On Mar 10, 8:17=A0am, "C. E. White" <cewhi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >I bet someone's already figured this out, but I figured I'd post in
> > case a couple of you might not have... =A0I've got a '93 F-150,
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> > pretty good shape overall although both bumpers need attention. =A0But
> > inside, those crappy vent assemblies made it look very ghetto,
> > because
> > of course like all Fords "of a certain age" all the vanes in any
> > given
> > assembly point every which way. =A0Well I figured I'd see if I could
> > fix
> > them myself rather than pay the $25 apiece for new ones from LMC.
> > turns out all of the vanes were busted in the same place - a little
> > molded plastic pin that fits into a sliding piece to keep all the
> > vanes pointed in the same direction. =A0You can remove the vanes
> > simply
> > by bending them slightly in the middle. =A0So I pulled 'em all out,
> > used
> > an unbusted one as a template, and inserted a piece of wire in the
> > busted ones. =A0I just drilled a hole in the end where the little
> > plastic nib was broken off - I think I used a #52 or #51 drill bit,
> > I
> > forget, and a pin vise - and inserted a piece of 14AWG copper wire.
> > Then I snipped the piece of copper off just a little longer than it
> > needed to be and finished with a flat bastard file. =A0Reassembled et
> > voila, un-ghettofied vent assemblies, all for the cost of some scrap
> > wire that I was going to throw out anyway.
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> > I'd keep them lubed up well with silicone or other non-greasy lube,
> > because I can't remember the last time I saw a truck that didn't
> > have
> > at least one broken vane...
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> When I sold my 1992 F150 back in 2006 all the vanes were still working
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> Ed
Weren't you the one that also said you'd never replaced a wind****eld?
I'm starting to think that you lead a charmed life or are in the habit
of sacrificing small woodland creatures to the Ford gods, because my
experiences and those of several friends owning similar model year
trucks are significantly different...
nate
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