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759NRNG
759NRNG HalfDork
8/25/17 5:21 p.m.

Carry on son ....sixteen and breathin fossil fuels....hell yeah! The sun surely shines bright deep in the Hearto' Dixie!!!

NoPermitNeeded
NoPermitNeeded Reader
8/26/17 9:16 p.m.

In reply to dean1484:

Suuuuper low, as in nothing in there. Wouldn't even go into gear. Trans was bone dry. Can only assume it seeped out over the 9 years it's been sitting...

NoPermitNeeded
NoPermitNeeded Reader
8/26/17 9:17 p.m.

In reply to 759NRNG:

Roll tide

NoPermitNeeded
NoPermitNeeded Reader
8/26/17 9:19 p.m.

In reply to Double_Wishbone:

Getting in reliably running and driving. Then hoping to manual swap and make it fast.

NoPermitNeeded
NoPermitNeeded Reader
8/28/17 6:27 p.m.

Put in a new master cylinder and bled it, doing a full brake bleed tomorrow. Got ATF in it so it'll shift now... Man, an old B&M is gonna take getting used to.

Double_Wishbone
Double_Wishbone Reader
8/28/17 6:46 p.m.

Sounds like progress!

NoPermitNeeded
NoPermitNeeded Reader
8/28/17 7:20 p.m.
Double_Wishbone wrote: Sounds like progress!

I can't say how much excitement I have everyday it gets closer to driving.

NoPermitNeeded
NoPermitNeeded Reader
9/5/17 11:54 a.m.

Labor day weekend gave me ample time to work. Rebuilt the stock 2 barrel, with no instructions, slapped it back on and it cranked right up! I was impressed with myself. Needs to be tuned a little to it'll idle at its best but still. 

Also got to pull the gas tank, washed out the varnish, and am letting it sit full of vinegar right now. After school I'm gonna rinse it out and hope for the best.

Will provide pictures when I get home from school. 

NoPermitNeeded
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9/6/17 8:07 p.m.

mazdeuce
mazdeuce MegaDork
9/6/17 8:25 p.m.

Did you throw in a piece of chain and slosh it around? I've never done it but people smarter than me do it to help knock the crud loose. Good work so far by the way, keep at it. 

BrokenYugo
BrokenYugo MegaDork
9/6/17 8:34 p.m.

A couple notes on carburetor rebuilding.

1. If you reused the float it's generally considered best practice to replace the black ones (they eventually soak up fuel and sink).

2. Removal of the throttle shaft and blades is generally unnecessary unless the bores in the carb body are sloppy and need to have bushings installed.  Don't forget to loctite and/or peen the screws on installation or you run the risk of one backing out and the engine ingesting it. 

snailmont5oh
snailmont5oh HalfDork
9/6/17 9:13 p.m.

I second the staking of the throttle plate screws. By the way, if you didn't unstake them when you took them out, you probably ruined the shaft. I also second the "don't remove them if you don't have to."  

Damn, that's a lot of vinegar. 

NoPermitNeeded
NoPermitNeeded Reader
9/7/17 9:07 a.m.
BrokenYugo said:

A couple notes on carburetor rebuilding.

1. If you reused the float it's generally considered best practice to replace the black ones (they eventually soak up fuel and sink).

2. Removal of the throttle shaft and blades is generally unnecessary unless the bores in the carb body are sloppy and need to have bushings installed.  Don't forget to loctite and/or peen the screws on installation or you run the risk of one backing out and the engine ingesting it. 

I did loctite them and I did have a new float, however sounds like I probably screwed something else up. Welp, live and learn. I'm not too put out, it was a no-name carb, that I would like to replace with something newer. 

NoPermitNeeded
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9/7/17 9:15 a.m.
snailmont5oh said:

I second the staking of the throttle plate screws. By the way, if you didn't unstake them when you took them out, you probably ruined the shaft. I also second the "don't remove them if you don't have to."  

Damn, that's a lot of vinegar. 

In my defense the throttle shaft was insanely gummed up, my brain immoderately went to try and find the solution. 

And yeah it was a brutal amount; It was fun when I was buying all of it and saw some friend's parents in the store cheeky

Justjim75
Justjim75 New Reader
9/7/17 10:14 p.m.

Where are you in Bama? And, ahem, ROLL TIDE !! back.  I'm in Montgomery and we get vinegar by the pallet at work, I could have dropped a few cases for you.....

Oh, and I have a red Ford "truck" too but its a much newer vintage.  A 96 lifted Bronco. 

NoPermitNeeded
NoPermitNeeded Reader
9/8/17 12:10 p.m.

In reply to Justjim75 :

In Birmingham, the vinegar would've been helpful laugh

Any red ford is a good one!

Blitzed306
Blitzed306 HalfDork
9/8/17 2:42 p.m.

Another Alabamian checking in, Wetumpka here. I once owned a 70 F100 much like what you have now. great truck and I should have kept it. Now I'm working on a old 99 I have laying around. ROLL TIDE!

 

NoPermitNeeded
NoPermitNeeded Reader
9/10/17 4:34 p.m.

Went ahead and sprung for an aluminum intake and 4 barrel instead of throwing money at a 2 barrel I wasn't gonna have for more than a few weeks. The intake was from summit racing and the 4 barrel is an edelbrock 600cfm that was brand new laying around the shop. 

Hopefully gas prices will go back down a little soon, so I'm not rocking this beast on the road at $2.60 a gallon for 87. 

NoPermitNeeded
NoPermitNeeded Reader
10/4/17 10:18 p.m.

School and running has consumed most of my time, but it is drawing closer to driving. However, I'm not sure what direction I want to go with the build. Anyone got suggestions? can't go wrong getting other opinions. 

XLR99
XLR99 GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/5/17 1:35 p.m.

Great truck, and nice job so far! 

I'd say start with going through the systems, replace rubber hoses, tires and fluids,clean and degrease everything,  and start driving it.   Then figure out what to modify, if anything. 

Armitage
Armitage HalfDork
10/5/17 4:10 p.m.

Nice truck. Reminds me of my high school ride, a red '86 F150. Crazy how little things changed in 15 years back then compared to now.

ddavidv
ddavidv PowerDork
10/5/17 4:32 p.m.

If you haven't found it yet, go to http://www.fordification.com/

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