Good points, Steve. I'll work on that tab soon. And then we can turn to the other tabs.

Glad you got the 'Vair synch'd. Bet it sounded cool. I remember that Poncho engine. My best friend had the little brother - OHC but no QJet. It ran quite well, but I heard that the ones with the higher compression and the 4bbl ran very well. In fact, about as well as the 326 that was also an option. I've forgotten what the CFM rating on that little Rochester was. 500? With the tiny primaries that would make a good one for a 300.

By the way, it turns out that measurements were not required, not with the stock replacement mounts at least. I did measure the bolt protrusion so I could set it exactly the same when I installed the new mounts. What I did was cut four little pieces of 3/8" hose to stick over the bolts so that I could tighten the mounts evenly until the bolt protrusion was the correct length. It ended up that they all bottomed out, and the bolt protrusion was correct on all four corners. This may not apply to the Poly mounts, but with the stock replacements, it looks like the installed height is a fixed distance. The new mounts look much better installed and I'm sure it will be a little nicer/smoother ride in the cab now compared to the old stiff/cracked/worn out rubber mounts. That's good to know.

And, I think I see a problem on that page. The page is listed as 4WD, but I think it may actually list the parts for the 2wd trucks. I'm going to have to think about this.

You can insert the pic by dropping its URL in the field I circled: That's what I did to put it here: As for the seal, can you identify it from the illustration here: Driveline/4wd Front Hubs & Rotors? My guess is that you are asking about the one labeled "1175 or 1190". Right? Whichever, you then go to the Parts List tab and use the Model Application Chart to determine which parts list you need to use. Then scroll down to that parts list and get the part number for the 1175 or 1190 listed. I'd do it for you, but you don't have a signature so I don't know what your truck is.

My father had an interesting twist on that saying: "A fool and his money are some party!"

Chris - You have to get the Youtube embed code, not the link. Click Share and then the Embed button and then click in the embed code and copy it. And then paste it between the > and

I do believe that's an EGR port. As for which is best between the stock 4bbl aluminum intake and the Performer, this seems to say the Performer has a slight edge. But, they point out something you need to watch for on a used intake - corrosion around the water passages at the front and rear of the intake. If the user didn't run a good antifreeze there will frequently be corrosion there that makes it difficult to get a good seal. And another place to watch is the threaded fitting for the water temp sender. A ham-handed "mechanic" can crack the casting there by over tightening the sender since NPT gets progressively bigger.

Steve - Please check out the Wiring It tab. (Nothing else should have changed.) I used one of your pics, thank you very much and pared down the fuse pictures. Plus moved things around to try and make it flow better. Comments, please.

Sorry. Obviously that wasn't my intent. But, I will admit it might have been the result.

That makes sense about the other gauges. Too bad. From what I've seen the fuel pressure on the EFI engines on these trucks runs about 35 psi. So that gauge is overkill for them, but could be used. I looked it up on their website and they are talking about using it on diesel engines. I wonder what the fuel pressure runs on the IDI's?

In theory, some year I'll get the Bullnose-related TSB's scanned in and on the website. But, that will make me a slacker. Keith Dickson, Mr FORDification, is scanning in the complete bulletin. That's probably 10 times as many pages to scan!

Just an update. Here's what the "TSB Library" looks like. Yep, everything on those shelves has to do with TSB's. We now have essentially everything from the late 70's to 1998.

Bill - Now the 2nd link is working and not the first. Shaun - I have a good memory for some odd bits of info. But not much else. As for what I did on my truck today - nada. But, I did put together and populate a new bookcase in the shop. The first phase took lots longer than the second phase. That's 'cause the Muscle Rack people designed the connector to join the upper and lower legs/uprights such that you can't set up the shelves with equal spacing. To use equal spacing you need to put the bottom "peg" of the middle shelf in the top slot of the lower leg, and the top peg in the bottom slot of the upper leg. But the connector that joins the two legs prevents that. However, with a mill..... Notice the heads of the pegs coming through the oval cutouts in the connector. Without those cutouts the heads can't engage the slots in the legs. There were only 4 connectors and 16 slots to do, but once I worked out how and where to do them it went quickly. And, here's what the assembled and pretty-well populated bookcase, aka TSB Library, looks like. Yep, everything on those shelves has to do with TSB's. We now have essentially everything from the late 70's to 1998.

Mark - Sorry about that. What gauge, or type of gauge, were you planning to get? I'm curious what your plans are. But probably something in the 0 to 10 psi range? And if you want to respond via email instead of here that's certainly understandable.

The "aero" mirrors are actually referred to as 5" x 8" in the catalog, and the usable glass measures that. The angular mirrors are called 6" x 9" in the catalog and the usable glass is 5 5/8" x 8 5/8". The aero mirrors were introduced in '82 according to the catalog, although they have an E3 (1983) prefix in the '94 version of the catalog, as seen here: Exterior/Exterior Mirrors. [i could climb the microfiche tower to see if they had an E2 # originally, but there are other fiche to fry. ] And, while on that page check out the new Mirror Options tab, which has some info from the 1982 Light Truck Facts book.