That generation Ford Diesel did respond well to the Banks upgrade, But it
also needed a bigger exhaust.
You're right about the A/C; the Spring-lock design only has about a 5 year
dependability.
My '88 was very, very dependable with just maintenance to the brakes and
fuel filters. In 140k miles, the air had to be fixed twice, the brakes
twice, one rear axle seal, one transmission vacuum modulator, one starter,
two batteries, one alternator, and what seemed to be a $*@t load of tires
Tom Kubler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thom Kuby" <thomkuby@iwvisp.com>
To: "Racing-Rennlist" <racing@rennlist.org>; "Vintage Race List"
<vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 6:23 PM
Subject: Older Ford 350 p/u as tow vehicle - whaddya think?
> Greetings,
> Over the course of this spring, summer, and early fall, I 'll be finishing
> up my long-term, killer 912 vintage race car.
> Finally, I'll get to go to Vintage events as an entrant...something I've
> been looking forward to for many years.
>
> Anyway, during this final push on getting my car built up, I'm looking for
> both a tow vehicle and a trailer.
> As far as trailers go, I was planning on picking up a new 20 ft box from
> Pace...so, on to this used truck I found:
>
> I found an '86 Ford f350 crew cab dually here in the little town I live
in;
> Seems like a nice enough truck; well maintained, low mileage (153k orig
> miles...) has a Banks Turbo equipped 6.9 Diesel engine,
> recent re-paint, recent re-interior, alcoa wheels, new tires, camper
shell,
> full configured for towing (huge fishing boat) everything works (even the
> A/C which, as I understand it, is a weak area on Ford trucks) and the guy
is
> asking 7Kobo for it. My thought was, if everything checks out with the
pre
> purchase inspection(s) I'd offer about 6k for it.
>
> My questions to the list are:
> - Does anyone out there have any experience with these mid-80s ford
diesels?
> - Any gotchas I oughta be aware of?
> - Are these engines really capable of supporting a Banks Turbo?
> - Anything else I should look out for?
>
> Looking forward to hearing from any of you...When responding, please copy
me
> offline.
>
> Thanks for the help - I appreciate it, hopefully I'll be seeing you out on
> the track(s) soon
>
> Cheers
> Thom Kuby
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