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  1. Thermo

    mudding!

    My truck does great in the mud. I am normally the one pulling people out. Granted, most of the time I am leaving the truck in 2hi just to make things interesting and fun. PUtting my truck in 4HI makes it easy to go just about anywhere I point the front wheels.
  2. Thermo

    Tire size

    Walsh, the correct look for a tire is dependent on the owner. It is like asking if a certain color will look good on a vehicle. Some will say yes, some will say no. The question is, do you like the look? With the setup you have, you can run up to a 315/75R16 on 8" wide rims. If you step up...
  3. Thermo

    Voltage Spiking

    ohillny, I would say to take your truck to a local auto parts store and tell them that you are getting strange readings from your alternator and see what their machine says. Most multimeters are not calibrated and can give false readings. The testers at the auto parts store are going to have a...
  4. Thermo

    my turn... no electrical power

    walnuts, based on what you are seeing, I would get a load test done on the battery. Granted, you can also disconnect the battery cables, put the battery on a charger and then once the battery is up to full charge, remove the charger and see if the battery will stay at 12.6 volts over night. If...
  5. Thermo

    Lifting soon, tire/rim question

    Blazo, bigger tires is going to cause your mileage to drop regardless of how big the rim is. As for whether 20" rims will be better than say 17" rims, that is really dependent on a lot of factors. You need to look at overall tire/rim weight. If you get steel rims, then your mileage is going...
  6. Thermo

    battery draw

    silver, is the floor at the driver's feet wet after a rain or washing the truck? If so, you have the dreaded windshield leak. This will get water on the GEM Module and cause it to pull current when the truck is off. After that, have you done any wiring modifications to the truck recently? If...
  7. Thermo

    What's this symbol mean?

    98Expy, a lot of trucks came with a headlight switch that showed fog lights, but the internals of the switch did not have the necessary contacts. As for having the wiring, I would check under the front bumper and see if you have a plug on each side just outboard of the tow hooks (or the frame...
  8. Thermo

    Interior/Courtesy lights not coming on...

    LingaB, from the sounds of things, you have a bad GEM module. There is a relay that turns on your overhead lights. But, the GEM module pays attention to which doors are open and since you are getting the door ajar light, that is telling me the GEM module is seeing atleast that much. But, the...
  9. Thermo

    stuck

    Demontang, not to ask a silly question, but have you taken the truck out 4x4ing? The kit that you have is not meant to be 4x4'ed in. It is a "street queen" lift. Odds are, what you will find is the block that is your spacer has been bent and is now causing your tire to lean in slightly...
  10. Thermo

    Exterior LEDs

    Please keep in mind that LEDs are current devices, not voltage devices. It takes a slightly different mind set when thinking of LEDs. Sure, thinking about them using voltage is possible, but it can also lead to problems like you are experiencing and being able to explain why something is...
  11. Thermo

    My expy has a problem

    Sounds like you had the wheels slipping when you tossed it into 4hi and it put too much stress on the chain and you broke the chain. The fix is fairly easy. Cost isn't all that bad if you don't mind doing it yourself. Probably find out that the transfer case motor is not up to stuff and it...
  12. Thermo

    Aux lights

    I have 2 Hella Black Magics on the front of my truck. I used a simple 20 amp relay to power the lights. I ran the wire through the grommet in the firewall that is next to the steering column. You can punch a hole in that and run the wire through that. As for where I mounted the switch, I...
  13. Thermo

    service manual download

    doc, there used to be downloadable versions that could be found on the net for free. But, as luck would have it, Ford got pissed off at this and essentially went on a hunt and had everyone pull them down. So, I wish you luck in getting a downloadable version. You can look around and you can...
  14. Thermo

    Driveline Problems with 35's and above?

    Paul, if you are smart about how you are driving, running up to 35's on stock gearing is not a problem. Going with 36+" tires, then regearing would be highly recommended. Please keep in mind that as you go with bigger tires, you need to reduce the amount of towing that you do. Not so much how...
  15. Thermo

    expedition project, lift help

    No body lift, 33's, with a body lift, then 35's. Like was mentioned, do the 3.5" lift spindles and a 2" spacer in the rear. From there, you can do the body lift or not.
  16. Thermo

    Expo flutter

    Baker, you have a limited slip rear end right? If so, check your fluid level and if it is slightly low, top off the fluid. With our trucks, if you loose even a little bit of fluid in an LS axle, it will give what you are seeing.
  17. Thermo

    7700 torsion bars

    rkduff, yes the EB torsion bars are like 20% weaker than the non-air ride equivolents. That is to allow the air shocks to carry some of the load and allow for ride height variation.
  18. Thermo

    37" Tires on 6" fabtech lift

    tallsville, yes it is. But, I can go to 2 tires and not have any rubbing. That is how I build my setups. Not always the cheapest route, but it is what I expect of my truck. I don't want to have to say "I would love to do that, but I might hurt my truck". I drive a truck, trucks do work. I...
  19. Thermo

    Help with interior lights

    Bravo, yes it will.
  20. Thermo

    Power seat, pedals, no worky- any suggestions

    ebo, because none of your buttons work, yet you can still hear a clicking, I would be looking at either a fuse that is starting to go and is simply acting as a resistor (leading to a voltage drop across the fuse) or you have a high resistance in the main power wire leading back to the control...
  21. Thermo

    ground strap guage question

    expydaddy, because the body and frame are separated by rubber mounts (for sound isolation), wires need to be added between the two to ensure that anything electric has a path back to the battery. Not much stuff should/will be grounded right to the frame of the truck. So, by adding a 10 gauge...
  22. Thermo

    7700 torsion bars

    Swiddy25, if the bars are too short, then they are sending you bars for the supercrew F-150's. Tell them that you need the bars for a standard cab F-250LD (light duty, aka, F-150 7700 after 2001). That should get you going on the right road.
  23. Thermo

    Help with interior lights

    Bravo, the easiest way to do this is to simply take a screw driver or other similar tool and after opening the glass to roll the latch back to the shut position. This will cause the switch to be reset and make the truck think the rear hatch is shut. The downside to this is that if you try to...
  24. Thermo

    1998 Expy spring rate

    The 208# springs are for the trucks with the rear air bag setups. The 248# springs are for the non-air ride setups.
  25. Thermo

    HOW TO: (mechanical) FOG LIGHT MOD.

    walnuts, you know as well as I do, new COPs by no means says that they will not fail. How many horror stories have you heard about guys replacing all of their COPs just to have 2 or so of them go out again in a year or two?

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