80-96-list-digest Wednesday, July 1 1998 Volume 02 : Number 228



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In this issue:

FTE 80-96 - Fuel injector cleaner
RE: FTE 80-96 - Add a leaf up front
Re: FTE 80-96 - Transmission Question
Re: FTE 80-96 - Re: F-250 popping sound
FTE 80-96 - 86' 2.9L Ranger - Running rich
FTE 80-96 - Adding cruise to a Diesel
> FTE 80-96 - Oops, still trying to add cruise
FTE 80-96 - Rusty &
Re: FTE 80-96 - Rusty &

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Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 07:24:06 -0500
From: David Anderson
Subject: FTE 80-96 - Fuel injector cleaner

Do the little bottles of fuel injector cleaner additive do any good? Or
does regular gasoline have enough of this stuff already in it? I'm
trying to get rid of a miss in third gear at low rpm's when the engine
> is lugging.

David
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Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 08:37:40 -0600
From: "Smeins, Larry"
Subject: RE: FTE 80-96 - Add a leaf up front

There are three parameters to check to see if the leaves will fit.
First is width. Are the add-a-leafs the same width as the front
springs. Second is length. You don't want them longer than the bottom
leaf in the pack and too short will stress the bottom leaf. You have
quite a bit of latitude on length. Lastly is position of the "center"
bolt. The hole isn't exactly in the center and you want your new leaf
to be positioned in the same front to back ratio as the original pack.
If all of these seem to be in order, or close, the leaves will probably
work.

I put a front add-a-leaf kit under my 95 Powerstroke. It was pretty
easy. Your biggest problem will probably be getting the rusted "center
bolt" out of the pack. I'm working on a short "how to" article on the
front add-a-leaf installation but other priorities keep me from getting
it done. If you send me the dimensions of your front pack and the
leaves you have I can compare them with the ones I installed.

BTW: I made my own add-a-leaf set for my S-10 from an old pack. Wasn't
hard and much cheaper than buying a set.

Larry

>Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 20:03:15 PDT
>From: "Casey Vandor"
>Subject: FTE 80-96 - Add a leaf up front

> I need to put my sagging two-leaf inverse arch springs back on my
>truck. They are sagging pretty good, and I was wondering if it was
>possible to put those Rough Country "add-a-leafs" under or into the
leaf
>pack. It was originally ordered for the rear leafs, but they rotted
>out, and I never used it for them.

>Thanks
>Casey Vandor

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Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 12:03:44 -0400
From: D Robertson
Subject: Re: FTE 80-96 - Transmission Question

Gary:

I have an 86 F-150 2wd, w/ a 300 six and OD manual. I believe the shop
manual calls it a TOD. It has an external hydraulic slave cylinder. A
friend of mine had a 90 F-150 w/ the Mazda tranny and it had a internal
slave cylinder. The tranny in my truck has been OK. It has 140K on it and
sometimes (Esp. in winter) it has a hard time going into first gear. I
don't think it is a very heavy duty unit , but has served me well. My truck
has a long two piece drive shaft w/ a center bearing to a 8.8 rearend, you
may have to fool w/ the driveshaft. I think they went to the Mazda tranny
when they went to fuel injection. My friends 90 F-150 went 180k miles w/o
trouble but he did have to have the slave replaced which requires removing
the tranny. Both of our trucks were mainly highway drivers.

Dave


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Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 14:15:15 -0500
From: "Rick Wojciechowski"
Subject: Re: FTE 80-96 - Re: F-250 popping sound

Randall Wer wrote:

> I was the one that had the post about the sound awhile back. The problem
> you describe sounds exactly like what mine was, and still is, doing.
> Could it be something with the suspension? If anybody has ANY ideas, they....

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