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Electrical Tech / Re: fuse link info
I dont have one infront of me but thought the color chart for the fusible link ratings was in the beginning of the factory EVT and troubleshooting manuals.
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Electrical Tech / Re: Considering Alternator Replacement, Weighing Options
did you ever decide?
i am converting both my 20th and my 1990 351w bronco.
I am unsure nowadays if anyone here has found an even larger ampacity alt in the same case size,, as in,, "shop for this xyz car" and you will have a bolt on unit.

I will be redoing the main wiring to #6 cause i have a bunch of that in rhh/rhw flex telecom rated & solder lugs and such.



Yeah, i went with a factory remanufactured stock 60amp 1g one in the tbird.
I figured the car is likely to stay bone stock so why bother.
I put the 100amp upgraded 1g into my mustang turbo convertible along with a nos harness for it.
I never got around to measuring current amps on the tbird at idle but the mustang pulled around 26 amps.
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Lounge / Re: F.E.P down?
Is there any update on the situation over there?
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User Rides / Re: Work In Progress. '88 TC
My return line was leaking both down along the motor and tubes(all over the starter also)and slinging back at the downpipe because of the bolt hole not being drilled out properly. Smoking and stinking.
Alot of work just to remove and alleviate that in the tight parking space i had at the time, im glad i bought a pack of those gaskets for the return line on the turbo.
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User Rides / Re: Work In Progress. '88 TC
The humidity gets too much up here to go without A/C for us too.  I spent my youth without A/C so I already did my dues there.

I spent a little over 8 hours working on the car yesterday.  Only got about 2 things done.  Oil return line and the air filter is on..............progress is progress.........

I spent 8 hours working just on the oil return line once because i refused to remove the compressor for access so dont feel too bad like you didnt get anything done.
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Engine Tech / Re: Misfire - '88 TC
That sucks, especially since your spark plugs dont indicate a blown headgasket couldve been the issue.
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Engine Tech / Re: Misfire - '88 TC
 :twocents:

I never had to do that, just some wd40 and lightly tapped it down using a deep socket. The first time i did one on my 86 tbird it was taken apart and put back together on my dining room table.
Everybody uses the same stock images for the distributor gear so its hard to tell honestly. Quick look around shows a bronze gear for 80 bucks from esslinger, the kit is over 300.
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Electrical Tech / Re: 83 Digital Dash Fuel Sending Unit Options
So i made another one based on the information i put in this thread.
I used a real nos ford bronco II fuel sender to make it instead of that chinese ebay one i used the first time.




I didnt like how the solder came out since its expired and expensive so i redid it and welded it to the tube instead since i had my handheld stick welder and some 1/16 stainless rods on me. I wish i had this the first time but its holding up.








I accidently blew holes in it trying to dial the welder in since it just has a dial for control and had it a bit too high at first for this thickness metal, it failed my "suck and blow" air test so i tinned it up with solder over the welds(since trying to fix it with the welder just made them worse) and now it passes the test.
Ill see how it looks in the gas tank when i stop back at the garage again.

Edit: that wordfilter is killing me today
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Electrical Tech / Re: Digital temperature gauge correlation to actual temps
If these senders are resistance based you can use the gauge fix thing you splice inline i mentioned in my fuel sender thread(Tanks MeterMatch but there are others) to make the gauge read at any level you want, provided you know the values for each bar in relation to the temp so you dont blow your headgasket.
Have you ever checked the engine ground strap?
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General Computer Forum / Long Term File Hosting Recommendations
Not sure if this the right place to ask but here goes anyway.
Does anybody have any recommendations for long term file hosting?
I have a few foxbody service related materials scanned up and i wanted to make them available to others that may need it but its been well over a decade since i even had to think about file hosting.
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Engine Tech / Re: Misfire - '88 TC
If it is it aint that big of a deal to replace it like people make it out to be, pulling the distributor and reinstalling it was harder than rebuilding it for me.