"Cam's Ol' Blue"- 1986 F-150 Base Ex-State of Oregon

[Rembrant]

Do you guys know if the collar that the shifter is mounted into is removable? Or would I have to replace the whole steering column?

The PO for some reason removed the pin holding in the shifter, drilled it out and put a bolt in there instead. My shifter is very sloppy, so I am thinking the best thing to do is replace the whole collar and shifter assembly.

Can someone tell me how this would be done?

The part in question is circled:

Yes you can replace just the shifter collar, or at least you can on the 3-on-the-tree column. I had mine apart several times, right down to each individual item. Non tilt. I always assumed that the automatic column was basically the same thing.

[1986F150Six]

Do you guys know if the collar that the shifter is mounted into is removable? Or would I have to replace the whole steering column?

The PO for some reason removed the pin holding in the shifter, drilled it out and put a bolt in there instead. My shifter is very sloppy, so I am thinking the best thing to do is replace the whole collar and shifter assembly.

Can someone tell me how this would be done?

The part in question is circled:

http://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/file/n58311/20200402_111828.jpg

Would any of these do?

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=E2TZ-7228-B&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=Ford+F150+automatic+shift+collar+1986+NOS

 

[thefraze_1020]

Do you guys know if the collar that the shifter is mounted into is removable? Or would I have to replace the whole steering column?

The PO for some reason removed the pin holding in the shifter, drilled it out and put a bolt in there instead. My shifter is very sloppy, so I am thinking the best thing to do is replace the whole collar and shifter assembly.

Can someone tell me how this would be done?

The part in question is circled:

http://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/file/n58311/20200402_111828.jpg

Would any of these do?

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=E2TZ-7228-B&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=Ford+F150+automatic+shift+collar+1986+NOS

Yes, those are exactly the part I need. Just getting the old one out is the challenge.

[thefraze_1020]

Yes, those are exactly the part I need. Just getting the old one out is the challenge.

I made a trip to one of the local wrecking yards today, and found a very highly-optioned 1986 F-150 there. So, I pulled the tach cluster, AM/FM/Cassette electronic radio, digital clock, and the burlwood radio bezel with the holes for the clock.

After coming home, I attempted to install the radio and tach cluster in my truck. For the cluster, I swapped in my gauges and my non-trip speedo. I knew all of those worked, so I didn't want to take a chance. After putting all that back together, I fired up the truck, and all of my gauges still work, but the tach has nothing. Can anyone steer me in the right direction why it is not working? Keep in mind, my truck has the 4.9L /300 I6.

[thefraze_1020]

I made a trip to one of the local wrecking yards today, and found a very highly-optioned 1986 F-150 there. So, I pulled the tach cluster, AM/FM/Cassette electronic radio, digital clock, and the burlwood radio bezel with the holes for the clock.

After coming home, I attempted to install the radio and tach cluster in my truck. For the cluster, I swapped in my gauges and my non-trip speedo. I knew all of those worked, so I didn't want to take a chance. After putting all that back together, I fired up the truck, and all of my gauges still work, but the tach has nothing. Can anyone steer me in the right direction why it is not working? Keep in mind, my truck has the 4.9L /300 I6.

Also, I plugged in the radio, mounted it in the dash, and I have nothing. No display, no sound. I checked the fuse, it's good. I checked the power wires to the radio, they are hot when they are supposed to be. If it is relevant, I found a few weeks ago my aftermarket radio that was in there before just randomly quit working. No power on that either. Something fishy is going on I think....

[ArdWrknTrk]

I made a trip to one of the local wrecking yards today, and found a very highly-optioned 1986 F-150 there. So, I pulled the tach cluster, AM/FM/Cassette electronic radio, digital clock, and the burlwood radio bezel with the holes for the clock.

After coming home, I attempted to install the radio and tach cluster in my truck. For the cluster, I swapped in my gauges and my non-trip speedo. I knew all of those worked, so I didn't want to take a chance. After putting all that back together, I fired up the truck, and all of my gauges still work, but the tach has nothing. Can anyone steer me in the right direction why it is not working? Keep in mind, my truck has the 4.9L /300 I6.

Are you using the flex circuit that came on the junkyard cluster?

Also, for a six cylinder I believe there is one wire they needs to be grounded (or un-grounded?) for the tach to read correctly.

[thefraze_1020]

Are you using the flex circuit that came on the junkyard cluster?

Also, for a six cylinder I believe there is one wire they needs to be grounded (or un-grounded?) for the tach to read correctly.

Flex circuit? Are you referring to the red ribbon circuit on the back of the cluster? If so, yes I am, so there is power going to the tach terminal posts.

The back of the tach has four posts. How many of them, and which ones do I need to tighten nuts on?

[ArdWrknTrk]

Flex circuit? Are you referring to the red ribbon circuit on the back of the cluster? If so, yes I am, so there is power going to the tach terminal posts.

The back of the tach has four posts. How many of them, and which ones do I need to tighten nuts on?

Not surprisingly Gary has a primer: http://www.garysgaragemahal.com/tachometers.html

So at the risk of not describing every detail I'll leave the link.

My '87 cluster differs in some ways because the gauges work differently.

[FuzzFace2]

Not surprisingly Gary has a primer: http://www.garysgaragemahal.com/tachometers.html

So at the risk of not describing every detail I'll leave the link.

My '87 cluster differs in some ways because the gauges work differently.

I thought that wire was out by the ICM on the fender well?

I could be wrong as when I added a tach to my truck, also a 300 six, it worked so did not have to go digging.

As for the radio where were you checking for power? At the end of the plug that the radio wires plug in to or somewhere else?

Now a WAG are you sure the junk yard radio even works? Maybe that was the last straw, radio stop working, and why the truck was scrapped?

A few wires, speaker or 2 and a battery and you can bench test it.

That is what I did to my Ebay radio did not even use the ant. and got a few stations.

Now on the clock, depending on the year of the truck the clock came from and the year it is going into you may have to

"rewire" to get it to work. IIRC there were 3 different ways & wire colors over the years but if I could do it I am sure others can also do it.

BTW bench test the clock also.

Dave ----

[Gary Lewis]

I thought that wire was out by the ICM on the fender well?

I could be wrong as when I added a tach to my truck, also a 300 six, it worked so did not have to go digging.

As for the radio where were you checking for power? At the end of the plug that the radio wires plug in to or somewhere else?

Now a WAG are you sure the junk yard radio even works? Maybe that was the last straw, radio stop working, and why the truck was scrapped?

A few wires, speaker or 2 and a battery and you can bench test it.

That is what I did to my Ebay radio did not even use the ant. and got a few stations.

Now on the clock, depending on the year of the truck the clock came from and the year it is going into you may have to

"rewire" to get it to work. IIRC there were 3 different ways & wire colors over the years but if I could do it I am sure others can also do it.

BTW bench test the clock also.

Dave ----

Yes, the wire to be grounded is out on the fender liner. And it is grounded by the engine harness, the one that has the ignition, oil pressure, and coolant temp wires in it.

And I agree about the radio. It may not have been working. I'd bench test it and the clock.