Thanks again MEngr & Swoop,
You guys are a good help! In reading your last postings a thought came to me about our F03 tilt issues. I had forgotten since we use it so rarely that before the forward tilt quit working we had to really rev up the engine to get it to tilt forward. So this must have been a progressive rather than single event failure in case that would prompt any thought on your parts. MEngr, you mention similarities in the '87 to '93 parts. Do you have a resource that would be helpful for when we get around to working on our F03? We are presently under a time deadline to finish building our wildland firefighting water tender which has turned into a huge project in cutting in half a '95 IH 4900 and '79 GMC 7000 to mate the GM rear frame to the IH power end. We do want to try to get the F03 worked in as we go, so your input is much appreciated...Jim