Thar' she blows!?!?!?
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Thar' she blows!?!?!?
Well I decided to take my new old 74 f250 to the mudhole this weekend. I didnt do anything too crazy, just covered up the rust holes a little bit. Everything seemed fine when I left, and made it almost all the way home when I noticed on the sunpro gauge that she was cooking at about 240 degrees. Immediately into the creek I went before I got to the house and let her sit for a minute. Aftrer she got back down to about 200, I drove another mile to the house. Got up yesterday, washed her down, fired her up, washed the motor down and let it run for about 30 minutes, (I did find a hole in my radiator and filled it back up).....Everything was fine, Got up this morning----wont start. Itll crank, but it will irregularly pause while Im cranking. Gas-check, Fire-check, Air -check. What coulda happened? I hate it when they run fine and then the next day, squat! Any checks or suggestions yall know about that I may be overlooking? Thanks. Oh yeah, no sign of water in the oil, and its a 360
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Check the dist. like Greg said. If that doesn't fix it then pull the spark plugs and turn it over by hand. If it turns easily it is probly not blown. If it is hard to turn even if only at a couple of spots. It probly needs to be torn down and rebuilt.
Good luck
Good luck
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As they said, sounds like misfiring because of moisture in the distributor cap. It ran OK when you first fired it up, but after you shut it down, steam rising off the motor got inside.
240 isn't hot enough to hurt an engine, but I would watch for signs of a blown head gasket for a while.
240 isn't hot enough to hurt an engine, but I would watch for signs of a blown head gasket for a while.
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Originally Posted by wckdclwn911
Got up this morning----wont start. It'll crank, but it will irregularly pause while I'm cranking.
After a few days is became a steam train. I was grocery shopping with my wife and it did it on the home return trip. When it blew, there was a huge steam cloud that followed us all the way home. She requested that I quickly put it in the garage so the neighbors wouldn't see.
It sat there about a year and a half while I collected parts and rebuilt it.
Good luck in getting to the root cause.
--Matt
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I would do a compression test. See if there is a loss of compression in any or all of the cylinders. When it ran the last time was there any smoke out of the exhaust? Any funny noises when it ran last? You may have bent a push rod or valve or collapsed lifter. I have a few collapsed lifters from lack of oil when the oil pump shaft fell into the oil pan. Just a few ideas.
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