Gary Lewis

First, I think your break-in plan is easier than adding the carb, dizzy, ignition, etc. But I could ship all that to you if you wanted to go that way. As for EFI, it looks like we have the same hoses, but let me put the pics side-by-side to tell. Yup, they seem to be the same. Maybe I do have the air box in the wrong spot? Tomorrow can you take a measurement on where you have it? Maybe measure from the back edge of the radiator support to the front edge of the air box? And I'll do the same. Also, what cold air inlet do you have? I have one that goes to an opening in the radiator support.

Well, we've entered a new phase - the long awaited EFI install. And, I must say this may not be as difficult as I thought. Looks like I'm halfway there. Seriously though, I've pulled the carb and fuel pressure regulators and added the fuel rail, w/o injectors, upper plenum, MAF sensor, and inlet tubing. However, the inlet tubing is 3" shy of the throttle body, so I'm either missing something or have the air box in the wrong spot. But I don't think the air box is in the wrong spot as it is in the same spot it was on Huck, the 1990 F250. And the cold air inlet tube reaches the radiator support like it should. Bill - I've tagged you 'cause you may be able to point out what I'm doing wrong right off the bat. And, I have other questions for you - keep reading. And now for the questions for Bill - I'm ready to send you the EFI/carb adapter if you still want to use it. How 'bout the fuel pressure regulators?

Cool story!

Cool, Bill! Here's something I found on it:

Really starting to take shape.

Careful, that’s a perfect description of Bill - old and a carb guy. And he’s still here. :nabble_] But he's still with us, thank goodness! We need these people's knowledge:

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Well done! Yep, that is what he would say. In fact, he may say. I told him via FM Messenger that I'd mentioned him a couple of times this morning and gave him links. He's a member but never gets on. Maybe he will to defend his honor?

Yep! Good buy.

You can check for vacuum leaks by the "smoke test".

Bill would say ???? That does not fit a 1983 Bullnose as they take a E3TZ 18552-B, not -A. Instead that fits a a 1983-88 little Ranger or a 1984-88 Bronco II.

That is mis-advertized. I can hear Bill now. It fits ONLY the 1984 trucks, not later as advertized. The 85/86 cable is a -B.

Yes! Pretty, but 'spensive!

Hopefully you've read that I was wrong about the secondaries. But the issue you describe could well be just with the primaries. Have you adjusted the idle air/fuel mix? It might be off.

Bill - I wasn't aware that they actually had idle circuits. My bad. But I was aware of the warping problem. Been there, had that done to me, big time.

Effectively using bad user interfaces is a skill in itself. I'm unfortunate enough to have developed this skill through the nature of my career, which makes me a happy owner of the Garmin watch. Yes, having spent several decades in IT, which brought me face-to-face with some really poor UI's, I've learned to work my way through them. But that doesn't mean I like them. And, similarly, I've also learned to have some sympathy for certain roles. For instance, the poor soul who was tasked with coming up with the page to compare models on the Garmin website. Here's a link to the page to compare their 8" Tread Overland unit to their Montana 700i. If you look closely at it your first impression is probably that the Montana comes with a lot more maps than the Overland does 'cause in Preloaded Maps the Overland has none. But if scroll on down you'll find an Outdoor Recreation section and find the Overland has lots of preloaded maps. Basically the issue is that there are two different product teams and they provide information on the products in very different ways. So the guy that was tasked to come up with a page to compare them had a huge problem - there's no way to automate a good comparison. You'd have to get your head around each product and then create a special page specific to each comparison. And that is an impossible task as more and more products come out. Anyway, if you want to compare the two units that page is a place to start. But scroll around as the same information about one is in a very different place than that about the other.

I'm glad you got it resolved! That's great. One of the problems with the Holley carbs is that the secondary bowls are completely separate from the primaries. Most Holley's don't use the secondaries for idling, so unless you open them under power every once in a while the gas can get old. And ethanol-laced gas gets old FAST. So I'd encourage "spirited driving" every once in a while.

Sorta. You can subscribe to any level you want. But to make sure you get them all you'd have to subscribe to the top level - like I've done. Otherwise someone will post in a folder you aren't subscribed to and you'll miss it.

That may be true, I'm not familiar with Magellan. But Garmin has the BaseCamp program you've mentioned where you don't need to access any web site for setting up trips or anything. If Magellan has something similar (and they may not) then their web interface might not be a big deal. And one other thing you may not know, but there are tons of free maps available for GPSs. Sometimes you get what you pay for, but I've been pretty happy with most of what I've got. Oops, I forgot the map bit. I see that there are maps to download of the various national forests, and I'm sure other great maps. In fact, when we went to Lake Powell a few years ago we downloaded a map of the lake at the specific water level for when we were going. That let us know what obstacles would be a problem and what wouldn't. That map cost quite a bit, but was well worth it. But having talked to the REI and Garmin guys today I think the ones that come on the Garmin devices, and probably the Magellan, will be a good start.

