Well monday night I got the tranny and all in. Only thing short of being done was the shifter. The shifter is still not in great, but tuesday night I finished that and drove the truck around the block. Today I drove it to work and aired up the front tires when I got in.

 

Just got back from getting it NJ State Inspected.
its a 96 f-150 4x4 XLT Pushing 200K Miles
Passed with no problem,so im good for another 2 years

 

Just bought new shocks and steering stabilizer

 

I got my front end aligned from installing my lift kit. Drives like a champ now.

 

Got the first snow here in iowa and managed to hit a lady... Slid down a little incline to a Casey's store and bumped into her... The trucks fine if course!

 

Aired up a tire yesterday and put a bit of prestone windshield washer fluid in since we are getting snow.

 

changed oil and filter, cleaned air filter, added a splash of coolant and put 400 ibs in the back

 

Hows the lady ? Was she in another car ?

I drove my truck for the 1st time to work,I wanted to show it off

 

Put on a 6" lift with some 35x12.5x15 stock rims. Today get an alignment. Next week regear!

 

I wet sanded the headlights with 2000 and buffed them up with some fine compound. Nice and clear now. I was thinking about replacing them if this didnt work. I also buffed the rear lights. They look brand new and crystal clear.

 

got the pistons and rings for the 91 F250 460 on the way and the rings for my 88 F150 302. Pistons are delayed till the 21st because of them being out of stock.
Trav

 

Smokey the tow truck is living up to it's name. As a joke I started calling it smokey due to the leaking valve cover gaskets. Well today I figured out why I had no tail lights or instrument lights... I had a melted headlight connector. So I replace that, the headlight switch and now I have tail lights and instrument lights.

I also hooked up the electric choke on the Summit carb I installed. I used the original choke wire to trigger a relay that supplies 12v to the choke. Because of where ford takes the original choke wire it ends up being only 8v or so. Hence the relay. Works great.

Also, I installed one of two LED work lights and with only one it's like daylight.

Still have to check the brakes and then I'll be towing away... I'll make sure to get some pictures for the working truck thread.

 

Painted my mumpers grill trim and rims flat black

 

I hit her goin 2 mph. She was in a Mercury mariner... No one was hurt

 

My truck has been getting really really bad mileage lately... I went 45 miles on a quarter tank bad... Sooo I need some help.. It's a 1995 f150 5.8

I used to, on interstate, get around 18 and a couple weeks ago I only got 14.5..


The last tune up was 30,000 miles ago and I have a squealing pully or something on the front of the engine so if it's the smog would that kill mileage? What else would rob power and mileage...

I also need to change thermostat to a 195* one to see if that helps..

I picked up a new Pcv valve today because the other was the original with 130,000 miles on it