Dealer Letter

March 28, 1990

To:
Ford of Canada Dealers in Midwestern and Western Regions and the Yukon Territory

Attention:
Dealer Principal, Dealer Service Manager, Dealer Parts Manager

Subject:
Subject Recall 89S76 - Recall of Certain 1986 through 1989 Gasoline Powered F-Series Pick-Up and Chassis Cab Trucks and Bronco's for Replacement of the Fuel Filter and Fuel Line from the High Pressure Frame-Mounted Fuel Pump to the Engine. This Recall Supersedes and Replaces Safety Recall 88S57

In CARES / OASIS
YES

Dealer Listings
YES

Recall Time Limitation
None

Parts Return
NO

NOTE:
Please read and circulate this bulletin to your service personnel so that they may become familiar with this recall and be able to respond to owner inquiries.

Special Note:
Safety Recall 89S76 supersedes and replaces Safety Recall 88S57. If you are presented with a vehicle that does not have 88S57 completed, do not perform that recall on it; instead perform Safety Recall 89S76 on that vehicle.

Due to parts supply, owner mailings will be phased. Dealers should not delay completion of Safety Recall 89S76 on an involved vehicle because the owner has not received a recall notification.

Affected Vehicles:

All 1986-1/2, 1987, 1988 and 1989 Model Year gasoline powered F-Series Pickup Trucks including Chassis Cabs, and Bronco vehicles with EFI engines sold or operated in Mid-West and Western Regions and the Yukon Territory. Vehicles involved were produced from February 1, 1986, through to the end of the 1989 model year.

Reason For Recall:

Field investigation has determined that repairs specified in Recall 88S57 were not completely effective in preventing the condition of pinhole leaks forming in the U-shaped fuel tube ("Jumper Tube") connecting the on-frame fuel pump to the fuel filter.

Correction:

To prevent this condition from re-occurring, the U-shaped fuel tube, the frame mounted filter and the fuel delivery tube from the filter to the engine will be replaced with a steel braided electrically conductive fuel line from the high pressure frame-mounted fuel pump to the engine. A fuel filter cartridge will also be installed in the fuel reservoir.

Purge Of Dealership Parts Stock:

Service Part Sold to Customer or Installed on a Vehicle

Review all service and parts sales records to determine if you have installed or sold any of the following parts:

Tube Assembly (Fuel Pump to Fuel Filter)

E6TZ-9C330-A E9TZ-9C330-A
E7TZ-9C330-A E9TZ-9C330-B
Tube Assembly (Fuel Engine Supply & Return)
E6TZ-9J323-G E7TZ-9J338-J
E7TZ-9J338-B E9TZ-9J338-B
E7TZ-9J338-C E9TZ-9J338-D
E7TZ-9J338-H E9TZ-9J338-P

Contact all owners whose vehicles have had such service replacements or who have purchased such parts.

Dealers should arrange a service date with vehicle owners/part purchasers for replacement of the respective fuel tube assemblies. Dealers should also provide a copy of the owner letter to owners/part purchasers.

Vehicle Owners are advised in the owner letter to immediately contact their dealer if they had purchased any fuel line assemblies. Dealers should determine from the part numbers provided if the assemblies should be replaced. Tube assemblies as identified above must be replaced. If the part was installed on a vehicle arrange a service date to have it replaced.

Company Contacts : (For dealer use only)

CONCERN NATURE CONTACT ACTIVITY

Technical Technical Assistance Hotline for your Region

Claiming Procedures Warranty Claims Hotline for your Region

Owner Relations Owner Relations Hotline for your Region

General Administrative Brian Moroz - Recall Administrator

^ Telephone (416) 845-2511 - Ext 1495

^ Facsimile (416) 845-7069

Attachments

Attachment I

^ Administrative Information

Attachment II

^ Labor Allowances
^ Parts Ordering Allowances
^ Purge Of Dealership Parts Stock
^ Technical information

ATTACHMENT III

^ Technical information