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Old May 31, 2019 | 11:13 PM
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Welllllll..... sh...t.


Old Jun 1, 2019 | 01:41 AM
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Well ****.... that sucks. Guess you need to remove the strut tower brace for a bit?
Old Jun 1, 2019 | 09:12 AM
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Yep, it does. I was so concerned with the filler clearing the TB/IAC/etc. That when it did, I never even thought to drop the STB in place.

I have a couple of ideas. One hinges on the oil cap threads being something I can match up with a plumbing fitting (long shot, I know). The other involves cutting the filler neck and using part of a rubber or silicone 90,which would have been a helluva lot easier before the VC (and everything else) was installed.

EDIT: I forgot the best part: The stock filler cap actually fits (usually it won't), but I can't use it!

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Old Jun 1, 2019 | 06:56 PM
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Geez working in hospitals across the country and I never get sick. (Hospitals/airplanes/hotels) but geez apparently daycares are a whole different cesspool of germs. I've never been sick so many times and I've never been sick in JUNE! And of course it's when the weather is sunny and warm
Old Jun 1, 2019 | 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by OhioLariat
Yep, it does. I was so concerned with the filler clearing the TB/IAC/etc. That when it did, I never even thought to drop the STB in place.

I have a couple of ideas. One hinges on the oil cap threads being something I can match up with a plumbing fitting (long shot, I know). The other involves cutting the filler neck and using part of a rubber or silicone 90,which would have been a helluva lot easier before the VC (and everything else) was installed.

EDIT: I forgot the best part: The stock filler cap actually fits (usually it won't), but I can't use it!
I don't know if you could somehow adapt this or not... but the 5.0 Explorer uses a "relocator" of sorts to clear some of its crap in the way....



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Originally Posted by fordguy2100
Geez working in hospitals across the country and I never get sick. (Hospitals/airplanes/hotels) but geez apparently daycares are a whole different cesspool of germs. I've never been sick so many times and I've never been sick in JUNE! And of course it's when the weather is sunny and warm
Yeah..... been there before. Little snot factories really change your immune system again, lol. On our third kid, I was a lot less susceptible to it. My body had built up defense against a lot of that crap. One thing that helps me is taking an immunity support supplement like Airborne or, my personal choice, Emergen-C Immune +drink formula.
Old Jun 1, 2019 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by white89gt
Yeah..... been there before. Little snot factories really change your immune system again, lol. On our third kid, I was a lot less susceptible to it. My body had built up defense against a lot of that crap. One thing that helps me is taking an immunity support supplement like Airborne or, my personal choice, Emergen-C Immune +drink formula.
Yeah I may need to start taking something cz I can't keep living like this lol. I love her tho! Wouldn't trade the little snot factory for anything!
I've heard of emergen-c, May start doing some more research on them
Old Jun 1, 2019 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by white89gt
I don't know if you could somehow adapt this or not... but the 5.0 Explorer uses a "relocator" of sorts to clear some of its crap in the way....
Thanks, White. If it screwed into the fox filler, and took off at a 45, it would probably work. It looks like it clamps on with the hose?

I found a plastic fitting that I'm messing with. It might work, but the cutting I mentioned is really the best way to go.

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Old Jun 1, 2019 | 09:18 PM
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You kept the baffle in the VC, right? If you wound up removing that baffle, I'd be leery of of using a 90 right there.... the oil might get up in your breather.
Old Jun 1, 2019 | 10:50 PM
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Got the SBF crank socket today.... and I did a comparison pic with the Modular crank socket. BTW, that ad says it's a 3/8" socket - and it is 1/2" actually...


SBF is left (black), Modular is right (Aluminum)






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