Gary Lewis

David - Janey said "If you are trying to catch the attention of Ford truck guys you should make the sign however they like it." But, we went back to the lady that'll do the work and here's what we settled on - and they are on order:

Wow! You just saved me. I had "furthest" and it should be "farthest". Thanks!

Hope it works. Gonna be a boring drive w/o a radio.

I'd give you Dad's, but it doesn't work. But I know it is correct for a 1981 Ranger XLT. Anyway, yours looks great - as does the bezel.

You might like this document from Gates on belt matching.

Ok, here's what it looks like now. Only I'll ask her to leave the red squigglies out. Anyway, comments requested.

Good point. But, I doubt I would be able to get Garagemahal on there as that is 11 characters and Skiatook is 8 characters. There's a 25 to 30 character/line max, and we are already at 28 with Skiatook All-Ford Truck Show, so that would push it to 31 characters. So, what about leaving the "All-" off and making it: Furthest Distance Driven Garagemahal Ford Truck Show 2017

That's as close as I can get to rep's on here.

I'm just saying there's no need to go get a track box if this one will work - when the time comes.

I have a jet, spring, and rod box and would be happy to ship it to you - if it'll work. How 'bout you checking the manual for what jets, rods, and springs you are supposed to have and I'll then check the box to see if what it has would work. But, you are right that the valves and vacuum need to be right before setting a carb. And the timing chain as well.

Was it rich at idle before the carb swap? And down on power as well? Looking for cause and effect. Yes, a leak-down will find a bent or burnt valve. And a tick is more likely to be bent than burnt. I take it you have a leak-down tester? Just not a source of air? Cooler weather should be coming, so outside might not be too bad. Oh, and a Carter pump isn't supposed to put out too much for a Carter carb.

Here's what I'm thinking of having engraved on the trophies. What do you think? (The verbiage would be aligned in the center instead of left-aligned as shown below.) I need to get them working on them ASAP, so quick responses would be appreciated. Furthest Distance Driven Skiatook All-Ford Truck Show 2017 Best Paint Skiatook All-Ford Truck Show 2017 Best Engine Skiatook All-Ford Truck Show 2017 Closest To Stock Skiatook All-Ford Truck Show 2017 Best Upgrades Skiatook All-Ford Truck Show 2017 People's Favorite Skiatook All-Ford Truck Show 2017

Yes, a 460 might be construed to be HO, but I think the idea is it is a high-output 460. And Big Blue probably qualifies with an Eddy cam & intake, headers, etc.

Yours has a mechanical fuel pump - right? Rich at idle could be due to high float level caused by too much pressure. But most mechanical pumps don't put out more than 6 psi, which is the max for an Eddy. On the tick, is there any chance you have an exhaust leak?

Good explanation. Thanks. Yes, defrost is good to have. And those doors are buried, deeply. Good luck! What were your observations when going from the Holley to the Edelbrock, and which Eddy? I ask because Jim has just done that on his 460 and his engine is down on power. As for editing, you should be able to click on More/Edit Post and it will pop open that post.

Looks like the chamfered knobs were also used in: 1977 Torino, LTD II, and Thunderbird 1978 Torino & LTD II, the Thunderbird ex the Diamond Jubilee, and the Fiesta 1979 basic Ford cars - IOW not those shown by a different code And before you ask:

I'm sure glad Bill responded as the master parts catalog has nothing on belt routing. But, it it is still an issue my 1985 owner's manual probably does have it.

We can probably (maybe) do that but we need to be careful, we'll look closely when we get there unless you find something before then. I've gotten a response back from the guru with some coding, but I haven't had time to study it yet.

There is no reference to 18A932 in the catalog. That usually comes when some kind person at Ford added it to the Description field of the catalog, but that was infrequent. However, I did find this, which says the 1980-84's had one set of knobs, and the 1985-86's had a different one. And, that the early knob was designed in 1977, so was probably used from 1977 to 1984. And that fits with the D7OA ID number. But, the E5AZ doesn't match with the E0 or E2 number. Perhaps this is a question for Bill/Numberdummy?

Let me see what I can find on belt routing in the catalog.....

I'm glad you found the problem, and appreciate you letting us know. And I'm glad this forum and website can help. As for what gear to use, that depends on the cam in the engine. If it is original to that engine you need one type of gear, but if it is a billet cam you need another. However, Engine Builder says that you can use a composite gear and it'll work with any cam. And, by the way, note what they say for the bronze gear you had. 🙈

Quantity is certainly supposed to tell you how many you need. However, if you look at the illustrations I have of a 300 six (go to Engines/300 Six in the navigation menu) you'll see that they show only one belt to the alternator. But, those are "typical" illustrations, meaning yours may be different. So, how many positions for belts does your alternator' pulley have? If two, are they exactly the same width - there was frequently a smaller one running the air pump on some engines. As for the r/b, that means "replaced by". So originally Ford used one part number, but later came out with another and noted that in the catalog.

One of my first girlfriends after I got out had a couple of Rambler's, a station wagon, and some other Nash in the weeds of her yard. I got one driving around under its own power but I think her dad just wanted them as lawn ornaments. Oh, it needs something. And the discussion in a previous life was here. I don't know what a 7.5L/460 had on its air cleaner lid. The 5.8LHO had black lettering that looked like this: You found that http://www.fonts.com/font/linotype/neue-helvetica/93-black-extended came pretty close to the font, and gave this result for Dad's 400: So, would just changing that to 7.5L 4V H.O. be appropriate? Or, is using that scheme once, as I still plan to do on Dad's, enough? But might it make them brothers? Or should I stick on a standard Ford decal - like CobraJet? 😈

Bill - Whatever works. I'm really only posting here at this point, so figuring out how to make the camera give me what I need is helpful as I can set it and forget it. Chris - Weebly is where the web site is hosted. We basically don't have access to the HTML and CSS that makes it tick, although there are a few limited things that can be done. However, the forum is actually Nabble code being presented on one page of the website on Weebly. So if we are wanting to change anything about the forum that requires modification to Nabble. I do know that there are CSS things that can be done, like the changes the guy helping me had me make to get bulleted lists and indentation. What I'd like to do is find a way to make width="100%" the default for picture insertions. We could always increase or decrease the size after it throws the code in, but that would make it work for the vast majority of cases and prevent us from having to scroll.

If you want the knobs off this one they are yours, you'll have to come and get them. 😈 By the way, if I had the whole of the engineering/ID # I could search the catalog to see if they are there. But I believe they come with the radio and aren't available separately.