Hello guys and gals,

im new to the forum here but I致e been doing lots of reading on here and I致e found some pretty neat information on my truck. I can稚 for the life of decode my VIN number even with the info on here cause it doesn稚 seem to match. So here痴 what I got. I have a 1969 Ford F700 2x4. I just recently bought the truck from a buddy of mine he had it for only a year and he bought if from the original owner. My buddy told me the truck was a 72 model and that it had a 390 FE in it. I get to looking and on the title it says it痴 a 69 model. Oh that痴 another thing I got the truck with the original title as well! What are the odds huh? down here in Georgia vehicles that are older than 1994 I believe don稚 have to be registered with a title only a bill of sale. My bud never bothered to turn in the title he just registered the truck with the bill of sale and I did the same. So to my knowledge the truck is a 1969 Ford F700 and has a 390 engine with a 4 speed gear box and a 2 speed Eaton rear axle. The shift **** says it has 5 speeds but I知 guessing it got put on there cause the original was lost. I want to know what kind of drivetrain this truck has and I知 sure the vin number tells you that. If someone here can help me decode it I will greatly appreciate it. I posted some pics of the truck. Surprisingly the truck runs very good. The tank had so much rust in it I had to remove it empty all the gas out and get it coated on the inside. I went thru all the fuel lines and blew them all out with my air compressor. It was running very rough prior to this. I drove it around for about 50 miles and then it just quit on me and it wouldn稚 crank up. The carb wasn稚 getting any fuel. I check the fuel filter and it was so clogged up with rust and dirty fuel. Changed that and still didn稚 crank. Then I took off the carb checked the float and cleaned it thoroughly and still nothing. Mind you i changed the fuel pump prior to this test drive. I said what the hell and changed the fuel pump and it cranked right up. I guess it got clogged up as well with all that rust. I adjusted the points and it was running fairly well, but since I was going to be using the truck for my wood chipper I just decided to go to an electronic petronix igniter. And I changed the coil to something equivalent. Did the tune up plugs and wires. Man this truck runs like new I知 telling you! The engine purs like it must of had in 1969. That petronix did wonders for the truck. It has a 2 barrel carb too. The truck has a PTO dump bed and it痴 perfect for my tree service company. I was looking for something that could haul good weight cause I知 gonna be loading it with pretty big logs as well. I think I got a steal for the truck cause I only paid $2800 for it.

as far as the brakes the truck stops very well and they make no noise. It also has new steel brake lines all around from front to back. Hmmm. For a 330 this engine has a lot of power I知 telling you. I知 guessing maybe a 390 was installed later on in its life. I don稚 feel like it has 164 hp more like a good 200-250. The torque on the engine is also amazing. Which is another characteristic of a 390. Is their any way I can check what type of engine it is on the block? The truck has a granny low first gear is what I call it lol it痴 all the way to the left and up. And also reverse is all the way to the left and down right below that granny first. Then first gear is on top next to granny first. Straight down is second and then third and fourth are pretty much self explanatory. Is their any way to know what kind of trans I have by the vin? This my first time driving an Eaton 2 speed rear axle. My grandpa has been teaching me and I知 kind of getting the hang of it. Shifting to high axle is easy it痴 just coming down to low axle is where I知 having a little trouble. But I wouldn稚 mind seeing those videos if you don稚 mind?
Thanks

Thank you very much sir! I love this truck! I致e always been a Ford man and it痴 just what I need for work. That痴 a tach gauge all the way to the right and it works well. Funny thing is that my fuel gauge, speedometer, temp gauge and alt gauge doesn稚 work. Bummer. Only gauges that work are the tach and the oil pressure gauge. Also the radio still works and my heat and defrost work as well!! Omg I was dancing when I realized that the heat worked! Especially with this cold weather we池e having.

thanks a lot Numberdummy! After reading numerous posts on here I knew you could help me out. I will put any future posts in the larger trucks forum thanks for the reference. It might just be a 330 then after all. Unless they swapped out a 390 later on. I read somewhere the H/D 330s had a cartridge oil filter instead of a screw on. Which mine has a cartridge filter. I知 assuming the 390 and the 330 can use the same fuel pump? When I ordered my fuel pump I said the engine was a 390 and it fit quite well. My transmission has a low gear. Would that be considered first gear? When I always drive it I never use that gear. I always start it off where I assumed was first gear which is next to that one and then shift all the way to fourth.

Maybe some one can help me correctly identify this engine. I couldn稚 find the engine block casting code anywhere. I heard it痴 usually on the passenger side but I couldn稚 see it. Maybe it痴 just covered in sludge.

Moved to large truck forum.