Originally Posted by emharris1765

I added seafiam to fuel tank then filled it drove it for atleast half n hour interstate and now it won't start buzzes really loud and drains battery if I try to start it

Originally Posted by BaronVonAutomatc

At the very least it has a bad starter solenoid, which is a common failure on Ford trucks. Check the resistance on both battery cables while you're changing the solenoid.

Originally Posted by xrsfsho

Swapped out my old oil pan and gasket for brand news ones. Anyone doing this on a 4.9l , i would strongly suggest a engine hoist. Was a complete fiasco with just hand tools on the driveway and a jack.

Originally Posted by 87-XL-Squared

Last weekend I bought a '91 XLT Lariat 4x4 shortbed with only 71,000 miles on it. 5.8 liter, E4OD, 3:55 gears (open). The original owner was an old man and when he died his wife put it in the garage for 10 years. She cranked it and drove it once a month for the 10 years it was stored. Then the nephew bought it from her and has owned it for the last two years. He wanted to move up to a diesel so put the truck up for sale. I drove 150 miles to look at it, paid cash on the spot and drove it home. Truck did the trip effortlessly with the cruise control on and the A/C blasting.

The nephew hauled firewood in it enough the tailgate is a little rough and the bed is scratched with surface rust but it's in great shape otherwise. 4x4 works good with the original automatic locking hubs.

Tonight I finally got a chance to work on it & changed the oil. I'll be making improvements on this truck for the next couple of years. This is my "keeper". It still has the original belts & hoses, the radiator fluid is bright green & the coolant recovery tank is clean as a whistle. I keep waiting for something to be "too good to be true", but haven't found it yet.

Originally Posted by Evan_P

Well of course. SO this may be a little long here.

At my school there are about 4-5 pairs of parking spots that are extremely narrow. One is about 4 feet wide and the other is about 5 feet wide. When they went though and widened all the spots a year ago these few spots popped up due to them running out of room and had to make these narrow spots I guess. First thought would be that they are motorcycle parking, but that is not the case. Motorcycles have a specific area that they must park in. Parking enforcement is fully aware of how ridiculous these spots are so they let people use both for one vehicle without fining them. One of these is right out in front of the automotive department building.

I happened to roll into the parking lot this morning to find the closest open spot(s) were indeed the narrow pair. So I went ahead and parked in them, getting as close to the line as possible on one side as to humor someone that may want to squeeze their smart car in there. That's about the only car that could fit after parking my truck. It sat in that spot from 6:15am to 1:30pm with no issues. Parking enforcement drive by it at least 5 times so if they were going to anything about it, they would have.

Well when I came out of class I did as I always do. Started the truck up, rolled a window down and let it warm up for a few minutes. Almost all of the automotive student's do this everyday and nobody minds it. Well I found the one lady that did. As I shut the door she starts to yell at me telling me to move my truck over so she could fit into one of the spots. I tell her even If I could move it she still wouldn't fit in the spot. I told her I was letting it warm up before I hop on the freeway to go home. Well, she didn't like that answer. She first tries to squeeze her Scion TC into the spot that a smart probably couldn't fit in. It didn't take her long to realize that wasn't going to work. What's she do next? Tries to teach me a lesson. That's what she does. She parks her car across the front of my truck blocking me in, then get's out and goes into the school telling me "You'll leave when I do then...". Less than 15 seconds after she enters the building the almighty Parking Enforcement rolls by. This is a case of instant karma if I've ever seen one. Me and a class mate flag him over and explain what happened. So what does he do? Write me up for taking two spots? Nope. He proceeds to write her up for multiple violations.

As he's filling it all out she comes running out of the building to try and blame me for it because I was in two spots and that she asked me to move and that I told her to "F" off. Here's the best part. He walks her to the side of my truck that was right up to the line then ask's her where she thought I was supposed to move my truck over too? Then she tries getting me busted for taking two spots... To the point that she was yelling at the officer. Unfortunately for her, I had about 15 witness' that all backed me up saying she was being irrational and rude.

After about 10 minutes of arguing and yelling with the officer, she gets back in her car and finally leaves, but not before getting herself a nice big parking violation. The violation's you ask? Blocking the pathway of a motor vehicle, illegal parking across parking spots and parking with no parking pass. $155. As for me? A hand shake from the officer. That really taught me a lesson didn't it?