D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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D.Duck wrote:

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Tim" wrote in message
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On Dec 27, 11:56 pm, BAR wrote:

Tim wrote:

Off a vacuum pump.

No pump, vacuum from the intake manifold is the source.

When did ford start pulling a vac, from the intake manifold? AFAIK,
they've always used a pump

Maybe you are thinking of the "air" pump that was installed in all cars
to inject clean air into the exhaust to "improve" emission readings.

Engine vacuum has been used for years for power brakes and on older
car's features like flip-up headlights and even the windshield wipers
(on really old cars).

Eisboch

Didn't you just love it when you stepped on the accelerator and wipers
slowed or stopped?


Only when going uphill, if memory serves.

--
George W. Bush - the 43rd Best President Ever!


Up hill was the worst case scenario but even flat land heavy acceleration
was a problem. It did seem to vary somewhat depending on the car brand.



I had a 39 Chevy Master 85, when you hit the brakes the wiper would
slow. The harder you hit them the slower they got. When hitting the gas
they would start racing bepending on how much you gave them. It didn't
seem to matter is one was going up hill or not as far as I recall. But
then I got rid of the car in the mid 90's and had not driven it for a
while before that.

Capt Jack R..

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On Dec 28, 2:29 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:54:53 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:
Yeah, like when the little female voice in the TomTom starts yelling at
me
to take a left when no left exists.

Yours does that too?

Mine does it at exactly the same place on Rt 44 - every time.

Hey Tom

Check out page 23 Here is your new tow vehicle, note what it is
pulling

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/boatus/200801/index.php

That's not a truck, mate.
*This* is a truck:

http://www.cowboycadillac.com/f650pu1.jpg

Eisboch
A real truck...



Brakes are an option?

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You'd think the domestic manufacturers would have the comon pickup truck
perfected by now.



Why? JC Penney ruined the design for perfectly good white cotton
undershirts. Why can't manufacturers just leave a good thing alone, if or
when they find a design that works?


In the engineering/design world it's called the "not invented here"
syndrome and mechanical design engineers are the worst of the lot. If a
sub-section of an assembly has been perfected over the years, works fine,
lasts a long time, but the current engineer was not responsible for it's
development and design, he/she will attempt to change it.

I fought that battle for years in the business I was in. My son continues
the battle to this day.

Eisboch



It should be punishable by death without a trial. An undershirt is like a
gallon of milk. I just want to walk in and buy it. I don't want to have to
do research.

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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had my brand new F-150 Lariat Special Edition towed back from
Greenville RI to the dealer in Webster, MA because...

The brakes failed - as in F A I L E D - causing me to avoid a massive
collision by jumping a curb and heading into the pucker brush.

Then, to add insult to injury, when I restarted the engine after it
stalled out, a horrendous noise and oil smoke started to pour out from
under the hood. Brand new engine to boot.

In a nut shell, this truck is a piece of s##t. This is the sixth
major failure in 20 thousand miles.

No, I'm not buying a Toyota so don't even suggest it.


Right. Why be happy? What would be the point? Sure, Toyotas need service
like any other vehicle, but they tend not to have STUPID problems like
Fords.



I have four F150's - 2004 to 2006. What sort of problems have you seen?
Other than routine maintenance, they have been fine.

Dan

HK wrote:


I suppose. If I am going somewhere I haven't been and am hazy about
directions, I use MS Streets and print out a simple paper map.


Nice job, asshole! If you want to search for websites there's this new
thing called Google. Check it out.

HK wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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I suppose. If I am going somewhere I haven't been and am hazy about
directions, I use MS Streets and print out a simple paper map.



Well, that's sorta a crude, elementary GPS system minus the real time
satellite data.

Eisboch


Indeed. It doesn't take into account the distinct possibility the street
might have moved!



You are dumb, aren't you?

"Dan" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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had my brand new F-150 Lariat Special Edition towed back from
Greenville RI to the dealer in Webster, MA because...

The brakes failed - as in F A I L E D - causing me to avoid a massive
collision by jumping a curb and heading into the pucker brush.

Then, to add insult to injury, when I restarted the engine after it
stalled out, a horrendous noise and oil smoke started to pour out from
under the hood. Brand new engine to boot.

In a nut shell, this truck is a piece of s##t. This is the sixth
major failure in 20 thousand miles.

No, I'm not buying a Toyota so don't even suggest it.


Right. Why be happy? What would be the point? Sure, Toyotas need service
like any other vehicle, but they tend not to have STUPID problems like
Fords.

I have four F150's - 2004 to 2006. What sort of problems have you seen?
Other than routine maintenance, they have been fine.

Dan


Search this thread for the words "fusible link", and you'll find something I
posted yesterday about a drug or booze-related engineering disaster in a
Ford.

On Dec 28, 8:07*pm, Jack Redington wrote:
D.Duck wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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D.Duck wrote:

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Tim" wrote in message
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On Dec 27, 11:56 pm, BAR wrote:

Tim wrote:

Off a vacuum pump.

No pump, vacuum from the intake manifold is the source.

When did ford start pulling a vac, from the intake manifold? *AFAIK,
they've always used a pump

Maybe you are thinking of the "air" pump that was installed in all cars
to inject clean air into the exhaust to "improve" emission readings.

Engine vacuum has been used for years for power brakes and on older
car's features like flip-up headlights and even the windshield wipers
(on really old cars).

Eisboch

Didn't you just love it when you stepped on the accelerator and wipers
slowed or stopped?

Only when going uphill, if memory serves.

--
George W. Bush - the 43rd Best President Ever!

Up hill was the worst case scenario but even flat land heavy acceleration
was a problem. *It did seem to vary somewhat depending on the car brand.

I had a 39 Chevy Master 85, when you hit the brakes the wiper would
slow. The harder you hit them the slower they got. When hitting the gas
they would start racing bepending on how much you gave them. It didn't
seem to matter is one was going up hill or not as far as I recall. But
then I got rid of the car in the mid 90's and had not driven it for a
while before that.

Capt Jack R..- Hide quoted text -

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Vacuum wipers, you gotta love em!

Some of the fords and Merc, I've had, the air vents worked on Vac.
also.
In the hot summer, if you accelerated, the vents would close and the
conditioned air would shut down. let off the foot feed and it would
freeze you out. Same way with the heater....