intro, yet another new face
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intro, yet another new face
hi people, short time lurker. intro is in order. these are my third and fourth Ford trucks, the previous two being a '68 F250 utility truck and a '67 F100 Ranger, both long since sold off.
car forums helped me a lot with my cars, so now that my attention has shifted back to my trucks i figured i should join one for it.
CURRENT TRUCK PROJECTS STATUS
E350: ordinary white cargo van, bone stock. been super reliable for the most part but last month it left me stranded with a mystery no-start directly after fill-up. occasional funky moldy smell from the vent/heater, how the hell do i get at the cabin filter etc., i don't know much about this one yet and i don't care for newfangled things like OBD2 and such.
F250: about 15 years ago i bought this one off the original owner, not running with 4 flat tires and a disintegrated everything, now it runs and drives and starts the first turn of the key like it should and hauls around my cabover. just finished up a set of headers and a Y pipe exhaust with 3 1/2" dump, yay no more exhaust leaks. exhaust guy just showed me where the overload springs were missing/removed, crap, must find. watch out for boiling fuel in the float bowl and/or vapor lock in hot weather, it left me stranded in the Central Valley until nighttime once. this week: fixing some wiring and just got new window regulators and speedo cable in the mail!!! /fingertwirl
more photos later, i promise
car forums helped me a lot with my cars, so now that my attention has shifted back to my trucks i figured i should join one for it.
CURRENT TRUCK PROJECTS STATUS
E350: ordinary white cargo van, bone stock. been super reliable for the most part but last month it left me stranded with a mystery no-start directly after fill-up. occasional funky moldy smell from the vent/heater, how the hell do i get at the cabin filter etc., i don't know much about this one yet and i don't care for newfangled things like OBD2 and such.
F250: about 15 years ago i bought this one off the original owner, not running with 4 flat tires and a disintegrated everything, now it runs and drives and starts the first turn of the key like it should and hauls around my cabover. just finished up a set of headers and a Y pipe exhaust with 3 1/2" dump, yay no more exhaust leaks. exhaust guy just showed me where the overload springs were missing/removed, crap, must find. watch out for boiling fuel in the float bowl and/or vapor lock in hot weather, it left me stranded in the Central Valley until nighttime once. this week: fixing some wiring and just got new window regulators and speedo cable in the mail!!! /fingertwirl
more photos later, i promise
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Welcome to the chapter, I am sure you will enjoy your stay here.
Jim
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Welcome Scott. I learned this technique while living in France.
French Car Parking Technique 02 - YouTube
or the more aggressive route:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bx3R...ture=endscreen
French Car Parking Technique 02 - YouTube
or the more aggressive route:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bx3R...ture=endscreen
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thanks for the welcome!
i should do more about that surface rust
and that's "my other hobby" to the reverse so none of that will be necessary thanks, esp considering what it actually is. but yes, the bumper and hitch are welded directly to the frame, the bumper seems to be some prehistoric super heavy 3/8" thick plate steel thing and i would highly recommend that modern cars not run into it.
i should do more about that surface rust
and that's "my other hobby" to the reverse so none of that will be necessary thanks, esp considering what it actually is. but yes, the bumper and hitch are welded directly to the frame, the bumper seems to be some prehistoric super heavy 3/8" thick plate steel thing and i would highly recommend that modern cars not run into it.
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