I thought I'd start my own thread now since I got a nice project. I'm 18 years old and I rebuilt the motor hoping to drive the truck to grad. I got her running but it had no oil pressure. I missed grad, pulled the motor out and found out the part store gave me the wrong lifters. **** happens I guess. This will be a slow project but she shall be fun




Ford 400. Crappy motor but i decided to rebuild her anyway.

 

Congratulations on your graduation and your project.
That truck looks nice. What are your plans for it?
You probably already know, but there are a lot of good, knowledgeable people here. If you get stuck or have a question, just ask. There's always someone willing to answer.

 

I will have a lot of questions down the road. My plan is to run this rebuilt engine till it's worn. Then hopefully rebuild a somewhat powerful 390 or 460 to throw in. Use the truck daily for this summer while restoring everything in the cab. Hopefully rebuild the rear axle this fall. And worry about the exterior next year. Rough plan but that's the outline of it

 

Ah you bring back some good memories...I forgot I drove my 1978 to graduation it was still fairly new. I will be following your threads. Congrats on joining the Ford dent side family

 

Thank you man, I've always had my eye on this truck. It was my dad's and now I convinced him to let me rebuild the motor and now I bought it haha. Had the day off today so I wet sanded rims and painted calipers and fixed the power steering fluid leak. Well I hope I did.


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After

 

Truck looks sweet, wish mine was that clean. Look forward to seeing your progress.

 

Thank you, the truck is not in the best shape. It has one rusted through spot in the bed. Interior is rough, tranny leaking. But she'll be a good project

 

Hey just wondering what color would you guys paint this truck. I really like the two tone but I don't know of I wanna do that. Just day dreaming, I really want to paint her and do all the body work. But it all have to wait for another year

 

In my opinion,I would stick to the original color, I see custom painted trucks and you know right away they never looked that good new. I dislike the lime green on mine but that's the color of the times so do what you feel is best for you.

 

Yea I agree with you, I like the original color so I think I'm gonna stick with it. I got a transmission leak. How hard would it be to change the front seal on a c6? Sorry if that's a dumb question but I heard that I might have to go from the back of the transmission to get to it

 

If it is 2wd you shouldn't have to, Pull trans down so you can get TQ converter off and pop a new one in there make sure no burrs on torque converter hub and the new seal is lubed before you get the torque converter put back on,always make sure the converter clunks 3 times as you rotate it.. to fully seat it back in trans or you can rip the trans pump tabs off.

 

Thanks man, I'll hopefully do that in the next few weeks. Just pretty busy with work

 

Sweet looking Dent, I was fortunate, I drove my Dad's 74 F250 2wd 390, three on the tree to graduation! That truck will last you a lifetime! You must be close to your Dad for him to sell it to you. You also seem to pay attention to those little things, this will get you far in this Forum, welcome to FTE!

 

My dad wanted to sell it before already but I convinced him to let me buy it. A week after I did, 2 people wanted to buy it haha. The little things are important for me because I'm pretty picky. She'll be a project. Time to park her for a while and start working