Gary Lewis

Jim is right - 3B095 is just the base part number. And and Bracket (Front Suspension Radius Arm Mounting) used by Ford on any vehicle anywhere in the world carried the number 3B095. As for using the same brackets on a 4wd conversion, here are the listings from the MPC and it looks to me like it will work save for the 1980 models. In fact, even the F250 LD's use the same bracket. (I want y'all to see that Ford actually called them F250 LD. ) And the 1980 F100 & F150's will after a build date of 12/79, and all F250's will after 4/80 up until 6/84 when the F250 HD's got a different bracket. But the F250 LD's will all the way through.

I forgot the valve cover question. That's not that difficult. You'll have to pull the plug wires on that side, and if there are other electrical gadgets mounted near or on the cover you may have to remove their wiring. But take pics before so you know where the wires go. Then pull the bolts and the valve cover should come off. But the bolts may be loose so you should try to snug them up before going to the trouble of pulling the cover. However, I said "snug". The valve cover is made of tin and will dent if you tighten the bolts too much. And when you get ready to re-install a tin valve cover you should check it for dents and remove them if there are any. As for gaskets, Felpro makes one called Permadryplus that several here have used with good luck.

I'm not sure which pieces you are referring to, but I always recommend using the later battery holder, for two reasons. First, it doesn't sandwich metal with the plastic fender liner, which guarantees rust due to the moisture that stays in there. Second, it uses a completely different way to hold the battery down. I'd go to a salvage and get the later holder, including the brace that goes down to the frame and the battery hold-downs. It should bolt onto your truck, but it will be very close to the starter relay so you may want to move it slightly. Otherwise see if Jeff's Bronco Graveyard or one of the other vendors has the parts you need.

I would ask. It can't hurt. All he can say is "I don't know". But he might have some good info.

Well done! You made a huge improvement.

Wow, that is a lot of good hardware on that truck. Can't wait to see what else you do with it.

Looking good!

Sounds good to me! Seriously, Vic, I can give you a page on the website to work on all by yourself.

Nice truck! Yes, let's preserve those. Please share the folder with me and I'll put them up.

Vic - I think I like this approach, but confess I don't fully understand it. Could you explain again? Or provide an example?

I think your adjustment will make a big difference, and those vacuum numbers are a lot closer to what I would have expected. On the hesitation or stalling, that's frequently due to a bad accelerator pump. Do you know for sure that it is working? I would pull the air cleaner and, with the engine off, briskly open the throttle and see if you have two jets of fuel going into the carb. If so, then I'd open the idle mix screws from 1/4 to 1/2 turn and see if that helps. Otherwise, I'm lost. And by the way, you might up your initial timing to 8 degrees BTDC and see if it helps overall.

I want one of those braided lines for my oil sending unit tree (brass fittings that tee the pressure to 2 different sending units), mine effectively broke off on my way to our (including my brother Steve) first Covid shots, it was an exciting trip. ;) Chris - That does sound like an "exciting" trip. Hope you got your shots. As for what I did today, I gave up on the polyester resin and coated the load spreaders with rubberized undercoating. Once that dried I put them on and cranked down on the front bolts, which pretty well leveled the toolbox. Then I loaded up the cover's module and installed the rails - with the tailgate open as the rails are too long As I'd hoped, the module will slide back under the lip of the toolbox, which is good as the module is designed to be up against something. A clamp keeps it from coming rearward, but it is intended to be up against the front of the bed. Anyway, that let me get the measurements I need to be able to shorten the rails, which I hope to do tomorrow. However, I did hook up a battery and it works!

Wow! Really nice.

Jim - Yes, apparently that wasn't an option in '81. But I recognized it from Big Blue so looked at the '85 EVTM. Jordan - Make sure you don't have the positive aux battery cable floating around as it'll be hot when the key is turned on. And now we see one of those elusive options that it would be good to be able to ID. Maybe I can pull pages from several EVTMs to get a start?

Now you are getting into the complexity thereof. Each year is different; each engine w/in the year is different and some years have two different engines, like the 302 carb'd and EFI'd and the 351W w/a 2bbl and 4bbl; two different GVWR's - above and below 8500; and then there are at least three versions - California, 49-state, and Canada. And that is assuming there aren't differences between manual and auto transmissions, and there are. So, 7 years, 10 different engines, 2 different GVWR's, and 3 different government emission standards. At first blush you are talking 420 different combinations w/o the transmission difference. But it isn't quite that bad since not all of the 10 different engines were offered across the 7 years, but there are still a huge number of combinations. I'm not saying no, but I'm asking if we can't just answer the questions one-off as we go rather than trying to answer all of them up front? Am I thinking incorrectly?

Would something like this work? You can click on the blue box to be taken to info about that item. This is from our page at Documentation/Interior/Interior Trim and then the Bronco tab as the Regular Cab tab appears to be broken. Anyway, is something like that what you had in mind? This is an embedded Microsoft Office PDF, powered by Office.

Welcome, Hawk! Glad you joined. Sounds like a wild truck that has a lot of potential. Hope you'll start a thread on it in the main section. Where's home. We have a map (Bullnose Forum/Member's Map in the menu) and can add you with a city/state or zip.

I think #5 is a trailer relay. It isn't shown in the '81 EVTM so it may be an '82 and later thing. But this is how it is shown in the '85 EVTM: But, the thing next to it on the left is probably the auxiliary battery relay. Do you have an aux battery? As for an page on everything under the hood, we don't have one. There are soooooo many different options depending on the year, the engine, which carb or EFI, and then if it is a CA/49-State/Canada truck that it would be next to impossible to create that page.

I think I understand the love/dislike thing. I found yet another puddle under Big Blue today. In fact, two of them - brake fluid and ATF from the power steering. A day or two ago it was puddles of diff lube and of coolant. This is getting old. So, from one tired guy to another, HANG IN THERE!

Wow, that looks great! Well done!

Cool! I think you are going to like it. But the manual I have isn't for either yours or mine. It is for a MAC analyzer. Sorry.

Well, I was greeted with another puddle on the floor today. The brake line that goes down to the rear axle is still leaking after having tightened it as much as I dared. Guess I'll have to figure out what is wrong. As for the toolbox, I sorta got it installed. I say "sorta" because the three 10 x 17" load spreaders I cut out of Advantec aren't ready, but otherwise the box is in place and its bolts are snugged up as much as I dare. The issue with the load spreaders is that I mixed up a batch of polyester resin and painted them with it, but it isn't setting up. Perhaps I didn't put enough hardener in, or maybe it is old? Anyway, I may change to rubberized undercoating to protect them. But here 'tis. It is solid, with the six 1/2" bolts through the Advantec floor in the toolbox. And here's a closeup of the weather stripping. There's a slight tilt to the rear, surely due to the weather stripping on the front panel of the bed. But I think when I get the load spreaders in and torque the bolts down the tilt will level out.

Welcome! Glad you joined. Where's home? I ask because we have a map (Bullnose Forum/Member's Map in the menu) and we could add you if we had a city & state or zip.

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 a zip. Who knows, it might be like yesterday when we added a guy and he found out there's another member a few miles away that easily asked his questions about local support.