Gary Lewis

Lol! Gary doesn't have it, but Bill knew who you meant, Stan.

Don't hold your breath. Ford blue isn't becoming on old men. I'm hoping to get to Big Blue late this year, probably after the show.

One shown in the catalog is 383765, and here's what the Standard & Utility Parts Catalog says about it: 383765-S Bolt - Hex Hd. 5/16-18x3.625. Another is 56124 and here's what it shows - a Type 2 head:

They do look good. But my Testors paint doesn't glow at night like they apparently did originally, so I'm going to try the HiPo stuff.

Bill - Maybe I can use those on my wiring? Dave - I'm lazy, and will take electric any day. But, a Blues Bro's car - that's cool!

That's funny! It looks like a bow tie.

I appreciate the support, guys, but my intent with this thread wasn't to bash IB/FTE. In reality, I have a lot to thank them for: If IB hadn't broken the photo albums where I'd spent considerable time creating how-to's I never would have started my website. Now there are over 400 pages of documentation that can be found nowhere else, and that is growing weekly. If they'd have come through with the promised trinkets for last year's meet I'd not have realized I was funding something that was bringing in potential members, and therefore advertising money, for them. So we wouldn't have the Garagemahal show that is now attracting international interest. Had IB Tim not called me and promised to try to fix things and pledged to call back but hasn't in a year and a half I might have not figured out how to create this forum. So, I'm grateful to IB and FTE. And I have a lot of friends at FTE. So, how do we reach them about the show? Perhaps each of you know some that you can email, IM, text, PM, etc? I'll be doing the same with those I know, but as I'm sure FTE wouldn't approve I won't be using IB/FTE PM's to do that. I'll get you the new flier as soon as I can so you can pass it on. And maybe our friends can pass it on to their friends and we can have a geometric progression. (I'm reminded of the film we saw in grade school about atomic energy where they had a room full of mouse traps with ping pong balls on them. They tossed one ball in and the room "exploded".) Thanks in advance.

No, but thanks. I don’t think we need the full ‘96 EVTM on here. Just the pieces specific to EEC-V swaps, and I can easily do that by cutting those pages out of the awful copy I have - when the time comes.

David - Thanks for the offer. But I just called the campground close to town and have 4 sites reserved at a special rate, although it got really complex due to the hookups. So I'll leave that to you to work the price out with Jim if you want to stay there. And the code is "Bullnose". The campground is Stoney Ridge Campground and it appears that you can book via email. They have 40 RV spaces and can handle big RV's and trailers. In fact, the 45' RV's that Hall & Oates brought to their concert in Tulsa last year stayed out there, so it is apparently easy in/out. But, there's a review here that isn't flattering, so maybe this isn't the best place to stay: Review of Stoney Ridge Campground. In light of the review, I'll try to get out there soon and report back here. And, I'll check with the Corp of Engineers on sites out at Skiatook Lake to see what they are like.

What did you paint the needles with? Meaning what paint did you use? As for the ammeter, that's included in this page: Electrical/3G Conversion. But it may not have everything you need to tell you how to wire up the voltmeter. So, please let me know 'bout that.

My wife (Janey) is going to be taking the wives that want to go to some place in the area, and the places currently being considered are: The Pioneer Woman's Mercantile Gilcrease Museum Philbrook Museum The minor problem is that her car only seats 4, so someone else may need to drive if the group gets large enough. If someone is interested in going please let us know. And, let us know what you are interested in doing.

That's one of the reasons that I have vowed not to allow advertising on this forum/website. I do get hit up by various parties periodically to put advertising on, and it would probably make me some money. But I'm not going to do that. Do you think that's what worries those at FTE about this site? People come here and enjoy the clean, simple layout and then go to FTE and are barraged with advertising unless they buy a membership? I could see that if your livelihood is threatened you might do things you wouldn't otherwise. Anyway, I would be interested in advertising on the Bullnose facebook page, and see that you've sent me an invitation. Thanks. What about the 460 site? If I get last year's flier revised could we post it there?

Good idea, Bill. I'll have to pull the air cleaner to set it, but that's not a problem. As for the PTO terminal, if you only had a 1996 EVTM. By the way, the outfit that sent me the second poorly-printed one told me to keep it. So I'll probably cut the pages out and scan the ones I need for the EEC-V upgrades to both my trucks, and they'll become part of my documentation.

Don't forget to turn the cam gear around.

Excellent! I've added your name to the list, but would it be ok to add your wife's name? And, remind me from whence you are coming? Also, I owe you info about camping - right? My wife suggested that I check with both the private campground just west of town as well as the Corp campgrounds at the lake. I'll do that and put up a page on camping for anyone interested. But do you have a type of campground you are looking for? And, my wife (Janey) is going to be taking the wives that want to go to some place in the area, and the ones currently being considered are: The Pioneer Woman's Mercantile Gilcrease Museum Philbrook Museum The minor problem is that her car only seats 4, so someone else may need to drive if the group gets large enough.

