Starter motor, driveshaft, kickdown linkage, cheap Chinese flare-nut wrenches, and bitchin' snowboard not included. Comes with ATF-soaked rag, 2x4s, and flattened cardboard box. Will not ship—local pick-up only. P.S. I just realized this is actually a photo of my new transmission, not the old core I pulled out of the...
I too have a Ford with a center-mounted tach....
My truck goes through a lot of fuel. It's got an ancient 390 cubic inch (6.5L) V8 topped with an even more ancient Motorcraft carburettor, and the whole boat weighs in at around 5,000 pounds dry. A substantial portion of the time I'm driving it, it's got lots of cargo...
In an attempt to weasel out of the lawn-thatching I promised yesterday, I decided to move some more dirt. About 7,000 pounds more. As you can see at right, the rear suspension on the Ford can't take much more than a solid cubic yard of topsoil. I'm guessing here that...
The thing is that Ford used now-popular model names like "Explorer" and "Ranger" as lines of their F-Series pickups. My truck happens to be an F-250 Explorer Custom. And I get to stare at that hood ornament the entire time I drive it....
I'm usually skeptical about automotive parts or chemicals that aren't somehow used by manufacturers, mostly because the vast majority of the time, they're complete snake-oil. Any product which makes big claims but isn't yet snapped up by an automotive manufacturer or oil company (or something similar) is almost exclusively full...
A few unexpected oddities I've encountered with the truck so far:Even though it's a 1976, it's got disc brakes in the front. Hoorah! The power steering doesn't groan like crazy. The transmission leaks ... a lot. I'm guessing I've put a half-quart of Type F into it already since I...
Now that the truck is largely operational, I've got a chance to make it functional, as well. Do any of you have experience with those roll-on bedliners (e.g. Rhinoliner)? I looked into it years ago (for, you know, coating the exterior of a VW bug) but even then wasn't able...
After a grand total of about six hours hammering at it, I've solved the brake light problem. The culprit? See the connector at the right? Well, this is the connector that ties the wiring harness into all of the functionality on the steering column—specifically, the turn signal, hazard flasher, horns,...
Oh, the hidden pleasures of car ownership....
I stuck the F-250 in the garage yesterday because the taillights don't appear to be working properly. I'm really scratching my head over this one—not the taillights, but how the hell I fit the truck in that garage. No seriously, I'm still baffled about the tails, too. Given the condition...
Stuff like this amuses me. Oh, and the rust. At least there aren't (too many) penetrating rust holes....
So uhh, due to my somewhat abbreviated schedule, it seems I didn't really give a whole lot of time between when I first queried about full-size pickups and when I actually took the plunge. On to the details: it's a 1976 (sixth generation) Ford F-250 standard-cab/medium-bed with a 390 FE...
To all you other car nuts out there: I'm looking at buying a cheap fullsize pickup (around, say, $1,000), and have found a handful of late-1970s Ford F-250s out there. I'll be checking all of the usual things when I inspect possible candidates—is there anything specific to these trucks that...