That may be true, I'm not familiar with Magellan. But Garmin has the BaseCamp program you've mentioned where you don't need to access any web site for setting up trips or anything. If Magellan has something similar (and they may not) then their web interface might not be a big deal. And one other thing you may not know, but there are tons of free maps available for GPSs. Sometimes you get what you pay for, but I've been pretty happy with most of what I've got. Bob - I found a copy of the owner's manual on the Magellan eXplorist TRX7 here. But looking through it I haven't figured out for sure whether you set up your trip on the device or the web via the device. Literally the first thing they have you do after firing up the device is to connect to wifi. And from there I can't tell what requires internet access and what doesn't. But at one point it says "You can also create your TRX account or sync the account you created on your TRX7 with TRX Web, the TRX online application optimized to search for Trails as well as organize and publish your Track data." So that seems to imply that the way you set up a trip is via TRX Web. However, I'm not sure how deeply I want to delve into that as I've realized that the TRX is a good-sized tablet that measures 10.4 x 6.5 x 4.5 inches, which compares closely to the Garmin Overland 8" measurements of 8.1 x 6.7 x 1.2 inches. Surely the 4.5" thickness of the Magellan is including a bracket, but basically it is as big as the Overland, and I think the Overland is too big. I'm not ruling either of them out, but just saying that neither of them give the flexibility that I'm hoping to get - the ability to use it both in the truck as well as put it in a backpack to go hiking.

This is the unit I have: NIDAGE Wireless Endoscope.

There is nothing mushy about Big Blue's brakes. You touch the pedal the wheels will slow. You hit the pedal hard the wheels will stop. And it is easy to modulate between the two. The F450 that Jim parted out was a '95, and that's where the hydroboost unit, master cylinder, and the Saginaw pump came from. But you don't need to change pumps as you can easily use the original C-II pump. You'll have to reroute the output from the pump to the hydroboost unit and from there to both the power steering box as well as the return. But that's not hard to do. And speaking of the power steering box, they are not supposed to be adjusted. They are set at the factory and if they wear you can adjust it and you'll find you can take the wear and the "feel" out or you can put the wear and the feel back in. They go hand in hand. The issue is that the cast iron of the steering box is used as the front bearing on the steering input shaft. So when it wears you have slop. You can replace the box with a Cardone or some other rebuilt unit but it won't have the front bearing replaced, so you'll have some slop. To my knowledge only Red Head and Bluetop bore out the box and put a real bearing in, and that is what is needed to take out the slop.

I watched this video again. There are two things that might be useful to you in it. One is the GPS unit he uses off-road, which is the Magellan TRX7 CS. He describes it as an almost perfect product with the worst on-line web interface that has ever been devised. I Googled it quickly and found a price under $500. But I emphasize "quickly." I really don't know anything about this other than that this guy recommends it. The other is the OnX Offroad app. It works on an iPhone or iPad. Again, I know nothing about it other than that he recommends it. Bob - I forgot to say that I also watched that video and noted his statement about the "worst on-line web interface that has ever been devised". And that was a huge turnoff for me as you use the website to set up trips to then download to the GPS device. Anyway, I think I'm getting a much clearer picture of the situation, probably due to having spent over an hour with a tech at REI and then 45 minutes with a tech at Garmin. And here's where I am: Need/Desire: An accurate and speedy GPS unit that doesn't crash/freeze and can be used both in the vehicle as well as taken on a hike - if desired. And satellite comm's, like Garmin's inReach, which can provide those at home with location updates, provide the ability to text when out of cell phone coverage, and send an SOS if needed. Possible Solutions: It looks to me like there are two ways this can be solved: Two Devices: There are a number of approaches to meet the need/desire by using two devices. For instance, I could go with a Garmin inReach Mini, which gives inReach as well as supplies better GPS coordinates to the phone, which would be running Garmin's app and Garmin's maps. The Mini costs $350, but that doesn't get all of the maps needed so you have to add to the cost. But that combo would, in theory, meet the needs - assuming the phone doesn't freeze/crash, which is a big assumption. Or, I could go with the Mini and a dedicated GPS device, like the Magellan TRX7 CS, which sells for ~$500 depending on where you buy it, for a total of ~$850. But you have two devices to keep track of, like with the phone, although the GPS device would surely be better than the phone. Single Device: From what I can tell no one but Garmin has both satellite comm's and GPS in one device. And there are two different devices there. First is the Montana 700i ($700) and the 750i ($800) which adds a camera. They both have a 5" display and are handheld devices that come with seemingly all the maps you could want, but you can add maps if you need to do so. And they are portable, meaning they can be used in a vehicle or thrown into a pocket or backpack to take on a hike. Or, there's the Tread Overland 8" ($1300) that has both inReach and GPS but doesn't have a camera. And it appears to come with all the maps you could want, but others can be downloaded as well. But it is designed to be mounted in a vehicle, not taken on a hike I'm still in research mode, but it is starting to look like the Montana 700i or 750i is the way to go. From what the gentleman at Garmin said the main differences between those and the Tread Overland is that the latter has a bigger display but is designed to be used in a vehicle. And since Janey and I think the display on the Montana 700i is big enough, the ability to use the device on a hike and the much cheaper price makes the Montanas look like the way to go. But I'm still open to other ideas.

Welcome! Glad you joined. Where's home? I ask because we have a map (Bullnose Forum/Member's Map in the menu) and we can add you with a city/state or zip. That sounds like a great truck! Hope you'll start a thread in the main section about it. But show us some pics, here and/or there as we'd like to see it.