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    In the newer fords or older ones?? I am thinking your talking about 30's style model A's, but no I did not know that. I actually got the idea from the v8 colorados, they come from the factory with the exact same v8 badges, but the factory puts them on the front fenders. I just figured I would try something different, I did originally buy 2 to make a clone of the factory v8 but then soon changed my mind.

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    Nope thats a 30s-50s Ford logo that looks nothing like the V8 Colorado logo. But hey, it matches the rest of your Pep Boys vomited on your truck look.
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    In the process of working on the wiring in the steering column, I managed to break the combination switch. Rockauto wanted $260.00 just for the switch, so I ended up buying the whole steering column minus the air bag for $100, It is much better now. Until next time!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by TRPLXL2 View Post
    In the newer fords or older ones?? I am thinking your talking about 30's style model A's, but no I did not know that.
    The Model A never had a V8.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bangbangskeetskeet View Post
    The Model A never had a V8.
    He was just mentioning it as this is the "conversion" section ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paulster2 View Post
    He was just mentioning it as this is the "conversion" section ...
    "He" is a she...and go back and re-read those posts pal...I said to her that V8 emblem was from Ford. She said like from the Model A? To which I replied that the Model A never had a V8. Which it never did from the factory so why would it come with a factory V8 emblem?
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    We were out driving it the other day, and all of a sudden the truck just dies. Well we were only 5 miles from the house so I walked back and got the Silverado, and I pulled it back to the house. We found out the fuel pump took a crap, so we got a new fuel module complete through rockauto for $60.00.. Of course it went out when we had a full tank, 18 gallons made it kind of tricky to balance on the jack.

    Until next time...................

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    I'm not going to go on and on about the last few months, so I'll just list what we have done so far and then I'll post some pics.

    Truck kept stalling, and not starting. We pulled the engine harness, and continuity testing revealed the oil pressure sensor wiring had a break in the ground wire. I removed the whole strand of wire and replaced it.

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    We have been driving the truck for about 3 months now, no problems with it after I fixed the wiring. The gauges don't work at all, so we are going with an IPAD and the dash command app for our gauges. We're going to fiberglass it into the dash, where the factory gauge cluster used to be. Today we pulled the bed off the truck, and degreased and cleaned it.

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