I've done a bit of searching around the forums (and online more generally). If I missed something, apologies in advance.

Is there a comprehensive parts catalog I can lay my hands on? Something that lists all the nut/bolt sizes and types, fuses, hoses, belts, part numbers, etc., on my truck. It's been a few cars since I bought a Haynes manual, but I don't remember those having such a list.

 

I use Tasca for parts search

 

Haynes manuals for the f150 kinda suck. I returned mine due to lack of information and plagued with typos and print errors.

Tasca is pretty good, so I second that.

 

Sounds like you want the factory service manual.

 

The Ford part numbering system is complicated and leads to multiple part numbers for the same or similar interchangeable parts. The actual part number you would need to order a part from a parts counter is usually different than the part number used to build the truck. My guess would be that a complete parts list for any single vehicle could include 50,000 part numbers or more, and these part numbers are constantly being superseded and obsoleted.

 

Haynes/Chilton's has been useless for much beyond brake jobs since the early 90's. Too many available options on vehicles, half the manual prefaces 'your specific model may be similar'. There's a reason the mfg's dropped repair books for CD's back then.

Since then I've picked up the Helms service CD's, which are a lot faster to use than service manuals due to tons of linking, and have all the diagnostic info for wire tracing. You can get them from Helms or Ford for $190, but I've always picked them up off eBay for $50-80. Shops go out of business/change ownership/drop makes constantly, they usually show up within 6 months of model release.

 

Checking their web site now. Thanks!