Several Unrelated Things
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Several Unrelated Things
1994 Ford F150 4x4. 6 cylinder 300 CID engine. 5 Speed manual transmission. Front axle is Dana 44 (reference second problem).
First: I have a question about my transmission. I have a manual Mazda M5ODR2 5 Speed. When shifting from second to third (and only then!) the gear grinds a little before going into gear. Occasionally I can get it to go in without grinding, but then it's difficult to push into gear (no sound, just difficulty/resistance). Doesn't do it when downshifting from fourth to third, only when going up from Second to Third. Any help would be nice.
Second: Front right wheel bearing went out last night coming home. Disassembled most of the hub today, but the inner wheel bearing nut is stuck. It'll move 3 or 4 turns one way (tightening) then stop. Then it'll move 3 or 4 turns the other (loosening) then get extra hard to turn; like picking up the truck-difficult. Am I missing something? The outer nut was easy to remove (used a pair of needle-nose pliers, actually) and the lock washer was just as easy. But the inner nut won't budge past a certain point.
[Ed: I got the inner nut off today. Found a stripped thread on the pinion shaft - the reason for difficulty. Replaced everything I needed to replace, and am putting it back together this afternoon.]
Third: Last week I replaced the rear tank and sending unit. The old one had been inoperable and empty for an undetermined amount of time (minimum 8 months that previous owner owned it). I found that it's easier to fix it all than to repair the tank, troubleshoot and repair the sending unit and all that. Problem is, the truck won't run off the rear tank. I can start (and run) fine off the front tank, but soon as I switch to the rear tank, the truck runs for a short time (max 30 seconds), sputters and spits for about 10 seconds (like it's starving for fuel) then dies. Someone suggested it was the fuel filter between the two tanks, but the fuel filter on this model is on the engine-side of the fuel-selection unit, so both tanks run thru one filter. As the front tank is running fine, I find that is probably not the problem. (Will replace at my earliest convenience, tho). My buddy's bronco II had this problem and we found the electrical lines that run to the fuel pump were backwards and the pump was running backwards. As my fuel pump is not the same type, I'm at a loss. Any suggestions?
First: I have a question about my transmission. I have a manual Mazda M5ODR2 5 Speed. When shifting from second to third (and only then!) the gear grinds a little before going into gear. Occasionally I can get it to go in without grinding, but then it's difficult to push into gear (no sound, just difficulty/resistance). Doesn't do it when downshifting from fourth to third, only when going up from Second to Third. Any help would be nice.
Second: Front right wheel bearing went out last night coming home. Disassembled most of the hub today, but the inner wheel bearing nut is stuck. It'll move 3 or 4 turns one way (tightening) then stop. Then it'll move 3 or 4 turns the other (loosening) then get extra hard to turn; like picking up the truck-difficult. Am I missing something? The outer nut was easy to remove (used a pair of needle-nose pliers, actually) and the lock washer was just as easy. But the inner nut won't budge past a certain point.
[Ed: I got the inner nut off today. Found a stripped thread on the pinion shaft - the reason for difficulty. Replaced everything I needed to replace, and am putting it back together this afternoon.]
Third: Last week I replaced the rear tank and sending unit. The old one had been inoperable and empty for an undetermined amount of time (minimum 8 months that previous owner owned it). I found that it's easier to fix it all than to repair the tank, troubleshoot and repair the sending unit and all that. Problem is, the truck won't run off the rear tank. I can start (and run) fine off the front tank, but soon as I switch to the rear tank, the truck runs for a short time (max 30 seconds), sputters and spits for about 10 seconds (like it's starving for fuel) then dies. Someone suggested it was the fuel filter between the two tanks, but the fuel filter on this model is on the engine-side of the fuel-selection unit, so both tanks run thru one filter. As the front tank is running fine, I find that is probably not the problem. (Will replace at my earliest convenience, tho). My buddy's bronco II had this problem and we found the electrical lines that run to the fuel pump were backwards and the pump was running backwards. As my fuel pump is not the same type, I'm at a loss. Any suggestions?
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