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Anybody memorize them off the top of their head? i need to go get a truck that doesn’t have the bench attached and I wanted to pick them up beforehand. I know there’s 4 of them.. Think I read 10mm somewhere?

oh that's very very cool to hear.. I couldn't go and measure the shaft and took a chance on completely a completely returnable amazon order: 36 splines, 3/4. looks like I'll be able to use my truck soon. edit: I just realized you posted all those measurements up in this thread, wow, my bad..

i'm not sure why it doesn't fit. when i pull on the top shaft very hard it won't telescope out to fit into the bottom u-joint more snugly. it connects but as i said just barely. not enough room to put a bolt through there..

3" body lift from jeff bronco graveyard. hard to find info on how many splines the ps gearbox has.. I'm thinking I want to build myself a shaft with Borgeson parts. have seen some on other trucks and it seems like a solid upgrade, if a little expensive..

No no I do have that adapter! Even with the adapter the shaft came up too short. It barely connects for now but I have visions of myself stepping on it just a little too much and losing ability to steer at 75mph. Not great.

Oh nice and the 2nd gen shaft just bolts in at the bottom? Looks like you just shaved off the extension a little. it’s kind of a cleaner look I like it.

has anyone replaced the steering shaft on their 1st gen? I need something longer to make up for a body lift, right now it's just barely connecting with the upper shaft. There seems to be a lot of stuff out there. Borgeson seems to make ones that go from rag joint to u joint but which one do I get?

Thanks a lot guys, I’ll chew on that and look into voltage drop testing.

I think this will make sense to some of you guys who know more about electricity, it doesn’t to me although I just spent a whole day trying: Engine off, fully charged battery with clean terminals reads 12.7v, kc hilites and headlights work. if I turn ignition key to run or crank, it doesn’t...

I put in the 3inch body lift from Jeff bronco graveyard while doing a swap, put in the extension and the car hasn’t moved since because I’m still working on the engine, but as of now it’s 2 inches short. you guys know if there’s a way to pull on the upper shaft? It ends at the brake booster...

found some broken connection to the vane on the harness, rewired the entire signal return ground to make sure it didn’t have hidden shorts. I have 5v in all the right places, continuity between ecm and all connections to all sensors, yet I still get error codes for every single sensor connected...

thanks for the diagrams Ron! Looking at videos and doing research, rereading your and Shrans replies and starting to understand more things that didn’t register at first. Thank you both for the info and patience, would be kinda lost without it. I’ve never tested the harness since it came ready...

Confused.. I flipped the VAF so it faces the right direction. the VAF sensor reads 5v key on (but I still get an error code 66 saying MAF below minimum voltage) the ECT and knock sensors both gave me 19volts(!) key on. Then I cut the wire that’s a ground to upper manifold and routed it to my...

Im thinking of one ground that might not be optimal now that you mention this—the one on the intake manifold bolts. Yeah sorry the full story is I rebuilt a 1988 thunderbird turbo2.3 and put it in my 84 2.0 with a Ron Francis harness. Trying to start her for the first time. Really not a pro but...

Wow it’s insane how well you know those engines. So cool. Not sure if it’s good or bad news but the cam is turning and there seems to be healthy tension in the timing belt. I did manage to run a check engine light self-test at the wiring harness and it's giving me the following, but i'm not sure...

you’re right it is weird they would put brown pink on the same circuit as starter motor, it would constantly crank. I hooked up ignition power supply to the red/lt green wire and now I have healthy spark in start and the spark pop when I cycle back to run (I assume that would continue if the...

it looks like for the 84 2.3 / 2.0 the brown pink ended up on the right side of the starter relay then sending power to coil while cranking like you said. Just hooking up coil to 12v didn’t seem to do it—I’ll try this..

Thanks Ron. Sounds like you put me on the right track there. I see those wires under the wheel but it’s hard to say where they are going—will follow them. i tried hooking up coil to battery + and the engine cranked and there was a very very loud detonation that sounded scary, a bit of smoke...

I have gas pressure and gas, the vacuum jumps from 0-6 during cranking at the brake booster line But I don’t have spark WHILE cranking, only when I stop cranking. Occasionally that spark will cause a little knock because it’s trying to fire up but it’s always too little too late. Pardon my...

in case anybody's got an airbox that fits an AC evap for 1st gen.. it's the last thing i need to complete the ac system. have lots of lima 2.0 and 2.3 parts to throw in if that's of interest too.. located in new york city.