Gary's "Nothing Special" Moab trip

I'm taking the things people say as a suggestion and then evaluating them on my own. So keep suggesting and I'll keep evaluating. For instance, Jeff's idea of a step stool was a good one as BB's engine compartment is hard to reach from the ground. And I don't like standing on the bumper as it...

Couple of part & repair questions

Big Red repairs are shut down until after the holidays, (boss's orders), but I want to kibe some things out. Here's my questions: 1. What is the proper name of the light mounted under the hood? I need a bulb & lens cover. Lamp Assembly (Engine Compartment). You can see the details on the page...

Underhood Light Maintenance

The part we have carries an E0TZ prefix, so it came out in 1980. But the 1973-79 master parts catalog shows that one LAMP ASSY. (ENGINE COMPARTMENT) came out in '73, another in '75, and yet another one in '78. So there were earlier versions, although I don't know what the differences were.

L'il Blue '83 F150 4x4   (Re: L'il Blue '83 F150)

TJ - Via text message you asked about a Bullnose steering wheel, matching horn pad, and horn. Let's discuss those here, in reverse order. I saw your horn on the driver's side front of the engine compartment, right behind the radiator. There should be a Y/LG H wire going to it, and to translate...

Electric Fans: Taurus, Mark VIII, Something else?

... body and chassis for the 1980 model year, they had no intention of continuing the 460 in them. Thus the frame rail width, front crossmember and engine compartment were designed around the 351M and 400 to be the "big" engines, length was dictated by the 300 six. Everything was fine until Ford...

Muminvaters F250 scale 1:13

.... It was to decide: build up the engine compartment like the origin or should I use the space for electronic equipment? The first option...

Making your own lines

... adapters in the glove compartment; that way, in an emergency, I can use one of my vacuum lines to temporarily replace virtually any line in the truck. Sure, I have Hagerty Club to tow me if I have a problem, but I still think it's pretty cool that you could do something like that if you want to. I...

Diary of a Restore (Thread)

I found the engine compartment light in the '81 EVTM, as shown below. As for getting one, I did a search on the forum for "engine compartment light" and got this . Note that there are multiple pages to the results.

Diary of a Restore (Thread)

... are ALL HOT with the key off? Where the lights on when you checked? I want to say 1 of the wires is to a trailer relay when you have the tow package and that would be hot with lights on. I would have to look atmy truck to see what I have them going to as I used 1 maybe 2 for different things like to my fog / driving lights and maybe trailer brake controller? Dave ---- god job on fixing the dim lights

Diary of a Restore (Thread)

Well now this is embarassing…. OK, so I started looking at the wires on the D side today with the schematics both Gary sent, and the super big one I have on hand showing all the wires and where they go for the entire truck. I found (unrelated) three wires going nowhere on d side engine...

New from NC

... that splits the blower and the EVAP. So, I had to fabricate a new plate separating the heat from the A/C evaporator core, removed the EVAP and condenser, plugged the holes in the engine compartment for the evaporator tubes, and put it all back together--going to run w/o A/C. OK, enough from me...

About Fusible Links

... "protected". If you put a fuse 3' away from your battery you have 3' of unprotected wire that could short upstream of that fuse and cause that fire. These are definitely not "put them anywhere that works" devices. That's why you almost never see them anywhere else but the engine compartment. That's where the battery/alternator are.