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Does anyone know for sure or have even ever seen a 351W head with an "R" on it? I haven't looked for anything under the valve cover yet. I'm thinking they may be a set off one of those HO engines with the 4 barrel that were in mid-80s pickups.

What year model did Ford start putting OBD2 connectors on vehicles! Did they start using them across all models/engines at the same time?

Ten four ,,,that's what I'm thinking. Appreciate the help!

I have a 1982 F250 with single piston calipers. The right frt. brake will not release. I first though it was the caliper as it was binding. Replaced the caliper, bled out and I had the same thing. I can open the bleeder with it locked up and there is no excessive pressure. With the bleeder open...

Some of the 100s up till about 75 and maybe part of 76 were a lot lighter duty than the 250s. Transmissions, if a 4spd were Borg Warner in the 100s, New Process in the 250s. Transfer cases on some 100s were a real light unit made by Dana. They were more or less just an in/out box. You were...

Has anyone tried to change wiring or switching so the fog lights will come on without the headlights or park lights being turned on? Also being able to leave the fog lights on with high beams. My F150 is a 2012.

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I was defiantly thinking straight axle. Not about to tackle an SAS. Do you happen to know much about frame widths? There were some mid yr. changes on Ford 4x4s in the mid to later 70s. And 2wd had different width frames than 4wd some yrs.

Has anyone had any experience on swapping an '82 F250 2wd to 4wd? I had gotten involved in this on Gen. 5 & 6 trucks and there were differences in frames on 4x2 and 4x4 on those older trucks that made the change almost totally impractical. Just looking and taking a few rough measurements the '80...