bigkev : installation of fording kit

installation of fording kit
Post by bigkev on Sept 1, 2006, 10:05pm

G,Day all from down under just a quick question would anyone have a install diagram of the fording kit all Ive found so far is a exploded view in the parts manual and I'm not to sure how to do the plumbing part of it . Exhaust extension and air intake snorkel are simple enough but all those hoses and valves are a mystery to me. If anyone has a clue to this conundrum Id love to here from them, i can be contacted via e-mail on KGB33@bigpond.com best regards to all Kevin

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by teking on Sept 2, 2006, 3:59pm

I'd like that info myself!

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by 503m715 on Sept 2, 2006, 7:54pm

I am ready to install mine as well and could use that info. Hey Al (kaiserjeeps) could I take some pictures of yours and post them here.

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by binfordm715 on Sept 3, 2006, 9:40am

Give Al a call, Mike. I think he's avoiding e-mail since he heard his company may "e-terminate" him!

I'm going to be at his place on Monday, so he and I could get some pics posted. (I've got the pick-mattock head to give you from Fisherman, too. Gonna be around Monday afternoon?)

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by shooter68 on Sept 3, 2006, 3:43pm

It sounds like alot of people need this info. I know I do so if you guys could post this info it would be greatly appreciatad. I was just reading through the manual yesterday and got a diagram
& parts list but no info on how it all goes together.

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by brute4c on Sept 5, 2006, 8:56am

The manuals list the fording kit install info in the -20 manual, Chapter 3, Section 3.

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by socal715 on Sept 5, 2006, 6:12pm

That's all you should have to go off of. When i did mine i referred to what jon posted.

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by shooter68 on Sept 5, 2006, 8:27pm

Thanks, turns out I'm missing some key parts. Should have looked before I lept.

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by 503m715 on Sept 5, 2006, 10:37pm

Thanks, I feel like an idiot for not finding it. I feel even more foolish now that I realize I have an electric fuel pump, civy alt and dist. Anyone have stock parts for sale, or want to buy a new fording kit. Ugh

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by stanman on Sept 5, 2006, 11:01pm

how much for the fording kit?

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by binfordm715 on Sept 5, 2006, 11:06pm

Here's some pics showing the mounting of the snorkel and exhaust on Al's truck, in case anyone finds it helpful:

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/8...xhaust2hx9.jpg


http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/8750/snorkel1ne8.jpg


http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/4248/snorkel2ye2.jpg


http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/2955/snorkel3tu5.jpg

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by brute4c on Sept 6, 2006, 9:09am

Nice pics!!

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by 503m715 on Sept 6, 2006, 12:53pm

Thanks Al and Tim.

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by 503m715 on Sept 6, 2006, 12:58pm

Stanman, I think I will hang on to my fording kit for now. I am waiting for Tim to put a different motor in his truck so I can buy his stock parts. (wishful thinking) I just bought it from vpw it was about $300 including shipping.

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by thetroublemaster on Sept 6, 2006, 2:23pm

Man I gotta quit being so distant. Thanks to Tim my truck is a celebrity now!! Actually it wasindeed Douger that made it happen. Those mirror arms are so neato! Before my truck was worth 1200.00 bucks. After installing the correct mirror arms it's worth 7500.00 now!!! LOL JK! heh heh..

Ok my fording kit is not quite 100% correct. I don't believe the desert air cleaner was ever used with the fording kit. Not sure. Plus you have to have the govenor installed to allow enough room for the fording valve in the crankcase hose. I have been lazy and not installed mine yet. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong as I'm not positive on this stuff.
Plus the elongated nut where the stack attaches to the windshield is not correct. Jacks Gov't surplus threw that in there to make it work. I would like to see someones truck that has the correct spacer or bushing.

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by brute4c on Sept 6, 2006, 2:56pm

The manual looks like there is no governor...but they do have an upper and lower crankcase hose so maybe its a different animal...well 2 different hoses altogether....

Was yours 2 new hoses in the kit or ?

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by thetroublemaster on Sept 6, 2006, 3:20pm

I bought both fording tubes from Jack. I have had to find everything else. I looked over the manual for it and answered one of my questions. I looked at my setup minus the gov and there was no way to fit the crankcase hose and have the fit be good. It looked to me like it needed the extra height of the gov. I have the cast air horn that goes with the hood mounted air cleaner. It was just to low for the hose hookup.

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by 503m715 on Sept 6, 2006, 3:56pm

My kit did not include the governor. I read somewhere that they were only used on the later production trucks. Al where you have the nut by the windshield, I have a 2nd L-bracket for upper intake tube mount.

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by thetroublemaster on Sept 6, 2006, 4:02pm

I saw that. Any chance you could tell me how thick the bracket is?? I can make one at home.
As for the gov, don't listen to me... I'm probably full of it. LOL..

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by brute4c on Sept 6, 2006, 4:09pm

The fording kit does show that it comes with the lower and upper hose pieces....pieces 20 and 22 respectively...see image:

http://www.m715zone.com/manuals/20/ford1.jpg

So that would mean if you used the stock hose, it wouldnt fit the new setup correctly as this 2 piece setup would replace the stock 1 piece...

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by brute4c on Sept 6, 2006, 4:14pm

The manual shows the carb mounted air cleaner on that one...it wont clear the hood with the governor on the intake so they went to the hood mounted canister air cleaner. I dont know that the fording kit was intended for the governor models...I have seen it on the early ones only....well I think Gunny mounted his on a governor one with a custom piece...

Re: installation of fording kit
Post by outlaw on Sept 9, 2006, 12:21pm

nice truck