Ok so my friends dad gave me his old 1982 ford f250 with a 400 (so we think). But pulling the plug on the oil I quickly realized how nasty that stuff. Like thick chocolate milk mixed with ranch. It was so nasty i almost didnt want it in my oil pan cause i dont think auto zone will recycle it. All I need to do is run this truck enough to take it down to my house maybe 400 yds.

This truck has sat under a tree anywhere from 6-12 months AFTER blowing the head gasket. Looks very corroded around the hose to the theromstat.

I've flushed the milkshake oil as good as I could and filled it with new oil (think I should bother with the filter right now?) hopefully after a night of charging the battery it turns over.

MY QUESTION: what all should i replace that would be affected by a blown head gasket

 

400 yards? Throw a strap from that truck to your truck and have your buddy be the brakes

 

the filter is probably full of that milkshake junk, which is not known for being a suitable lubricant. throw a cheapo filter on there if you do have to drive it that little bit.

if you fill the coolant, it'll just pour into the oil and make more of that milkshake junk. for going 400 yards, i would suggest taking the belt off the water pump, don't fill the coolant, just fire it up and run. it won't heat up enough in that time to do any more damage than has already been done.

if pulling it with another truck is possible, that would be better than running it.

you should plan to send the heads into the machine shop to have them resurfaced and maybe have the valves ground at the same time. closely inspect the block for any kind of pitting or gouging between the cylinders and water jackets. this pic https://www.dropbox.com/s/rjbk9nvfck...2014.38.15.jpg shows the block surface on my diesel around where it blew, if you have any damage like that, you'll need to have the block resurfaced as well. that requires a full teardown, at which point you may as well freshen up the bottom end with new rings and bearings, oil pump, and whatever else you see fit to get into.

 

^^^^++++ I would just pull it the 400 yards home. I wouldn't drive it until you get it all back together properly.

 

Fire it up and Race your buddy to you house, avoid the warm up as it robs 400 horsepower. Loser buys beer to fix the truck.


No but really is even tow it unless you have a 25% grade driveway or something

 

we live in the northwest in a very mountain type area with ups and downs. However we did get it started yesterday and drove it down to my place where it waits to be fixed now. Step 1 complete

 

well howdy neighbor - i'm in the mountains outside seattle myself, and your avatar gives you away as a local

so now that its home, you get to get into the real work - we'd be happy to guide you through the process anytime something comes up. and we always appreciate pics of the process

 

Thx man never had a ford before im stoked