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New guy , just picked up a 89 f150 2wd longbed 4.9 5speed , XLT lariat just spent the past week catching up on maintenance from the past year the kid I got it from had it for , Before that the original owner had a folder filled with paperwork, I have replaced the shocks, tires front rotors, tune up.fuel filter, cleaned the throttlebody , removed a air filter that was completely black, crack case filter, pcv, coolant flush. changed the rear brakes, and rear diff fluid, alignment and I just ordered the shifter bushings for my transmission ,Love the 5speed hate a sloppy shifter. truck has 125k on it and still had the original shocks..lol It was like driving a pogostick. It is a completely new truck now.
Before I bought it.
Guess I'm kind of new. About two months ago I purchase a 95 F-150 XLT in awesome condition. It has the 4.9 Inline 6 and manual trans. I flew all the way to LA from MD to pick it up. It was a big gamble on my part but it really paid off even though the wife didn't care for my little adventure . She just knew it was going to be a POS, but it wasn't. No rust, really clean, no leaks, everything runs fine. I've been using it a daily driver for about 8 weeks now putting on about 100 miles a day.
I plan to start taking care of it myself but found that I really racked the miles up over the last couple of months and didn't have time to change the oil myself so I took it to my local Ford Dealer. While there they said that my coolant looked pretty bad (brown) and that I should consider replacing it soon. He also said that I should just drain it and refill it without running it or putting any sort of pressure to it because of it's age it might stir some deposits up and cause problems. Does that sound right to you all? Honestly the radator looks pretty good with no deposits visable. The guy I bought the truck from really took excellent care of it. If you're curious I paid $5,300 bucks for it...
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Yeah, a good radiator flush is in order....lol
Just be sure, that the waterpump isn't clogged up.....Maybe take the radiator cap off, and start the truck....
And undo the lower hose, and put the garden hose in the neck of the radiator...to keep clean, fresh water flowing....so the truck won't over heat....
i just recently looked up all the data pn all my plates on my truck!! haha, and ive come to find i got a pretty bada** truck..whatcha looking at data wise?
ok newbies start a postin here lol!!!! we need to know who is new and who needs help :P anyways im still more or less "new ish" kinda....lol but already started working on the barge named sandy
Well looks like Im going to be adding a new 89 to the stable.. found this yesterday, 89 lariat, 302 is suspected of being blown, she has sat up for a while..
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. She just knew it was going to be a POS, but it wasn't. No rust, really clean, no leaks, everything runs fine. I've been using it a daily driver for about 8 weeks now putting on about 100 miles a day.
