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Be fun to have! Until somebody wanted me to actually use it!

https://bend.craigslist.org/cto/d/prineville-1981-f250-ford/6838699839.html Edit: A bit rough.

I know this is a bit out of your search parameters, but dang, looks pretty good! https://roseburg.craigslist.org/cto/d/roseburg-1981-ford-ranger-f250/6852679979.html

https://bend.craigslist.org/cto/d/redmond-1980-ford-350-tow-truck/6853720460.html

Got mine today. Opened the box and looked at it, but left it in the bag. Better look closer tomorrow.

That turned out nice!

Cleans it out too!

Yikes!

The XLS Bronco I saw had several functional options, including front LSD & quad front shocks w/o trailer package. I think it was an '84, and its paint didn't look like the one in your pic. I remember short graduated vertical stripes along the beltline leading to the "XLS" letters at the rear (but it has been a few decades). I can't find a truck like that on Google Images. Do you have options lists for them that show what was in that package each year? Nice, nice, nice! I've had a CB in just about every vehicle I've owned since I was 16. Not anymore though, quiet, hardly anybody uses them anymore. Cool option. Some of the full dress motorcycles had the CB option. Now I have Ham radios.

Good eye!

https://medford.craigslist.org/cto/d/eagle-point-1985-ford-250/6862604651.html Can't go too wrong at this price, I think.

I thought the same thing.

I bought one of these. I don't think I'll use it. Why did I buy it? Because it looks cool and it was $24. Maybe a bonus if I ever sell the truck...

Welcome!

My neck hurts now from reading from one side to the other! :nabble_smiley_happy:I like it. The picture of the tranny looks real good!

John Deere?

Patience... not something pursued much anymore, it seems.

Ha! Especially if they ship it to you for a dollar!

Nice! I like it. Good eye on the wheel pad! You're right, really good shape for a 4x4. The wheels look good on this truck. Definite bummer about the hood holes. The door panels and the hard pockets on the bottom are in great shape. They even kept the 4x4 instructions that go on the visor. It's eight o'clock in Boise Idaho...

Nice! If it had some tires under it maybe those mirrors wouldn't look so out of place.

I don't have any aftermarket gauges in my 1986. I did put a coolant temperature gauge in my 1987 4Runner. I ended up buying an Equus and installing it. I was happy with it, and it worked well. And it was electric. https://www.iequus.com/ Edit: Add electric

That is a cool watch! Are those 4 dots around the case buttons? Meaning, can you push those to set different functions?

The tank, or the level sender? On which truck? AFAIK, both are commonly available; but the sender is easy to repair: 1986 F250, rear steel tank, 19 gallon, the sender is not available. I do have a new tank back there. Those you can get.

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Are you talking about the late '90s? Like '97 for the F-150/F-250 and '99 for the F-250HD/F-350? Because I don't think Ford fixed the dual tank issue until they stopped putting dual tanks in trucks. I haven't had trouble with my current '97 F-250HD, but I did have the issue with my '95 F-150 where fuel would return to the rear tank even when I was using the front one. Common issue in the 9th gen trucks (or transferring to the front tank, just depends on which FDM went bad). My '71 Bronco had a 3-way ball valve for a tank selector and a switch on the dash for the fuel gage. There was no return line so that wasn't an issue. I will say that system was a bit of a pain. I was able to reach the ball valve from the driver's seat which made it tolerable. But it was still surprisingly difficult for me to have the switch and the valve both on the same tank. Especially with the tiny aux tank on the Bronco it wasn't uncommon enough that I'd run out of gas with the gage reading full (at least that error always leaves you with a full tank to switch to). I would think that having separate valves for the supply and return lines would be even worse. I suppose if both were inaccessible under the truck it shouldn't be too hard to discipline yourself to switch them together. And they could be mounted so the handles are always parallel which would make it easier to know you had it right. But if it was me and I was going with a ball valve I'd at least think about not switching the return line. You'd have to run on the tank with the return line first, then switch to the other tank, and then you could possibly switch back to the first tank again. Sort of a pain, but it would be a simpler system. What I actually did on my Bronco was get a "6-way" solenoid controlled valve and wired that to work with my dash switch. (I needed to add a return line when I fuel injected it. I took the return line out when I went back to a carb, but that's another story.) That hasn't been ideal either (I had one aftermarket valve fail, stranding me with one full tank). As far as material goes, I think I'd lean toward brass rather than stainless, but I don't have any data to back that up, so take it for what it's worth. I've only had two Ford's where the fuel gauges worked "good". My 1992 Bronco, and a 1994 F250 with dual tanks I used to own. I like the spare tire under the bed where it is, but if I ever get into problems that are trouble to deal with in the switching system (i.e. no parts), I'll go with the 38 gallon replacement tank and only have one. And deal with the spare tire. At least you can get a new fuel sender for the 38 gallon tank. The replacement for the stock tank is "unobtanium" for my truck anyways.