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Merry Christmas from Minnesota! One of the few ones that has not been a White Christmas. At least it will make taking down the outside lights easier. Dan

Your problem is probably the coil and or condenser. When the truck is warm feel the coil and see if it is really hot. When the coil overheats and or gets old it wont give enough charge to restart the truck. That is why when it cools down the coil is more efficient again and the truck can start.

Nice looking ride. Sounds like you carry most everything I do plus more. Only item I usually have is a fire extinguisher (put out those burning Chevys) and a good flashlight. Have a great trip!

Had the same thing with an after market handle a few years ago. the internals are not as sturdy as the originals. There is a pin in the locking mechanism that has slipped. If you keep working at the handle eventually that pin will break or fall out. Once that happens you should be able to pull...

The standard was a 3.78 ratio. Stamped on the differential housing would be 9/34 for the 3.78 if by some chance you had the 4.11 its stamp would be 9/37. Mine revs about 2500 revs at 55 with a 3.78 ratio and 15" coker radials. The 3.78 ratio revs around 200 rpm lower than a 4.11 ratio at...

I think I got the link right and joined. New Fordbarn is a lot more techy but does have a lot more to offer. I found most of the posts to be the 34-40 Ford questions. Nice to have a section on just 41-48s. Plus I like the edit function to correct my typing after I have posted something!

I think the new Ford Barn is great. Need to teach some of the older members to set up their Avatar. Cool to see everyone's ride

seeing if my new one works

Well that did not quite work right [

Testing my photo upload ability too.http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL891/3760518/7760481/342469811.jpg