Capt's New Tow Rig

[Beagle]

That's a solid solution if you've got the range you need from one tank. I've heard more than once about dual tank Ford's filling up the wrong tank from the return line. I've had both styles, where the high pressure pump is inline and the tanks both have lift pumps and the later style where each tank has a high pressure pump in it, but never experienced it personally. The old style, my '88 F150, I switched all the time anyway because I thought it might be buildup or dried seals... now I'm kind of curious how it all works because secret squirrel plans that might need both high pressure pumps running (where would they return to??)

The later trucks with single tank and deadhead'ed pumps make a lot more sense to me (and probably the warranty folks too) for everyday trucks. My 2016 has a single 36 gallon tank that I'm spoiled with, but it really doesn't matter because my navigator has to stop about every 60-90 minutes anyway.

[DanStokes]

my navigator has to stop about every 60-90 minutes anyway.

I can relate with the navigator!

Dan

[Captain]

This is the Easiest Heater Core replacement that I ever have done.
I was sceptical even after looking at the diagram
the only problem was removing the plastic clips on the core tubes in the engine compartment.
Actually they broke, the removal procedure doesn't work.
But the core is easily removed.





the core slides right out after you get it out of the sealant around the edges.



And the new core slides in.

[74NovaMan]

Sure is nice to get something easy once and a while!

[langleylad]

This is the Easiest Heater Core replacement that I ever have done.
I was sceptical even after looking at the diagram
the only problem was removing the plastic clips on the core tubes in the engine compartment.
Actually they broke, the removal procedure doesn't work.
But the core is easily removed.





the core slides right out after you get it out of the sealant around the edges.



And the new core slides in.

Now try replacing a heater core in a fox body ! ............... it took me a weekend

[DanStokes]

Took me a weekend - and the ensuing week. I couldn't find anyone in Ann Arbor, including professional shops, who would take it on so I had no choice.

Dan

[Beagle]

Now try replacing a heater core in a fox body ! ............... it took me a weekend

I traded a '83 Cougar over the heater core. Too bad I didn't know about this guy!

https://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/forum/threads/heater-core-replacement.80505/

but yeah, '88 F150, thirty minute job... I still have scars from my '86 C10. May have been one of those pivotal brand allegiance moments. :|

[DanStokes]

Great tip on the heater core replacement. I'm hoping mine is still good but if not I'm going to try this method. Think I'll pull the upper intake as the 5.8 is taller and wider than the 5.0.

Dan

[dave.g.in.gansevoort]

Took me a weekend - and the ensuing week. I couldn't find anyone in Ann Arbor, including professional shops, who would take it on so I had no choice.

Dan

Yeah us too. Maggie had the extended warrantee on her Rustang, and Varsity Ford did the job. Only cost $25. Best $25 ever spent on a car by me!

[dave.g.in.gansevoort]

Captain, this van reminds me of a J. J . Cale song, made famous by Eric Clapton: Cocaine, or the song by Jackson Browne, Cocaine.

Or one of my friend's wife's brownies. Man they were good! Him and her and her younger sister, who was my age, sitting in their home eating hash brownies way back in the day... At least I remember the start of those nights, the rest is just a blur. Waking up the next morning wanting to inhail a bag of M&Ms. Oh the wasted days of youth...

[Captain]

Can't do admitting to any of that, as I can be called back to do Government Jobs......
BUT I Will Say........
Yes I Grew Up When,
DRUGS WERE GOOD FOR YOU !!!

Now its Beers, and if Too Many,
tomorrow is Doing Things Slower....

[dave.g.in.gansevoort]

Well the drugs we take now are good for us. However they are the result of doing all those things that were fun back then...

And I bet I can speak for Dan as well as for myself, Never working for government again!

[Captain]

Well the drugs we take now are good for us. However they are the result of doing all those things that were fun back then...

And I bet I can speak for Dan as well as for myself, Never working for government again!

I am Very Selective in answering Phone Calls, as I really have NO INTENTIONS of going back to work !!
But if it's a Government or Public Utility "Integrity Work Call", I can Do This Work with NO PENALTY to my Pension Payments,
And I get Premium Class 1 Teamster Pay Scale plus Bennies......
I still Have this Rusty Iron Junkie, Compulsive Collector Disorder to support !! LOL

[DanStokes]

Well the drugs we take now are good for us. However they are the result of doing all those things that were fun back then...

And I bet I can speak for Dan as well as for myself, Never working for government again!

I'm simply never going to work again - for anybody!

EDIT: As I think about it - I really did like my Gov't job. The work was interesting and I had a fair amount of independence (though I had to snatch that). What I didn't like was that the most self-serving were allowed to push themselves int management where they could make work life unpleasant for all of us. I miss the work sometimes and I miss the great folks I worked with but I never miss the idiots who ran that zoo.

Dan

[dave.g.in.gansevoort]

Me neither. As you said Dan I liked the people we WORKED WITH, not the people we WORKED FOR. Big difference.