I'm sure they've been hit with lots of lawsuits. About 10 years ago they wouldn't rent to you if you were towing with an Explorer, and I'm sure that was due to the tire problems. I wonder how many Exploders blew a tire while pulling a trailer? I'm sure glad I have a trailer of my own.

I'll keep the speed down, but that means I'll be that guy in the right lane going far slower than anyone else. I say that because I usually take the turnpike and the speed limit is currently 75 - and the traffic runs 80. Maybe I'd better rethink that? Hand winch - ouch! That's what we had the last time I went to that piece of property, which was to get the '50 Chevy pickup. As said, it had sunk into the ground up to the hubs, and the tires were D-shaped. Getting it broken loose from the ground, even with a lot of shoveling, was a huge chore. But winching it by hand was a major problem. We'd get it rolling and then all 4 flat spots on the tires would hit the ground at the same time. That's the day I vowed to have a serious electric winch. As for the batteries, the driving will certainly charge them up nicely. And I will keep the truck running while winching. But, I need to come up with a way to raise the idle speed to get more charging from that 1G as it just doesn't do much at idle. Anyway, today I'm hoping to try to crimp the connectors into Big Blue's wiring. And then determine how long my extension cord/jumper cable needs to be and make it. But Scott's coming over w/his '78 and we are going to replace the water pump, so we'll see how much I get done.

Jonathan - I hadn't thought about posting in one of the many Dad's threads. That would get some coverage, but as you say that would only be a subset of the whole Ford truck community on FTE. In fact, it would be a subset of that subset. I do believe that the person deleting my posts wants to ban me from FTE, so I suspect that even if I do a Peter/Paul/Mary and "lay it between the lines" I'll get banned. He's already told me I can't promote my personal interests. And, I'd bet he's watching for anyone else to mention the show, which would get their posts edited or them banned. While banning me is no biggee as I'm planning to not go back, I don't want that to happen to anyone else. And, if it is against their rules then it would be wrong to do. Grumpin - I'm pretty sure they'd take any reference to the show out of my signature. They've already edited my signature and posts to take out links to this site, so that would be consistent with their mode of operation. And, since they've done that they'd probably ban me if I put something in there about the show. Oh well, I guess the FTE'ers out there will be unaware of the show. That's a shame as there are a lot of good people on there, and I'm pretty sure they'd enjoy the show.

I have the following 5 manuals in PDF: 1984 Bronco / F150 / 350 Electrical & Vacuum Troubleshooting Manual (141 pages) 1984 Ford Truck Shop Manual - Body Chassis Electrical Light (1462 pages) 1984 Ford Truck Shop Manual - Emission Diagnosis Engine Electronics (907 pages) 1984 Ford Truck Shop Manual - Engine Light (504 pages) 1984 Ford Truck Shop Manual - Pre-Delivery Lubrication Maintenance Light Medium Heavy (225 pages) Thanks. Hopefully I've captured correctly it now: Documentation.

Gary, if I beat David’s mpg then you had better check my math! I do, however, have six months to do some things that might help me to beat my current mpg numbers. Some of those very flat stretches in Texas and western Oklahoma should produce some good results 🙂 Measure it from Flag to Clines Corners, and from ABQ to western OK.

I'm jealous of the window channel/sweep upgrade. I'm headed to Grove and back in Big Blue in about 10 days and it is going to be a noisy trip if I don't get that job done. Anyway, it could be a weak pump or plugged filter, or both. Try that and see what happens.

Bill, Din, everyone - Please check to see if I did the documentation list correctly.

A surge while on cruise control could be due to a lean cruise mixture. If there's not enough fuel to easily accelerate the cruise keeps opening the throttle until the vacuum drops to the point the power valve opens. Then the mix is rich enough for the engine to run well so the truck takes off and the cruise control backs off the throttle. The vacuum comes back up and the power valve closes. And now the mix is too lean and the cycle starts all over again. A vacuum leak could easily make the fuel/air mix to lean for the engine to pull well. Or a stuck open EGR valve could do that, but you said it idles well and a stuck open EGR valve will frequently hurt the idle. Now for the stumble. I can't tell from what you said if it stumbles immediately when you give it a lot of throttle or if it waits to stumble until it hits 3rd gear. And, how much throttle do you have on it when that happens? These two things may be related.

Bill - My intent isn't to publicly bash IB/FTE staff. But, I can agree that the people on here are the best. However, there are still lots of good people on FTE, and I'd like to let them know about the show because I think they'd enjoy it. When I checked this morning before they started removing them, my posts had been viewed right at 1000 times in the two days or so they've been up. In other words, many FTE'ers are interested. However, unless their memories are far better than mine is, the date will be forgotten in the intervening 6 months between now and the show. It would be nice to figure out a way to remind them periodically.

Jonathan - You are on the list. And, I am sure the F150 will be up to the job. Are you going to try to beat David's MPG?