Thanks dsg2003mach1. Just like you said, I found a bunch of 97 - 98 models at a place called go-pull-it in Jacksonville, Florida with an inventory list online. I'm going in the morning to see if I can find any that have this same vacuum reservoir. I went out there today for a little while and found a truck that looked identical to mine, but the reservoir didn't look the same at all. It was cylindrical rather than flat, boxish and triangular-ish like what ncranchero posted. I'm wondering if the picture that ncranchero posted was an original part or aftermarket which doesn't look like the original. Not sure what all tools to take to get it out. Just carrying a bunch of tools isn't a good idea. You have to hike a good distance to get to the locations of these trucks. They're all spread out over some acres. At least they have a nice isles system with numbers that help locate the vehicles. Gonna pack my backpack and a few bottles of water and plan on being out there a while. On the positive side, I'm seeing all kinds of stuff I wanna get for my truck like a new front bumper and grill. Gonna wait and make sure I can get it running well first though. Wish me luck, thanks for everyone who's helped me.

 

There might be more than one. The AC system has one, it's the only one I could find listed in my workshop manual.

Here's an eBay reservoir with four nipples but they seem spaced too far for your fitting. Plus another that's called a vacuum reservoir but looks completely different.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/15547965998...Bk9SR6aR87PqYQ

https://www.ebay.com/itm/27117340024...Bk9SR6aR87PqYQ

 

Mine are original. It doesn’t take much damage to break them. I’ve found two broken on my trucks over the years.

 

You'll locate that one easily at a salvage yard. It's just removing it without breaking anything. The other box for the AC is under the hood behind the battery. Easy access after removing the battery.

While your getting that , grab some vac lines, shoot - grab the entire vac harness if in good shape, 5 minutes is all that will take...very easy. Chances are you need it in the future.

You use MEK to repair and reconnect (Ford/Service). MEK will have that harness leak proof once again. Procedure is on the Ford Service DVD.

 

My old 98. This pic is huge , you can blow it up by clicking on it if you need a close up of the box, -

 

They usually have wheel barrows, and you just put your heavy toolbox in it and push it where you're going.
If you don't need that many tools.... You just throw a socket set and some wrenches etc into a five gallon bucket.

People are out there stripping vehicles to sell most of the parts on eBay everyday......

 

They usually have wheel barrows, and you just put your heavy toolbox in it and push it where you're going.
If you don't need that many tools.... You just throw a socket set and some wrenches etc into a five gallon bucket.

People are out there stripping vehicles to sell most of the parts on eBay everyday...... That's actually a problem with finding anything today.,.. people specialize in certain vehicles and they strip all the common failure parts and sell them on eBay. . At a large markup over the junkyard price... It's what some people do for a living.

I pulled a front half axle tube that houses the disconnect from a truck to replace mine because mine had a little bit of slop... I think I paid about $25..,.. people sell on eBay for 200-300. The really easy stuff goes fast and they tear up the rest of the vehicle to get it

 

Wow Thanks Jbrew, that is a great picture. You can't find anything at all about these reservoirs online, and I mean NOTHING! NO-BAH-DEEEEE sells these. I appreciate the advice mbb, and I have to say I'm glad I was forced out to the junkyard to do this. I've never been a diy'er, but after this experience, I have a completely different feeling. They should call them treasure yards, not junk yards. I went in there looking for one thing and was stimulated with a hundred different ideas about other things I could get from there (new grill head lights / tail lights, new dash, radio, door trim, booth fenders, hood and tail gate, on and on.) While I was there I even got some bolts to fix my mom's sun visors and some missing buttons for her steering wheel controls. I had to pay $3 bucks to get in for the day, so I'm thinking about going back for some trim pieces. There was probably over a dozen of my trucks out there. I was near orgasmatic.

Oh, I forgot, I got my part! It was $13.00 lol. It was way simpler than I could have imagined. I was dreading it goin in. I had no idea how difficult it was going to be or what tools were needed. I just guessed and got it right. I tried two trucks before I found the right one. I just took about three screws out of each one good enough to peel the fender liner back enough to see. The first two were can shaped, the third one (pictured) was the right one. I went ahead and chopped off all the hoses with it. Mine are in such bad shape, the ones off the scrap truck are way better. It was so simple I felt stupid for worrying about it. The reservoir came out with two bolts lol! So happy.

Mainly wanna thank you guys for helpin me. I doubt I would even have tried if not for your information and encouragement.

Love the color. Thinking about going back for the door panels.

Here's my piece with some good length of hose work attached already. Only two bolts. Easy to get to behind the fender

Now I need to learn how to patch the hoses together so I don't even have to take the hoses off the reservoir. I could maybe just splice the hoses together? What do you think? Or should I just attach the existing hoses without cutting the line?

 

Jbrew, what is MEK? I can't find anything about it. Will it help me splice vacuum hoses? Is the vacuum reservior suppose to be air tight? How could I test it to make sure it doesn't leak?

 

Methyl ethyl ketone. It's a solvent that will weld certain plastics...abs and styrenics. It used to be literally sold in little tiny dropper bottles as a glue to put together plastic models. The kind us old timers built as kids. You just put the parts together and then you take a little tiny brush and you dab it on the seam and it wicks into the seam and it welds the mating parts together after a few seconds...no glue residue. . Obviously it's not a gap filling way to glue plastic, so it has to be used on parts that are a tight fit

You could get a quart of it at home Depot not long ago... but in places like California this kind of stuff is getting completely legislated out. Other stores might have it, like hardware stores and walmart, or they might not. I don't like driving around hoping to find things. I've wasted too much time and $ in the past doing that...... Such that I order most everything today on the internet instead of doing that but flammable solvents are not as easy to order . Anyway, I go someplace that I know has something if needed.

Yeah, I do not miss the days of driving around town and looking in different department stores for what household items they carried... and comparing price and features in order to decide what it was you wanted to buy... Out of the options that were available to you. Sometimes if you didn't like your options you would drive even to a bigger city to shop there.. Could spend almost as much in gas as the item cost. And waste a day too. Nope, don't miss that crap at all. I am a big fan of amazon prime.....