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  • powerstroke superduties have electric vac pumps for the auto hubs and hvac vacuum..... I wonder how those would work?

    i don't have a good feel for how much volume we're really talking here - surely a little 12v vac pump wouldn't keep up with a big block at full song.
    There's always something new to learn.

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    • I thought he already had an electric smog pump converted to crank case evacuation? Or did it leave with the Ranger?
      Escaped on a technicality.

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      • Maybe not, just for reference he had it on a 500 cadillac that was pretty stout. Took a 4500# car into the low 10s before he sold it, so it was making some oats.


        Scrunchies are dead-nuts sexy. Period. I'm proud to say I know what a scrunchie is, and equally proud to say that she likes me using them.

        Sexy I say.

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        • You use them on the car right?
          Escaped on a technicality.

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          • so...the newer valve body has the hole for the spring and ball? sounds like an easy fix
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            • Originally posted by TheSilverBuick View Post
              You use them on the car right?
              Where ever the situation calls for it. Whatever it takes.
              Last edited by STINEY; October 12, 2011, 11:01 AM.
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              • Originally posted by squirrel View Post
                so...the newer valve body has the hole for the spring and ball? sounds like an easy fix
                Yes. It was a piece of cake. Tap out a roll pin, remove square tip blocker pin, pull out manual valve, insert other manual valve, insert rounded nose pin, insert spring, tap roll pin back.

                Not that I ever really wanted to be, but I'm getting pretty darn good at removing and replacing the valve body in a Ford C6 transmission.

                Don't know about scrunchies guys, but those terrycloth athletic wristbands are used quite often on breathers.

                I do still have the electric evac setup. In fact, I grabbed it yesterday out of the storage unit. It was controlled by my megasquirt to turn on under certain conditions.

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                1969 Galaxie 500 https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...ild-it-s-alive
                1998 Mustang GT https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...60-and-a-turbo
                1983 Mustang GT 545/552/302/Turbo302/552 http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...485-bbr-s-83gt
                1973 F-250 BBF Turbo Truck http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...uck-conversion
                1986 Ford Ranger EFI 545/C6 https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...tooth-and-nail

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                • Originally posted by milner351 View Post
                  powerstroke superduties have electric vac pumps for the auto hubs and hvac vacuum..... I wonder how those would work?

                  i don't have a good feel for how much volume we're really talking here - surely a little 12v vac pump wouldn't keep up with a big block at full song.
                  they work like crap at 240k miles. That's how they work. And, when it goes, so do your brakes. And Power Steering. They use a press on p/s style pulley so you can't get one bolt out without pulling the pulley, and that pulley is for a 3000 RPM redline. Not BBR BBF friendly to my way of thinking.

                  Sorry James, coming up on 100 pages, we had to derail it into Scrunchies and belt driven diesel suck devices. I know what a scrunchy is. It's useful in guiding women through the mall. Whoooooah there baby. I keep at least one on the shifter in the 'vert.

                  Okay, I'll quit. Good to hear on the VB !
                  Last edited by Beagle; October 12, 2011, 11:50 AM.
                  Flying south, with a flock of bird dogs.

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                  • To clarify - I was speaking of the super duty 12v electric vac pumps.... those trucks have power steering pump powered brakes (hydroboost) so the electric vac pump only runs the hvac and auto front hubs, probably not in the volume league required here.

                    my '97 had a belt driven vac pump fail, on my friend, in the middle of the night, on his way to Kentucky... not good!
                    There's always something new to learn.

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                    • Originally posted by STINEY View Post
                      Where ever the situation calls for it. Whatever it takes.
                      *shiver*
                      Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                      • Put it on the ground and filled it with fluid. All the gears are in the right places, no funny business, and it moves backwards and forward in all 3 gears. I did not have time to drive it around at lunch. I do have to run a errand later and will swing by and get it for a test drive.
                        Life is short. Be a do'er and not a shoulda done'er.
                        1969 Galaxie 500 https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...ild-it-s-alive
                        1998 Mustang GT https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...60-and-a-turbo
                        1983 Mustang GT 545/552/302/Turbo302/552 http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...485-bbr-s-83gt
                        1973 F-250 BBF Turbo Truck http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...uck-conversion
                        1986 Ford Ranger EFI 545/C6 https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...tooth-and-nail

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                        • I feex. Looks like we have all 3 gears, nice and solid.
                          Life is short. Be a do'er and not a shoulda done'er.
                          1969 Galaxie 500 https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...ild-it-s-alive
                          1998 Mustang GT https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...60-and-a-turbo
                          1983 Mustang GT 545/552/302/Turbo302/552 http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...485-bbr-s-83gt
                          1973 F-250 BBF Turbo Truck http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...uck-conversion
                          1986 Ford Ranger EFI 545/C6 https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...tooth-and-nail

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                          • WIN!

                            I can't wait until I can deliver that same statement - including OD on the ranger ... 10/20???
                            There's always something new to learn.

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                            • Hoolllleeeeyyy Craaaaaaap.

                              Just took a buddy for a little spin down the access road. Yowza. That was fun.

                              Thankfully, nothing leaked, puked, or did anything weird. 3rd hit nice and solid. Objects outside got blurry in a hurry. I can't wait to make a pass in it. The 3rd gear pull is friggin' gnarly.

                              Wheeew. Adrenaline is definitely still pumping.
                              Life is short. Be a do'er and not a shoulda done'er.
                              1969 Galaxie 500 https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...ild-it-s-alive
                              1998 Mustang GT https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...60-and-a-turbo
                              1983 Mustang GT 545/552/302/Turbo302/552 http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...485-bbr-s-83gt
                              1973 F-250 BBF Turbo Truck http://www.bangshift.com/forum/forum...uck-conversion
                              1986 Ford Ranger EFI 545/C6 https://bangshift.com/forum/forum/ba...tooth-and-nail

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                              • go CUBES!
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