Cheap AZ short bed F150

[Gary Lewis]

Yep, that's the way it works.  Thanks, Cory.

[Rembrant]

Gary Lewis wrote

Yep, that's the way it works.  Thanks, Cory.

It's very simple logic, isn't it?

There's no way for the truck to know what gear it's in prior to top gear, so the EEC has a preset RPM in which an output is fired. If the vacuum is high (throttle closer to being closed), then a switch closes and fires the indicator light. Time to shift. Interesting.

I assume the transmission offered in the MPG packages was the four speed where 4th was OD? (I'm not very familiar with all of the Bullnose manuals, but I presume that it was not the trans with the granny low 1st gear? It wasn't an automatic, and it wasn't a 5spd. That doesn't leave much else.

Has there been anybody show up on any of the forums with one of these trucks with the shift light still operational? I haven't seen it in my travels, but then again I wasn't looking for it either;).

[1986F150Six]

No operational upshift light, but I can tell you that the 1984 routinely returned 26+ mpg @ 60-65 mph [many times] prior to the wide spread introduction of gasohol.

[Rembrant]

1986F150Six wrote

...I can tell you that the 1984 routinely returned 26+ mpg @ 60-65 mph [many times] prior to the wide spread introduction of gasohol.

Outstanding!