j-d wrote:
In Fords, with Dana axles, we're going to 75W-140 full synthetic. Walmart has the best price. Just be sure you get the FULL, since they carry it along with Dino and Blend.
On dino oil, a rather short change interval per Ford. On full syn, considered lubed for life unless submerged in water.
Early syn had some stability problems but with those resolved now, it's the way to go. Did our E450 with 9500-lb Dana, and our little Aerostar with 4.56 limited slip. All good.
JD, thanks for the info. I'll go with the 75W140 Synthetic then.
If I could cuss on this forum, you'd be reading a lot of four letter words. I feel like I got absolutely nothing accomplished today. The plan was to install the transmission and driveshafts, however the wiring harness was worse than what I had anticipated.
At some point, the Ammeter Fusible Link melted and took a couple of the windshield wiper motor wires with it. I'm pretty sure that the Instrument Cluster Printed Circuit Board was the culprit. One of the first things I did, when I bought the Monaco, was replace the circuit board and fusible link.
The ignition coil wire, the white one that goes into the Electronic Ignition module, had melted a bit too, exposing the wires. To top it off, the previous owner stripped away some of the insulation of the Back Up Switch wire and wrapped a red wire around it, leaving this Frankenstein'd mess exposed. That red wire was used as the trigger wire to the Battery Isolation Solenoid. I don't even know if the Back Up Switch is a valid ignition hot source. That too is now fixed.
Solder and heat shrink were definitely my best friends today. One thing I can thank my Dad for is learning how to solder. He was an electronic engineer for Westinghouse.
So now I have a wiring harness that is back together, re-wrapped and looks clean. I'll take a pic of the finished product tomorrow. I finished this up at 10:30 tonight, so there's just not enough light to make the pic show well.
