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  1. Krafty

    front spring "shims"

    I was looking on broncograveyard today and I saw that they had 1/4" steel "washers" that goes between the bottom of the spring and the axle. stack able up to 1". it would be just to bring the front up a bit and to compensate for my bush bar. I was just wondering if anyone had gone this route...
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    Tearing into the Project

    Howdy, just finished tearing the motor and trans out of my 73 plymouth. here are the pics I managed to snap that aren't too shaky. last couple are the pics of the rot im dealing with. next step will be jacking it up nice and high and tearing off the fenders and front suspension.
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    So Funny Story....

    So Funny Story.... I got home from town today and I go to open my drivers door, and my interior handle is busted, it wasnt busted when I left town 20 minutes earlier. the bolt that holds the front of the handle bracket down pulled the door material off the door. it looked like someone did a...
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    92-96 bush bar?

    I want a bush bar on the front of my 93 but my bumper has no exterior mounting holes or bolts, so my question is typically how do they mount on 92-96?, and because I am probably just going to make my own, is the front bumper just chrome plated steel I could grind down and weld to? the one in my...
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    source for milky oil?

    Ive got my 93 4.9 and for quite a while ive noticed under my oil cap there's been a milky residue, but the part that bothers me is the milky oil residue that gets sucked into my air box and drips out the bottom and makes the old truck look like some p.o.s. I never get water in my oil when i do...
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    No Fuel Pressure Diagnostics

    This is a step by step guide on how to locate the source of your no fuel pressure problem on your fuel injected fords. some of the general testing information can also be applied to other non bronco and even non ford vehicles. This was a response to a no fuel pressure situation on an 89 bronco...
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    internal Voltage regulator

    Howdy folks, on the way home from work tonight I noticed my alternator was holding my battery at around 11-12 volts instead of the normal 13-14, it doesn't drain like when my alt on the bronco went completely it just holds a steady 11 or 12 volts, anywho this is the replacement alt i put on my...
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    No Start Just like last time.

    Howdy Folks. Back to my No start problem I had before my stalling while driving problem. 93 4.9 Gonna run a bunch of sensor tests this afternoon, but my question is this. Can a fuel pump be running and still produce low pressure? I always figured as long as it was on it would be working...
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    Spark But No Spark?, Some spark at plug but no fire.

    93 4.9l efi auto. 2 days ago started truck but it was very hesitant but it was running, once it had been going for a while it was running fine. did that yesterday morning, was weak/ misfiring, but once running for about 10 min or so problem went away. This morning: Crank, Crank, Crank...
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    Bottom End? or just balancer?

    my 79 bird with the 69 429 has slowly developed a nasty vibration between idle and 2500 rpm over the last year, above that it goes away. can't tell but it may or may not get worse when under load. my money is on worse. I have checked again and again and I don't think I have a bottom end knock...
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    93 300 6, oil gauge goes squirly

    today I just picked up a 93 f150 4.9L auto 4x4, runs great, drives great, all kinds of power, tones of new parts. my problem is after driving for a little while and the engine warms up the gauge drops to below the low red line when coasting or at idle, way off the gauge. always jumps back up...
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    Some Funky Issuses after engine swap.

    Hey guys, Have some questions for some of you more Efi experienced persons. 1989 F150 302 efi 4x4 aod auto. I swapped my oil spewing 302 for an engine out of a 1990( I was told) f150 2wd 302 efi. swap went alright got everything hooked up the way its supposed to. drove it for a while an noticed...
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    How to make a long day a horrible one.

    So Yesterday started off at good old 5am going to work, almost forgot garbage and recycling so I was almost late for work. Spent all morning sheeting a roof and at lunch when we were packing up on the ground to go to the next jobsite I was about 2inches away from getting clipped by a 8ft by 2ft...
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    I fear the worst

    so just the other day my truck (89 f-150 302 efi 213000 km's) ((100 000 ish miles)) went from running tip top to stalling almost every time I stop at an intersection. Can see oil smoke when on the highway with the pedal to the floor. tops out at about 63 mph, runs very rough at times when on the...
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    302 efi Stumbles when cruising,

    Howdy folks, Krafty has internet again. Any who to the point. 89 302 efi 4x4 with auto tranny, when slowly accelerating you can tell its kinda holding back sometimes, cruising at (conversion works out to) say 50 to 60 mph the truck physically stumbles and hesitates, sometimes more than others...
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    Farethe Well Broncozone

    Hey guys just putting in my good byes, Im moving to an old farm house in 2 weeks time. so far no internet, no Tv(yet) haven't setup phone line yet. the only internet we can get will be dial up, but not for about a month, maybe longer depending on if we need it for banking. Anywho, its been fun...
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    Any one using a sky rear shackle Flip?

    Hey guys and gals I was looking into some different lift options and I stumbled across a product built by sky manufacturing http://www.sky-manufacturing.com/new/detaproduct.php?id=180 this product sells for $160 and claims to produce 4.5" of lift. I could see this coming in handy for people...
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    why am I getting these codes and what to fix/ replace.

    Okay so ever since i put this f 150 on the road in September I've been getting my check engine light flashing on randomly, but now that I have double checked my emissions hoses im getting them more frequently, so I got off work early today and when I got home with the light on I decided to grab...
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    cd head units are frying, are they toast or is it the truck?

    In my 89 I had an old kenwood cd deck all wired up and working for about a month, one day it just stopped emitting sound, it loads up and starts the tracks and plays through, but no sound coming out of the speakers. I then put in my alpine cd/mp3/ipod deck out of my tbird that is only 2.5 years...
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    Effects of disconnected O2 sensor?

    I just realized that since I restored and certified my 302 89 f150 that one of the wires on my o2 sensor had broken off the sensor. its been nearly 3 months, how much damage have I done? or have I just been killing my emissions and mileage? also I'm too cheap to pay anyone to change it, once...
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