Gary Lewis Posted November 29 Author Posted November 29 32 minutes ago, viven44 said: A bit of a surprise, my parts truck assumed late 86 year model has the 87-96 cowl design Interesting! I had a discussion with a guy that said the pin cushion ones actually started in '86, but I've not seen proof. Now I have! 1
ArdWrknTrk Posted November 29 Posted November 29 Kinda odd that E7TZ-15022A68-A is said to fit '84-'91, but not '80-'83.... https://ford.oempartsonline.com/oem-parts/ford-cowl-grille-e7tz15022a68a?c=Zz1ib2R5JnM9Y293bCZsPTM1Jm49QXNzZW1ibGllcyBQYWdlJmE9Zm9yZCZvPWYtMTUwJnk9MTk4NiZ0PXhsJmU9NS04bC12OC1nYXM%3D
viven44 Posted November 29 Posted November 29 21 minutes ago, ArdWrknTrk said: It's definitely not a Bullnose part, as you can tell by the engineering number. I could not find any engineering numbers on it Jim, but did find this stamp on it. It says RD Ford 1986
ArdWrknTrk Posted November 29 Posted November 29 Stamp date makes sense. 1987 trucks are rolling off the line by September of that year. Hard to argue with a part number though.. Could also be just a running change as they don't have any more 'old style' panels once the dies are changed over (I don't know where the stamping plant was actually located) 1
viven44 Posted November 29 Posted November 29 I went and looked at the VIN tag on the parts truck... it is a 9/86, so Sept timing makes sense. For comparison, Stripes also an 86 has a 4/86 date and has the old cowl design. Interesting Bullnose trivia for the day. I hadn't noticed the cowl design until today, I've had my parts truck for a year now
Jacobs Bullnose Posted November 30 Posted November 30 thanks! Now to bed, here 01:01 hr, Saturday morning.. 👍👋 1
Gary Lewis Posted November 30 Author Posted November 30 2 hours ago, Jacobs Bullnose said: thanks! Now to bed, here 01:01 hr, Saturday morning.. 👍👋 Progress! And it is now 3:32 AM your time, so I hope you don't get this until in the morning.
Ifitaintbroke Posted November 30 Posted November 30 17 hours ago, Jacobs Bullnose said: Deal! incilding Dutch “Drop”… Drop: salt, sweet or honey? Unfortunately, I priced how much it would cost to ship 8 pistons to Middelharnis, and it's about $60. The pistons altogether weigh about 8 kilos, which is roughly 18 pounds. If we traded by weight.....I'm trying to imagine what 18 pounds of stroopwafels looks like. 🤤 Maybe just a couple of pistons? Also, what is "Dutch Drop"?
viven44 Posted December 1 Posted December 1 (edited) That cheap 650 AVS I picked up from Facebook was filthy inside so I spent a lot of time cleaning it, setting floats, flushing out all the passages. Assembled it on the Bronco. @Ifitaintbroke contrary to what I said, the transfer slots are slightly exposed in my case on both carbs. That's how I was able to get a stable idle with ~20" vacuum. I have to say the 1411’s low end torque is quite significantly better (tire burning better). On the higher rpm end I couldn’t tell a difference. The comparison wasn’t 100% apples to apples though as I realized later I had more stiff step up springs on the 1411. Edited December 1 by viven44 2
salans7 Posted December 1 Posted December 1 On 11/29/2024 at 6:14 PM, viven44 said: I went and looked at the VIN tag on the parts truck... it is a 9/86, so Sept timing makes sense. For comparison, Stripes also an 86 has a 4/86 date and has the old cowl design. Interesting Bullnose trivia for the day. I hadn't noticed the cowl design until today, I've had my parts truck for a year now My old parts truck was an 86 built in April if I recall correctly, and the frame was stamped E7T which denotes 1987. It didn't have the holes for the 87-91 bumper brackets, so it was intended for an 86. Just weird that the engineering number stamped in the frame was a 1987 number. 1
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