What did you do for your ford today?

[CDA 455 II]

Factory vacuum routing;

How I ended up rerouting said lines:

 

[CDA 455 II]

I posted too soon... the shorter fan belt arrives this Tuesday.

I want to install said fan belt to confirm it's length is proper.
Then want to cycle the steering to confirm the 4-bolt gearbox works.

Fan belt arrives today.

We'll see how accurate my calculation was/is.

 

[Thatg9659]

How many cases long is the fan and clutch? Worth a whole case?

None of my junk has original fans.

 

[Clb]

Now waiting for the second go'round on my drums...
"There's never time to do it right the first time"... but allways time to do it OVER

 

[Levigarrett76]

Factory vacuum routing;

How I ended up rerouting said lines:

I did similar to a 4.9 because reservoir was leaking along with few other items, I left the solenoids in place. Worked great except without the reservoir under extended period of load (like pulling a long hill) the ac would lose vacuum and default to defrost. I resolved by putting a check valve in the line going to the cab.

 

[CDA 455 II]

I did similar to a 4.9 because reservoir was leaking along with few other items, I left the solenoids in place. Worked great except without the reservoir under extended period of load (like pulling a long hill) the ac would lose vacuum and default to defrost. I resolved by putting a check valve in the line going to the cab.

I removed the reservoir can because I figured, since I removed my A/C sys, I wouldn't have vacuum issues like you mentioned.

Now I'm going to use that space to mount another battery, or two.

 

[Jbevs]

Put new spark plugs in the 2013 expedition at 133k. I bought it at 80k and have done minimal maintenance. Slight misfire the other week on vacation while putting 3k on it in a week. May have been caused by this.

 

[dave_dj1]

My 09 F two shiddy wouldn't start Monday morning,crank but no fire, I parked if Sunday afternoon with no issues :(
After checking into it today I found that it has power to the fuel pump but no ground, I cut the wire and drilled the frame and added my own ground, all seems well, damn Fords!

 

[CDA 455 II]

Fan belt arrives today.

We'll see how accurate my calculation was/is.

Looks like my calculation was correct; bypass A/C pulley with 91" fan belt (stock is 99"):

 

[holdmypocket]

Looks like my calculation was correct; bypass A/C pulley with 91" fan belt (stock is 99"):

Nice! What was your measurement method? I used a piece of wire and subtracted 1" from the measurement.. and I was still wrong at least twice +/- when I had to figure out 3 different v-belts

 

[CDA 455 II]

Nice! What was your measurement method? I used a piece of wire and subtracted 1" from the measurement.. and I was still wrong at least twice +/- when I had to figure out 3 different v-belts

I picked two points to measure from (red dots) :

And measured the belt length between two said points with A/C pulley, and then without.
And then subtracted that difference; which turned out to be 8".
And then subtracted said 8" from the stock length of 99", getting 91".

 

[CDA 455 II]

Sometime before the end of the year I think I'm going to replace the belt tensioner.
It's 7y.o. with about 40,000 miles.

 

[CDA 455 II]

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Can the factory original PS pulley be installed on a Saginaw pump?

 

[Levigarrett76]

in my experience yes

 

[Crankylove]

New leafs.

Bolts haven’t been touched since it left the factory in ‘86, and it’s spent its first 36 years on utahs salty roads………….grinder and sawzall make quick work of them.

 

[posford]

I cleaned the majority of the mouse nest out of the HVAC system in the ranger, just so I can try to blow cool outside air tru the floor vents.

Thinking about cracking open the ol motorkunt 2150 and attempt to diagnose it

 

[CDA 455 II]

Did a grocery run/drove 40MPH in 2nd. Looks like I got the temp up to about 165*-170*.

I forgot to use the laser pyrometer for temp. comparison.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Going to play with the HMMWV trailer tires:

 

[Thatg9659]

Fucking piece of shit excursion. (2001v10) So I was supposed to change the fuel filter two years ago, I just stuffed it under the seat because it wasn't clogged, I know how miserable they are and I probably couldn't find my quick disconnect bullshit tool, then either.

Fast forward to today. I found the leak I had been smelling for two weeks, still couldn't find my tool so I bought a new set, engine side came apart easy, tank side was a miserable ****, when it did come apart two o-rings a copper washer and some plastic band was on the nipple. Transferred all that shit to the new fuel filter, shoved it together and no click so now there's a few zip ties holding that shit from blowing apart spraying fuel everywhere.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Messed with the steering today.

After installing factory 4-bolt gearbox pitman arm I had to adjust the tie rods.
After several W.A.G. tie rod adjustments from each side, I got the steering wheel centered.

I still need a front end alignment.

 

[CDA 455 II]

What is that motorcycle engine-looking thing on the passenger side of the engine compartment:

 

[arse_sidewards]

air compressor.

 

[CDA 455 II]

air compressor.

Factory option or a aftermarket?

 

[CDA 455 II]

Removed some of the old vacuum lines.

 

[rockota]

Finally found a factory center jump seat cup holder/coin holder for the OBS…. Really nice shape. Hour away and over priced, but took almost 18 months to find…. And still 1/2 price of the ones I’ve found on eBay

 

[Code]

A week or so ago I finished cleaning up and rebuilding my 205 for my b2 project. I'm preparing to get a 435 I have ready next if I can motivate myself after work

 

[CDA 455 II]

Experimenting:

 

[rockota]

Experimenting:

Those ubolts should probably be square instead of round.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Those ubolts should probably be square instead of round.

Agree
But I use what I got.

And it's just a mock up.

 

[Clb]

Play date
Napa valley style...

See My v3500 is misleading