Originally Posted by Rusty_S

I have that same thrush glasspack.

Wont have it when I do my 306 install, I got a Magnaflow 3 chamber round muffler in the OEM dimensions to get a OEM stock look to the exhaust.

Going to try and use the '86 - '96 off road Y-pipe from jegs. Part number for the Y pipe was the same 80 - 86 so it shouldn't have changed. If it doesn't fit I got a crinkled replacement Y pipe that I can use for now till I can get a exhaust shop to use it as a pattern to build a mandrel bent Y pipe like the oem one.

Originally Posted by yarddogg77

I'm not too impressed with these stock down pipes for the EFI manifolds, but it's better than the log.

Originally Posted by FuzzFace2

Dog, at least you got to drive yours only time I drove mine was a bad short test drive when I bought it.
Just look over my pictures if you need a kick to get going, pictures here 1980 Ford F100
Trailered it and a parts truck, different sellers, home on the same day. Once I knew the motor ran good, had a miss that a plug change fixed, I pulled it completely apart as in cab off frame apart.
This was back in Dec 2015 and I am still working on it https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...lare-side.html

You hate exh work I hate body work and my truck needed A LOT of body work! There have been too many days I could have worked on it over the years but just could not drag myself out to the garage.
I just had 5 days off and only got out for 2 but it has also been mid to upper 90*'s here and it gets hotter in the garage, was 100* one day when I called it quits at about 2pm.

For me the next kick in my butt will be getting paint on it. Hope to pick paint up during the week so maybe next weekend I can paint the bed. With that done then paint on the cab should come shortly there after and it will look like a truck again.
Picture from 2015

Picture from yesterday before I put in back in the garage till next time I work on it.

WOW does not look like I have done anything to it
I can tell you everything but the motor, trany & rear axle is rebuilt under it.

I would say get it on the road and enjoy it a bit before you go doing anything to it again that should give a little kick.
Oh have you tried to make a list of what needs to be done to get on the road?
A white board list is nice as you can see what needs to be done so you don't over look something but as you finish something cross it off the list and you see that as the list gets smaller.
I am going to start my white board after I have the truck painted.
Dave ----

Originally Posted by yarddogg77

I'm not too impressed with these stock down pipes for the EFI manifolds, but it's better than the log.

Originally Posted by FuzzFace2

I take it you are talking of the 1" hole wherethey weld a 2" pipe in place, mine was pretty good and did not need to "fix it".
Dave ----

Originally Posted by yarddogg77

Originally Posted by yarddogg77

I really like the loks of that, nice and simple, how well does it work? Can you feel the warm air coming off of it in the winter? I have about a foot of 3" pipe laying there I could use in the same way, I wasn't sure if it would do much good though just wrapping one short section.

Originally Posted by Kramercd

I'd hurry up and finish my truck if you'd give me those sweet rims. Been eyeing a set out near washington or oregon for 650 pre shipping.

Seems to me I'll do most anything to avoid working on my truck. At the same time I'm just itching to drive it again. It was mostly fine back in november. Then I tore her to pieces and ended up finding a lot of issues and have been slow to put it back together. I have come close to throwing in the towel and just putting her back together. But so far I've held strong and refused to work on it all together lol.

How many of you name your trucks?

Originally Posted by yarddogg77

No, I'm just talking about the bends in the pipe. They aren't mandrel bent and are squeezed on the inside of the bends. Just the down pipes coming off the manifolds. I'm sure the over all diameter remains close enough, but the gases have to squeeze through from round to oval then round then oval again causing turbulence.

Originally Posted by kr98664

I'd be tempted to redo that fuel line and filter. For durability, I much prefer metal lines over rubber. And the fuel filter is located straight above the exhaust. Any junction is a potential leak point, and you've created two right over a hot spot. What could possibly go wrong?

Think about it and mullet over...

Originally Posted by yarddogg77

Bad hair day?Just joking. I agree with what you are saying. I would have put the fuel filter on the other side but I didn't want crud running back down into the pump every time I shut it off. Maybe I could bend a hard line 90 degrees right off the pump and mount the filter on it's side. Right now my fire wall needs 'grooming'. I need to solve some rust. I already feel I'm walking on a 'hair line' financially dues to a work injury a month ago, my shoulder is messed up so I'm on light duty. Can't really lift above shoulder height, that's another story.

Originally Posted by FuzzFace2

Them wheels is why I had to rebuild the front suspension. They are 5.5 bolt pattern the parts truck was 4.5 and the wheels I got with it did not fit just kind of bolted on so I could roll it. So after all the work I went thru you cant have them LOL. I have been playing out in my head just how I want to finish them. I am thinking of polishing the outer ring and the spokes keeping the rest black.
Dave ----

Originally Posted by Kramercd

I guess I could always go back to work and buy the ones I found online. I'd want to get them powder coated black but leave the face of the fins bare/polished.