[Shop-talk] Time Warp? 1993 or 1994?

[David Scheidt]

On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 10:48 AM Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I had a similar issue with my '96 Ranger: the rubber pad on the cruise
> control buttons dissolved--yep, dissolved, a known problem--and the
> 'official' replacement part didn't fit, but another year/model (mostly
> the same platform as the contemporary Explorer) did. Since your 150 is a
> relatively early '94 it's conceivable they used-up any '93 parts still
> on the shelf (British cars are famous/notorious for this sort of thing).
>

Everyone does that.

94 was the year the diesel changed from the navistar whatever to
powerstroke, , which happened in the middle of the year, probably
overlapping .   It might be related to that.


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David Scheidt
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