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Mountain Pass
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Hi guys, well I got the interior done back in April, I have driven her to work every day since February, has 2100 miles on the clock now. I cruise at 40 MPH 2100 RPM. The road I take to work has a 40 MPH limit , I had a wide band O2 gauge in the cab for a couple of weeks and the air / fuel ratio is pretty good , Flathead has an Edelbrock 94 carb.
Regards.
Regards.
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Mountain Pass
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No worries GB, The motor still uses a bit of oil after 2000 miles but, is slowly using less and less..... I put her over the weigh bridge at the dump and the tare is 3 ton with half a tank of gas
and me in the cab. Regards.
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Steve,
Please stop posting pics of your truck- your making all the other trucks on here look really bad! Lol. I agree that "Wow" is the only word that covers it. That is a work of art.
You mentioned that it uses a little oil but is using less now. What do you attribute that to? My '41 uses oil also but it also appeared to me that it was doing better. But I figured I was imagining it because anything I've ever owned previously that burned oil never got any better without a rebuild.
Steve
Please stop posting pics of your truck- your making all the other trucks on here look really bad! Lol. I agree that "Wow" is the only word that covers it. That is a work of art.
You mentioned that it uses a little oil but is using less now. What do you attribute that to? My '41 uses oil also but it also appeared to me that it was doing better. But I figured I was imagining it because anything I've ever owned previously that burned oil never got any better without a rebuild.
Steve
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Mountain Pass
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Thanks for the kind comments guys, it's taken 20 years to get this together. Steve ,the engine uses / leaks 400ml of oil in 120 miles, there are no oil spots on the shed floor, but there are a few beads of oil on the bottom of the oil pan. The crankshaft, bearings, pistons, rings & sleeves are all NOS, I remember the date code on the box the rings were in ...May 1948 !! When I first started driving the truck to work she was using 950 ml in 120 miles ...... **** ! I thought...... anyway I had a look around on the net, come across a thread on Ford Barn ..... '' top the oil up and
drive on '' was the consensus, and sure enough as the miles roll by she's using less & less. To be honest, I don't care if the motor never stops using oil..... it runs nice & I like driving the truck.
Regards to all.
drive on '' was the consensus, and sure enough as the miles roll by she's using less & less. To be honest, I don't care if the motor never stops using oil..... it runs nice & I like driving the truck.
Regards to all.
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